Nov
20
2019
Tom Izzo’s 25th season as Michigan State’s basketball coach clearly places him in rarified air. Among one-school identity coaches winning an NCAA title, Syracuse’s Jim Boeheim is the only other club member at 44 and counting. Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski is in his 40th Blue Devils season with five NCAA titles, but he spent five at …
Nov
20
2019
Week 12 had a little bit of everything: nail-biters, upsets, and a handful of blowouts. So how did these results impact our weekly power rankings? Here’s the latest installment: 14. Duke Last Week: 10 The Devils “earned” the last-place spot after getting destroyed by Syracuse at home. That’s all I have to say about that. …
Nov
19
2019
The Orange Bowl will select the highest ranked non-playoff ACC Team, and if they are in the top 25 the Orange Bowl will select a team. Clemson (11-0, 8-0) The Orange Bowl isn’t even on Clemson’s radar screen. The Tigers are thinking playoffs and only playoffs. Wake Forest (7-3, 3-3) Wake Forest is hanging on …
Nov
18
2019
@CUBOSCO (James Bostic) graciously filled in for the usual co-host @Hokiesmash_ASD. He and I (@TalkinACCSports ) review of 12 and preview of week 13 with @TigerPreGame (Scott Rymer) of tigerpregameshow.blogspot.com. Thanks Scott for 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 …
Nov
18
2019
As you read this, Dave Odom is enjoying his annual Maui two-week working-vacation. The extended stay comes with the job as tournament director of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational next week that includes No. 3-ranked Michigan State. “Nice work if you can get it,” as the George Gershwin song goes. Odom, best known for his …
Nov
17
2019
QUESTION: Should Virginia Tech be ranked in the top 25? Give author @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. If we are to wrestle with this question, we have to look at the other teams across the United States. Without trying to litigate every single team-to-team comparison, let’s use these broader …
Nov
17
2019
Give author @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. Few collegiate athletic programs have endured a more exhausting period than Louisville has over the past four years. NCAA and FBI investigations, turnover in the athletic department, Bobby Petrino’s swift decline, Rick Pitino’s combative posture, Tom Jurich’s messy departure, and other …
Nov
16
2019
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) football fans. Hope your weekend is going well. Virginia Tech defeated Georgia Tech today – and the outcome was never in doubt. The Hokies absolutely hammered the Jackets 45-0. And this wasn’t just your ordinary hammering: Georgia Tech had one first down in the first half. One. That’s ridiculous …
Nov
16
2019
DURHAM – Sometimes a team suffers through one of those inexplicable seasons the bounces of an oblong ball exacerbates. Take Duke in 2019, for example. The Blue Devils (4-6, 3-4 ACC Coastal) suffered their fourth straight loss and fifth in the last six games, while Syracuse (4-6, 1-5 ACC Atlantic) snapped a four-game losing streak …
Nov
15
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 …
Nov
14
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. “Settle down! Relax! Take some time to be with your family! Pause! Take a break! Give yourself a breather! Reflect on what the next best course of action is!” ACC football, in 2019, did not heed any of those words of advice. This …
Nov
14
2019
DURHAM – Get ready for revolving door of college basketball teams occupying the No. 1 chair in national rankings. Unless, that is, Duke’s pressure defense has something to say about the upcoming weeks. The No. 2-ranked Blue Devils are poised to become the third No. 1 team in three weeks of voting in next week’s …
Nov
13
2019
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) review of 11 and preview of week 12 with @ztevans Zach Evans of speed51.com. Zach is a longtime friend of the blog and we were happy to have him. 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 – …
Nov
13
2019
The Orange Bowl will select the highest ranked non-playoff ACC Team. Clemson (10-0, 7-0) We’ve said it for weeks now. Clemson has to lose a game to end up in the Orange Bowl. Lose a game? I’m not sure anyone stays within 3 TDs of the Tigers until maybe the playoffs. Wake Forest (7-2, 3-2) …
Nov
12
2019
DURHAM – Duke coach David Cutcliffe opened his weekly Tuesday media session announcing center Jack Wohlabaugh underwent ankle surgery earlier in the day. That’s news since Wohlabaugh is a second-year starting center. But it also was noteworthy Duke announced the injury four days prior to Syracuse (3-6, 0-5 ACC Atlantic) facing the Blue Devils …
Nov
12
2019
The chaos of conference play continued in Week 11 with another round of upsets. So how did these results impact our weekly power rankings? Here’s the latest installment: 14. Syracuse Last Week: 14 The Orange did not play in Week 11. They face Duke in a must-win contest this weekend. 13. Georgia Tech Last Week: …