UNC's Terminator Bright Spot

The Tar Heel defense has been a bright spot, only giving up 14.6 points per game, good for first in the conference. The Heels are also only giving up 251.2 yards per game even though they've surrendered 300+ rushing yards to the Ramblin' Wreck. Quite an impressive feat, unless the it just means the entire ACC is filled with a bunch of slaps who play defense like the Big XII.

With that said, during the show prep I was looking over the ACC's defensive statistics and did notice that for all the woes on offense the Heels have popped up quite prevelantly on the defensive sheets:

#1 in Pass Defense and Pass Defense Efficiency
#2 in Sacks (a big change from just a season ago)
#3 in Rush Defense

Sure its early but after getting our brains beat in by Al Groh, his 3-4 defense and his Michael Myers-esque relentless will to stay employed this is our lone bright spot.

On the individual note the Heels have the current front runner for the ACC Defensive Player of the year and as it stands it isn't Deunta Williams, Bruce Carter, Marvin Austin or Quan Sturdivant. No folks its sophomore Robert Quinn.

Quinn is a beast, he's a certified cyborg according to Doc Walker and thus will probably be using lasers to destroy quarterbacks for just one more season in Chapel Hill. The sophomore is first in the conference in tackles for loss with 9.5 and second in sacks with 6 for the season. To put that in perspective the Heels entire defensive line only amassed 11 sacks for the entire 2008 season.

With Georgia Southern on tap get ready, word is that Quinn normally drinks Eagle blood mixed with concrete to get ready for games.

Whoopsie Daisies

Dez Bryant the electric return man for the Okie State Cowboys has been ruled ineligible by the NCAA. He apparently had a relationship with a former NFL player that he failed to tell the NCAA about. How does this relate to Mass from Miami?

Gunter Brewer the Cowboys' esteemed wide receiver coach and one of the two heads that makes their spread attack work was my recruiting coach from UNC so eat that one. Another one of Brew's position guys gets hit hard, Adarious Bowman was another one who had a little trouble. We'll see how this works out with Mike "I'm 40" Gundy working to make everything ok.

In less than related news and more ACC pertinent T.K. Wetherell the "King of Smoothing"

released a statement about how they would handle the Bowden situation this season.

The ACC does some Bowl Game Re-Orderization

North Carolina at least is flirting with the Renner idea. My only word of advice as a former Tar Heel is if we want to sniff a bowl game or have a shot at that elusive Coastal we had better stick with Yates. Putting a wet behind the ears, 195 lb true freshman in the game behind an offensive line held together with bubble gum, pipe cleaners and scotch tape is a recipe for him to get the Taylor Potts treatment early.



Please just be propaganda and fodder for the morons on message boards who get wet with every word.

Look for the weekly picks and the podcast coming out soon suckas.

Even ESPN Stops for Bobby Bowden

Hey folks we're all semi-riveted by the Seminoles information; the way we get our jollies off watching paint dry. Shaun King reported last night that Bowden wouldn't be asked to step down but there's been so much swirling around this assbackward situation that no one knows what's what. Heather Dinnich over at ESPN.com puts it best:

" the news - or lack therof - has been my priority this morning"

So basically stay tuned upon leaving this waste called work I'll have plenty news to hit you with including today's podcast, game previews and the stuntastic ACC Diary.

"You think you know but you have no idea..."

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Da U, Makin' The ACC Look Good

While the bulk of the ACC has looked just like R. Kelly doo doo butter this season Randy Shannon has surprised the nation with his teams early success. True the Hokies and Beamer are ranked higher, holding it down at #5 with a clear shot at the national title. True the Hokies own the tie-breaker for the Coastal thanks to their dismantling of the Canes.

That may be true but after going through murderer's row and coming out 3-1 the folks in Coral Gables are squarely behind Shannon and nationally the name brand is having a national resurgence. This is what the league has been waiting on since 2004 when they added VT and Miami; two national powers in the title hunt.

With Jacory Harris getting aerodynamic on suckers, LaRon Byrd smokin' fools and the entire Canes young defense growing into an elite unit this Miami squad can go far. The real questions need to revolve around who is on the latest 7th flo' crew, where is Uncle Luke and at what point do bounties start becoming traditional locker room fodder again?

My guess is that its only a matter of time before Michael Irvin and Warren Sapp resurrect the old ways of the Canes.

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