It’s never too early to start looking at the football season. RubbingthRock has an early position look at the Clemson Tiger’s Running Backs for 2018. CardinalSportsZone has some updated Papa Johns Stadium Expansion pics. Virginia is on a roll having just beat Louisville Wednesday night, but just a few days before they knocked Duke in …
Monthly Archive: January 2018
Jan
29
2018
A mid-season look at each ACC Basketball team.
With nine teams having played nine league games, and seven teams having played eight, ACC Men’s Basketball is just about at the midpoint of its league season. With a month left in this season’s schedule, let’s take a look at where each team is in the standings, and who their next two games are against: …
Jan
28
2018
ACC Bubble Analysis for January 28, 2018
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 losses …
Jan
27
2018
Podcast – @Hokiesmash_ASD & @TalkinACCSports with a talk on ACC Basketball at mid-season.
@Hokiesmash_ASD and @TalkinACCSports look at ACC basketball at the mid-season point in this podcast! We hope you enjoy it. You can also find this most recent podcast and all our other podcasts on ITUNES at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rwradios-acc-weekly-podcast/id831843856?t=2. We are also now available on Stitcher! http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/httpwwwtalkshoecomtalkshoewebtalkcastjspmasterid130024cmdtc/the-acc-weekly-podcast?refid=stpr In this order, these are topics we covered on the podcast. It’s episode 227 …
Jan
27
2018
Virginia stakes it claim as the country’s best team after win at Duke.
I’d been looking forward to watching this Virginia Duke game all week. Acc writer David Teel said it was a game to savor. It lived up to the hype. A top 5 matchup that had it all, and after Virginia won 65-63 at Duke the Hoos can legitimately claim it is the country’s best team. Villanova and …
Jan
27
2018
Is Danny Manning the man at Wake Forest?
Well, we here at All Sports Discussion were asked about Danny Manning and if he was the answer at Wake Forest. Well, it took me a week to look into this issue and I have come to the conclusion that he is! Danny Manning is in his 4th year in Winston-Salem. He has turned around …
Jan
26
2018
@DavidTeelatDP is right to call Virginia Duke a game to savor.
Saturday afternoon 2 PM, the ACC’s game of the year and arguably the regular season national game of the year will be played on CBS. It’s Virginia and Duke. Esteemed ACC writer @DavidTeelatDP calls it a game to savor in a recent piece he wrote. He’s right too. From his article… How will No. 2 Virginia manage the …
Jan
24
2018
Around the #ACC Blogosphere For January 24, 2018
Virginia blog StreakingtheLawn says Virginia’s top-rated defense just gets better and better. I can’t argue with that. Florida State blog ChopChat has 3 reasons why FSU football will win the ACC in 2018. ACC blog ACCPrescription has a good interview review from Senior Associate Commissioner of Football Michael Strickland on how the ACC puts together their football …
Jan
23
2018
Check out CBSSportsline’s 2018 NFL Mock Draft
Just a quick post for tonight… It’s always interesting to check those NFL mock drafts especially during the Senior Bowl week. CBSSportsline has an interesting 2018 NFL Mock Draft that’s worth taking a looking at. Make sure you follow the All Sports Discussion Twitter account at @AllSportsDACC and please like our Facebook Page
Jan
22
2018
ACC TV Shows That Could Complement the ACC Network and ACC Network Extra
by Kenneth Black Assuming Disney’s deal to acquire 21st Century Fox assets announced last month doesn’t violate antitrust laws, ESPN will be inheriting a massive amount of new content. Fox Sports’ 22 regional networks, a number of cable channels that are broadcast to local subscribers across the country, will belong to ESPN. Over the past …
Jan
22
2018
Why is Virginia Tech Barely An NIT Team? The Reasons Are Plentiful.
Good morning, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) fans!!! The government may shut down – but @AllSportsDACC never shuts down – and I’m here blogging for you now. Yes, sir. #ACC — Matthew (@hokiesmash_ASD) January 22, 2018 Let’s talk about Virginia Tech men’s basketball. At 2-4 in the ACC, the Hokies need a bunch of …
Jan
21
2018
Giving 2017 year-end final grades to the ACC Atlantic Division football coaches.
Before we completely close the door on the 2017 football season, let’s hand out some grades for the ACC coaching efforts for the past season. Coastal Division Coaching Grades Clemson – Dabo Swinney : A Clemson won the ACC for the 3rd straight year, and went to the playoffs for the 3rd straight year. The …
Jan
20
2018
Kevin Stallings needs to go and not all the reasons are his fault
Pitt did it again. Pitt lost to Duke 81-54. The Panthers are 0-6 in ACC, and all of those loses have come by double digits. Yes, you read that right, The Pitt Panthers have lost all of their ACC games by double digits. The basketball program has fallen on hard times. It started under Jamie …
Jan
20
2018
Time to appreciate what Virginia basketball can do on defense.
In the ACC’s basketball pre-season basketball poll, Virginia was predicted to finish 6th. That’s not bad. If Virginia finishes 6th in the ACC, they’ll make the NCAA tournament. With the recent success of Virginia basketball, though that’s sounds like a little bit of a rebuilding year. The Hoos haven’t finished lower than 5th in the ACC …
Jan
18
2018
Chop’s Takes: ACC Football 2018 Prediction Series
Chop’s Takes: Grand Debut Miss College Football yet, ACC fans? I certainly do. Go figure, my Alma Mater goes 7-6, undergoes coaching changes, and I’m already anxious to get the 2018 season underway! But football is more than a one team sport. The ACC, after all, consists of 14 prestigious programs (and non-football member …