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Wednesday ACC Commissioner Jim Philips spoke on a variety of topics concerning the future of the ACC. I thought he was transparent, honest, and he spoke at length on revenue and realignment. Here’s what some people wanted to hear… and it seemed to be across the board. Giglio: Phillips’ devotion to antiquated collegiate model will …

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Best / Worst Case Record for : Louisville | Virginia | Duke | Georgia Tech | Boston College | Pittsburgh | Florida State | Virginia Tech | NC State | Clemson |  Syracuse | North Carolina | Wake Forest ACC 2022 Football Schedule Miami The U is back! It’s the yearly refrain it seems from the college football media. …

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@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) move on in our annual previews of the College Football season with Miami.  @CarlosFPineda joined and we appreciate his time to preview Miami and talk realignment. To find old podcasts prior to episode 385, you can follow this link -> https://www.talkshoe.com/show/the-acc-weekly-podcast In this order, these are topics we covered on the podcast. …

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Best / Worst Case Record for : Louisville | Miami | Duke | Georgia Tech | Boston College | Pittsburgh | Florida State | Virginia Tech | NC State | Clemson |  Syracuse | North Carolina | Wake Forest ACC 2022 Football Schedule Virginia Virginia got a surprise when head coach Bronco Mendenhall decided not to return as …

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On July 4th, I wrote that if you believe ESPN and FOX are driving conference expansion that ESPN has several reasons to keep the ACC viable.  I estimated that the ACC Network was making ESPN quite the profit.  ESPN is making in the neighborhood of $75 Million – $100 Million at least, and that is …

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Who says Georgia and Georgia Tech don’t have a rivalry? @LoganMBooker  came up with this inspired needle of Georgia Tech head coach Geoff Collins who has 9 games in 3 years as the Yellow Jackets head coach. As a Georgia Tech guy, this just hurts me on so many levels – well whatever Georgia Tech …

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ACCPrescription looks at the ACC projected revenues with the recent realignment changes.  The ACC moves to third among the Power 5, which is good but trails the SEC and Big 10 by about $50 million which is bad. How accurate are these numbers? Accurate enough, that I fully expect some restructuring of the ACC ESPN …

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Best / Worst Case Record for : Virginia | Miami | Duke | Georgia Tech | Boston College | Pittsburgh | Florida State | Virginia Tech | NC State | Clemson |  Syracuse | North Carolina | Wake Forest ACC 2022 Football Schedule Louisville Louisville head coach Scott Satterfield is fast approaching Justin Fuente territory. The hire that looked good on paper, got off to a fast start in his tenure, and …

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If you’ve been reading the blog, you are aware that we gave some very valid reasons why ESPN may be willing to work to keep the ACC together.  Eight days later the UNC Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz made these comments from a piece by ChapelBoro.com Nevertheless, Guskiewicz said he remains hopeful UNC and the league could …

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Well, here we go. It’s time to start ranking the best players in the ACC for the 2022 season. As usual, we hope you enjoy the rankings, while you take a break from the realignment news. Previous and Upcoming Rankings Quarterbacks | Running Backs | Wide Receivers | Offensive Linemen | Tight Ends | Defensive Linemen | Linebackers | Cornerbacks | Safeties As we’ve done each with Special …

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@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) move on in our annual previews of the College Football season with Louisville.  @_EthanMoore joined and we appreciate his time to preview Louisville and talk realignment. Ethan is co-host @LvilleSprtsLive on Wednesdays at 6 on @939TheVille.  We enjoyed having Ethan on the show.  To find old podcasts prior to episode 385, …

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Well, here we go. It’s time to start ranking the best players in the ACC for the 2022 season. As usual, we hope you enjoy the rankings, while you take a break from the realignment news. Previous and Upcoming Rankings Quarterbacks | Running Backs | Wide Receivers | Offensive Linemen | Tight Ends | Defensive Linemen | Linebackers | Cornerbacks | Special Teams 1) …

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There are a lot of twitter lawyers out that think they know how the GOR works, but a thread from the highly respected @aadelsonESPN  breaks it down for us. last year, one source said the ACC “looked at everybody.” Going coast to coast with Pac schools was not something the presidents wanted to do. The …

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We’ve taken a look and given our thoughts on Athlon’s 2022 Preseason All-ACC Team.  Now, how about thoughts on the recent release of Phil Steele’s 2022 Preseason All-ACC Team.  Did we come to the same conclusions as we did with Athlon’s All-ACC Team ? Steele has 13 NC State players on his ACC teams. That …

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Well, here we go. It’s time to start ranking the best players in the ACC for the 2022 season. As usual, we hope you enjoy the rankings, while you take a break from the realignment news. Previous and Upcoming Rankings Quarterbacks | Running Backs | Wide Receivers | Offensive Linemen | Tight Ends | Defensive Linemen | Linebackers | Safeties  | Special Teams 1) Kei’Trel Clark, …

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