Category Archives: ACC
Could Boston College Football Get Shut Out Of The 2013 NFL Draft?
11thMay
CBS Sports recently released its 2013 NFL Draft prospect player rankings, noting the top 750 college football players that would be eligibile for next year’s NFL Draft. The list is not promising for Boston College. The Eagles senior class landed just five players in the top 750 NFL Draft prospects overall and just two in [...]
FSU’s Jimbo Fisher ranked 38th on Sporting News coaching list
11thMay
Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher ranked 38th on the Sporting News' list of 124 college football coaches. The list was unveiled earlier this week. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) The Sporting News earlier this week unveiled its rankings of college coaches. Going 1-124, the publication weighed various factors when coming up with the list. Like most lists, [...]
Florida State ready for key baseball series at Clemson
11thMay
Defensive miscues contributed to a pair of Florida State losses earlier this week, but the Seminoles are looking to close out the week by winning games at Clemson and locking in the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament two weeks from now. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel file) Florida State’s baseball team has a chance this [...]
Boston College Football: Connecticut Governor Wants Eagles and Huskies to Play
11thMay
Earlier in the week, we talked about some of the rivalry series’ that we would like to see renewed from around the country in light of Penn State and Pitt agreeing to pick up games in 2016 and 2017. One game that we left off the list was the UConn and Boston College series. The [...]
Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy Wants Boston College, UConn To Bury The Hatchet
11thMay
If you can’t join ‘em, kiss, make up and put them back on the schedule. HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says it is time for the University of Connecticut and Boston College to put hard feelings behind them and work to re-establish an important New England rivalry on the football field and [...]
Luke Kuechly Signs 4 Year, $12.58 Million Deal With Carolina Panthers
11thMay
Congrats to Boston College linebacker Luke Kuechly, who signed a four year, $12.58 million contract with the Carolina Panthers. Kuechly was the 9th overall pick in this year’s NFL Draft. Getting paid, like a boss. Via Cat Scratch Reader: Continuing their faith in 9th overall pick Luke Kuechly the Carolina Panthers have agreed to terms [...]
ACC Expansion: New TV Deal Has Boston College, Syracuse Football On Friday Night
10thMay
The big news yesterday was that ESPN and the ACC re-upped their TV deal through 2026-27. For Boston College football fans in particular, there was a very interesting sentence included in the release: Per the extension, ESPN has the right to televise three Friday ACC football contests annually which will include a standing commitment from [...]
O’Brien: Bring Back the Kickoff Classic
10thMay
Well, not the proper-noun-version of the Kickoff Classic. But the idea of a neutral-site game to lead off the college football season between two national teams is a very appealing one to Penn State’s freshman head coach Bill O’Brien. Speaking to a room full of fans and media Wednesday night in New York City, BOB [...]