Entries Tagged as 'Sports'

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

The wacky, circular world of ACC football, part 2

It has happened for the second year in a row.  Last year, on this very day, I observed that you could start with any ACC football team and go in a circle all the way around to the beginning.  This year… Maryland beat Clemson Clemson beat Boston College Boston College beat Virginia Virginia beat North […]

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

The wacky, circular world of ACC football

It was a rather strange year for ACC football in which every team except for Duke and Virginia is bowl eligible.  During the regular season: Duke beat Virginia Virginia beat Georgia Tech Georgia Tech beat Clemson Clemson beat Boston College Boston College beat Virginia Tech Virginia Tech beat Maryland Maryland beat Wake Forest Wake Forest […]

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

They don’t call it a “suicide squeeze” for nothing

If Mike Scioscia’s gamble in the top of the ninth last night had paid off, he would have looked like a genius.  As it was, I can’t fault him for making the call with one of his best bunters at the plate in Erick Aybar.  It just didn’t work.  It is not quite the equivalent […]