May
26
2023
Garrett Shrader is probably one of the better quarterbacks in the ACC, but gets overlooked by his counterparts Drake Maye, Jordan Travis, Riley Leonard, and Cade Klubnik. Shrader and the Orange started off to a hot 6-0 start where they defeated three ACC opponents including NC State, who was ranked 15 at the time, and …
Oct
10
2021
Last week, I mentioned a great example of my methodology here. I never assume a team will lose a game. In fact, when I’m deciding whether to eliminate a team, I always look at what the resume could be if the team wins out. If a team runs the table and still doesn’t have a …
Jul
22
2020
We might have college football this fall. We might not. If we do, however, plans ought to be in place to adjust to an anything-but-normal reality. I give you the Syracuse Orange football program, the one ACC football program whose normal home games are played indoors, in the Carrier Dome. Very simply, Syracuse shouldn’t play …
Sep
03
2019
Each week, we will review Saturday’s action on the gridiron and attempt to rank the teams from 14 to 1. Please note that these power rankings measure where a team is right now, meaning that they can (and will) fluctuate throughout the season. With that in mind, here’s the initial installment of the All Sports …
Aug
22
2019
It’s weird to talk about the ACC’s Playoff contenders this year. Mostly because there is one team that is so far out ahead of the league that it’s considered a Playoff near-lock, something we have yet to see in the CFP era. Different betting markets have the line on Clemson reaching the CFP anywhere from …
Mar
22
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. Death. Taxes. Syracuse living under a cloud in March. Whether it’s the big, bad NCAA, or a failed drug test, or a dubious inclusion into the NCAA Tournament, Syracuse and controversy have been intimately linked in March throughout this decade. This is not …
Mar
08
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. After North Carolina State lost to Georgia Tech on Wednesday night to throw itself squarely on the bubble, I wrote about the ACC Tournament situation facing the Wolfpack and fellow bubble-hugger Clemson. The Wolfpack and the Tigers live in a climate of constraints. …