So says the latest polls which have the Heels at #19 and the highest ranking ACC team in either poll. Yeah, I know, it is about as fabulous being awarded the Buckeye Newshawk Award but for the moment UNC is on top of the ACC world….such as it is.
Not that it will buy them anything since the TV folks, in all their wisdom, have decided that UNC-GT should be the Raycom game at noon on Saturday. Thanks so much for that guys. Noon starts are horrible, especially given the logistics of getting to Kenan Stadium, it is a safe bet the stands will not be full by the start of the game. Besides that, this is the biggest ACC game of the week pitting two ranked teams and the loser will have their Coastal Division hopes dashed. So what games did the good folks at ABC/ESPN think was a better choice to slide into the 3:30 regional slot? How about Clemson-FSU which used to mean something when there were actually two Bowdens coaching in this game. Now there is only one and Clemson is barely hanging on for a bowl bid I am not sure what the attraction is here. This decision seems to indicate that more people will watch a struggling Clemson team versus FSU than a UNC-GT battle for Coastal Division supremacy…such as it is. Though it could be worse, you could be Duke and NCSU who could not get a game on television if they had their own network.
Of course, it is what it is so complaining about it really will not change anything. There is really only one thing that could make this worse and that is if Ron Cherry and the other blind mice on his crew are assigned to the UNC game. Considering Cherry has already done two games at Kenan this season, I think the chances are pretty good we see him again. If this is the case all I ask is the ACC to double the number of cameras assigned to the game so every play can be effectively reviewed just in case.
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I think from a “national” perspective I can understand the thought process from an ABC exec. to televise Florida State. We would certainly win that debate if it were b-ball.
Nonetheless, expect a full BKS by the end of the 1st quarter. A win Saturday would be very big and could be a program changer in terms of recruiting, status etc……
Ron Cherry’s presence would fire up the crowd in my opinion.
Maybe ABC just liked the notion of watching the train wreck that is Clemson and the derailing FSU’s great comeback? I dunno. Maybe they just didn’t feel that Paul Johnson’s offense puts eyeballs on the screen.
Yes, but is it as fabulous as being awarded the Silver Sow Award?
Let’s just wait until we’re 4-time winners of the Buckeye Newshawk Award.
And PRGuy – that’s the “coveted” Silver Sow Award.
God bless WKRP.
Speaking of the fine signor Cherry, anybody else see his reaction after a replay review early in the Miami-Virginia game? One of the inept refs on his crew had ruled Miami QB Robert Marve down at the 1 on a keeper into the endzone, and replays showed definitively that the ball had broken the goal line before Marve’s knees touched any part of the turf. After being shown during review that the ruling on the field was indefensible, Ron came out and went: “after review… *PAUSE* *PAUSE* [insert most pricelessly clueless look ever on Ron's face... the man was at an absolute loss for words] *MORE PAUSE* the ruling on the field … *PAUSE* *PAUSE* [raises arms] … touchdown.”
That sequence told you all you needed to know about Mr. Cherry’s fitness as a BCS conference referee.
UNC Is The Highest Ranked ACC Team In Football?
Yes. But for the first week in a while no Tar Heels received “Player of the Week” honors.
Sorry. Couldn’t resist.