Well, if you have been following my Twitter, we are hiking the Appalachian Trail with a new blog site and platform. Same quality of content with an easier web address to remember and some cool new features. Check it out at http://ontheb-rink.com/blog

But I won't leave this site without a proper ending. Here are my positional rankings for the ACC's Atlantic linebackers. Hope to see you at my new site!

We are inching closer and closer to football season which means we look for more angles for CFB talk. The month of July is for positional rankings leading up to the unveiling of my first ACC Power Poll preseason ranking the best of the best in the ACC. Today, we look at the linebackers of the ACC’s Atlantic Division:

1) Clemson Tigers
Returning Starters/Experience: High. Talent: Good.
Make or Break Player: LB Brandon Maye

2) Florida State Seminoles
Returning Starters/Experience: Medium Talent: Good.
Make or Break Player: LB Kendall Smith

3) Boston College Eagles
Returning Starters/Experience: Medium. Talent: Medium.
Make or Break Player: LB Mike McLaughlin

4) North Carolina State Wolfpack
Returning Starters/Experience: High. Talent: Okay(without Irving)
Make or Break Player: LB Ray Michel

5) Maryland Terrapins
Returning Starters/Experience: Medium. Talent: Okay.
Make or Break Player: LB Alex Wujciak

6) Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Returning Starters/Experience: Medium Talent: Okay.
Make or Break Player: LB Matt Woodlief

There’s your ACC linebacker rankings…where would you slot them? Clemson went from one of the weaker LB corps to the best with returning everybody off a solid unit last season. A lot of the teams have injuries that have either hampered players during spring(BC and Maryland) or will keep them out in the fall(BC and NC State).

{Are the Tigers standing by themselves in the ACC's Atlantic this season? One writer is leaning that way.}

As we at OTB(me, myself, and I) are taking a long weekend in the great outdoors, we move up the Friday Fiesta Linkfest to Wednesday Weblinks. Here is what has caught my eye today and this week so far...

Since our post on the ACC Tourney fiasco, there have been a few posts on it. Here is one from The Legacyx4 who was a blog that commented on my post.

I think HD covers the Clemson preseason hype(or lack their of) and what we should expect from them pretty well in this post.

To the other football, Clemson alumnus Oneywu signs with top soccer club AC Milan which is pretty cool I guess.

Because what would a linkfest post be without Coach K news, he is about to sign on with Team USA for another run at the gold.

Another gem from College Game Balls here as they did a running report on the BCS hearings in Congress.

From the 'are Tobacco Roaders that self-centered file', HD takes a question on who will be the best college baske...err, football team of bunch and the Tar Heels are where it's at apparently for all three of you that care.

Here's another story on the ACC Tournament decision, but don't read the article, just look at the gigantic shot of Swofford's melon. That thing's huge!

Okay, that's all I have for today. Everybody enjoy the rest of your week and thanks for reading!
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{BB&T Coastal Field won't be seeing ACC baseball for the next three years as was planned}

The news broke yesterday that after some protest—the ACC would move its baseball tournament back to the friendly confines of North Carolina and away from an area of South Carolina that really needed the economic boost. The national chapter of the NAACP rejected the blessing of the local chapter of its organization to have the ACC Tournament in Myrtle Beach and would go forward with their agenda to hit hard the economies of SC. The decision to move the tournament is so utterly moronic for several reasons.
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{GT Safety Morgan Burnett and the Yellow Jackets are looking to wreck some ACC offenses this season}

We are inching closer and closer to football season which means we look for more angles for CFB talk. The month of July is for positional rankings leading up to the unveiling of my first ACC Power Poll preseason ranking the best of the best in the ACC. Today, we look at the secondaries of the ACC overall:
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{UNC's Kendric Burney looking to have back-to-back great seasons at corner for the Heels—pic per ESPN}

We are inching closer and closer to football season which means welook for more angles for CFB talk. The month of July is for positional rankings leading up to the unveiling of my first ACC Power Pollpreseason ranking the best of the best in the ACC. Today, we look atthe secondaries of the ACC Coastal:
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{Clemson's Chris Chancellor leads the top secondary unit in the Atlantic Division}

We are inching closer and closer to football season which means we look for more angles for CFB talk. The month of July is for positional rankings leading up to the unveiling of my first ACC Power Poll preseason ranking the best of the best in the ACC. Today, we look at the secondaries of the ACC Atlantic:
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{Happy Independence Day!}

Here's some Red, White, and Blue ACC fireworks of big hits that left a lot of players red, black, and blue after the jump.
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{Did someone say Duke news?}

Welcome to the weekly linkfest where I give what catches my eye and should catch yours in the ACC. Read the clever sentences with blue lettering and enjoy your weekend!

A post on College Game Balls peeked my interest with how the ACC football scheduling was made this season.

HD gives the lowdown on who will be catching the ball for NC State's Russell Wilson this season(and Glennon when he gets hurt at some point this season).

***Duke News Section***

Apparently, there was some big hub-bub about Coach K bolting for LA.

"Coach K Must Get Creative" according to Luke Decock of the News and Observer via the Charlotte Observer. Creative=find more white guys and/or find another former Duke player for the bench...

Or creative could be Duke playing zone according to ACC Now and Kyle Singler(Caucasian-American).

***End Duke News Section***

The latest on BC star LB Mark Herzlich who was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year.

Virginia and Boston College come in at 63 and 64 on Sporting News' countdown of the best/worst CFB teams this season.

Sporting News has some former coaches weigh in on the potential FSU penalties of vacation of wins.

There's the Friday Fiesta Linkfest for this week. Shoot some fireworks and eat a lot! Happy birthday America!

{USC's Coach Horn endorses this photo}

You already have to be on some good stuff to take the job of being a coach at South Carolina, but USC men's basketball Coach Darrin Horn has really gone out of his way to show he is a dope. At the SEC preseason teleconferences, USC Coach Horn spoke his mind to the press:

“We need to have a really good summer and a good fall in order to prepare ourselves for what we feel like will be the best conference(SEC) in the country next year,” Horn said.

Have you stopped LOLing yet? Yes, you heard it right. The SEC will be the best conference in the country...in basketball. The conference that was terrible last year. The conference that got 3 bids from a BCS conference and only got that many because Miss. State got hot and won the SEC Tournament. Horn's Gamecocks did not even advance out of the first round of the NIT with a home game.

But let's not totally cross it off based off from last year. I mean they have to have a good case. Let's look at the three states where the ACC/SEC collide. Let's start with Horn's South Carolina. Clemson and South Carolina? Heavy advantage—Clemson. How can Horn make that statement when his 'Cocks are not even the best in his own state. Clemson has owned the 'Cocks since Purnell's reign as the Tigers' Head Coach. Georgia and Georgia Tech? Are you kidding?—Georgia Tech by a mile. How about Florida vs. FSU/Miami? Florida State>Florida>Miami. To recap, the SEC is 1-3 against one of the top conferences in the ACC. Let's just matchup the rest for fun:

ACC's Best last year, UNC vs. SEC's best team last year, LSU—Remember 2009 NCAA Tourney? Yeah, UNC.
Best of the rest ACC, Duke  vs. Best of the rest SEC, Kentucky—Neutral court with ACC refs, Duke—neutral refs too—Kentucky.
Best of the rest ACC, BC vs. Best of the rest SEC, Tennessee—BC should be pretty good—Eagles.
Best of the rest ACC, Maryland vs. Best of the rest SEC, Auburn—Gotta like the Terps here.
Best of the rest ACC, VT vs. Best of the rest SEC, Miss. State—We'll throw the dogs a bone with MSU.
Best of the rest ACC, UVA vs. Best of the rest SEC, Vandy—The Cavaliers will be an underrated surprise with a win.
Best of the rest ACC, NC State vs. Best of the rest SEC, Alabama—NC State was hot down the stretch last season and looked like a contender—Wolfpack all day.
Best of the rest ACC, Wake Forest vs. Ole Miss and Arkansas—Wake Forest has the talent to get to the NCAA Tourney in the SEC, but is just another team in the ACC—Wake Forest<Arkansas<Ole Miss.

By my count: 3-10 goes the SEC against ACC teams by my highly unscientific poll.

But you don't need a poll of head-to-head mythical game results to tell you that. That was just a little fluff. The statement was dumb and you already know that.

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{Champion of the BCS, our commissioner, John Swofford has made some pro-football moves, but has fallen short}

College football is the cash cow of the NCAA especially because of ridiculous racket of the BCS which is the Gospel of ACC Commissioner John Swofford. Sure, it is making the ACC a lot of money, but Swofford really has not capatalized on college football. Why, you ask? Well, I would be glad to tell you...<< MORE >>