I think these Marvel Comic College Football Kickoff Covers are pretty sharp looking. http://comicbook.com/marvel/2017/08/21/espn-college-football-marvel-comics-covers-2017/#1 Here are the ACC teams featured. There is also BYU vs LSU, Michigan vs Florida, and Ohio State vs Indiana. No. 1 Bama is ready. No. 3 FSU is ready.@Marvel is ready. pic.twitter.com/FDyXgmnp2e — ESPN CollegeFootball (@ESPNCFB) August 21, 2017 Two …
Monthly Archive: August 2017
Aug
21
2017
Aug
20
2017
Title IX 45 Years Later – Impacts on Student Enrollment at ACC Schools
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. I recently came across this Yale University study from referenced in the New York Times (apparently more and more women are freezing their eggs as they can’t find an educated partner): The study posits that its subjects [the researchers interviewed 150 women] have been unlucky in …
Aug
20
2017
Best and Worst case record for Clemson football in 2017
Best / Worse Case Record for : Louisville | Virginia | Miami | Duke | Georgia Tech | Pittsburgh | Florida State | Virginia Tech | NC State | Boston College | Syracuse | North Carolina | Wake Forest Clemson Life is good in Clemson, South Carolina. The Tigers reached the the top of the mountain by knocking off Alabama in the national title game and winning it all. The Tigers now sit on the Mount …
Aug
20
2017
Ranking the Power 5 Football Conferences for 2017
While the playoff committee doesn’t rank the power 5 conference, there is no way conference strength – which means OOC results doesnt figure in to a committee members thought process. Let me point out on my philosophy on these rankings – your most recent OOC results count a lot, and you’ll see me reference …
Aug
19
2017
Checking out those 2017 College Football Pre-Season All-American Teams.
Are you looking for those Pre-Season College Football All-American teams? We’ve got a list of several for you… SI.Com Pre-season All-American Teams. CBSSportsline Pre-Season All-American Teams. Athlons Sports Pre-Season All-American Teams. 247Sports Pre-Season All-American Teams. SportingNew Pre-Season All-American Teams. We’ve been telling you all summer how good the ACC is at defensive line. Did …
Aug
18
2017
Duke Raises $340 Million for its Athletic Programs
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) fans. Just a quick post tonight because I’m going to win the lottery LOL. Seriously, the Duke University Sports Information Department just put out some really amazing news: The university just concluded a seven-year fundraising campaign and raised $3.85 BILLION (not a typo). Here is what some of …
Aug
16
2017
Best and Worst case record for Boston College football in 2017
Best / Worse Case Record for : Louisville | Virginia | Miami | Duke | Georgia Tech | Pittsburgh | Florida State | Virginia Tech | NC State | Clemson | Syracuse | North Carolina | Wake Forest Boston College For the 3rd time in 4 years Boston College won 7 games. When you are in conference with Florida State and Clemson, that’s hardly a record to dismiss. Boston College is a tough hard-nosed team, but …
Aug
15
2017
Support @MattZemek at his new College Football Patreon Site.
From ESPN layoffs, to newspapers writers get laid off… writing and covering sports for living is not easy. I’ve seen some really good writers lose their jobs. Some really great bloggers have stopped writing due to the demands placed on them by their parent sites. Deadspin recently wrote about the SBNation how their bloggers are …
Aug
14
2017
Best and Worst case scenarios for NC State football in 2017
Louisville | Virginia | Miami | Duke | Georgia Tech | Boston College | Pittsburgh | Florida State | Virginia Tech | Clemson | Syracuse | North Carolina | Wake Forest Well fans, here at Allsportsdiscussion.com we have been running through the best case and worst case scenarios for each team. I am going to look at the best and worst case scenario for NC State. Now, I have been seeing a lot of …
Aug
14
2017
Podcast – @Hokiesmash_ASD and @TalkinACCSports preview the 2017 College Football season with @SectionTPJ
@Hokiesmash_ASD and myself @TalkinACCSports had a great podcast guest this week. @SectionTPJ (Terry Johnson) a past podcast guest joined us again to preview the college football season. Be sure to check out the http://thecomeback.com/ for Terry’s musings on sports and pop-culture. There’s lots of good stuff there. In addition you can subscribe to the Podcast on ITUNES to get the quickest updates! …
Aug
13
2017
Reflections on Charlottesville
Good afternoon!!! Hope you all are doing well!!! It’s been more than ten years since that tragic day of April 16, 2017 when 32 students and faculty members lost their lives – they were taken from their family members and and the Virginia Tech university community. After right after the treacherous act happened, it was …
Aug
13
2017
Take a Moment to Reflect on College Football
Take a moment to reflect. It’s a calm Sunday morning. Reflect on the 2016 season. Your favorite team won some tense games. Your favorite team lost some heartbreakers. Your team was praised by ESPN, then shot down by them. Clearly, they’re biased. But you don’t care. You love your team, and that’s all that matters. …
Aug
12
2017
Best and Worst Case Record for Florida State football in 2017
Best / Worse Case Record for : Louisville | Virginia | Miami | Duke | Georgia Tech | Boston College | Pittsburgh | Virginia Tech | NC State | Clemson | Syracuse | North Carolina | Wake Forest Florida State Some would call a 10-3 football season a stellar performance, especially considering the Noles found themselves the victors over a veteran Michigan Wolverines in the Orange Bowl. But to many Seminoles, victory was bittersweet. A young …
Aug
11
2017
How Disney will save ESPN via Yahoo Finance.
You’ve heard it over and over… cord cutting is slowly killing ESPN. There’s no question it is an issue. With the ACC Network tied at the hip with ESPN, there’s reason for ACC schools and their fans to pay attention to what is happening at ESPN and parent company Disney. You didn’t really think Disney …
Aug
10
2017
Best and Worst case record for Georgia Tech football in 2017 (Revised – post Dedrick Mills)
Best / Worse Case Record for : Louisville | Virginia | Miami | Duke | Boston College | Pittsburgh | Florida State | Virginia Tech | NC State | Clemson | Syracuse | North Carolina | Wake Forest Georgia Tech Georgia Tech quietly had a very solid 2016 season. The Yellow Jackets won 6 of their final 7 games to finish 9-4 in season that saw them win at Virginia Tech, and Georgia. There was …
Aug
09
2017
Around the #ACC Blogosphere For August 9, 2017
Syracuse blog NunesMagician has a funny look at what could programming for a day on the ACC Network. Looking for who are the top unsigned graduate basketball transfers? Check out this article on CBBCentral. ACCBlog ACCPrescription has a listing of all the ESPN Football Announcers for this season. What kind of questions do the defending …