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EDSBS LIVE Is Mediocre

Another Tuesday, another edition of EDSBS Live! this evening with Orson and me.

Tonight we head to the mid-Atlantic region with a final good-bye to one of college football's most memorable four-year starters: Reggie Ball. Yes, it's the ACC/Mediocrity show.

What: EDSBS Live! online radio. ACC/Mediocre edition.

Where: At NowLive, where you can chat with each other and the show hosts throughout the broadcast in the online forum (which has gotten damn lively). To phone in to the show, just call (310) 984-7600.

Who: Tonight's special guest is Bruce Feldman of ESPN.com.

Four Questions: As always, our four questions for the night.

1. What, if anything, do you know about the ACC heading into 2007?

I know that Butch Davis is back! And Tom O'Brien and Jeff Bowden are gone! The ACC is shedding mediocrity points here, people. (As noted in the comments, O'Brien, of course, is now at ACC-member NC State. So, we only have mediocre transferage here. Not so helpful.)

I also know that this may be the weakest BCS conference in terms of quarterbacks. When Matt Ryan (15 TD, 10 INT in '06) is your headliner, there's a problem.

I also know that living in Washington D.C. as a Texas fan was positively depressing. Waking up to Georgia Tech-Maryland on ABC was deeply wrong.

2. To honor Reggie Ball as CFB's worst four-year starter of all-time, please share with us your school's worst multi-year starter.

If Robert Killebrew can't improve on his performance from last year, he'll be able to toss his hat confidently in this ring.

I'm actually racking my brain trying to remember the name of a safety who used to drive me nuts, but I can't recall anything about the guy other than I was always stunned he was a starter. I can't even recall which years he was playing. That's not much to go on, but if anyone's got their own personal nominations for this category, here's your chance to speak up.

3. Now say something nice about the ACC.

I do like the running backs. CJ Spiller (7.3 ypc as a true freshman) and James Davis give Clemson some hope despite losing half their starters. Branden Ore, Tashard Choice and Javarris James are all players you'd want on your team. There, that was nice.

4. What's your most mediocre performance?

My answers to these questions deserve to be in the conversation, that's for sure.

Still, I'd be lying if I didn't list my college career as my most mediocre performance. Abysmal attendance rates, solid-not-good grades, skirting by on the ability to write fast (as opposed to think hard) - you name a corner, and I was cutting it.

I'm trying to think of a good football comp here - someone who had enough talent to do well, but never really applied himself and just sort of walked through the basics.

Hey! I got it! I'm Reggie McNeal!

See you tonight at 6:30.

--PB--

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Tom O'Brien isn't gone. He's at NC State now.

Oh and you should dedicate a blog for Texas's version of this: http://thepowert.blogspot.com/2007/0...

by The Power T on Jul 3, 2007 1:51 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Good point!

Transferring mediocre points...

--PB--

by Peter Bean on Jul 3, 2007 1:54 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

oooo burn..

but I'll have to agree... Reggie was damn talented (my NCAA06 playbook consisted of Reggie left, Reggie Right, and Reggie 80yd hail mary), but had the leadership skills of a Jimmy Carter on sizzurp..

Gig'em

by the12thManchild on Jul 3, 2007 3:17 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

East Coast TV Blues

Living in Atlanta I can agree that the ACC is certainly the worst BCS football conference - just abysmal. Most of the time I have to go to a sports bar with other Texas buddies just to see the game on TV... so sad.

Something nice about the ACC? Carolina's a great school, they play some mean roundball, and have some very nice looking lasses. But football, there's just not much positive to say.

by Texas Sized BS on Jul 3, 2007 9:02 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Carolina used to be a football school

Before Frank McGuire and completely changed the sports culture of a whole state, Carolina was a football-mad school.
McGuire came there, turned around their basketball program, made them into a powerhouse, played Kansas in a national title game, then hired this Kansas player he noticed named Dean Smith as an assistant. The rest is history.

by Beergut on Jul 4, 2007 12:38 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

wtf PB!?

sorry btu last time i checked..

EDSBS live < getting crunk with a bloggre 6 yrs younger on his almost-bday

my other UT buds came..wtf man..wtf...

Gig'em

by the12thManchild on Jul 3, 2007 11:23 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

btw, Robert Strait is a better comparison

enormous potential/talent, average results

Reggie's problem was that he wanted to run the spread, Fran wanted to run the option, and Reggie hated the option. I look at it as a case of a coach not playing to the strengths of a player more than a player underachieving.

by Beergut on Jul 4, 2007 12:44 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

what, no countdown pic for the day?

are you slacking or what? ;-)

aren't we at 60 days as of Tuesday (59 now that it's Wednesday)?

by Beergut on Jul 4, 2007 12:56 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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