It’s been a gratifying few days as an alumni of an ACC school and a resident of the Carolina’s. I would hope in the future that the committee would look at more then just the numbers because let’s face the facts: The Big 12 is not a better basketball conference...
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We adore Gordon Bombay, Willie Mays Hayes and Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez, but where is the love for the bad guy in sports movies? Without these sports villains, who knows if we’d still randomly start to yell “Quack, Quack, Quack” or “Shooter!” Sports movies need villains and today I point...
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Good for you, Patrick. Good for you, MJD. In the past week we have seen two All-Pro players retire from the NFL before it was too late. Patrick Willis announced yesterday that he was calling it quits at the age of 30 on the heels of last week’s announcement that Maurice...
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The regular season is over and it’s now time to see which ACC team will make it through the gauntlet and prevail as conference tourney champion. Scratched Enough: Virginia, Notre Dame, UNC, Duke, Louisville, NC State, Virginia (0-1 this week): The loss to Louisville was nothing more then a fluke. If...
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Ronda Rousey could beat a man in a fight, even if that man happened to be a professional fighter. The evidence is in her observed skillset. The possibility cannot be discounted. But a mixed-gender fight should never happen because there are only negative outcomes. It should just be a contest between...
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The gift that keeps on giving is the Qatar World Cup in 2022. It has been reported that the usual summer event will be moved to the months of November and December of that year. At first, it made ZERO sense how a country with no stadiums, hotels or infrastructure is...
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Impressive wins by the Wolfpack and Blue Devils headline the past week in the ACC. Scratched Enough: Virginia, Notre Dame, UNC, Duke, Louisville Virginia (3-0 this week): Beating Wake Forest by 1 at home is just another way to show the conference balance. Holding Pittsburgh to two separate scoring droughts of...
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A number of experts have guessed 6 ACC teams should join the party with a possible 7th sneaking in. Scratched Enough: Virginia, Notre Dame, UNC, Duke, Louisville Virginia: Even though Cavaliers games are like watching paint dry, this team has mastered the art of defense. If you can get to...
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Gone are the days of screaming, waving your hands in a crazy motion or even wearing a speedo to distract a free throw shooter. Arizona State has finally found a class that some of the students can actually pass: distraction. The very average Sun Devil basketball team is not the...
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Hello sports fans! I’ve always wanted to say that, though preferably on a network and not a blog with a title referencing a piece of equipment that protects my man parts. Anyways, my name is Michael Fine, and I am the new editor for The Jock Itch site. After many...
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