Ah opening weekend in college football. It should be great, but for the ACC there should be a healthy dose of worry. It could go really bad. I mean really bad. Take a look at the below matchups and you’ll see where things could potentially go south in hurry. CAN’T WAIT đź‘Źđź‘Ź pic.twitter.com/TG5lsa0RQO — ESPN …
Monthly Archive: May 2021
May
18
2021
Virginia Tech Men’s Basketball Made a Historical Coaching Hire in Mike Jones
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. By now, unless you’ve been lying under a rock, you know that Virginia Tech men’s basketball probably has one of the most consequential hires in the history of it’s program. Yes, that’s true. Virginia Tech head men’s basketball coach, Mike Young, hired Mike Jones as the …
May
17
2021
How the ACC’s Final Week of Baseball affects the NCAA Tournament
Each Sunday we round up the week’s NCAA Tournament Baseball projections from 3 sites. The ACC will get 7-9 teams into the field, but who is a lock and will needs a strong finish is what we are going to look at in the regular season’s final week. We pull RPI and data with rankings from …
May
16
2021
The ACC’s 5 Worst Out of Conference Football losses of the 2020s
For some off-season football reading, we already looked at the ACC’s 5 best Out of Conference wins of the 2020s. Unfortunately that was an unimpressive list especially with the lack of OOC games in the first year of the decade, and an 0-6 bowl record. The narrative doesn’t just get set with lack of quality …
May
15
2021
NCAA Baseball Tournament Bracket Projections for May 16, 2021
Now it’s into crunch time. Your favorite College Baseball team better be positioning itself for the NCAAs. https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/baseball/bracketology https://www.d1baseball.com/May11 https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2021-ncaa-baseball-tournament-projected-field-of-64-51221/ Make sure you follow the All Sports Discussion Twitter account at @AllSportsDACC and please like our Facebook Page
May
14
2021
When the ACC Network gets programming correct.
A couple of weeks the ACC released the poorly received Notre Dame ACC Football season Documentary. What a whiff by the ACC Network on that one. The network’s recent programming announcement hits the mark though. Take a look below. The ACCs 52 postgraduate scholarship award winners will be featured on “No Limit: The ACC Salutes …
May
13
2021
Duke University Develops New Vaccine that Blocks COVID-19, Other Variants, and Other Coronaviruses
Good afternoon, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. ACC universities save the day again. From Duke University’s Duke Health: A potential new vaccine developed by members of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute has proven effective in protecting monkeys and mice from a variety of coronavirus infections — including SARS-CoV-2 as well as the original …
May
13
2021
Good News on the COVID-19 Pandemic
Good afternoon, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. A short post this afternoon… we are getting closer to a normal life… The Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention released a massive announcement this afternoon… specifically (via @AP)… WASHINGTON (AP) — In a move to send the country back toward pre-pandemic life, the Centers for …
May
12
2021
Georgia Tech and Florida State plan for full capacity football games.
Remember nearly 11 months ago we were writing nervous articles about how we may or may not have a college football season. Well we had one. It was certainly better than nothing, but mostly empty stadiums, cancelled or post-poned games, and makeshift schedules made for a shell of season of what college football usually is. …
May
11
2021
Jim Phillips hints at Comcast Date for ACC Network.
It’s been awhile since we’ve had any ACC Network news. Leave it to the esteemed @ByDavidTeel to get this interesting quote from his interview with new ACC commissioner Jim Phillips. It was a wide-ranging interview that is well worth your time to read in full, but this quote caught my eye. Phillips told his audiences …
May
10
2021
Podcast – @Hokiesmash_ASD & @TalkinACCSports preview 2021 Boston College Football with @AJBlack_BC
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) are back at it! It’s time get you ready for the ACC College Football Season with our our annual preview podcasts, and we’re moving along with AJ Black @AJBlack_BC.  He’s a Boston College graduate, and owner of the @LockedonBC podcast. You can also find this most recent podcast and all our …
May
09
2021
The ACC’s 5 best Out of Conference Football wins of the 2020s
For some off-season football reading, we want to look at the ACC’s 5 best Out of Conference wins of the 2020s. Unfortunately this is going to be a pretty unimpressive list especially with the lack of OOC games in the first year of the decade, and an 0-6 bowl record. Let’s hope the list improves …
May
09
2021
NCAA Baseball Tournament Bracket Projections for May 9, 2021
As we start the month of May, college baseball teams need to start positioning themselves for the post-season. Time to make a move is running out. https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/baseball/bracketology https://www.d1baseball.com/May4 https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2021-ncaa-baseball-tournament-projected-field-of-64-42821/ (last update 4/28) Make sure you follow the All Sports Discussion Twitter account at @AllSportsDACC and please like our Facebook Page
May
08
2021
Way too Early – ACC Football Coach Hotseat Rankings
We looked at the ACC Basketball Coaches Hot Seating a month ago, now it is time to turn the page towards the football coaches. We go from coldest to hottest. 0 – Ice Cold 1 – Still cool 2 – There’s smoke 3 – Getting Warm 4 – On Fire 5 – Start working on …
May
07
2021
Via @ESPN – Several off-season ACC Basketball questions answered.
A quick for post for tonight, but a good read from ESPN. Which ACC coach would you want your kid to choose? The article goes deeper than just which coach to play for, but also answers these questions. ACC basketball’s Sleeping Giant Hubert Davis Biggest Challenge at UNC Coach with the most underrated ability to …
May
06
2021
Atlanta Braves with novel way to get people vaccinated.
This week a poorly though out idea was proposed by USA Today writer Dan Wolken. COLUMN: SEC football should require COVID-19 vaccination to attend games, help turn corner in lagging South https://t.co/NyzjU0lkx2 via @USATODAY — Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) May 4, 2021 I’m as pro-vaccine a person as you’ll find, but this just isn’t going to …