At some point in history, the terms “rustic” and “throwback” turn into simply “old.”  “Venerable” theaters become “outdated,” and people stop a quest to preserve the past in favor of a move into the future.  This is none more prevalent than in sports, as multimillion dollar playgrounds replaced the former cathedrals of days gone past.  […]

Urban Dictionary defines the term “Pulling a Clemson” as “the act of miserably failing towards the end of a task that was started with such promise.” It refers to the Tigers’ historic method of losing horrifically and derailing a season of complete promise, and it’s a term that makes anyone wearing purple and orange cringe. […]

When Savannah State takes the field against Florida State today, they’ll still be smarting from that 84-0 loss against Oklahoma State last week.  While they’re installed as 70-plus point underdogs against the Seminoles, they know they have a job to do.  They have to take care of business as expected from their athletic department and […]

The 2010 Boston College Eagles football team went 7-5 and qualified for a bowl game because of one reason and one reason only – defense.  A top-10 defense, they paced a team featuring the 110th-ranked offense to five consecutive wins at the end of the year, including one over Clemson.  Hanging around against ranked opponents, […]

Boston College athletic director Gene DeFillippo announced on Friday that he would retire, effective on September 30, 2012.  Ending a tenure spanning 12 years and two conferences, he will be replaced on an interim basis bycurrent senior associate athletics director John Kane until a successor is named. DeFillippo took over at The Heights in 1997 […]