6/8/2023 0 Comments Just once football story moose![]() But is it a coincidence that Jim Phillips says that in his opening press conference and then the following two seasons, his two seasons as commissioner, the leagues dealing with these types of issues of irrelevancy, of perception issues, would that have happened on John Swafford's watch? Now we understand the reality of how important football is. Basketball coaches rightfully say the conference was built on this sport and that it should be prioritized as such. And ever since he made that comment, basketball coaches have felt underrepresented. His first press conference as ACC commissioner a few years ago, he made it clear football is our priority. But the reason he did that was because he was representing his constituency, his constituency, representing the football coaches, fighting for the football coaches. He killed that idea until USC and UCLA bolted for the Big Ten and his hand was forced.Īnd later that year, they embraced the 12 team playoff. At the end of the day, Jeff, remember when the coaches wanted him to nuke the playoff to get rid of the concept, to vote it down, leading the alliance to do the same thing, and Phillips became the face of that? What they need is a commissioner who's willing to fight for basketball because we already know Jim Phillips is willing to do so for football. And it's not really an ACC network cheerleader the conference needs. And I wish the people that represent us, you know, would have the respect and pump our league and be positive instead of looking at negative things. And man, they are always, always pumping the Big Ten.Īlways. And one of the first questions that comes up is, is it perception a reality that the ACC is down? And I never see that on the Big Ten network. And there I was watching when we were at Virginia Tech the night before I'm watching our own network. I don't think it helps when we, you know, have our own network. Yesterday, as the ACC faces perception issues again for the second year in a row and potentially another five bid season, pick coach Jeff Caple sounded the alarm saying something similar on the ACC teleconference. Last year, Steve Forbes suggested the league needed the hype man on television. ACC basketball coaches are begging for some help. We're exactly two weeks out from the conference tournament in Greensboro. You were on a Tuesday Drive, the USJS News Talk Sports for the Triad. It's time for The Drive with Josh Graham. He's just completely taken the wind out of my face. When some idiot in the press asked him, if you know what you know now, would you schedule this game? He's interviewed Matthew McConaughey. ![]()
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