The Year at OTB: 2009
Posted by Brandon Rink on December 31, 2009 under ACC Baseball, ACC Basketball, ACC Football | 
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I got to see the man, the myth, the legend, Willy Korn on the sidelines during this ACC football season which was fun.
We started On The B. Rink back in January as an All-ACC basketball site at a different web address–and here at the end of the year, I couldn’t have imagined the amount of visitors that would start to frequent the site and friends I would make in the ACC blogosphere. Here’s a mix of our most popular and my favorites on the two sites this year…
February 26, 2009–“Bring Back the Round Robin”–I Think Not
My first blog beef post as I took ACC Now’s J.P. Giglio to task for longing for the days of no expansion and wanting to take a trip back with Coach K when Duke played every North Carolina school twice a season. He has not learned anything since then with now wanting to replace BC with Navy/East Carolina.
April 8, 2009–Never Too Early…Looking at 2009-10 ACC Basketball
This is another post I ripped off from ACC Now as they provided projected starting five for 2009-10 ACC season and I gave my picks. The post was my first real visitor avalanche as a Seminoles’ Rivals site message board linked to it and there was a mix of agreement/disagreement over my projection of FSU at 4.
July 1, 2009–Completing the Move to the Dark Side: ACC as College Football-Centered
My personal favorite post of the year was how to bring the conference to elite football status. It has lots of common-sense adjustments to the ACC’s philosophy along with some venting.
July 7, 2009–Moving the ACC Baseball Tournament: A Series of Unfortunate Decisions
Another personal favorite as I vented on the ACC’s mismanagement of moving the ACC Baseball Tournament from Myrtle Beach back to the mothership of NC. Also, I was introduced via a commenter named “Winfield Featherston” to this site named “TheLegacyX4″ that would later become From The Rumble Seat on SB Nation.
July 28, 2009–Where Does the ACC Fit on TV?
As we transitioned to the more aesthetically pleasing site earlier that month, OTB theorized the next logical move for the ACC TV-wise in light of the SEC deal. This was one of the most trafficked and commented blogs of the year.
August 19, 2009–Why Virginia Tech Could Possibly Not Win the ACC
If I actually went with what I said in this post, I would have been right about the ACC’s Coastal this season.
August 26, 2009–Why Is Boston College, Rodney Dangerfield?
The most commented, non-linkfest view post of year was my blog about discussing why BC is disrespected year in-year out among ACC fans/media. It also sparked the first comment war among opposing fans on the site pitting NoleCC of ScalpEm vs. a gang of angry BC fans.
October 5, 2009–Reverse Hatfield Syndrome: Clemson Coaching Situation
Listening to hours of local sportstalk radio produced this exposition on Clemson fans’ expectations and Dabo.
December 13, 2009–OTB’s ACC CFB Review–Coastal Division
Here’s the post that Georgia Tech fans were waiting for all season since I drank the haterade preseason on GT where I give the Jackets, Coach Johnson, and Josh Nesbitt some love for their excellent seasons.
December 24, 2009–An Ode to the 00s: The Decade in ACC Football
For those with short memories, we did a recap of the decade in ACC football complete with some good links and a semi-controversial All-ACC Decade team as Hokies’ fans apparently do not like Jimmy Williams all that much.
Thanks for a great year at OTB, Happy New Year, and come on back for a Twenty-Ten!
