Merry Christmas from all of us at All Sports Discussion. We appreciate you checking out our Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) coverage all year long. We’re late with our post here, but better late than never. On December 21, 2016, the University of Louisville Cardinals get a really big men’s hoops win vs. in-state SEC …
Monthly Archive: December 2016
Dec
23
2016
Podcast – @Hokiesmash and @TalkinACCSports talk 2016 ACC football and preview the ACC Bowl Season with @MattZemek
@Hokiesmash and myself @TalkinACCSports are finishing our podcasts for year with a home run. @MattZemek Editor of @FanRag_U joins us to talk ACC Football and preview the ACC Bowl Season. When @MattZemek joins us we always have a great time. To download the audio file of this podcast, please go here. In addition you can subscribe to the Podcast on ITUNES to …
Dec
21
2016
Why bowl games will never go away.
The Las Vegas Bowl pulled in higher ratings than one of the premier games in college basketball this season. Yep, bowls are aren’t going anywhere. Also overnight ratings: Lopsided Las Vegas Bowl: 2.6 Epic Kentucky-UNC basketball game: 2.4 https://t.co/CZxL6UB2eo — Dan Wetzel (@DanWetzel) December 21, 2016 Make sure you follow the All Sports Discussion Twitter …
Dec
20
2016
ACC Bubble Analysis for December 20, 2016
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) win is a good win and any RPI top (50) obviously worth more. Any …
Dec
19
2016
Merry Christmas from Notre Dame to Matt Farrell
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. Merry Christmas from Notre Dame to Matt Farrell – yes, I’m not too proud to say I got choked up over this video below: WATCH:An unreal moment between two brothers. Matt Farrell thought his brother was coming home from Afghanistan in February… he was wrong. …
Dec
19
2016
The ACC has a winning record against the SEC in football since the start of 2014.
After years, arguably decades of trying the ACC has finally caught the SEC as a football conference. What better way to compare conferences than head-to-head meetings. The ACC and SEC football teams play each other a lot during the course of a year. Going back to 2006, the ACC and SEC have met at least …
Dec
19
2016
Articles Around the #ACC Blogosphere – December 19, 2016
As we head into bowl season, let’s check in on the ACC Bloggers. We check in on some basketball too ACC Perscription writes about an ACC produced show “Forging History: The Road to an ACC Championship”, that could be preview of shows we could see on the future ACC Network. Interesting… Always good stuff at ACC …
Dec
18
2016
Which 3 ACC teams need to win their bowl game the most?
As we head into bowl season, for various reasons some ACC teams need to win their bowl games more than others. Everybody wants to win their bowl game, let’s get into why these 3 ACC teams need to win their games the most. Clemson Clemson seems like an obvious choice, because they playing in …
Dec
17
2016
Georgetown Men’s Basketball Gets a Big Win vs. Syracuse
Good afternoon, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. We have been talking a lot about football on @AllSportsDACC – and rightfully so. Today, I’m going to transition a bit to college hoops. I’m a Georgetown alum (I don’t blog about the Hoyas all that much) – and I do think the Hoyas have seen much …
Dec
17
2016
Minnesota Football Players Suspended then Threaten and End Boycott of Holiday Bowl
Good morning, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. Virginians/DMVers/Marylanders/DC folks – stay off the roads – winter weather advisory extended – too damn icy – go nowhere — Matthew (@hokiesmash) December 17, 2016 Yeah, so stay home and read us over here at @AllSportsDACC. So, in the past couple of days, Minnesota suspended ten …
Dec
17
2016
#NDSU’s 2198 Day Playoff Win and FCS Title Streak Comes to an End
Good morning, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. Many of you know that I’m probably one of the few Virginia Tech alumni that tweet about all things North Dakota – the joke comes in the room, “Yeah, you’re the first guy I’ve met from North Dakota.” Yes, I was born and raised in North Dakota …
Dec
17
2016
How John Swofford guided the ACC through the realignment era.
Now that the ACC is one of the premier conferences in the country, with the nation’s top basketball league and a high quality football conference I’m getting a little nostalgic. I looked back recently to 4-5 years ago when the ACC was an afterthought nationally in football and struggling as a whole. Last week we …
Dec
15
2016
The #ACC Needs To Perform an Independent Investigation Into The Wakeyleaks Scandal
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. Wakeyleaks – it appears – is what a lot of people are talking about right now. If you haven’t heard about Wakeyleaks, here is an excellent summary from @Rodger_Sherman. We’ll take a couple of his quotes verbatim: In November, Wake Forest discovered something weird. While at Louisville’s …
Dec
14
2016
How should the ACC deal with Wakeyleaks?
CBSSportsline’s Jon Solomon says the Wakeyleaks issue is now an ACC issue and I agree. What Tommy Elrod did to his alma-mater betraying the trust of the Wake Forest football program is downright despicable. Elrod has ruined his career, and will never be part of the Wake Forest family ever again. Louisville and maybe other …
Dec
13
2016
Virginia making major upgrades for upcoming ACC Network.
For those wondering what ACC schools are doing in preparation for the upcoming ACC Network, this article details what is happening at the University of Virginia. It’s well worth the time to read for those interested in the ACC Network topic. ESPN will rely on schools to produce many ACC Network events. This means all 15 …
Dec
13
2016
Commentary from #Clemson Super Fan @CUBOSCO on Virginia Tech’s Football Program and Deshaun Watson’s Heisman Candidacy
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone. Hope you all are doing well. Our friend, @CUBOSCO, sent an email with his thoughts on Virginia Tech’s Football Program and Clemson QB Deshaun Watson’s Heisman candidacy. The @CUBOSCO email was written so well that we’re serving it up as a commentary guest post – and verbatim – here …