B1G-ACC Challenge 2011

• brutus161

  

  swamisez;982256 wrote:Wow Duke football jokes? Tell us some we haven't heard before.
  
  At Duke 96% of football players graduate
  at Ohio State 62% of players graduate
  
  Looking at most BCS schools, if you want to be competitive you need to be in the 60% graduation rating. The exceptions are Notre Dame and Stanford. Each of those schools have facilities that far surpass Duke. The commitment to football under former president Keohane was lacking, and with increased giving by the Yoh family and the Pascal family Duke football will help lessen that gap.
  
  Duke football will be a bowl eligible team in the next 3 years. The facilities are quickly improving and the disparity in talent from the early 2000's is shrinking. Graduating <90% of players and winning just 6 games is perfectly fine with me. I would love to have a football program that is successful, but realize that logistically it isn't feasible. So long as the program continues to be run cleanly and there aren't scandals filling the papers like there have been at Carolina, Ohio State, Penn State, all will be fine.

  96% is a lot easier when your players never go to the NFL.
• swamisez

  

  queencitybuckeye;985223 wrote:Correct, anyone who claims to give a **** about this is lying.

  
  Believe me Duke athletes administration faculty and alumni absolutely care. The emphasis is first and foremost academic and always will be. Duke basketball didn't hang the 1990 final four banner for 13 years because a player did not graduate. Upon his completion of required courses at another institution the athletic department and coach k put the banner alongside 1986,1988,1989,1991,1992, 1994.
• burt07

  Tue, Nov 29
  Michigan
  Northwestern
  Illinois
  Purdue
  Clemson
  Ohio State
  
  Wed, Nov 30
  Indiana
  Boston College
  Michigan State
  Minnesota
  Nebraska
  North Carolina
• sleeper

  

  Crimson streak;986876 wrote:Lol these duke fans make me lol

  Most Duke fans are also OSU/LSU/Florida/USC football fans. Aka Bandwagon.
• SportsAndLady

  

  swamisez;987801 wrote:Believe me Duke athletes administration faculty and alumni absolutely care. The emphasis is first and foremost academic and always will be. Duke basketball didn't hang the 1990 final four banner for 13 years because a player did not graduate. Upon his completion of required courses at another institution the athletic department and coach k put the banner alongside 1986,1988,1989,1991,1992, 1994.

  That's just retarded
  
  It doesn't say that Academics is important, that says that they didn't hang a banner becuase someone didn't graduate in 4 years like a lot of people do and then go on to become very, very successful.
• queencitybuckeye

  swamisez;987801 wrote:Believe me Duke athletes administration faculty and alumni absolutely care. The emphasis is first and foremost academic and always will be. Duke basketball didn't hang the 1990 final four banner for 13 years because a player did not graduate. Upon his completion of required courses at another institution the athletic department and coach k put the banner alongside 1986,1988,1989,1991,1992, 1994.

  Their fan base does not give a flying fuck about this.
• Prescott

  Keep thinking that.

  Since Wirthy had a career game why wouldn't everyone think that Plumlee did not handle him.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Prescott;992741 wrote:Since Wirthy had a career game why wouldn't everyone think that Plumlee did not handle him.

  What's funny is that Withey is not good...so a bad player put up good numbers against Duke, and he wants to say that Duke handled him..lulz
• Midstate01

  

  Ga tech playing this game at the hawks arena in front of about 3000 people. Hardly anyone there
• LJ

  

  swamisez;987801 wrote:Believe me Duke athletes administration faculty and alumni absolutely care. The emphasis is first and foremost academic and always will be. Duke basketball didn't hang the 1990 final four banner for 13 years because a player did not graduate. Upon his completion of required courses at another institution the athletic department and coach k put the banner alongside 1986,1988,1989,1991,1992, 1994.

  
  Do you go back and masturbate to your own posts?
• Midstate01

  

  swamisez;987801 wrote:Believe me Duke athletes administration faculty and alumni absolutely care. The emphasis is first and foremost academic and always will be. Duke basketball didn't hang the 1990 final four banner for 13 years because a player did not graduate. Upon his completion of required courses at another institution the athletic department and coach k put the banner alongside 1986,1988,1989,1991,1992, 1994.

  
  That's the gayest thing I've ever heard
• Midstate01

  

  Michigan completely sucked it up tonight
• se-alum

  

  ccrunner609;986784 wrote:Keep thinking that.

  You are delusional.
• wildcats20

  

  And Virginia knocks off Michigan. 1-0 ACC
• wildcats20

  

  Looks like Northwestern is going to knock off Ga Tech.
• Midstate01

  

  I feel bad for Hummel. He's just not very athletic with all the knee issues. He's gonna get worked on d a lot this year. He can still shoot it though!
• Azubuike24

  

  If Illinois hangs on over Maryland, the Big Ten might be looking at 5-1 tonight. Purdue and Ohio State are big favorites. Iowa is also favored over Clemson.
• chicago510

  

  Michigan wtf? Hang with Duke, beat Memphis and lose to Virginia by 12?
• wildcats20

  

  Azubuike24;993649 wrote:If Illinois hangs on over Maryland, the Big Ten might be looking at 5-1 tonight. Purdue and Ohio State are big favorites. Iowa is also favored over Clemson.

  For some reason, I think Miami wins this game.
• Azubuike24

  

  I was confident in Miami too, until they went to Ole Miss, as a 2-point underdog, and lost. I lost 20 bucks on that game, so I'm officially anti-Miami (at least for a little while). Ole Miss had just lost to Marquette by 30...and they are without their best player (Jelan Kendrick) for another few games.
• Azubuike24

  

  Well, the Big Ten should be 4-2. Every nightcap game is a blowout. Iowa...ouch. Clemson is awful and is crushing Iowa.
• Cleveland Buck

  

  Iowa is garbage, so I don't care how bad Clemson is I had no expectation of them winning. Other than that, it should be 5-1 Big Ten, but leave it to the scum up north to choke on one.
• wildcats20

  

  4-2 B1G
  
  Tomorrow's games should be interesting...
  
  Wed, Nov 30
  7:15 p.m. - Indiana at North Carolina State - ESPN2
  7:15 p.m. - Penn State at Boston College - ESPNU
  7:30 p.m. - No. 21 Florida State at Michigan State - ESPN
  9:15 p.m. - Virginia Tech at Minnesota - ESPN2
  9:15 p.m. - Wake Forest at Nebraska - ESPNU
  9:30 p.m. - No. 11 Wisconsin at No. 1 North Carolina - ESPN
• hoops23

  

  IU
  BC
  FSU
  Minny
  Nebraska
  UNC (if Barnes plays)
  
  If the game was at Wisky, I may have picked them.
  
  B1G 7-5
• Mulva

  

  Tonight's games all went the way I expected. Tomorrow is a little more difficult.
  
  UNC and Nebraska should both win for sure. I'd be the next most confident in Michigan State at home.
  
  I was leaning a little toward Va Tech before Mbakwe went down, and more so now but still not completely confident. Boston College and Penn State are both completely horrific. NC State and Indiana have both looked good. Those are toss ups to me too.
  
  But I'll stick with what I originally thought and go
  
  UNC
  Nebraska
  MSU
  NC State
  Boston College
  Va Tech
  
  So I've still got it as a 6-6 tie, but no confidence at all in the last 3.