Oct
14
2019
CHARLOTTE – As North Carolina took its turn on stage at the ACC basketball media day, the dominant subject was the Tar Heels blending their new roster. They have an influx of newcomers following the loss of four starters and six players in all. Roy Williams, with seniors Garrison Brooks and Brandon Robinson accompanying him, …
Oct
13
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. QUESTION: Is Louisville the ACC’s most surprising mid-season team? Is Louisville the ACC’s most surprising team halfway through the 2019 season? Before answering that question more directly, I will simply note that one can easily make a strong case. Yet, what is especially …
Oct
12
2019
Duke made Georgia Tech fans suffer for more reasons than the final score, the Blue Devils’ 41-23 victory Saturday afternoon at Wallace Wade Stadium. They forced them to endure watching Duke’s triple-option package convert plays, especially on fourth down to keep early drives alive. In the final seasons of Paul Johnson’s 11 at Georgia Tech, …
Oct
12
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. Johnathan Kirkland of All Sports Discussion wrote an article during the Virginia Cavaliers’ idle week, which was sandwiched between the Notre Dame game on Sept. 28 and Friday night’s game at Miami. I agreed with Johnathan’s thesis. I thought the idle week did …
Oct
12
2019
Imagine the number of impressive future officers Navy’s Ken Niumatalolo has guided as football players and observed as leaders the past 12 years as the Midshipmen’s head coach. Each year he has a roster of 100-some players cycling through toward graduation. Then, factor in Niumatalolo’s time as an assistant coach and offensive coordinator, making this …
Oct
11
2019
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 …
Oct
11
2019
In sports, there’s old school and new school. Most people fall on one side or the other, but Connor Slomka is both — an old-school warrior and new-age athlete. Warrior is a term thrown around too loosely in sports, but it applies to cadets training to be officers in the military during an endless war …
Oct
10
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. QUESTION: Who is the ACC first-half coach of the year? There are two reasonable and correct answers to the question, “Who was the ACC’s best coach in the first half of the 2019 season?” Dabo Swinney is not on the list. Dabo isn’t …
Oct
10
2019
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Mike Krzyzewski sat with a dutiful expression as reporters and cameramen encircled his table at the ACC basketball media day on Tuesday in a Marriott City Center ballroom. Duke’s coach with five NCAA titles was peppered with subjects. Among them: the recently passed California Fair Pay to Play Act for college athletes …
Oct
09
2019
East Carolina continues its 16-day break between losing to Temple on Thursday night and Oct. 19 game at UCF with new coach Mike Houston taking advantage of the time to emphasize recruiting. He has holes to fill. Trouble is that talent won’t arrive until next year as freshmen, although Houston did learn on Tuesday senior …
Oct
09
2019
We haven’t quite reach the the mid-point of the college football season for most ACC teams. North Carolina and Pitt are there, but the rest have 1 more game to go. After seeing 5 or 6 games of each ACC Atlantic, though I’m ready to already start predicting the 2nd half of the season for …
Oct
08
2019
Week 6 was the most exciting weekend of the year (so far). Three of the four contests were decided by a touchdown or less. How did this abbreviated schedule impact this week’s standings? Here’s the latest installment of the ACC Power Rankings… 14. Georgia Tech Last Week: 14 The Jackets remain in the cellar after …
Oct
08
2019
CHARLOTTE — What a difference a year makes in college basketball and there is no better example these days than Virginia coach Tony Bennett and his team. The Cavaliers showed up for this year’s ACC Operation Basketball media day on Tuesday in Charlotte as NCAA defending champions. If anyone forgot, the ACC office was proud …
Oct
07
2019
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) review of 6 and preview of week 7 with @PickSixPreviews (Brett Ciancia) of http://www.picksixpreviews.com/2019-season-preview.html. Brett is one of our favorites and it was a great podcast. 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/7494658 In this order, …
Oct
06
2019
We haven’t quite reach the the mid-point of the college football season for most ACC teams. North Carolina and Pitt are there, but the rest have 1 more game to go. After seeing 5 or 6 games of each ACC Coastal, though I’m ready to already start predicting the 2nd half of the season for …
Oct
06
2019
DURHAM – Duke raised some eyebrows in the ACC last week with its 45-10 win at Virginia. Maybe the Blue Devils do have enough to be the surprise challenger to ACC Coastal preseason favorite Virginia Tech. But that was before Pitt visited Duke Saturday night at Wallace Wade Stadium in a result that started as …
