Early signing period?
posted by LW, Wednesday, May 13, 2009
According to this story in the Orlando Sentinel, the conference's athletics directors are expected to back their coaches' position and pursue legislation that would create an early signing period beginning Dec. 18.
Dabo Swinney, by the way, thinks it should be much earlier. Like, August.
And I happen to agree with him. The recruiting calendar has been moved back so profoundly in recent years, with early commitments all the rage, that a move to mid-December seems like an under-correction, if you will.
Then again, the folks who cover college football for a living are already busy enough in December, let alone August. For selfish reasons, let's keep the thing where it is.
In the Florida Times-Union, the ACC has implemented cost-cutting measures and is coming up with ways its 12 member schools can do the same.
Here's an interesting item:
Schools also are being urged by the conference to evaluate the practice of taking the entire team to an off-campus hotel the night before home games.
You can expect some hyperventilation from coaches on this one. This does seem like a questionable expense in these economic times, but I'd be surprised if it ends up being implemented because coaches don't like the thought of their players on their own the night before a game.
Speaking of economic stuff, the Knight Commission has produced some interesting findings in its "year-long examination of the economics of big-time college sports."
According to this release from the watchdog group, only six athletics departments from the Football Bowl Subdivision had positive net revenues in each of the past five years.
The study also debunked the "myth" that high salaries for coaches are connected to increased winning percentages.
Alabama fans might disagree. Notre Dame fans might agree.
Regardless, it's an interesting study.
More interesting ACC meetings tidbits from Heather Dinich.
Among them:
Clemson coach Dabo Swinney was standing in the hallway of the Ritz-Carlton, talking to some reporters following the conclusion of the ACC spring meetings when ACC coordinator of officials Doug Rhoads walked by.
"Did I hear you right in there? That you don't have to have six on the line?" Swinney asked Rhoads.
Rhoads started to answer yes, but Swinney interrupted.
"Do you realize we lost to Georgia Tech, 10-9, at Georgia Tech three years ago and we lost to Maryland?" he said. "It's not y'all's fault, it's our fault, but we throw a touchdown pass against Georgia Tech, a 50-yard touchdown pass and don't have a tight end in the game."
Rhoads pointed out that Virginia lost one to Georgia Tech the same way, where they made a substitution but didn't have the tight end in.
"I've always thought that if you score with 10, they ought to give you extra points," Swinney said, smiling. "That's always been my philosophy."
Back to the Florida Times-Union: A tidbit from Swinney on the QB situation:
Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney said Bartram Trail graduate Kyle Parker emerged from spring practice neck-and-neck with Willy Korn as the No. 1 quarterback - despite playing baseball. "Kyle never missed a meeting or a practice, and he's still one of the best baseball players on the team," Swinney said. "He had a good spring and showed us a lot in terms of his maturity. Plus, he's got amazing skills with his throwing arm." Swinney said he might rotate Parker and Korn.
In the AJC, Tony Barnhart examines the ACC's Coastal Division.
The booster-club circuit makes a stop in Aiken, and the paper there writes about Oliver Purnell and his elevation of the basketball program.
Ya think Terry Don Phillips is glad Tim Floyd couldn't commit to being Clemson's basketball coach back in the spring of 2003?
Bad news for Floyd.
Travis Sawchik writes about the release of the football depth chart.
Good win for the baseball team last night over College of Charleston.
Nice showing from Scott Weismann, too, preceding some shaky moments from the bullpen.
Weismann has been dubbed the closer of the future, and at one point pitching coach Kyle Bunn talked about using Weismann as a weekend starter, which Jack Leggett has ruled out.
What No. 19 Clemson does know is Weismann has a dynamic arm — one that has the potential to neutralize power bats in an NCAA Regional.
Bunn said Weismann threw consistently in the low 90s Tuesday and hit 93 mph. The freshman mixed in a changeup to go along with his fastball and slider. Against a quality Cougars lineup, Weismann allowed three hits, walked three and struck out three.
"It doesn't matter (what role) — he can do either," Leggett said. "He can pitch in relief for us if he has to. In a situation where we need a fourth starter in the ACC Tournament, he is a pretty good bet for us. If we don't get to that situation, if we need him in relief, we'll use him in relief."
Looks like the folks at Clemson are banking on serving as a regional host.
Bob Gillespie of The State has a feature on Clemson golfer David May.
More on the golf team's trip to the NCAA Regional in The Greenville News.
Urban Meyer is a great coach, no doubt. But he's also quite the control freak, as evidenced by his inability to tolerate criticism.
Who the heck cares if a quarterback from the early 1990s (Shane Matthews, in this case) wants to second-guess some X's and O's?
LW
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Looks like ACC coaches are strongly backing an early signing period in football.
According to this story in the Orlando Sentinel, the conference's athletics directors are expected to back their coaches' position and pursue legislation that would create an early signing period beginning Dec. 18.
Dabo Swinney, by the way, thinks it should be much earlier. Like, August.
And I happen to agree with him. The recruiting calendar has been moved back so profoundly in recent years, with early commitments all the rage, that a move to mid-December seems like an under-correction, if you will.
Then again, the folks who cover college football for a living are already busy enough in December, let alone August. For selfish reasons, let's keep the thing where it is.
In the Florida Times-Union, the ACC has implemented cost-cutting measures and is coming up with ways its 12 member schools can do the same.
Here's an interesting item:
Schools also are being urged by the conference to evaluate the practice of taking the entire team to an off-campus hotel the night before home games.
You can expect some hyperventilation from coaches on this one. This does seem like a questionable expense in these economic times, but I'd be surprised if it ends up being implemented because coaches don't like the thought of their players on their own the night before a game.
Speaking of economic stuff, the Knight Commission has produced some interesting findings in its "year-long examination of the economics of big-time college sports."
According to this release from the watchdog group, only six athletics departments from the Football Bowl Subdivision had positive net revenues in each of the past five years.
The study also debunked the "myth" that high salaries for coaches are connected to increased winning percentages.
Alabama fans might disagree. Notre Dame fans might agree.
Regardless, it's an interesting study.
More interesting ACC meetings tidbits from Heather Dinich.
Among them:
Clemson coach Dabo Swinney was standing in the hallway of the Ritz-Carlton, talking to some reporters following the conclusion of the ACC spring meetings when ACC coordinator of officials Doug Rhoads walked by.
"Did I hear you right in there? That you don't have to have six on the line?" Swinney asked Rhoads.
Rhoads started to answer yes, but Swinney interrupted.
"Do you realize we lost to Georgia Tech, 10-9, at Georgia Tech three years ago and we lost to Maryland?" he said. "It's not y'all's fault, it's our fault, but we throw a touchdown pass against Georgia Tech, a 50-yard touchdown pass and don't have a tight end in the game."
Rhoads pointed out that Virginia lost one to Georgia Tech the same way, where they made a substitution but didn't have the tight end in.
"I've always thought that if you score with 10, they ought to give you extra points," Swinney said, smiling. "That's always been my philosophy."
Back to the Florida Times-Union: A tidbit from Swinney on the QB situation:
Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney said Bartram Trail graduate Kyle Parker emerged from spring practice neck-and-neck with Willy Korn as the No. 1 quarterback - despite playing baseball. "Kyle never missed a meeting or a practice, and he's still one of the best baseball players on the team," Swinney said. "He had a good spring and showed us a lot in terms of his maturity. Plus, he's got amazing skills with his throwing arm." Swinney said he might rotate Parker and Korn.
In the AJC, Tony Barnhart examines the ACC's Coastal Division.
The booster-club circuit makes a stop in Aiken, and the paper there writes about Oliver Purnell and his elevation of the basketball program.
Ya think Terry Don Phillips is glad Tim Floyd couldn't commit to being Clemson's basketball coach back in the spring of 2003?
Bad news for Floyd.
Travis Sawchik writes about the release of the football depth chart.
Good win for the baseball team last night over College of Charleston.
Nice showing from Scott Weismann, too, preceding some shaky moments from the bullpen.
Weismann has been dubbed the closer of the future, and at one point pitching coach Kyle Bunn talked about using Weismann as a weekend starter, which Jack Leggett has ruled out.
What No. 19 Clemson does know is Weismann has a dynamic arm — one that has the potential to neutralize power bats in an NCAA Regional.
Bunn said Weismann threw consistently in the low 90s Tuesday and hit 93 mph. The freshman mixed in a changeup to go along with his fastball and slider. Against a quality Cougars lineup, Weismann allowed three hits, walked three and struck out three.
"It doesn't matter (what role) — he can do either," Leggett said. "He can pitch in relief for us if he has to. In a situation where we need a fourth starter in the ACC Tournament, he is a pretty good bet for us. If we don't get to that situation, if we need him in relief, we'll use him in relief."
Looks like the folks at Clemson are banking on serving as a regional host.
Bob Gillespie of The State has a feature on Clemson golfer David May.
More on the golf team's trip to the NCAA Regional in The Greenville News.
Urban Meyer is a great coach, no doubt. But he's also quite the control freak, as evidenced by his inability to tolerate criticism.
Who the heck cares if a quarterback from the early 1990s (Shane Matthews, in this case) wants to second-guess some X's and O's?
LW
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