ACC Championship Game

CLEMSON, S.C. -- It was easy to spot the happiest guy in Clemson's locker room -- defensive coordinator Brent Venables. Venables had spent most of his first season watching his Tigers (No. 19 BCS, No. 14 AP) struggle against opponents big and small....

The Virginia Tech football team has been picked to win its division, but not the ACC. The Hokies were chosen to win the ACC’s Coastal Division in a media poll that was released Monday during the ACC’s media day in Greensboro, N.C. Florida...

Virginia Tech will open its 2012 football season on Labor Day night with a home game against Georgia Tech. The Hokies will host the Yellow Jackets at 8 p.m. Sept. 3 in Lane Stadium. The game will be televised on ESPN. After that, Virginia Tech will play...

Virginia welcomes Virginia Tech to Scott Stadium Saturday, with the stakes in this rivalry higher than they have been in years. This is the 93rd meeting between the two schools. Tech has won seven in a row in the series, and eleven of the last twelve....

AMELIA ISLAND -- ACC commissioner John Swofford wants Florida State to be the last school in his conference to struggle with finances coming out of the ACC's football championship game. As part of a nearly 30-minute conversation with reporters...

With two new and two familiar faces in the fold, the Mountain West Conference has decided to make some sweeping changes including adding divisions and creating a conference championship game. The moves were announced Tuesday as part of a group of...

The holiday season is upon us. For each person, that means something different. For some, it means sharing the joy of the Christmas spirit with friends and family. For some, it means lighting the Menorah and celebrating eight magical nights of Hannukah....

Running off at the typewriter. … If you've read this column for any length of time, you know that when LeBron James joined the Miami Heat, I became the founding father and CEO of an organization known as HATE (Heat Are The Enemy). The purpose...

Florida State will play MAC champion Northern Illinois in the Orange Bowl and Florida will play Louisville in the Sugar Bowl, sources told the Orlando Sentinel and Sun Sentinel. CNNSI.com's Pete Thamel was the first to report the news. The official...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — There are many words that can be used to describe this year's Florida State football team. Unpredictable. Inconsistent. Sometimes fabulous; other times frustrating. But in the end, after sophomore safety Karlos Williams...

Running off at the typewriter. … Alabama coach Nick Saban was whining earlier this week about how the Sugar Bowl will likely pass over the SEC Championship Game loser in favor of Florida. That presumably would leave the SEC title game loser...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Two weeks ago, it was supposed to be a rout. Two hours before it began, even with all the goings on of a busy week in both Atlanta and Tallahassee, it still was supposed to be a blowout. For the better part of three quarters,...