Jun
30
2020
Jerry LeVias knows how it feels to see nooses directed at him. The College Football Hall of Famer and six-year NFL veteran spoke from experience on Bubba Wallace’s NASCAR crew finding a noose at his Talladega Speedway garage In 1966, a cluster of Texas football fans held nooses aloft to greet LeVias as the Southern …
Jun
29
2020
.@MarkPacker’s All-Decade Team. Who’s on your list? 🤔 #PackerAndDurham pic.twitter.com/u3q3gfG3NC — ACC Network (@accnetwork) June 29, 2020 .@WesDurham picked his @ACCFootball All-Decade Team 👀 Thoughts? #PackerAndDurham pic.twitter.com/L76te1Re3G — ACC Network (@accnetwork) June 29, 2020 Cam Erving was also on the OL list for Durham, and Lamarcus Joyner was the other CB for Packer. You don’t …
Jun
28
2020
#StayHealthy and practice social distancing Previous and Upcoming Rankings Quarterbacks | Running Backs | Wide Receivers | Offensive Linemen | Tight Ends | Defensive Linemen | Linebackers | Safeties | Special Teams 1) Caleb Farley, Virginia Tech Virginia Tech’s Caleb Farley and Jermaine Waller, who will see later on this list, form the ACC’s best CB tandem for 2020. Farley was 2019 1st team …
Jun
27
2020
#StayHealthy and practice social distancing In the past, we wrote a couple of articles about John Swofford’s ACC legacy. That’ was in 2014 and 2016. (2014) What will be John Swofford’s legacy as ACC commissioner? (2016) ACC’s Official Network Announcement solidifies conference’s future and John Swofford’s legacy. It’s now nearly 4 years later, John Swofford …
Jun
26
2020
#StayHealthy and practice social distancing When Division III Bowdoin College chose to cancel their fall sports on June 22, most of us didn’t even notice. I wasn’t even aware Bowdoin College was in Maine until today. When this announcement was made, it was a wake up call. Morehouse College Cancels Fall Sports https://t.co/YGJpiKnmqA — Morehouse …
Jun
25
2020
#StayHealthy and practice social distancing Thursday John Swofford announced that the 2020-2021 athletic year would be his last as commissioner of the ACC. Who might replace him? Back in 2015 @Hokiesmash_ASD wrote a series of articles about who could be the next ACC commissioner. http://allsportsdiscussion.com/2015/06/17/the-next-acc-commissioner-our-series-compilation/ Some of those candidates like former Louisville AD Tom Jurich …
Jun
24
2020
#StayHealthy and practice social distancing Previous and Upcoming Rankings Quarterbacks | Running Backs | Wide Receivers | Offensive Linemen | Tight Ends | Defensive Linemen | Cornerbacks | Safeties | Special Teams 1) Chazz Surratt, North Carolina North Carolina doesn’t only have top flight players on offense. Chazz Surratt is this year’s number 1 ACC linebacker going into the 2020 season. After …
Jun
23
2020
#StayHealthy and practice social distancing ACCPrescription asks is Miami football doing less with more? Manny Diaz better produce this year. Interesting story on building a replica Lane Stadium from Gobbler Country. StreakingtheLawn says a back and forth between Ty Jerom and De’Andre Hunter was the best thing on twitter this past week. Do you agree …
Jun
22
2020
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) want to get you ready for the football season with some good ole ACC podcasting. We are joined by @PickSixPreviews (Brett Ciancia). He’s was a great guest and please checkout his College Football preview – http://www.picksixpreviews.com/2020-season-preview.html You can also find this most recent podcast and all our other podcasts on ITUNES …
Jun
21
2020
#StayHealthy and practice social distancing Previous and Upcoming Rankings Quarterbacks | Running Backs | Wide Receivers | Offensive Linemen | Tight Ends | Linebackers | Cornerbacks | Safeties | Special Teams 1) Marvin Wilson, Florida State Christmas came for FSU when arguably the nation’s best defensive lineman Marvin Wilson returned for his senior year. the DT Wilson enters 2020 as a consensus …
Jun
20
2020
#StayHealthy and practice social distancing Without any live sports – what’s on the ACC Network this week? How about a lot of classic games. Find out from ACCPrescription. Also from ACCPrescription they tell the football heavy states with rising COVID-19 cases, get it together and don’t mess up the College Football Season. What does RubbingtheRock …
Jun
20
2020
The late Howard Cosell transformed sports broadcasting with an outspoken style defending 1960s black athletes, particularly with his manner of explaining their causes to his audiences. He worked against the tide of the “times.” In 1963, Cosell supported Muhammad Ali’s right to change his name. Others continued to call him his birth name, Cassius Clay. …
Jun
19
2020
We’ve all been wondering what sports will look like in the fall. With alarming COVID-19 rises in cases in places like Texas, Florida, South Carolina, California and Arizona, sports may not be on the table at all. Should fans be in attendance what will it look like? We’ve already said mask wearing could be on …
Jun
18
2020
#StayHealthy and practice social distancing Previous and Upcoming Rankings Quarterbacks | Running Backs | Wide Receivers | Offensive Linemen | Defensive Linemen | Linebackers | Cornerbacks | Safeties | Special Teams 1) Brevin Jordan, Miami Who was the ACC’s number 1 Tightend in 2019? Miami’s Brevin Jordan. Who is the ACC’s number 1 Tightend in 2020? Miami’s Brevin Jordan. The first team All-ACC TE, had 35 …
Jun
17
2020
Blog contributor @Hokiemsash_ASD sent me these releases last week. It was the MLB draft that we’re getting to today. Are you wondering where some of your favorite ACC Baseball players ended up? Here are the press releases. https://theacc.com/news/2020/6/10/seven-acc-players-selected-as-major-league-baseball-draft-gets-underway.aspx https://theacc.com/news/2020/6/11/baseball-thirteen-acc-players-selected-on-day-two-of-2020-mlb-draft.aspx 2020 MLB Draft Picks from the ACC 1/10 — Reid Detmers, Louisville, Jr., RHP, Los Angeles …
Jun
16
2020
During the off-season, as we’ve prepared for the 2020 ACC season one thing is apparent – this is best group of ACC QB’s since the fantastic 2016 group. Is the 2020 group better, wait until the end of the season, or is the 2016 class just too good for the 2020 group to catch? Let’s …