The Tarboro Vikings will be making their fifth straight Eastern Regional this Friday night when they host South Columbus. Should they win they will play in their fifth straight State Championship title game. Having won three in a row and the way this teams defense has come around in the last month they very well may on their way to their fourth straight title.
We all know that streaks are made to be broken and should the Vikings win their fourth title in a row how many more can they win. Must I remind you that the Vikes will be dropping down in classification next year and start playing in 1-A . Their annual game with county rival North Edgecombe historically is won by Tarboro and hardly ever has the score been close. We just might now be approaching the middle of this streak of state championships. Need I remind everyone however the Tarboro Viking need to concentrate on South Columbus this week or the streak could end.
ESPN is reporting that Monday Maryland will announce that they are joining the Big Ten. If there is one team that I could care less about being in the ACC it is Maryland. However if Rutgers joins the Big Ten too then the Big Ten has latched on to the DC/Maryland TV market and New York City.
Should both Florida State and Maryland pull out of the ACC who would replace them. I bet Vanderbilt will be on the wish list. If the ACC looks towards the Northeast to replace Maryland and Rutgers goes to the Big Ten then U Conn is the biggest tomato still available and they would surely fit the ACC basketball criteria.
It was too late for me Friday night but Carolina played maybe their best basketball game of the year in beating Long Beach State as they head over to Hawaii. State plays in the championship game in Puerto Rico this afternoon.
Thank goodness that Carolina played football on Thursday night and won. Least one of the Big Four won. this weekend. Duke losing to Georgia Tech least we won't be stuck with a Duke-Florida State ACC Championship game. It is either Miami or Georgia Tech who will play Florida State now.
The last two weeks in a row the top teams in the BCS have lost and Notre Dame stands to move at the top of the list. If the ACC wants the Fighting Irish to come on over and join the ACC full time they had better hope that Southern Cal beats the Irish this weekend and drops them out of the National Championship game. Should the Irish get into the game they will have a big pay day and the thought of joining the ACC will wilt away for another ten years.
Should the Irish lose next weekend and then not make the BCS Championship game then the higher ups in South Bend will receive a lot of pressure because they don't have that ACC Championship game to give them extra points. Just think a Florida State- Notre Dame ACC championship game this year would feature two top ten teams and the winner would rise in the BCS and without being in a conference championship game Notre Dame can only hope everybody loses in conference championship games while they sit idle.
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