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RPIs were pulled from WarranNolan.com Before the ACC Tournament, the conference was looking at as many as 11 ACC teams possibly reaching the NCAA Tournament. One team that wasn’t on the NCAA radar was Pittsburgh. The Panthers 2-0 with wins over Georgia Tech and Louisville are headed to the ACC Baseball Tournament Semi-Finals and thrown …

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@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) move on in our annual previews of the College Football season with the Virginia Tech Hokies. Tim Thomas (@TimThomasTLP) joins us to preview the Hokies season. Please checkout Tim’s work as Editor/Founder of The Tech Lunch Pail (@TechLunchPailD) covering Virginia Tech sports, recruiting, and more. We appreciate Tim joining us! To …

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Here is the ACC Baseball Tournament schedule. This tournament could feature as many as 11 teams that end up in the NCAA Tournament. There will be at least 9 for sure. Last year the ACC Network coverage of post-season baseball was a huge disappointment.  Here’s to hope this year is better even with some of …

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We are deep into May, so we need to start paying attention to the baseball and softball projections and results. Baseball  https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2022-ncaa-baseball-tournament-projected-field-of-64-51822/ https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/baseball/bracketology D1Baseball Bracket Projections Softball The softball field is set, with the ACC placing 6 teams in the field and the tournament is underway – Virginia Tech,  Clemson, and Duke advance to the …

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As we move towards the end of the College Baseball, who is going to be a regional host as we head into the ACC Tournament. Let’s look at the contenders. RPIs are taken from https://www.warrennolan.com/baseball/2022/rpi-live #4 Virginia Tech 40-11 (19-9)  Virginia Tech could go winless in the ACCT and they will still be the host. They …

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Since are no rules to NIL, and it’s a chaotic free for all, it’s time for the ACC to think outside box to the benefit of its members. Why can’t the ACC form conference-wide NIL agreements and how could this work? The ACC has corporate sponsorship deals for events and product advertisements for ACC Network. …

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We wondered how the 2020 COVID year would affect Power 5 revenues. Now we know the answer. The ACC and SEC’s decision to play nearly full football season resulted in revenue increases for those conferences via this article from USAToday.    From that piece…. The ACC also ended up joining the SEC as the only …

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ACCPrescription looks at ESPN’s Andrea Adelson’s guesses for the 3 the annual rivals in the ACC’s possible 3-5-5 schedule model.  Is RubbingtheRock biased suggesting Clemson could have the best defense in the country? I don’t think so, because it is probably true. Miami blog Stateoftheu thinks the ACC Network needs to be more fun.  NunesMagician …

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As we move towards the end of the College Baseball, who is going to be a regional host? Let’s look at the contenders. RPIs are taken from https://www.warrennolan.com/baseball/2022/rpi-live #5 Virginia Tech 37-11 (16-9)  Barring getting swept by Duke, and going winless in the ACC Tournament Virginia Tech will host. Now the question is how high can …

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We often look at the ACC’s OOC games, but what about the best conference matchup for the season? Let’s rank the top 10 best conference games, with a look back at 6-10.  1) NC State at Clemson – October 1, 2022 Clemson being part of the ACC’s top conference game is not unexpected. NC State …

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@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) move on in our annual previews of the College Football season with the Virginia Cavaliers.  Will Ojanen (@WillsWorldMN) joins us to preview the Hoos season. Please checkout Will’s work over at accnation.net.   They are doing great work covering the ACC. We appreciate Will joining us as always! To find old podcasts …

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We often look at the ACC’s OOC game, but what about the best conference matchup for the season? Let’s rank the top 10 best conference games, starting with 6-10. 6) Florida State at Miami – November 5, 2022 That Florida State vs Clemson didn’t make this list or that Florida State vs Miami isn’t a …

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We are deep into May, so we need to start paying attention to the baseball and softball projections. Baseball  https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2022-ncaa-baseball-tournament-projected-field-of-64-51122/ https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/baseball/bracketology D1Baseball Bracket Projections Softball The softball field is set, with the ACC placing 6 teams in the field – Florida State, Virginia Tech, Clemson, Duke, Notre Dame, and Georgia Tech. https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/softball/d1/2022 Make sure you …

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