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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

From the SEC’s Perspective, What is the Impact of Nkemdiche’s Clemson Decision? (Orange and White)

Did Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney pull something of a coup last week when he landed a verbal commitment from defensive end Robert Nkemdiche, a Georgia native who recruiting services rank first overall nationally? Obviously, there’s a lot of time between now and February’s national signing day, and yes, young men change their minds all the time…

Local Focus in Football Recruiting Pays Off For Randy Edsall’s Terps (Baltimore Sun)

One of the worst seasons in Maryland football history made no difference to Mike Williams. The Terps’ 2-10 campaign last fall didn’t bother DeAndre Lane, either. All that mattered to Williams, a lineman from Archbishop Spalding, and Lane, a record-setting running back from Catonsville, was that their hometown school selected them to be part of a potentially unprecedented turnaround built on local players…

Syracuse AD Talks Scheduling (ESPN’s Big East Blog)

One of the most persistent questions I get from Syracuse fans in my mailbag is whether I agree with the scheduling philosophy that has the Orange playing one of their marquee home games in MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. This year, Syracuse hosts USC on Sept. 8 in East Rutherford, in a game set for a national television audience…

Recruiting: Class of 2013 Looking Good (Streaking the Lawn)

Signing Day is still really, really far away. But so far, Virginia’s 2013 class looks really solid. 11 prospects have given their pledge to the coaching staff, and there will be more in the coming weeks for sure. So, how is the whole thing looking? Take a look for yourself, in our June progress report…

Losing the Turnover Battle, Losing the War (BC Interruption)

Coaching Search’s Pete Roussel crunched the numbers and found that ACC teams that lost the turnover margin last season did not fare too well. And that teams that won the turnover battle did quite well for themselves. Makes sense, right? Boston College played well into this two trends in 2011. The Eagles were 1-5 when losing the turnover battle, 2-2 when winning it and 1-1 when the turnover battle was even…

2011 Football Uniform Critique (Shakin’ the Southland)

This is our big “Nancy” post of the year and our chance to let you know if our team was properly dressed during the previous football season. While we realize that uniform choice does not win football games, we do take the uniform combination seriously. We personally enjoy seeing the traditional look out of our Tigers…

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