The Gator Bowl (Florida State vs. West Virginia) has added 6,000 additional seats for FSU coach Bobby Bowden’s curtain call, bringing the stadium’s capacity to 83,500 for this year’s edition. The highly anticipated Gator Bowl sold out in a little under two hours after the match-up was announced this past Sunday. Bowden will ride off into the sunset after the January 1st tussle, leaving behind a legacy in Tallahassee. Sure the old man has lost his touch over the...
We will have to wait another day until we learn the fate of Bobby Bowden. The ACCs winningest football coach will announce his intentions tomorrow on whether or not he will return to Florida State. The 80 year old legend met with the school’s president, TK Wetherall, and AD Randy Spetman today to discuss Bowden’s future and the football team’s direction. Long gone are the days of Florida State’s dominance between 1987 and 2000 (14 consecutive finishes in the top 5...
At least two coaches fell victim this Black Sunday. UVA’s Al Groh parted ways with the Cavaliers and Marshall’s Mark Snyder, who resigned, will forever be a Herd but just not the head coach. Groh’s firing shouldn’t come to any surprise. His job has been in jeopardy since the season kicked-off. The team suffered an embarrassing 3-9 record in 2009 and lost 8 of their last nine games. The team hit an all time low when it lost to in-state...
North Carolina’s depth chart at RB shrunk this past Saturday. During the Tar Heels’ 19-6 victory over Duke, starting RB Shaun Draughn fractured his left shoulder blade on the first play of scrimmage and will be out for the remainder of the 2009 season. The junior was 7th in rushing in the ACC averaging 63.0 yard/game. He was the team leader in rushing amassing 567 yards on 124 carries in nine games. In his place, RB Ryan Houston will...
The Matador received heavy criticism for his early preseason bashing of the ACC. If we learned anything from week 1, The Matador wasn’t too far off the mark. The two inexcusable beatings landed at the hands of Duke losing to Richmond 16-24 and lowly UVA being ousted by in-state rival William & Mary 14-26. Another game that set the conference back was Cal thumping Maryland 52-13. The ACC did have some close games that came down to 4th quarter...
The Miami Hurricanes are entering tomorrow night’s showdown against Florida State with more injuries than a M*A*S*H episode. The ‘Canes will play Florida State tomorrow night down two defensive players. Defensive back Ryan Hill, and safety Vaughn Telemaque, were injured on Saturday during the last Miami practice before their season opener. The extent of the injuries are unknown, as Miami has only confirmed that the two suffered injuries to their “upper extremities”. Senior Ryan Hill played in 13 games for...
One can’t help but to feel sorry for Miami DE Eric Moncur. It looks as if the 6th year senior will more than likely miss Monday’s Sunshine State Showdown against Florida State with a groin injury. Moncur flew to Philadelphia on Monday to see a specialist and to get a second opinion on his groin discomfort . Moncur missed 9 games last year after suffering an abdominal muscle tear and was granted a sixth year of eligibility by the NCAA as a...
Miami starting RB Graig Cooper is the latest Miami Hurricane to fall victim to injury. Cooper was hurt during the Canes’ practice on Monday with a right leg injury and was wearing a protective boot on his right foot yesterday. As of now the severity of his injury is still unknown. Cooper has been a solid rushing threat (841 yds. in 2008) for the Canes and the hope in Coral Gables is that he’ll be healthy sooner than later. The Canes open the 2009 season on September...
