Jan
20
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. ACC QUESTION of the WEEK : What does Duke’s win over Virginia mean for both teams? When one remembers that Virginia won in Cameron Indoor Stadium last season, Duke and Mike Krzyzewski had this game circled for a long time. It wouldn’t have …
Jan
18
2019
Virginia and ESPN’s College GameDay crew are at Duke’s Cameron Indoor Stadium Saturday for an ACC first-place showdown. The unbeaten Cavaliers (16-0) are 4-0 in conference play and the Blue Devils 14-2 and 3-1. But what about the other 3-1 teams in range of a first-place tie if Duke wins? After all, there are four …
Jan
17
2019
It’s just a quick post for tonight. The ACC released it’s 2019 football schedule. As we do each year, we’ll tell you what we like about the ACC schedule and what we don’t. Keep a look out for that over the next few days. From that article here is a highlight… Just one week after the …
Jan
16
2019
For all Cameron Indoor Stadium’s charm on television, it’s not a modern grandiose palace with plush accommodations tucked away from the masses. The hallway to the locker room is a few steps down the door from the very modest media room. I happened to be standing in the doorway after the second of Duke’s two …
Jan
15
2019
Shakespeare’s happy endings were his romance plays. The storylines moved with comedic and tragic turns, but an uplifting denouement separated those works from others. So what would Shakespeare write about the life of Gus Ganakas? The former Michigan State coach, who passed away last week at age 92, overcame basketball tragic turns that make for …
Jan
14
2019
Here were go again… A big ACC basketball game that we have to struggle to find on television. This time it’s the biggest Virginia vs Virginia Tech matchup in history. In fact it’s the biggest game ever between any schools from the state of Virginia. Good luck finding it. Last year we wrote multiple articles …
Jan
14
2019
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) get you going for ACC basketball in this podcast! 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 To listen go here – https://www.talkshoe.com/episode/5870438 In this order, these are topics we covered on the podcast. It’s episode 270. …
Jan
13
2019
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
13
2019
NC State gritted out a win against Pitt yesterday. Now, that shouldn’t sound like a big deal, except when you look at that kind of win in the context of NC State’s last 5-8 years of basketball. Those 8 or so years have been marred by a team that is inconsistent at best, and down …
Jan
13
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college football at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. ACC QUESTION of the WEEK : Which ACC team is better on an all-time scale — 2013 Florida State or 2018 Clemson? Both teams were awesomely talented. Both teams had gifted quarterbacks. Both teams were led by formidable head coaches who started their …
Jan
12
2019
Greetings Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. Hope your weekend is going well. Well, after three games, here are a couple of lines about each ACC men’s basketball team: Virginia – The Hoos, like always, are playing great defense – but are playing confidently on offense this year (very efficient). Seems like the ACC regular …
Jan
12
2019
Programming and scheduling news for the ACC Network coming in 2019 continues to leak in. We already knew that Clemson vs Georgia Tech would the first ACC Network football game August 29. We also know that Notre Dame at Duke will be on the ACC Network on November 9. That confirms that Notre Dame ACC road …
Jan
11
2019
How did Clemson blog ShakintheSouthland view the Tigers beatdown of Alabama in the national title game? RubbingtheRock says Christian Wilkins finishes his career as one of the best Clemson Tiger players ever. ACC Prescription always has good takes on the ACC Network. Here is revenue projection that they take a stab at. ACC fans would very …
Jan
10
2019
Since football still drives so much when it comes to conference revenues from TV Contracts, Bowl Deals, to a lesser extent the general health of a conference let’s take stock of ACC football. Certainly it never hurts to have the best football team in the country. Clemson won their second national title in three years. …
Jan
09
2019
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Jan
08
2019
The national title game has come to an end. Clemson is the king of college football in 2018. Who’s going to try and challenge them next year? Here are some Way too Early Pre-season top 25s. CBSSports Way too Early top 25 SI.com Way too Early top 25 ESPN Way too Early top 25 Orlando …