First off, really happy for my man @HokieSmash. He’s the only North Dakota State fan I know, and earlier in the week on our podcast he said NDSU could upset Kansas St. Congrats sir! By the way anyone that schedules Boise St. or a top 10 FCS school is insane. Good FCS teams, are well coached …
Monthly Archive: August 2013
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31
2013
Aug
29
2013
After loss to South Carolina, North Carolina is who we thought they were.
So North Carolina got beat 27-10 to South Carolina. It wasn’t a particularly close game either. What I don’t understand is the gross generalizations that come from a game like this. The Tar Heels are awful, ACC football is awful. It’s more of the same year after year. Look this game doesn’t change anything about …
Aug
27
2013
Articles from around the ACC Blogosphere August 27, 2013.
You thought we had forgot about the Articles around the ACC Blogosphere with the first week of College Football upon us? Nope No way so here we go… ShakintheSouthland sounds ready to embrace the high expectations at Clemson this year. Florida State’s Karlos Williams made some comments about Pitt star receiver Devin Street reportedly saying he …
Aug
26
2013
Week 1 Preview of ACC football – Podcast
Take a listen to @HokieSmash and me ( @TalkinACCSports ) as we do our first ACC Podcast that previews Week 1 in ACC Football. To download the audio file of this podcast, please go here. This week we cover… ACC Game of the Week ACC Team that might get upset this week Offensive and Defensive …
Aug
25
2013
Is 2013 finally the year Miami Hurricane’s football starts turning the corner?
When the Miami Hurricanes joined the ACC in 2004, John Swofford had dreams of epic Florida State and Miami battles. The Hurricanes were going to be one of the ACC’s flagship football schools. It never happened. Since the Miami has been in the ACC, Wake Forest has won an ACC Title. Virginia Tech has 4 …
Aug
24
2013
Clemson must prove LSU win wasn’t a fluke by beating Georgia.
When you are the Clemson Tigers and Dabo Swinney, each big non-conference game is like audition. 2 years ago Clemson won the ACC, but got humiliated by West Virginia in the Orange Bowl. In many ways the luster of winning the 2011 ACC, was tarnished. Last year’s season opening win over, at the time, a fringe …
Aug
24
2013
Announcing the weekly ACC Podcast with @HokieSmash and @TalkinACCSports
Earlier this year, I got asked if I wanted to do a weekly ACC Blog Radio show. I needed co-host. @HokieSmash and I had passed the idea around of doing something like that for several weeks. At the time we just couldn’t commit to a weekly show that required to be on at the same …
Aug
22
2013
The Biggest trap games for each ACC football team in 2013.
Do you realize this time week we will be watching football? So a couple of more preview articles to get you ready for the season. For each ACC teams there are dangerous games that they simply cannot overlook. What’s the biggest trap games for each ACC team this year? Boston College Villanova – August 31, …
Aug
20
2013
Thankfully, the NCAA comes to it’s senses regarding eligibility of ex-Marine.
2 days ago I was one of many who criticized the NCAA for ruling that ex-Marine Steven Rhodes was ineligible to play this year due to his participation in what amounted to intramural football games while he served this country. Thankfully the NCAA came to it’s senses in short order, no doubt due to the …
Aug
19
2013
Articles from around the ACC Blogosphere August 19, 2013.
This time next week we’ll be readying for week 1 of college football. So what do the ACC bloggers have to say about it. What are ShakintheSouthland’s thoughts on Clemson past week of practice. Some good information here… SCACCHoops has an article of great twitter accounts to follow from one of the ACC’s new members Pittsburgh. …
Aug
18
2013
Has the NCAA lost it’s mind… again?
Just when you think the NCAA can’t come with anymore bizarre or inconsistent rulings they come up with another embarrassingly silly one. This time they are denying an ex Marine Steven Rhodes the opportunity to play at Middle Tennessee and forcing him to sit out a year. Here is the short version of the story …
Aug
17
2013
Other conferences need to stop complaining about SEC football dominance and do something about it.
Recently yahoo sports had an article Can Someone, anyone please take down the SEC? I think it’s a sentiment most of us that aren’t fans of SEC schools probably share. I know I wouldn’t mind someone else win the national title. It is getting a little tiresome. 7 Straight national football titles and Alabama looks primed …
Aug
15
2013
Quick thoughts on this year’s Big Ten/ACC Challenge.
The games times were just announced for the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. The ACC official site has all kinds information on the history of the 15 year event. So what about the matchups? Oh boy does this should be fun. Indiana at Syracuse, Michigan at Duke, North Carolina at Michigan St. umm yea more please. Those …
Aug
14
2013
A season ending pre-season college football top 25
One thing I don’t see much of during the pre-season when rankings are made is what record the teams will finish with. Sure you might you have a pre-season top 10 team, but will they end up there? Schedules are a big factor here… 1. Alabama (11-1) 7-1 The SEC is the only conference in …
Aug
13
2013
CBSSportsline’s College Football Preseason top 126
Short post for tonight, but I ran across this today. CBSSportsline ranked all 126 Division 1 teams . The ACC teams rankings are 6 Clemson 11 Florida State 23 Miami 30 Virginia Tech 35 Georgia tech 38 North Carolina 50 NC State 57 Pittsburgh 61 Maryland 64 Boston College 65 Virginia 69 Wake Forest 70 Syracuse …
Aug
12
2013
Articles from around the ACC Blogosphere August 12, 2013.
Is it really still nearly 2 1/2 weeks until the college football season starts? These last few weeks are crawling by for me. So Close! OK ACC Bloggers what’cha got out there. Florida State’s Jameis Winston is going to be a star. There’s no doubt about that to me, and he already has the media …