Dec
31
2019
15 seconds is all that stood between Virginia Tech and a 9 win, top 25 season. There’d also be an an off-season of optimism plus the added bonus of sending out coaching legend Bud Foster a winner in his final game as DC. Then it all fell apart against an average Kentucky team, with a …
Dec
31
2019
There wasn’t anyone that thought Mike Novell wasn’t walking into a major rebuild at Florida State. In the last three seasons Florida State football has an 18-20 record. That includes back to back to losing seasons in 2018 and 2019. Tuesday’s 20-14 six turnover bowl loss to Arizona State just further is a microcosm of …
Dec
31
2019
Give author @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. QUESTION: What does Clemson need to do to beat LSU? The Clemson Tigers will have to do many different things to beat the LSU Tigers in the 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship Game. Clemson’s receivers need to get healthy after a …
Dec
31
2019
Piece by piece, year by year, holes are punched in storyboards depicting Alabama coach Bear Bryant as a benevolent segregationist. The myths were created to hide his silent voice on race in the 1960s — the issue of his times for a southern leader to be on the right side of history — belie that …
Dec
31
2019
Virginia was a huge underdog against Florida in the Orange Bowl. Many did not give them much of a chance to compete with a top 10 Florida team. Compete and compete hard is exactly what they did. The Virginia coaching schemed around the team’s deficiencies and injuries in the secondary as best they could. It …
Dec
30
2019
DURHAM – Mike Krzyzewski said from the beginning this was an “old-school team, old-school season.” Relying on balance and depth was Duke’s path to an ACC and/or NCAA title. He meant teaching his players lost arts as a result of the modern AAU circuit that emphasizes individual workouts. Fundamentals such as talking on the court …
Dec
30
2019
You better get Louisville now, because they are coming. Following a nightmare 2018 season, that as we’ve said several times was among the very worst in ACC history, Louisville roared back into relevance with a remarkable 8-5 season that just about nobody saw coming. You won’t find many people that didn’t think Scott Satterfield wasn’t …
Dec
30
2019
Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa, and Happy Hanukkah. Wherever you are, we at @AllSportsDACC wish you a joyous holiday season!! It’s been a while since we checked in on the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) blogosphere, but we’re here to do that today. Lots going on in ACC world. Let’s check it out below: SB Nation …
Dec
29
2019
Did you know Ohio State has never beat Clemson in their history as a college football program? 0-4. This one kind of summarizes the conspiracy theories. My favorite officiating conspiracy theories from last night: SEC officials wanted a Southern team in the title game. LSU/Burrow didn’t want to play Ohio State, called in a favor. …
Dec
29
2019
Give author @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. Harry Houdini is known as the original (or one of the original) escape artist stunt performers, who gave rise to David Copperfield and David Blaine in subsequent decades. To “pull a Houdini” is a term which might not be instantly recognizable to …
Dec
28
2019
DURHAM – Two looks at Duke without Tre Jones in late December have offered contrasting views of the Blue Devils’ depth and balance. Those qualities, coach Mike Krzyzewski believes, are the key to the No. 4-ranked Blue Devils winning an ACC and/or national championship Duke (11-1) appeared to miss Jones’ presence more in its 75-50 …
Dec
27
2019
Wake Forest has graduated from where 7 or 8 win seasons are considered really good seasons. Three straight bowl wins and three straight seasons of 7-8 wins had Wake Forest ready in 2019 to have that special 9-10 win top 25 season. At 7-1 and ranked in the top 20, that special season was right …
Dec
27
2019
Mack Brown inherited a UNC team that won 5 games the last two years, and just 2 ACC wins. Fast forward to the 2019 season, and the Tar Heels doubled their ACC win total, and finished the season with 3 straight wins. The final record was a modest 7-6 (4-4) record, but the …
Dec
27
2019
Give author @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. The Clemson Tigers have met the Ohio State Buckeyes in a Fiesta Bowl College Football Playoff semifinal. It happened three years ago, in 2016, and Dabo Swinney got the better of Urban Meyer in a blowout which propelled the Tigers to their …
Dec
27
2019
Pitt entered the Quick Lane Bowl as a double digit bowl favorite vs an Eastern Michigan team that hadn’t won bowl game in over 30 years. Eastern Michigan went 6-6 and 3-5 in the MAC this year. Is was arguably the best matchup any ACC team had in their bowl game this year. For Eastern …
Dec
26
2019
Another college football season is winding down as we are in the midst of the bowl games. Clemson, Ohio State, LSU, and Oklahoma will battle it out for the National Championship. And next season you are more likely than not to see Clemson and Ohio State back in the mix again. You see, this will …