May
09
2019
When Georgia Tech announced their Mercedes-Benz stadium deal back in February it was met with a mixed reaction. We told you it was a good deal for Georgia Tech, and could earn Georgia Tech $10-$15 Million. Well according the Ken Sugiura in his AJC regarding this topic, we were quite close in our estimate. The …
May
08
2019
A uniquely American sport celebrates its sesquicentennial this season. College football’s growth over the next 150 years since Rutgers beat Princeton on Nov. 6, 1869, quickly spread sea to sea and halfway across the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii. The game learned to adapt to the times, albeit sometimes slowly, but no transformation has been more …
May
07
2019
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. My buddy, Jeffrey (@TalkinACCSports) posted about a phone call he made to Charter Cable on the status of their adoption and implementation of the ACC Network. You can see his post here. Jeff gave me an idea – there’s one huge behemoth you don’t see on …
May
06
2019
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) are moving along with our ACC Football previews. This week we have a preview Florida State Seminoles with @KilroyFSU. We were happy to have him back! 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=stpr0 …
May
05
2019
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. Very quick post here: In 2018, Virginia Tech softball clocked in at 23 wins and 20 losses. The Hokies last NCAA tournament bid was in 2015. We fast forward to 2019 – and you see the Hokies at 45-8 (!!!!). This might be the best college …
May
05
2019
In the times we live in with the one-and-done rule being imposed by the NBA (remember it is an NBA rule that has been negotiated with the NBAPA). This year’s Final Four has shown that there are numerous ways to build a winner in college basketball. There does not seem to be just one way …
May
05
2019
GREENVILLE, N.C. — East Carolina football returns some promising young wideouts, but whether one enjoys a breakout season to extend the Pirates’ streak of seven consecutive seasons with a 1,000-yard receiver remains to be seen. Even in this pass-happy era that today’s relaxed defensive rules created, seven is an impressive stretch that leads the nation. …
May
05
2019
As the college baseball season starts winding down, it’s time to check out where your favorite college baseball team will end up, who is hosting, and who still has work to do to get into the field. I’ll be checking on these links and posting updates every week until the field is announced. Here’s are …
May
04
2019
First before reading this, let me know out some disclaimers. I don’t have any official information on this, and I don’t have any press releases that I usually like to quote when I talk about the ACC Network. This is strictly my personal experience from Saturday. I live South Carolina, and I’m a Charter Cable …
May
04
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 : Who do you want to see on ACC Network? I can’t say I have thought about this question a lot. If you asked me how I would program a conference-specific sports network, I would have my own …
May
04
2019
Games 6 – 10 | Games 11 – 15 | Games 16 – 20 | Games 21 – 25 | Games 26 – 30 1. #2 Clemson 44 #1 Alabama 16 – January 7, 2019 It is the national championship game that left most of the country in disbelief. Alabama was the media-anointed greatest team ever, and they got pulverized by …
May
02
2019
Dana Holgorsen’s move to the University of Houston is an attempt to defy two realities in college football. One is the revolving door at Houston and the other proving a Group of 5 position can be better than one at a Power 5 school. To prove his point, he left West Virginia, a Big 12 …
May
02
2019
ACC Prescription has a theory about how Dabo Swinney’s new contract may indicate future ACC Network revenue. Clemson blog RubbingtheRock ranks the top 3 receiving units in the country. Guess who is #1? StreakingtheLawn looks back and ranks Virginia’s 6 NCAA Tournament games. BloggersSoDear tells us about Wake Forest coach Dave Clawson signing a new …
May
01
2019
Sportswriters are both romantics and cynics. That’s why Inspector Renault, a cynical character in Casablanca, a romantic movie, so often appears in sports stories. The latest example of Inspector Renault declaring he’s “shocked, shocked,” results from Christian Dawkins testifying in the FBI’s college basketball federal corruption case. He was answering questions on Wednesday in New …
May
01
2019
Games 1 – 5 | Games 11 – 15 | Games 16 – 20 | Games 21 – 25 | Games 26 – 30 6. #1 Clemson 37 #4 Oklahoma 17 – December 31, 2015 It was a bit surprising that coming into this Orange Bowl National Semi-Final game, that 13-0 Clemson was an underdog to Oklahoma. Those of …