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Matt Zemek

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Name: Matt Zemek
Date registered: August 27, 2018
URL: https://www.patreon.com/Zemek

Latest posts

  1. Know who should coach Georgia Tech in 2023? The current coach — October 10, 2022
  2. 2022 is reminding us why the ACC abolished divisions, and why other conferences should follow suit — October 4, 2022
  3. The moment of truth arrives for NC State and Dave Doeren — September 29, 2022
  4. No pressure, Dave Doeren — this is merely the most important NC State season ever — September 1, 2022
  5. ACC says goodbye to an imbalanced football era — July 2, 2022

Most commented posts

  1. 1995 Nebraska, 2001 Miami, 2013 FSU, 2018 Clemson – Who wins in a playoff? | answered by @MattZemek — 2 comments
  2. Should the ACC drop or modify the permanent cross-division opponent? | answered by @mattzemek — 2 comments
  3. Duke should worry about one thing — and it’s not Zion Williamson — 1 comment
  4. Of Duke, Syracuse or Boston College, which team appears to be the most legitimately good | answered by @MattZemek — 1 comment
  5. Is West Virginia-North Carolina State the best under-the-radar game of Week 3 | answered by @MattZemek — 1 comment

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Aug
17
2019

Which NFL quarterback, past or present, does Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence remind you of? | answered by @MattZemek

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  Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek.  ACC QUESTION of the WEEK : Which NFL quarterback, past or present, does Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence remind you of? I have to be honest: No single comparison jumped off the page last season. Maybe a stronger comparison will emerge this season. A key …

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Aug
13
2019

Mark Whipple hopes the “challenge factor” helps him and Pitt

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Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek  What is the “challenge factor”? It is a term I am applying to a dynamic I have seen many times in sports. The Golden State Warriors beat the Houston Rockets in Games 5 (fourth quarter) and 6 without Kevin Durant. When they met …

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Aug
10
2019

1995 Nebraska, 2001 Miami, 2013 FSU, 2018 Clemson – Who wins in a playoff? | answered by @MattZemek

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Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek.  ACC QUESTION of the WEEK : Which team would win a four-team playoff among these four? 1995 Nebraska 2001 Miami 2013 Florida State 2018 Clemson __ This is not an attempt to find why the three non-winning teams are weaker. This is an …

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Aug
04
2019

What are 3 under-the-radar ACC football games in 2019? | answered by @mattzemek

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Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek.  ACC QUESTION of the WEEK : What are 3 under-the-radar ACC football games in 2019? The notion of being “under the radar” can refer to teams which currently lack a strong national profile. However, the truest embodiment of being “under the radar” is …

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Aug
03
2019

Bud Foster’s legacy in context

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Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek.  Bud Foster announced earlier this week that the 2019 season will be his last as the Virginia Tech Hokies’ defensive coordinator. The Frank Beamer era technically ended in 2015, but when Foster hangs up the whistle at the end of this season, the …

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Jul
27
2019

What are the 3 most intriguing ACC conference football games of 2019 | answered by @mattzemek

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Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek.  ACC QUESTION of the WEEK : What are the 3 most intriguing ACC conference football games of 2019? On a list of five or 10, more gridiron gatherings would be recognized as the most intriguing ACC football contests of 2019. Yet, the rules …

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Jul
24
2019

The Year of Virginia can include football

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Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek.  This is already Virginia’s year. A basketball school won its first college basketball national championship. When 2019 is remembered in Charlottesville, it will be recalled with great fondness. The wins over Purdue, Auburn and Texas Tech were all “Where were you when?” moments …

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Jul
20
2019

Which ACC football team will be the biggest surprise in 2019? | answered by @MattZemek

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Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek.  ACC QUESTION of the WEEK : Which ACC football team will be the biggest surprise in 2019? Before every season in every sport, human beings wonder which team (or athlete) will surprise everyone. This is a natural and constant part of our attempts …

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Jun
29
2019

Did ACC football deserve to be called a clown show by Paul Finebaum? | answered by @MattZemek

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Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. He’ll take a couple of weeks off from the ACC Question of the week as he covers Wimbledon at @mzemek. Please check him out there.  I love Zemek’s answer to Finebaum’s absurd statement this week. That clown show is 28-26 against the SEC …

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Jun
22
2019

Is Virginia’s 2019 basketball title like Clemson’s 2016 football title? | answered by @MattZemek

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Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek.  ACC QUESTION of the WEEK : Is Virginia’s 2019 basketball title like Clemson’s 2016 football title? This is a very interesting question to wrestle with, for so many reasons. It is a cross-sport comparison. It involves two programs which have substantially changed their …

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Jun
15
2019

What would be a successful season at Florida State? | answered by @MattZemek

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Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek.  ACC QUESTION of the WEEK : What would be a successful season at Florida State? Wins and losses are the foremost measurements of college football seasons. Teams get only 12 or 13 bites at the apple in the regular season. Some programs can …

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May
26
2019

What programming do you want on the ACC Network? | answered by @MattZemek

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Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek.  ACC QUESTION of the WEEK : What programming do you want on the ACC Network? This is a question I love answering, because in my next life, I would want to be a programming director for a sports network. We have seen the …

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May
11
2019

Which ACC football coach enters 2019 on the hot seat? | answered by @MattZemek

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Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek.  ACC QUESTION of the WEEK : Which ACC football coach enters 2019 on the hot seat? This question can easily be answered by process of elimination. No first-year coach is on the hot seat for ACC football in 2019. Cross Miami, Georgia Tech, …

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May
04
2019

Who do you want to see on ACC Network? | answered by @MattZemek

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Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek.  ACC QUESTION of the WEEK : Who do you want to see on ACC Network? I can’t say I have thought about this question a lot. If you asked me how I would program a conference-specific sports network, I would have my own …

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Apr
22
2019

Is Clemson a college football blue-blood? | answered by @mattzemek

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Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek.  ACC QUESTION of the WEEK : Is Clemson a college football blue-blood? We return to the question of blue-blood status in college sports. When does a program gain such status? When does a program lose it? How can programs change the answer, for …

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Apr
15
2019

Is Virginia now a basketball blue-blood? | answered by @mattzemek

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Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek.  ACC QUESTION of the WEEK : Is Virginia now a  basketball blue-blood? I wrote about the revocation of blue-blood status last week at College Basketball Today, so it is good to visit the other side of this topic: When does a blue-blood get …

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