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Irony (EYE row nee), n.

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:13:13 +0000

1. language or conduct that communicates meaning in ways that are opposite to what one might expect, usually for emphatic effect. Example: "Drawing upon its deep well spring of communal understanding of what passes for acceptable behavior in basketball arenas, the Maryland fanbase rose up as one to lecture John Henson about his lack of sportsmanship yesterday."

Well done Mr. Henson. Whatever you do to enrage a gang of redneck fools like that gets high marks with me. This is one of those "contempt as badge of honor" dealies as far as I'm concerned

my only criticism of Henson is that after the dunk he should have dunked it again and then pitched it into the mush of the nearest low browed slack jawed Terps fan. that "F UNC!" taunt during the national anthem was absolutely 100% in character for a Terps crowd. as perfect a statement as we could ask for

The setup after expansion

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:36:57 +0000

Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. - Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner John Swofford announced today the future scheduling formats as approved by the ACC's Faculty Athletic Representatives and Athletics Directors.

The announcement was made following the annual ACC Winter Meetings and will go in effect once Pittsburgh and Syracuse become playing members in the conference.

"We have been engaged in discussions on the various options for integrating Pitt and Syracuse since early fall," said ACC Commissioner John Swofford. "It's a tremendous tribute to the leadership at our schools that we will be able to seamlessly add Pitt and Syracuse at the appropriate time when they become full playing members."

A breakdown of the future scheduling models include:

Football:
The Atlantic and Coastal divisions will remain the same with Syracuse joining the Atlantic and Pitt joining the Coastal. The current primary crossover partners will remain consistent with Syracuse and Pitt becoming primary crossover partners with each other.

When Pitt and Syracuse join the ACC, the league will play a nine-game conference schedule. The format will consist of each team playing all six in its division each year, plus its primary crossover partner each year and two rotating opponents from the opposite division. This six-year cycle allows each team to play each divisional opponent and its primary crossover partner six times (three home and three away) while also playing each rotating crossover opponent two times (one home and one away).

Men's and Women's Basketball:
As previously announced, the ACC will play an 18-game conference schedule beginning in 2012-13.

When Pitt and Syracuse join, each school will have one primary partner (Boston College and Syracuse; Clemson and Georgia Tech; Duke and North Carolina; Florida State and Miami; Maryland and Pitt; NC State and Wake Forest; Virginia and Virginia Tech).

The scheduling model will be based on a three-year cycle during which teams will play every league opponent at least once with the primary partners playing home and away annually while the other 12 rotate in groups of four: one year both home and away; one year at home only; and one year away only. Over the course of the three-year cycle primary partners play a total of six times and all other conference opponents play four times.

The format allows each program to see opponents with more regularity and creates an increase in competitive balance throughout the teams.

It was determined that all 14 league members will continue to compete in the ACC Men's and Women's Tournaments and a decision on the Tournament formats will be announced at a later date.

Olympic Sports:
All team sports will continue to play each conference team at least once during the regular season. Baseball is the only exception as they currently don't play all conference opponents.

The league will continue to sponsor an ACC Championship event in all sports. The only exception will be volleyball, which will continue to recognize its champion from regular-season play.

The conference will sponsor an ACC Championship in the sport of gymnastics. There are currently three institutions that sponsor gymnastics (Maryland, North Carolina and NC State) and with the addition of Pitt, the ACC will have four programs, the necessary number in the league's bylaws to host a conference championship. The ACC previously sponsored a conference championship in gymnastics in 1984.

It was MJ's fault

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:57:14 +0000

http://www.rr.com/sports/topic/article/r...d=RRWMHero

Len Elmore

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:47:16 +0000

He hates him some Duke now let me tell you. And Mike Patrick, well he's kind of just out there. What has happened to broadcasting the ACC games these days?

I love the delete post feature!

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:08:39 +0000

I use it a lot. Very handy.

I was thinking, what if we could delete anyone's posts? Wouldn't that be better?

RIP Don Cornelius

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:59:18 +0000

^note Fro-con

apparent suicide. I hope there is a Soul Train Dance line wheelin' his coffin out the church and a serious train whistle on the organ.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/clic..._blog.html

Super Bowl ads

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:27:20 +0000

Several Super Bowl ads floating around the interwebs this week.... seen any good ones?

Being a complete car nut; I've seen a few related to the automotive industry.

Here are two of the best I've seen so far;

Ferris Bueller 2.0

Jerry Seinfeld - Acura NSX

Hey, SS .....

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:00:06 +0000

Here's an article, by Phil Ford of all people, that you might find interesting in regards to defense. Towards the end, he credits Zeller and Henson for outstanding defense, even for altering shots in addition to the blocks.
http://www.chapelboro.com/Defense--Defense-/12127148
Also some neat insight from one of the things Dean taught him early on.
I think it's a great read, but it is Carolina-centric, so you and others may not agree.
And btw, I wish Roy had added Phil to his staff instead of Manuel and Frasor. Nothing wrong with those guys at all, but I'd personally love to see Phil Ford on our staff.

My dream ACC for the future

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:38:50 +0000

I know its been done, but this is my dream ACC going forward now that its been ruined

Real ACC:

Heels
dook
wuffie
weak
twerps
bugs
UVA
Clem

stoopid:

Pitt
Unwelcome
cuse
VT
Miami
FSU
who cares
who cares

round robin each division and have a few out of division games.

I guess thats 22 (14+8) if everyone plays once with the divisional round robin, so kill some inter-divisional games each season to get it to 20. It would be glorified OOC games, basically.

Kill the bloody tourney and do it right, or maybe an invite tourney that you earn your way in, and bag divisions in the tourney, seed it like normal, best you could, so the Real ACC division doesn't get penalized.

Carolina Rains Three's on GT

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:31:46 +0000

most all year I think, and 63%

what a surprise

Scott Walker back in the news

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:15:50 +0000

Seems he oversaw an office where folks did political work on the taxpayer dime and are now being indicted.

Walker aides indicted in Wisconsin

Accused of setting up a private email group so as to hide discussions as well as this gem: "Two former Walker staffers have been charged with stealing $60,000 in donations to Operation Freedom, an event honoring veterans." Probably doesn't bode well for his efforts fighting off the recall.

This man will die

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:57:44 +0000

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/a...again.html

Economic growth with no housing

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:11:47 +0000

2.8 GDP growth with virtually no housing is pretty impressive to me. new home sales in 2005 peaked at 1.3 million. last year they were 0.3 million, worst ever.

@ say $200,000 per home that's about 1.5% missing striclty from home construction alone. when you add the ripple effect on for instance tools, truck, appliances and discretionary spending by those who used to have jobs in the industry, it's probably closer to 3% missing. GM for instance used to sell a lot of trucks to peple in the cosntruction business.

so here we are in a new economy with virtually no housing and still managing to come up with 2% + growth. housing used to be important to recoveries but it's not happening in this one and most likely won't recover any time soon.

Looks like we got a new QB commit today too

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:58:38 +0000

How bout them apples.

Line on State/Heels

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:49:36 +0000

-15 and 159

Honestly I am going under and the other way on the spread.

Nervous.

Think we win but not sure about 15, and I think State holds it in the 70's

I'd go under and the other way.

Obama and the SOTU speech

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:35:09 +0000

http://www.whitehouse.gov/state-of-the-union-2012

I thought he totally killed it. Several new policy initiatives that make sense! and a brilliant defense of his record.

I thought it was awesome.

Anyone really thinks the clowns at the gop running for exec really have anything better than my President? Really? wow.

I thought it was a classic SOTU. Obama is going to landslide.

I'm getting tix to the Charlotte DNC, btw.

Absolutely Brilliant. Absolutely. Great President.

GT basketball continues its ACC struggle

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:50:46 +0000

Another 15 point loss, this one to Miami in Atlanta.

GT looks really bad at times. IMO, their lack of PG talent is really hurting the offensive flow. They have an inside presence, but can't consistently get the ball inside. Increasingly, teams are pressing the guards out above the key and keeping them away from the good passing lanes. When the outside shots don't fall, the offense completely falls apart.

It's not going to be a good season.

Low Attendance Forces dook to Sell Student Seats

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:22:08 +0000

http://dukechronicle.com/article/low-att...dent-seats

Really? They can't even find enough students to fill that little bandbox?

Older dook alumni tell me that dook is an entirely different place than it used to be, and the downward trend in attendance at home men's basketball games is a perfect illustration of that.

Quote:During the offseason, the sports marketing staff plans to investigate more of the underlying factors of the undergraduate attendance decline. Until then, though, the few students left will just have to get Crazier.

I could speculate on the underlying reasons, but my speculation wouldn't be very politically correct...

DMFG

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:03:01 +0000

For those UNC fans who don't pay attention to the pro game, watch the Spurs if you get a chance. Danny Green has not only become a regular part of Popovich's rotation, he often gets the most minutes off of the bench (20-25) and is usually in at the end.

I'm really happy for Danny. After a couple of years of barely hanging on, it appears he's found a place in the Association.

Cue the Village Idiot with a comment about Marcus Ginyard in 3... 2... 1...

Tax rates of candidates

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:54:01 +0000

http://money.cnn.com/pf/taxes/storysuppl...?hpt=hp_t1