Jacobs: NCAA Creeps Toward Change
For those who waited anxiously for the wave of discontent to crest, for protests against unfairness to create a crescendo for change, the intense national...
Jacobs: Courage, Confidence Bite BC
Courage and imprudence reside in the same vicinity, the border often defined more by outcome than by intent. Just ask Boston College coach Steve Donahue....
Jacobs: “New Guys” Bring New Order
Jamie Dixon was at Pittsburgh International Airport, waiting to fly to Raleigh-Durham for his team’s ACC debut. “We’re a work in progress, as is everybody,”...
Jacobs: 2013 College Sports Quiz
Whatever your personal fortunes in 2013, sports was always there to provide distraction when you needed it. Just how closely you paid attention may be...
Jacobs: FSU Reasserts ACC Dominance
Now that the Little Engine that Could made it up the hill, only to be met by an oncoming freight train, it’s...
Jacobs: Dean Smith More Than A Coach
On Wednesday Dean Smith will be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Barry Jacobs looks at what has made the UNC coach so special. Dean...
Jacobs: ACC Tourney In D.C. Is No Coincidence
ACCSports.com columnist Barry Jacobs think it’s no accident that the ACC Tournament is returning to Washington, D.C. Take that, you mean old Big 10. The...
Jacobs: Duke Defies History
Next up: the Chicago Cubs win a World Series and the Detroit Lions reach the Super Bowl. OK, the competitive universe hasn’t shifted quite that...
True ACC Comes Into Focus
The new ACC came into clearer — if more crowded — focus the other day in Charlotte, when some 200 media members, along with 30...
Jacobs: UNC Finds Old Truths Still Apply
Any number of factors contribute to a team losing a football game, so many that it’s axiomatic a head coach will eventually resort to studying...