The Daily Roundup: Monday

The BEST ACC Sports Coverage!!!


PHOTO: The ACC Coaches met last week to discuss the upcoming season. Gotta love the South Park take on former Duke coach Ted Roof and The Fridge, to the left.




Getting your mind right:

Mike Wise of the Washington Post - Dancing With a Star: "Before accusing the Redskins of having a quick-trigger in trading for Jason Taylor, realize that it was a move they absolutely had to make."




Beijing curbs cars to clear the air in time for Olympics: "Authorities Sunday ordered half of Beijing's 3.3 million vehicles off city streets for two months in an experiment designed to remove a smoggy halo over the capital and ease traffic jams before the Summer Olympics."





The conference headlines:

ACC previews: Clemson • North Carolina


Caulton Tudor of the Raleigh News and Observer- History favors Atlantic division: "The ACC's annual football media kickoff event began Saturday night with the players from the league's Coastal and Atlantic divisions competing in a putting tournament at one of the golf practice areas on the Reynolds Plantation resort."


Sammy Batten of the Fayetteville Observer: No Heisman hype in ACC preseason


Names you need to know heading into the ACC football season


Is the Triangle ready for some football? We'll see: "Put football and basketball on a balance scale to measure success for the Triangle's three Atlantic Coast Conference schools -- Duke, North Carolina and N.C. State -- and the difference isn't obvious, it's mind-boggling."





NC State

Pack hoops recruit a potential star

Elder Glennon tutors brother: "Freshman quarterback Mike Glennon should be well prepared when he reports to N.C. State after working out this summer with his brother, Sean Glennon, a quarterback who helped lead Virginia Tech to an ACC championship last season."






Wake Forest

Wake Forest's Curry was all-star that nobody wanted: " When Wake Forest linebackers coach Brad Lambert first saw video highlights of Aaron Curry back in 2003, he couldn’t understand why the E.E. Smith High School senior had only a single scholarship offer from East Carolina."


Wake Forest Corner Talks -- and Plays -- a Good Game





Boston College

New-look Eagles ready to go: "What can we expect from the Eagles in the 2008 season, which unofficially got underway with this weekend's ACC football kickoff meetings?"


Ravenous Purvis sets sights high


Clemson

Clemson defense still in search of an identity

Loss shapes bond for Clemson football duo: "Left to right, Daniel Andrews and Jamie Harper, both incoming Clemson football players, have been on the same team since elementary school. They share the lose of a parent to cancer and the love of football. The news came as Jamie Harper reached his public-speaking class late one March morning. His teacher had received a phone call with word that the father of Harper’s close friend and future Clemson football teammate Daniel Andrews Jr. had died after a relatively brief bout with cancer."

Playing favorites: "Rich Glickstein/rglickstein@thestate.com -->The Clemson football team practices Thursday morning for the Chik-fil-A Bowl at the Georgia Dome. Clemson junior quarterback No. 10 Cullen Harper tosses the ball warming up for practice. The upcoming ACC Football Kickoff is shaping up to be a Clemson lovefest."





Virginia Tech

Hokies off the schedule but still expect to see Tigers


Sean Glennon was there to represent Virginia Tech.



Hokies have Georgia on their minds



Hokies land 2 cagers for 2009-10 season





North Carolina
UNC's Nicks: NFL can wait: "Tar Heels wide receiver has pro dreams, but he first wants to ‘leave a trademark' at UNC."


Williams out front in UNC's underclassman leadership: "Deunta Williams was trying to keep a low profile on Sunday. The sophomore safety was North Carolina's defensive representative at the ACC's Football Kickoff at the Ritz-Carlton Lodge at Reynolds Plantation."


LT-Peppers: A tricky comparison: " Comparing talented football players always is risky, but it’s also fun. The best defensive player ever to come out of North Carolina, and the only UNC player in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, is Lawrence Taylor."

Williams prepares for great expectations in 2008




Duke
Duke's Oghobaase sets record straight about injury: "When Duke defensive tackle Vince Oghobaase tore the medial collateral ligament in his right knee in spring practice before his highly anticipated freshman year, the early diagnosis was that he would recover enough to make his debut when the 2005 season kicked off."





Maryland

Weekly Terps recruiting roundup





Virginia

Now a leading man: "John Phillips, newly elected co-captain, represented the Cavs at the ACC Football Kickoff."


Hampton guard opts for UVa





Georgia Tech

JOHNSON HOSTS CAMP : "Former Tech star wide receiver Calvin Johnson Jr. shows young wide receivers how to get past a defensive back on the line of scrimmage during his inaugural 2008 Wide Receiver Camp at Sandy Creek High School in Tyrone."


Tough blocking Tech-niques: "Senior tackle Gardner says opposing defenders will have hard time with Jackets' cut blocking."


Even 'NCAA 09' confused by Jackets' offense





Miami

UM coach will try fitting 3 into 2 for the QB job : "What used to be one of the surest bets in college football has become even more curious."


At UM, it's two for the show


A cancer-free UM?: "Greetings from ACC Media. Today we got to meet with the..."


UM Football: "Canes seek anattitude change. Sheriff Shannon has some new deputies. And the deputies have a new motto: ``No excuses.'' University of Miami left tackle Jason Fox and defensive end Eric Moncur told reporters Sunday at the ACC Football Kickoff that they are part of a new, seven-player council that keeps close tabs on fellow players and doles out punishments for breaking rules."