Aug
05
2018
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 There’s a buzz about Boston College football this season. That’s something we haven’t seen around Chestnut Hill in many years. Steve Addazio has slowly, but surely built BC into a program that’s not be taken for …
Aug
04
2018
Happy Saturday, Atlantic Coast Conference sports fans. First, some awesome music. So I have a nice, friendly Virginia Tech football wager going on with All Sports Discussion friend, @HunkerDownHokie. Basically what it comes down to is is that I “took the over on 7.5 games.” If Virginia Tech wins 8 games or more, I …
Aug
04
2018
The last time we talked about Clemson Kelly Byrant we compared him to Alabama’s Jalen Hurts and made this statement. Coming off a Sugar Bowl performance where Bryant was overwhelmed and tentative, he honestly played poorly in Clemson’s spring game. He was inaccurate in the passing game and the offense stalled while he was out …
Aug
03
2018
The service academies remain lumped together as triple-option offenses thanks to College Football Hall of Fame coach Fisher DeBerry. A generation ago he laid down the blueprint at Air Force on how to remain competitive with lightly recruited athletes. But take a closer look in recent seasons. Air Force lines up with a quarterback, fullback, …
Aug
03
2018
@Hokiesmash_ASD and @TalkinACCSports have a special podcast for you. @Brett_McMurphy broke the story of Urban Meyer potentially knowing about domestic violence committed by his assistant coach. We discuss if Meyer is finished at Ohio State. 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 …
Aug
03
2018
Trust the Process: I’ll be using a standard format across all Chop’s Takes: I’ll take a look at the returning production (keeping in mind the evaluation of talent applicable to each ACC Program) and compare to each team they face on their schedule. I’ll look at the opponent faced the week before, that game’s final …
Aug
02
2018
Another gem of an article from the esteemed @DavidTeelatDP. This time he discusses the challenges of the ACC Network distribution. Here are some highlights from the article. But the paramount ACC Network challenge for ESPN and its parent company, Disney, during the next 12 months will be securing carriage deals with the nation’s top cable and …
Aug
02
2018
DURHAM, N.C. – Ben Humphreys, smiling and healthy after an injury-hampered junior season, stood brimming with optimism. On the first day of fall camp, he said something that stands out as more challenging for this year’s Duke seniors than Blue Devils have faced in past farewell seasons. “I want to finish with a good year …
Aug
01
2018
There’s potentially an ugly scandal brewing at Ohio State. Urban Meyer may have known about domestic violence committed by a former assistant coach. Meyer has already been put on administrative leave by Ohio State. BREAKING #OhioState announces that Urban Meyer will be on administrative leave. OC Ryan Day will serve as acting head coach. — …