Which ACC teams made positive moves this week in our ACC Bubble Analysis? As more games are played you’ll see the RPI come more in line with the Selections… Now about those bubble teams… In my ranking system, any RPI top (100) win is a good win and any RPI top (50) obviously worth more. …
Monthly Archive: December 2014
Dec
21
2014
Dec
20
2014
There are a ton of bowl games, and that’s fine by me.
Plenty of folks think there are too many bowl games. Why are 6-6 teams making it to the post-season? The games are sparsely attended, and most of the teams don’t deserve to be there. For me it is really simple – More Bowls = More College Football. Who doesn’t want that? While the bowls will …
Dec
20
2014
#ACC Bowl Previews
It’s Bowl Season and the ACC fared very well with 11 teams qualifying for a bowl. There are some intriguing matchups for us to analyze as well. With that being said, here are some predictions! Friday, December 26 Quick Lane Bowl Detroit, MI Rutgers (7-5) vs. North Carolina (6-6) North Carolina and Rutgers meet in …
Dec
18
2014
Podcast – @HokieSmash and @TalkinACCSports talk ACC Bowls and the College Football Playoffs with @RussMitchellCFB
@Hokiesmash and I (@TalkinACCSports) had a great guest join on us on the podcast recently, @RussMitchellCFB of CollegeFootballNews, CampusInsiders, and SEC14. Be sure you are following @RussMitchellCFB on twitter and checking out his affiliated sites for excellent college football coverage. To download the audio file of this podcast, please go here. You can also find this most recent podcast and all our …
Dec
17
2014
ACC Basketball Power Rankings – December 17, 2014
It was a pretty slow week for ACC basketball, as exams cut into playing schedules. Only one game paired ACC teams against each other, and most were against weaker teams from small conferences. Thus, there wasn’t a lot of shake-up in the rankings, but there was no shortage of drama, coaching rants, and Karl Hess. …
Dec
16
2014
Podcast – @HokieSmash and @TalkinACCSports talk ACC Bowls with @ztevans, @willsworldmn, and @statesportsbeat
@Hokiesmash and I (@TalkinACCSports) were happy to be joined this week by several ACC Bloggers to preview the ACC Bowl season. Thanks to our very own site contributor @ztevans, (Zach Evans), past podcast guest @willsworldmn (Will Ojanen) – writer for scacchoops.com and accnation.com, and @statesportsbeat (Dustin) for taking the time to appear on the podcast. All …
Dec
15
2014
Articles from around the ACC Blogosphere December 15, 2014
We have Bowls and College Basketball from the ACC Bloggers this week. Did you know the ACC had the most 1st and 2nd All-Americans according to the USA Today? Good find by ACCPerscription… Don’t say it was just because the ACC has a lot of teams either. The Big 10 and the SEC have just …
Dec
14
2014
ACC Bubble Analysis for December 14, 2014
The non-conference portion of the college basketball is drawing to a close. If you picked up a couple of good non-conference wins, great! If not then there is a lot of work to be done from now until in March. The ACC is solid through the top 6 teams, and then it’s total chaos. The …
Dec
13
2014
Dec
13
2014
ACC Football has the best collection of non-conference wins since bowl season 2012.
When the ACC was a struggling football conference through most of the 2000s, criticisms of the conference were very much justified. It’s a big effort to undo somewhere around a decade of bad football, but if you are still calling the ACC a terrible football conference, then you aren’t paying to the on the field …
Dec
11
2014
The three tiers of ACC Basketball in 2014
Just a short post for tonight as we turn the page from football to basketball at least until bowl season. I’ll be starting up an ACC Bubble Analysis in the next few days, but before I get into that I want to do a quick breakdown of the ACC. There are three distinct tiers in …
Dec
10
2014
ACC Basketball Power Rankings – December 10, 2014
With the ACC Football Championship behind us, the only thing left in football season is the bowl parade during the holidays and this newfangled playoff. Until then, we have basketball to entertain us! By entertain us, of course, I mean give us a few games to watch but not that many because student-athletes will be …
Dec
10
2014
Podcast – @HokieSmash and @TalkinACCSports talk ACC Bowls and the College Football Playoffs with @SectionMZ of the @TheStudentSect
@Hokiesmash and I (@TalkinACCSports) were pleased to be joined by one of our favorite and most knowledgeable repeat guests @SectionMZ (Matt Zemek) of the @TheStudentSect. TheStudentSection is one of our favorite college sports sites, and is well worth your time to check out. To download the audio file of this podcast, please go here. You can also find this …
Dec
08
2014
ACC Championship gets its highest Television ratings ever. What does it mean?
This past weekend’s Florida State\Georgia Tech ACCCG was a classic between two top 15 teams. It was by far the best conference championship of the weekend, and it set an ACC Championsip Game Television viewing record. It was the fourth highest rated college football game of the season. From SportsMediaWatch The 6.9 ranks as the …
Dec
08
2014
Articles from around the ACC Blogosphere December 8, 2014
Well that was a great ACC Championship game wasn’t it? Florida State beat Georgia Tech in a thrilling game. You know we are checking in with those ACC bloggers. Let’s see what elser is out there too. Tomahawknation says facing Oregon in the national semi-finals is better for Florida State, but it is not better …
Dec
07
2014
In the end, the College Football Playoff Committee makes it clear what they want.
Each week when the college football playoff committee released their rankings, it seemed we got more confused than the week before. The criteria for ranking teams seemingly changed with each new announcement. In the end though the committee made it crystal clear what they want in the future when Alabama, Oregon, Florida State and Ohio …