Dear Mr. James, It’s been 2 seasons so far and if you ask me, Cleveland isn’t as talented a team as the one you had in Miami. Don’t get me wrong, you’ve got some offense, but Kevin Love was never the answer. Defense is the answer and this Cleveland team plays very little. Mr. James, …
Monthly Archive: January 2016
Jan
19
2016
Jan
18
2016
Should Clemson and Florida State play their football game in September or later in the 2016 year?
The ACC Football schedule has yet to come out for the 2016 season. The marquee game will again be Clemson vs Florida State. With both teams likely to be in the pre-season top 10, and viable playoff contenders, should the ACC schedule this game in September as they did in 2014 and 2012 or …
Jan
17
2016
ACC Bubble Analysis for January 17, 2015
Find out which ACC teams join Boston College with virtually no chance at making NCAAs. This is going to be a weekly article, where I seed the ACC teams and where I think they’d should be placed if the tournament started the same day as my posting. In my ranking system, any RPI top (100) …
Jan
16
2016
Lots of Way too Early 2016 College Football Top 25 Rankings
The 2015 College Football Season just ended. What does that mean? Time for 2016 Way to Early College Football Top 25 Rankings of course! SBNation combined 13 Way to Early Top 25 rankings. The ACC is well represented with 4-5 teams in most of the Top 25 Rankings. Clemson was ranked #1 in the majority …
Jan
16
2016
Change is inevitable. Georgia Tech basketball will never succeed with Brian Gregory.
Nearly a year ago, I asked if Georgia Tech had given up on basketball by retaining Brian Gregory. It seems for at least for the 2015-2016 season the answer is yes. By holding on to Gregory after last season, Georgia Tech effectively threw their hands up for this season and hoped for the best. There were …
Jan
15
2016
A laugh, I mean look at ESPN’s Final College Football FPI Rankings.
One of the most hilariously flawed “advanced metric” rankings tool the ESPN’s FPI is at it again. They just released their Final Rankings, and they got the first team correct. Alabama is ranked #1. That was correct. It was downhill from there. Let point out the most egregious errors. #2 Oklahoma (11-2) – The …
Jan
14
2016
Ranking the Power 5 Football Conferences after Bowl Season, with an early 2016 playoff analysis look.
Let’s take a final look at how the conference matched up after bowl season. Let me point out on my philosophy on these rankings – you’re most recent OOC results count a lot. We’ll give each conference a relative strength value 1-10. Let me explain my relative rankings 0-5 : Conference lacks depth no elite …
Jan
13
2016
ACC Football isn’t where it wants to be, but more progress was made in 2015.
The ACC’s football perception is always a sensitive subject. Is it improving? Does it trail the other 4 power 5 conferences? Are it’s best teams at a SOS disadvantage? and on and on. Another season is in the books, did the ACC continue its steady progression that’s been going on since 2012? Overall you have …
Jan
12
2016
Clemson set for another College Football Playoff run after falling just short to Alabama in National Title Game.
I finally had some time to sit down and give my thoughts on a classic national title game between Clemson and Alabama. Let me just get started… Was Clemson QB Deshaun Watson fantastic in defeat or what? Watson absolutely shredded the vaunted Alabama defense to pieces. He had over 400 yards through the air, and …
Jan
11
2016
Podcast – @Hokiesmash and @TalkinACCSports look at ACC Basketball and preview the National Title Game with @TN_Hoops
@Hokiesmash and @TalkinACCSports were joined by @TN_Hoops ( Michael Rogner ), the head basketball writer for the excellent Florida State site Tomahawknation.com. We appreciate @TN_Hoops looking at ACC basketball and getting us ready for the conference season. We also preview the College Football National Title Game between Clemson and Alabama. To download the audio file of this podcast, please go …
Jan
10
2016
ACC Bubble Analysis for January 10, 2015
The ACC just proved this week how difficult it is to win on the road. Find out who made a move and who didn’t. This is going to be a weekly article, where I seed the ACC teams and where I think they’d should be placed if the tournament started the same day as my …
Jan
09
2016
Pittsburgh Panthers Men’s Basketball Flew Under The Radar This Year – No More
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) fans. How you all had a great holiday season – and your New Year started off right. It always makes sense to to start your New Year off with some great ACC hoops action. We will cover ACC hoops all year long at All Sports Discussion. I have, however, …
Jan
09
2016
What life looked like when Clemson won the College Football National Title in 1981.
It’s been 34 years since Clemson last played for a national title in football. Back in 1981 Clemson played and won the national title. FoxSports has an interesting article looking at what the world looked like back in 1981. How times have changed! Make sure you follow the All Sports Discussion Twitter account at @AllSportsDACC and please …
Jan
08
2016
ESPN disappoints advertisers due to College Football Playoff Semi-Finals rating drop.
Oh boy… This was an eye opening article from BroadCastingCable.com. ESPN could lose $20 Million on this year’s College Football Playoff Semi-Finals. Despite the efforts of the College Football Playoff committee and some media outlets downplaying the financial hit ESPN took by being forced to televise the two national championship semi-final games on New Year’s Eve, …
Jan
07
2016
Clemson’s 5 keys to beating Alabama.
Judging by CBSSportline’s college football “experts”, Clemson should just forfeit the National Championship game with Alabama, avoid the embarrassment and finish the year ranked #2. Alabama is a very good team, with an outstanding defense, but they are beatable. They lost to Ole Miss, nearly lost to Tennessee, and struggled in season ending games against …
Jan
06
2016
Clemson’s 5 most important recruits, not on the 2015 team, but built foundation for it.
Monday night Clemson will be playing for the National Title against Alabama. Players like Deshaun Watson, Shaq Lawson, Wayne Gallman, and Mackensie Alexander are some of the recruits that have made the Tigers a National Title Contender. Clemson didn’t become a national championship caliber team overnight though. Mired in mediocrity, and a reputation for underachievement …











