Jim Sumner's articles on southern sports history have appeared in the ACC Handbook, the ACC Area Sports Journal, Blue Devil Weekly, Inside Carolina, the Wolfpacker, Baseball America, Basketball America, and other publications. His latest book, Tales From the Duke Blue Devils Hardwood, was published in 2005. In his bimonthly column "Looking Back… by Jim Sumner", he will examine the rich history of the Atlantic Coast Conference. E-mail Jim Sumner

		Looking Back... Wake Forest's Ricky Proehl   11/12/08   Ricky Proehl says he was a late bloomer. But when he grew into his football body, Proehl made the best of it.
		Looking Back... Miami and Virginia Tech Meet in the 1966 Liberty Bowl   10/29/08   Miami and Virginia Tech haven't been members of the ACC very long. When they joined the league, they brought with them a rivalry that became nationally prominent in the 1990s, when both were Big East powers. However, the rivalry started long before the Big East was even a twinkle in the eye. The teams first met in 1953, the year the ACC was established and the two programs went their separate ways for more than a decade until the 1966 Liberty Bowl.
		Looking Back... Quayle's Drive Carried Virginia Over Its Hurdle   10/15/08   Like many other programs, the University of Virginia has had its "ups and downs" on the football field over the years. The season 40 years ago definitely qualifies as one of those "ups". Senior halfback Frank Quayle led the Cavaliers to its best season in a generation, setting conference records along the way.

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