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Haha, no! One of my old ones from high school. My dress shirt, however, did.

If the ACC could dump the sorry Big Ten/Eleven, I would definitely be all for that. Georgetown-North Carolina; Connecticut-Duke; Louisville-North Carolina State; West Virginia-Virginia; tons of other great, interesting matchups. Too bad that it makes far too much sense for the conferences to ever agree to it.

Ah, yes! I will admit that I wore my sportcoat to one football game, and that was my first year. Never again did that happen. I must also say that a Zima has never passed my lips. I will neither confirm nor deny this about my friends, haha. I swear, us Virginia fans enjoy perpetuating that stereotype, so it's definitely fair game. I've spent more than a few hours away from the law books looking up NCAA rankings. Too bad the season's almost over, though.

And most teams are anywhere from 6-9 games into their seasons. Conference play hasn't even started yet. It's far too early in the season to debate which conference is stronger. Heck, the projected ACC bottom-feeder is 9-0 right now. Let's give it some time.

[ QUOTE ] Schmitt/Fieldgeneral/Gridiron, you have done your share of name calling as well and you have gotten numerous reprieves also. Im so sorry that i can properly defend and support my opinions and you cant. BTW, i have never called anyone any names, except for one time with UVAobserver(and it really was more of using a stereotype) and that was more of a shot at UVA in general lol... [/ QUOTE ] And heck, I probably deserved it! Can't remember it, though. I've heard so many over the years! I totally agree with your first post, too. I enjoy looking all over the place for stats to back up my numerous arguments. Makes me a bit more informed on the issues, as well.

He obviously was a true freshman in 2003, yes. I'm not that naive. However, that doesn't mean that he was not watching game film and participating in practices during this time. It would be slighting him to say that he would not draw a comparison between Crabtree and Fitzgerald. In short, he will have to draw on all his experiences throughout the time. Keep the Virginia-bashing coming! Especially against those who've not bashed, and have even stuck up for, Virginia Tech in the past. Shows how unwarranted it is!

[ QUOTE ] Nice analysis. While I will grant you that Texas Tech does very little running, their pass first spread the field offense tends to limit the effectiveness of blitzes. The QB makes a quick read as to who is blitzing and throw to the receiver in the area the blitz came from. I hope UVA's defense is as stout as they think it is, otherwise things could get very ugly. Ask Oklahoma. The only reason that game got close in the end was that the lack of a running game makes it hard to burn clock. [/ QUOTE ] Fair enough. A very good take on it. I would take Texas Tech's performance against Oklahoma with a grain of salt. Oklahoma was playing without Sam Bradford in that game, who has been 218-306, 2879 yards, 34 TDs this season. However, it shows that Texas Tech has that sort of potential, and Virginia needs to be cautious against that. I think Virginia would react well against a quick-pass type of team. Since Sintim would likely be the blitz linebacker, this would leave Jon Copper and Jermaine Dias as the linebackers covering the short routes. Copper is a very sure tackler; in fact, he leads the team with 103 (and is 65th nationally). Dias is much improved over this past year in the same regard, and is a senior, so he has seen similar offenses before throughout his playing career. My only concern is with the home run passes. It will hinge on the safety play of Jamaal Jackson and Byron Glaspy, who have shown vast improvement since the North Carolina State game. And if Texas Tech gets a lead and can't run the clock, don't underestimate Virginia's ability to lead a game-winning drive. There is a ton of precedent for it.

Actually, YES. Starting safety Jamaal Jackson, as a matter of fact. However, as a Virginia fan, I can tell you that the secondary that year was equally as "proficient" as the one the Hoos have this year. Likewise, the head coach is the same, and he will have his players as properly prepared as they were for that game four years back. Again, Missouri's awful secondary shut them down, and suffice it to say Virginia's is not THAT bad, as I've clearly shown above. I feel good about the chances.

[ QUOTE ] TT will pick UVA's secondary apart...could get ugly... [/ QUOTE ] Yes, exactly like Larry Fitzgerald tore apart Virginia's secondary in the 2003 Continental Tire Bowl. He torched them for 3 catches and 33 yards, and no touchdowns, breaking his NCAA-record streak of touchdowns in consecutive games. Texas Tech has the largest offensive line in the country, which poses a little concern for me. However, Virginia dominated Maryland's offensive line, the largest in the ACC, from start to finish. In addition, Virginia has the cyborg known as Chris Long, Texas Tech is incredibly one-dimensional. Michael Crabtree, the Biletnikoff award winner for this season, is an absolutely fantastic wide receiver, there's no doubt about that. The 21 touchdowns are inflated, in my opinion, because Texas Tech does very little rushing. The Red Raiders' top two running backs, Shannon Woods and Aaron Crawford, have a paltry 624 yards COMBINED this season. It's apparent that Texas Tech will pass. All Virginia has to do is blitz 4 (Long will always command a double-team), and drop 7 in the secondary. The defensive plan is incredibly simplistic. In addition, people often underestimate how good of a defensive coordinator Mike London actually is. Virginia is 17th nationally with regards to defense, and is a fairly respectible 33rd against the pass (a shock to many fans on this board who just assume Virginia's secondary is pathetic). Missouri held Texas Tech to a paltry 10 points. Missouri's national rank against the pass? 100th. Not so fast, my friends. Virginia stands a fantastic shot to win, and I frankly believe they will. Virginia: 37 Texas Tech: 29

[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] LOL..........simple fact....Big East is the best basketball conference this year and last year. The SEC has a good team or two....ACC has two perennial powerhouses.....but comeon. [/ QUOTE ] That's highly, highly debatable: by absolutely NO means, a simple fact. I will certainly not deny that the Big East is a great conference, and I will even go so far as to say that the Big East is second. However, here are a few things to examine in this analysis. First, historically: Total championships (by current conference members since 1939): ACC-10 Big East-10 Fairly close on the historical regard. It does make a difference to note that the Big East has 16 teams, whereas the ACC has 12. Very slight edge: ACC Most championships won by schools within the conference: ACC: North Carolina-4, Duke-3 Big East: Connecticut-2, Cincinnati-2 Edge: ACC Schools with most final four appearances within the conference: ACC: North Carolina-16, Duke-14 Big East: Louisville-8, Cincinnati-8 Edge: ACC School with most NCAA tournament appearances in conference: ACC: North Carolina-39 Big East: Louisville-34 Slight edge: ACC Schools with most NCAA tournament wins: ACC: North Carolina-89, Duke-85 Big East: Louisville-55 HUGE edge: ACC Winningest team from each conference: ACC: North Carolina-1,914 wins Big East: St. John's-1,705 wins Edge: ACC So, historically, we can pretty much assert that the ACC is a bit superior to the Big East, right? Now let's look at last season: Teams accepted to the NCAA tournament ACC: 7 Big East: 6 Slight edge: ACC Teams in the Elite Eight: ACC: 1 Big East: 1 Minute edge: Big East Yes, I know Georgetown beat North Carolina; I'm not that naive. I also concede that the best year's best Big East team was better than last year's best ACC team. However, as we've seen in football just recently, this does NOT mean that that given conference is the better conference. The ACC contenders could easily retort that their conference was "down" last year. Again, I'm mainly the messenger here (a bit biased to the ACC, albeit), but the facts don't lie. It's very close: even so close as to have 3 ACC teams in the NIT quarterfinals, compared to the Big East's 2, with West Virginia over Clemson in the NIT finals. In the end, however, I believe that from top to bottom, the ACC is the better conference. [/ QUOTE ] Most of these numbers show that the Big East is better from top to bottom than the ACC. That statement isn't even true, but when you mentioned the teams with most titles, it showed that the ACC has a few great teams and other good teams. The Big East is solid from top to about the #10 position. [/ QUOTE ] It would do wonders if you read my most previous post. That will answer this question in full.

[ QUOTE ] dude everything ur comparing is giving the edge to the ACC because of UNC and Duke being dominant for decades..thanks to u i know everything there is to know about duke and UNC now..but with those 2 teams not included how would VT, GT, maryland, FSU, clemson, wake, NCstate, BC, miami and UVA compare to the Big east in hoops? cause from what u were comparing it was like duke did this plus UNC did that so that equals the ACC is better [/ QUOTE ] I was quoting everything the ACC and Big East had done for decades in order to give my analysis historical precedent. I did it to set up my analysis for the present debate, which I do not appear to have done eloquently enough. Let me continue: You mention the following teams above: Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Florida State, Clemson, Wake Forest, North Carolina State, Boston College, Miami, and Virginia. Here's some snippets on each: Virginia Tech had their best season in a decade last year, reaching the second round of the NCAA tournament with a 21-11 (10-6) mark, falling just short in the second round of the NCAA tournament to Southern Illinois, a good program. Georgia Tech made it to the national championship game in 2004, and has since made the NCAA tournament in the 2004-2005 and 2006-2007 seasons. Maryland has won a national title in the last decade (2001-2002). They also made a final four in 2000-2001, a sweet sixteen in 2002-2003, and the second round in 2003-2004 and 2006-2007. Florida State, as one of the predominantly weaker teams in the ACC, still holds its own, with NIT appearances in 2005-2006 and 2006-2007, making the quarterfinals of the most recent one. Interesting fact: Florida State is one of only two ACC schools to have a player drafted each of the last four seasons. Clemson, although up and coming, still has historically been one of the weaker teams in the ACC. As a team in the botton of our little conference, they just made the NIT finals last year. Likewise, they have been to this tournament each of the past three seasons, and are currently 8-0. Wake Forest is an interesting case: a sweet sixteen in 2003-2004, an NCAA second round in 2002-2003 and 2004-2005. As the worst team in the ACC in 2005-2006, the team still made the NIT. They are surprisingly at 5-2 this season, just having lost their beloved coach Skip Prosser. North Carolina State is a team that has had interesting times lately. As the 10th-seed in the ACC last year, the Wolfpack nearly stole the ACC title away from North Carolina, instead settling for the 3rd round of the NIT. Add that to an NCAA Sweet Sixteen in 2004-2005, NCAA second rounds in 2003-2004 and 2005-2006, and an NCAA appearance in 2002-2003, and that's an impressive resume. Boston College, although being in the ACC a short time, has left its mark. An NCAA Sweet Sixteen in 2005-2006 and an NCAA second round in 2006-2007 highlight their current achievements. The Eagles are currently 6-1. Miami is near the bottom of the ACC ladder. However, they have their own accomplishments: an NIT appearance in 2004-2005, and the third round of the NIT in 2005-2006. The Hurricanes are an astounding 7-0 right now, given their ACC Media Day prediction of last in the conference. Virginia is the shooting star of the ACC at the moment. Mired under a pathetic Pete Gillen, the Cavaliers still managed to make the second round of the NIT in 2003-2004. After Dave Leitao took the helm, he guided a team that shouldn't have won 10 games to an NIT birth in 2005-2006, and to within a missed three-pointer of a Sweet Sixteen birth in 2006-2007. There's the analysis in bloody, laborious detail, sans Duke and North Carolina. One thing stands as a testament to the strength of the conference: even the weakest teams in the ACC still play after their regular seasons are over. I will leave it at that for tonight.

[ QUOTE ] LOL..........simple fact....Big East is the best basketball conference this year and last year. The SEC has a good team or two....ACC has two perennial powerhouses.....but comeon. [/ QUOTE ] That's highly, highly debatable: by absolutely NO means, a simple fact. I will certainly not deny that the Big East is a great conference, and I will even go so far as to say that the Big East is second. However, here are a few things to examine in this analysis. First, historically: Total championships (by current conference members since 1939): ACC-10 Big East-10 Fairly close on the historical regard. It does make a difference to note that the Big East has 16 teams, whereas the ACC has 12. Very slight edge: ACC Most championships won by schools within the conference: ACC: North Carolina-4, Duke-3 Big East: Connecticut-2, Cincinnati-2 Edge: ACC Schools with most final four appearances within the conference: ACC: North Carolina-16, Duke-14 Big East: Louisville-8, Cincinnati-8 Edge: ACC School with most NCAA tournament appearances in conference: ACC: North Carolina-39 Big East: Louisville-34 Slight edge: ACC Schools with most NCAA tournament wins: ACC: North Carolina-89, Duke-85 Big East: Louisville-55 HUGE edge: ACC Winningest team from each conference: ACC: North Carolina-1,914 wins Big East: St. John's-1,705 wins Edge: ACC So, historically, we can pretty much assert that the ACC is a bit superior to the Big East, right? Now let's look at last season: Teams accepted to the NCAA tournament ACC: 7 Big East: 6 Slight edge: ACC Teams in the Elite Eight: ACC: 1 Big East: 1 Minute edge: Big East Yes, I know Georgetown beat North Carolina; I'm not that naive. I also concede that the best year's best Big East team was better than last year's best ACC team. However, as we've seen in football just recently, this does NOT mean that that given conference is the better conference. The ACC contenders could easily retort that their conference was "down" last year. Again, I'm mainly the messenger here (a bit biased to the ACC, albeit), but the facts don't lie. It's very close: even so close as to have 3 ACC teams in the NIT quarterfinals, compared to the Big East's 2, with West Virginia over Clemson in the NIT finals. In the end, however, I believe that from top to bottom, the ACC is the better conference.

[ QUOTE ] This question is for those that have the channel and have watched games on there in the past including last week. Is it just me or is Bryant Gumble the worst commentator in all of sports right now? There's just something very annoying about his voice and regardless of what's occurring on the field the tone of his voice never changes. He rarely, if ever, expresses any type of emotion/excitment; it's the same monotone voice throughout. I just cannot bare to listen to him talk for more than a minute or two. [/ QUOTE ] I don't like his commentating, either. It feels to me like he announces every play like he just woke up from a three-hour nap. He shows a tiny bit of excitement, but it's in the volume of his voice, unlike 90% of commentators who change it with their pitch. I'm still waiting for a Musburger/Bryant Gumbel combination. Too bad they're on different networks; it would make the first time I ever fall asleep during a game.

[ QUOTE ] [/ QUOTE ] That's going in my picture collection. Great find!

[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Who is ansel? [/ QUOTE ] Who do you think he is? Gosh! [/ QUOTE ] We people away from the homeland need some help sometimes .

[ QUOTE ] Chang couldn't get it and he set the record...there is just no media respect for that school...that's totally unfair, but it goes hand in hand with the crappy BCS so it shouldn't surprise anyone...and where does Tebow play? Exactly. Tebow wins it in a landslide. [/ QUOTE ] That's basically it, fellas. Also, the media latching on to Tebow's 20/20 season like a starving dog attacking a steak.

[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] He may he lost the game for us, but there is no need to vandalize his house, car and everything else. After all, its only a game [/ QUOTE ] He did not lose the game for us. In no way did he lose the game. I can't believe you said that...our offense was complete crap on Saturday and that game was lost up front on the o-line, the offense not executing and by really bad turnovers. The refs tried their best to give us the game, but Pitt just wanted it more. It was tough to be an 'Eer fan Sunday, but I am not going to go out and stick on one player. [/ QUOTE ] Bingo. McAfee didn't lose the game. The key moment in the game was White injuring his thumb. That's picture-perfect analysis. It's disgusting for members of a fan base to show this base, hickish behavior. In one way, we can be grateful that we're not them. If my life turned on one football game like that, I'd hate to look myself in the mirror every morning. It must be a pathetic existance if that's what you get the most worked-up about.

Of course, "great tidewater and northern Virginia teams"...of the same size! The point in the other post was "any" tidewater or northern Virginia school, i.e. the mega-schools. Continue on BB's topic, though.

[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I was laughing at the statement that Woodrow Wilson would hold its own against the NOVA and tidewater teams. Those schools have three times the enrollment or more, thus three times the athletes in the talent pool. Even though most of them devote their time to football, there are some ballers in there. I know good and well Virginia's not a great basketball state; that's a good reason why all but one player on the Cavaliers comes from outside the state. However, it's much better than what there is in SWVA. [/ QUOTE ] And Woodrow Wilson could hang with any team in VA... [/ QUOTE ] I'll have to see it to believe it. End of that story. In regards to other posts, it lacks substance to say that there is little link between a school's enrollment and talent of a varsity level high school team. If there were little correlation between enrollment and talent level, there would be a little variation between which team wins the games. It's the same principle behind a classification system: so like-enrollment school play like-enrollment schools. An underlying reason: to level the playing field. Why would that be? Could that be because there is a correlation between numbers and talent? I think so! Just my opinions. I'll agree to disagree, if it comes to that.

I was laughing at the statement that Woodrow Wilson would hold its own against the NOVA and tidewater teams. Those schools have three times the enrollment or more, thus three times the athletes in the talent pool. Even though most of them devote their time to football, there are some ballers in there. I know good and well Virginia's not a great basketball state; that's a good reason why all but one player on the Cavaliers comes from outside the state. However, it's much better than what there is in SWVA.

[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Southern West virginia basketball is horiable compared to Swva bball [/ QUOTE ] I'd put Bluefield, Beckley,Wyoming East, Westside, Logan, etc. up against anyone that Southwestern Virginia has to offer. And I'd put Beckley up against anyone that the state of Virginia has to offer, including the big schools of NOVA and the Tidewater year in and year out... [/ QUOTE ] Man, I have to thank you. I haven't laughed that hard in months...

[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] it's the truth, go figure this out a swd team doing this to one of their own. major props. to this on the vapreps site. guess penis envy has killed the gmen!!!!! [/ QUOTE ] if you cant stand it when someone from bluefield,va predicts that the blues are gonna lose,then why dont you run and cry about it on that other board with the other OFFENDED Richlands fans?cause we dont wanna hear it on here.when Richlands wins we hear how awesome they are,and when they get beat(by both bluefields this year)we hear all the excuses. [/ QUOTE ] You're an idiot. He wasnt even talking about your post... he was talking about Graham's coach giving game film to Brookeville. We didnt get beat by Brookeville...how could enyone be making excuses??? No one made any excuses when we got beat by Bluefield and Graham either. Get a clue, moron! All we have heard from you all year is how horrile Richlands is and how bad the fans are. You whine more than anybody else on this board, get over yourself and shut the hell up! [/ QUOTE ] Well said! It's about time somebody put this jackass in his place. [/ QUOTE ] i hope Monticello crushes Richlands.only ones that are offended are you pricks from richlands.you all suck.go monticello! [/ QUOTE ] Classy.

[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I called it weeks ago...BIGGEST UPSET IN NFL HISTORY...the Dolphins (winless) will beat the Pats (undefeated)... [/ QUOTE ] It's in Foxboro, won't happen. [/ QUOTE ] Just like Pitt wouldn't beat WVU in Morgantown...just like Appy St. wouldn't beat Michicken in the Big House...any given day... [/ QUOTE ] I believe West Virginia couldn't close out the deal, because they frankly didn't know how to close it out. The Patriots have solid core of people who flat out know how to win, and have Super Bowl rings to show for it. 16-0. Book it.

Very true. They deserve be ahead of the Hokies. Just thought that was interesting.

Here's an interesting page I found that's very interesting: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/graphics/coaches_fb_poll_2007/flash.htm Notice how Frank Beamer was the only coach to rank Virginia Tech 2nd .