Comments on: If ACC wants to get noticed, it needs to step up against SEC http://blogs.ajc.com/jeff-schultz-blog/2009/08/30/if-acc-wants-to-get-noticed-it-needs-to-step-up-against-sec/ This AJC sports blogger takes things seriously when he has to, but he really would rather not Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:22:20 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Phil http://blogs.ajc.com/jeff-schultz-blog/2009/08/30/if-acc-wants-to-get-noticed-it-needs-to-step-up-against-sec/comment-page-4/#comment-23468 Phil Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:09:59 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/jeff-schultz-blog/?p=3877#comment-23468 Alabama may have the best receiver in the nation....but, will the QB get time to throw him the ball? That could be the big story. I'm looking forward to a great game. Alabama may have the best receiver in the nation….but, will the QB get time to throw him the ball? That could be the big story. I’m looking forward to a great game.

]]> By: BIGBOY http://blogs.ajc.com/jeff-schultz-blog/2009/08/30/if-acc-wants-to-get-noticed-it-needs-to-step-up-against-sec/comment-page-4/#comment-23386 BIGBOY Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:31:31 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/jeff-schultz-blog/?p=3877#comment-23386 FSU has not won big since Mark Richt left.Folks on here keep talking about if FLA and FSU switched places well what about UGA,LSU,ALA?There are no teams in the ACC that are on the level of those teams. FSU has not won big since Mark Richt left.Folks on here keep talking about if FLA and FSU switched places well what about UGA,LSU,ALA?There are no teams in the ACC that are on the level of those teams.

]]> By: SER http://blogs.ajc.com/jeff-schultz-blog/2009/08/30/if-acc-wants-to-get-noticed-it-needs-to-step-up-against-sec/comment-page-4/#comment-23377 SER Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:35:35 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/jeff-schultz-blog/?p=3877#comment-23377 If you live in or near a city where a College Football Bowl Game will be played, consider listing your property for rent for profit during the 2009-2010 College Football Bowl Series. www.sportseventrentals.com provides a platform for people who live near the over 35 Bowl Game venues or near major sporting events a website in which they can list and rent their house out to those coming to the event. If you are traveling to a College Football Bowl Game you will find great homes and accommodations for rent as well. We work with both people renting their homes and those looking to find a place to stay. Consider listing with us to make some additional profit multiple times per year. If you live in or near a city where a College Football Bowl Game will be played, consider listing your property for rent for profit during the 2009-2010 College Football Bowl Series. http://www.sportseventrentals.com provides a platform for people who live near the over 35 Bowl Game venues or near major sporting events a website in which they can list and rent their house out to those coming to the event. If you are traveling to a College Football Bowl Game you will find great homes and accommodations for rent as well. We work with both people renting their homes and those looking to find a place to stay. Consider listing with us to make some additional profit multiple times per year.

]]> By: Hokie Jim http://blogs.ajc.com/jeff-schultz-blog/2009/08/30/if-acc-wants-to-get-noticed-it-needs-to-step-up-against-sec/comment-page-4/#comment-23360 Hokie Jim Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:32:30 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/jeff-schultz-blog/?p=3877#comment-23360 My bad. Meant to say Frank Beamer and crowd isn't going to lose for lack of trying. Hope that slip wasn't prophetic. Definitely was pathetic. My bad. Meant to say Frank Beamer and crowd isn’t going to lose for lack of trying. Hope that slip wasn’t prophetic. Definitely was pathetic.

]]> By: Hokie Jim http://blogs.ajc.com/jeff-schultz-blog/2009/08/30/if-acc-wants-to-get-noticed-it-needs-to-step-up-against-sec/comment-page-4/#comment-23359 Hokie Jim Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:29:31 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/jeff-schultz-blog/?p=3877#comment-23359 Enter your comments here Enter your comments here

]]> By: Hokie Jim http://blogs.ajc.com/jeff-schultz-blog/2009/08/30/if-acc-wants-to-get-noticed-it-needs-to-step-up-against-sec/comment-page-3/#comment-23357 Hokie Jim Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:19:52 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/jeff-schultz-blog/?p=3877#comment-23357 I've been a VT alum for a long time. Up until last year, Beamer's attitude towards bowl game preparation was that those games were a reward for a job well done during the regular season, so he would make the practices light and let the kids have fun. Last year was the first time that changed. They prepared for last year's Orange Bowl game hard and didn't play on the beaches nearly as much. The difference between the results of that game and the year before, against Kansas, was all the proof he needed that the team needed to prepare harder. There was just a different feeling leading up the game. I think his change in attitude came partly because he and the rest of the coaching staff got tired of losing bowl games, and they got tired of people saying Tech couldn't win the big games. I think maybe also because conference-versus-conference rivalries have become so big of late, and so bowl games have taken on added importance. It used to be that beating the in-conference rivals like Miami was the main thing, but now, as you can see in these comments, there is just so much smack going around about which conference is best, mostly from SEC fans. Because of that, I believe the ACC is tired of the smack and is motivated to dish some out. The gauntlet was thrown a while back, and the ACC is getting ready to pick it up, I hope. In any event, believe this...Frank Beamer and crowd is going to lose for lack of trying. They are going to play their hearts out for both VT and the entire ACC. I’ve been a VT alum for a long time. Up until last year, Beamer’s attitude towards bowl game preparation was that those games were a reward for a job well done during the regular season, so he would make the practices light and let the kids have fun. Last year was the first time that changed. They prepared for last year’s Orange Bowl game hard and didn’t play on the beaches nearly as much. The difference between the results of that game and the year before, against Kansas, was all the proof he needed that the team needed to prepare harder. There was just a different feeling leading up the game.

I think his change in attitude came partly because he and the rest of the coaching staff got tired of losing bowl games, and they got tired of people saying Tech couldn’t win the big games. I think maybe also because conference-versus-conference rivalries have become so big of late, and so bowl games have taken on added importance. It used to be that beating the in-conference rivals like Miami was the main thing, but now, as you can see in these comments, there is just so much smack going around about which conference is best, mostly from SEC fans.

Because of that, I believe the ACC is tired of the smack and is motivated to dish some out. The gauntlet was thrown a while back, and the ACC is getting ready to pick it up, I hope.

In any event, believe this…Frank Beamer and crowd is going to lose for lack of trying. They are going to play their hearts out for both VT and the entire ACC.

]]> By: SEC Kool-Aide Server http://blogs.ajc.com/jeff-schultz-blog/2009/08/30/if-acc-wants-to-get-noticed-it-needs-to-step-up-against-sec/comment-page-3/#comment-23269 SEC Kool-Aide Server Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:04:56 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/jeff-schultz-blog/?p=3877#comment-23269 Here comes another Ice Cold Glass of SEC Kool-Aide. Jeff, your article certainly adds to the "perception" . . . good job and I'm sure the SEC ADs appreciate the support. Not too long ago, FL State was as dominant as FL. The ACC conference did not get the perception bump that the SEC gets from FL. Just clarify what you want to say. Is it that the SEC has the best team in the country or the toughest conference. . . . two different statements. Jeff, last year, the SEC bottom ten teams were 1-15 against FL and AL. The games were not even close (reference UGA verses FL and UGA verses AL). The SEC used to claim "best conference" status because it was so tough on "any given Saturday" which should be modified considerably. Now, the SEC is tough because it wins the "big games". A few years ago, FL State won the big games but everyone acknowledged the "ACC" as a whole was not strong. Yes, the ACC was 6-4 against the SEC last year and they were 6-1 against the non FL and AL teams. Nice of you to bring up Duke victory over Vandy (at Vandy by the way . . . and did you vote Vandy in the top ten last year while drinking your kool-aide? . . . somebody did). How about Wake over Ole Miss or Ga Tech over UGA (pre-season #1 . . . voted by kool-aide drinkers)? I think there is solid evidence of a transition taking place. I guess now the criteria has changed because the circumstances have changed . . . Keep serving up the Kool-Aid, there are plenty drinkers out there buying your paper! Here comes another Ice Cold Glass of SEC Kool-Aide. Jeff, your article certainly adds to the “perception” . . . good job and I’m sure the SEC ADs appreciate the support. Not too long ago, FL State was as dominant as FL. The ACC conference did not get the perception bump that the SEC gets from FL. Just clarify what you want to say. Is it that the SEC has the best team in the country or the toughest conference. . . . two different statements. Jeff, last year, the SEC bottom ten teams were 1-15 against FL and AL. The games were not even close (reference UGA verses FL and UGA verses AL). The SEC used to claim “best conference” status because it was so tough on “any given Saturday” which should be modified considerably.

Now, the SEC is tough because it wins the “big games”. A few years ago, FL State won the big games but everyone acknowledged the “ACC” as a whole was not strong.

Yes, the ACC was 6-4 against the SEC last year and they were 6-1 against the non FL and AL teams. Nice of you to bring up Duke victory over Vandy (at Vandy by the way . . . and did you vote Vandy in the top ten last year while drinking your kool-aide? . . . somebody did). How about Wake over Ole Miss or Ga Tech over UGA (pre-season #1 . . . voted by kool-aide drinkers)? I think there is solid evidence of a transition taking place.

I guess now the criteria has changed because the circumstances have changed . . . Keep serving up the Kool-Aid, there are plenty drinkers out there buying your paper!

]]> By: Richt's Cafe http://blogs.ajc.com/jeff-schultz-blog/2009/08/30/if-acc-wants-to-get-noticed-it-needs-to-step-up-against-sec/comment-page-3/#comment-23204 Richt's Cafe Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:55:01 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/jeff-schultz-blog/?p=3877#comment-23204 Jeff, Would averaged enrollment and athletic budget numbers, SEC vs. ACC, shed any light on which conference might have some off-the-field advantages over the other? Keep up the good work! RC Jeff,

Would averaged enrollment and athletic budget numbers, SEC vs. ACC, shed any light on which conference might have some off-the-field advantages over the other?

Keep up the good work!

RC

]]> By: More Random SEC Notes And Blurbs | MrSEC.com http://blogs.ajc.com/jeff-schultz-blog/2009/08/30/if-acc-wants-to-get-noticed-it-needs-to-step-up-against-sec/comment-page-3/#comment-23198 More Random SEC Notes And Blurbs | MrSEC.com Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:15:17 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/jeff-schultz-blog/?p=3877#comment-23198 [...] of the Gamecocks’ Thursday night opener with NC State.Jeff Schultz of The AJC writes that the ACC will have to start beating the SEC if it ever wants to get noticed in football.  That means you, Virginia Tech.Now with a healthy [...] [...] of the Gamecocks’ Thursday night opener with NC State.Jeff Schultz of The AJC writes that the ACC will have to start beating the SEC if it ever wants to get noticed in football.  That means you, Virginia Tech.Now with a healthy [...]

]]> By: Yellow Fuzz http://blogs.ajc.com/jeff-schultz-blog/2009/08/30/if-acc-wants-to-get-noticed-it-needs-to-step-up-against-sec/comment-page-3/#comment-23195 Yellow Fuzz Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:58:11 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/jeff-schultz-blog/?p=3877#comment-23195 Looks like you spent some time on that reply Georgia Grad. I could only see maybe 15 grammatical errors right off the bat. Did you by chance get your degree from georgia in Journalism? LOL 45-42 TWO backs rushed for over 100 yards FIVE backs rushed for over 408 TWENTY-SIX to ZERO in the 3rd quarter 15-0 your grammatical errors to mine Looks like you spent some time on that reply Georgia Grad. I could only see maybe 15 grammatical errors right off the bat. Did you by chance get your degree from georgia in Journalism?

LOL

45-42
TWO backs rushed for over 100 yards
FIVE backs rushed for over 408
TWENTY-SIX to ZERO in the 3rd quarter
15-0 your grammatical errors to mine

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