Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. Just a quick post here for tonight. The last couple of nights, you’ve seen me post about how Virginia Tech football might be losing the focus on family. It’s worth it again to provide this tweet from the Tim Donnelly Show for context: ‘When you look …
Monthly Archive: September 2019
Sep
30
2019
Has Virginia Tech Football Lost the Focus on Family? Part 2
Short post tonight again, Atlantic Coast Conference sports fans. Check out this quote from Ike Charlton, IV: ‘When you look at Virginia Tech, we’re not welcomed back like they are.’ More from former All-American Ike Charlton (@IkeCCharltonIV ) Entire interview starts at 37:45: https://t.co/Gn9RS1xANt pic.twitter.com/DIwhzZyC6C — The Tim Donnelly Show (@DonnellyShow) September 30, 2019 …
Sep
30
2019
NC State…. Where are we now?
Well, here we are 5 weeks into the season and I have no idea what to make of this NC State team. If I told you back in say, May, that NC State would be going into the bye week at 3-2, people might be disappointed, but a lot would say, that isn’t very newsworthy, …
Sep
29
2019
Has Virginia Tech Football Lost the Family Focus?
Good afternoon, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) football fans. Just a quick post – I’m dropping a thread that was pretty popular on Twitter: 2/ Justin Fuente has gone a long way from that – he has to reach out to former players – not just to the stars – and bring them back into …
Sep
29
2019
Is there cause for concern at Clemson? | answered by @mattzemek
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. QUESTION: Is there cause for concern at Clemson? Early on Saturday, the Texas A&M Aggies barely defeated the Arkansas Razorbacks. The Aggies won, but the game felt like a loss, because no one in their right mind would say that A&M has a …
Sep
28
2019
Wake Forest twitter reacts to going 5-0
Virginia’s game at Notre Dame was the day’s biggest game featuring an ACC team. Clemson’s near loss to UNC turned into the Saturday’s biggest story. Georgia Tech continues to be dysfunctional on offense, and Pittsburgh nearly collapsed to Delaware a week after beating UCF. Wake Forest at Boston College seemed to fly under the radar. …
Sep
28
2019
A Few Words About The Status Of Virginia Tech Football
Good evening. Here are a few words about the status of Virginia Tech football: Paul Myerberg of USA Today nails it: Since last October, the Hokies have lost to BC (twice!), to Notre Dame by 22, Georgia Tech by 21, Pitt by 30, Miami by 24 and now Duke by 35. This has basically …
Sep
27
2019
Ranking the Power 5 Football Conferences after Week 4 with Playoff Analysis
While the playoff committee doesn’t rank the power 5 conference, there is no way conference strength – which means OOC results doesn’t 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 that …
Sep
27
2019
ECU’s new coach is about physical play but not rubbing noses
As East Carolina drained time off the fourth-quarter clock with a 19-7 lead, the Pirates moved the ball 62 yards to William & Mary’s 1-yard line. Only seconds remained, but it was time enough to pad the final score. Impressive wins are important for a program trying to climb out of the depths of three …
Sep
26
2019
Virginia plays with house money in South Bend
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. The Virginia Cavaliers are not expected to beat the Notre Dame Fighting Irish this weekend in South Bend, Indiana. Losing this game does not own the power to redefine the Cavaliers’ season. The main goal for 2019 is to win the ACC Coastal. …
Sep
26
2019
Duke’s Scott Bracey regains confidence, plays with professorial approach
So this is Scott Bracey. Yeah, he is an impressive guy. And that’s before we see if he is on the verge of completing a breakout season. Bracey met with the media for one of the first times – if not the first – since he arrived on campus in the Class of 2016 as …
Sep
25
2019
Can anyone explain Pittsburgh’s unpredictability? | answered by @mattzemek
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. QUESTION: Can anyone explain Pittsburgh’s unpredictability? Just how good an explanation is there for the unpredictability of the Pittsburgh Panthers football team, year after year? The immediate truthful answer is that there ISN’T a good explanation. An occasional upset — say, once every …
Sep
24
2019
CJ Williams found his way from Texas to Navy backfield
A Navy, Army and Air Force player often follows a family member to the one of the service academies, but C.J. Williams’ football path to Navy had a roundabout twist. His older brother L.G. Williams led him to Navy … without attending Annapolis. L.G was recruited by Navy as a senior on the Cibolo (Tx.) …
Sep
24
2019
ACC Power Rankings After Week 4
Week 4 wasn’t as bad as week 3. However, the ACC didn’t fare as well as it needed to. The league suffered a loss to the Sun Belt, and a few games with MAC opponents were tougher than expected. How will these results impact this week’s rankings? Here’s how things look after week 4. 14. …
Sep
23
2019
Podcast – @Hokiesmash_ASD & @TalkinACCSports review week 4 & preview week 5 in ACC Football with @ER
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) review of 4 and preview of week 5 with Evan Roberts @ER of @NCStateFootball and @RedWhitePodcast. We really appreciate Evan joining us. 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 We are also now available on PodBean! https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/p573j-6e69d/The-ACC-Weekly-Podcast To listen go here – https://www.talkshoe.com/episode/7400390 In this order, these …
Sep
23
2019
Michigan State finally found Mark Dantonio as Duffy Daugherty’s Destination Man
Duffy is no doubt proud of Mark Dantonio and happy for his school. In fact, the late College Football Hall of Fame coach is bubbling over in green and white. A Michigan State Destination Man, which Duffy Daugherty most certainly was for 19 seasons in East Lansing, emerged as the successor that ultimately broke his …