Jan
11
2020
Give author @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. QUESTION: Is this the best national title game QB matchup ever? Is Joe Burrow of LSU versus Trevor Lawrence of Clemson the best quarterback matchup in a college football national championship game? Good question. Let’s dive into some of the details and …
Dec
27
2019
Give author @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. The Clemson Tigers have met the Ohio State Buckeyes in a Fiesta Bowl College Football Playoff semifinal. It happened three years ago, in 2016, and Dabo Swinney got the better of Urban Meyer in a blowout which propelled the Tigers to their …
Dec
06
2019
Give author @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. It ought to be one of the most fun experiences a group of athletes and coaches can ever have. Saturday night in Charlotte, the Virginia Cavaliers — as a reward for breaking the 15-game losing streak against Virginia Tech and winning their …
Nov
20
2019
Week 12 had a little bit of everything: nail-biters, upsets, and a handful of blowouts. So how did these results impact our weekly power rankings? Here’s the latest installment: 14. Duke Last Week: 10 The Devils “earned” the last-place spot after getting destroyed by Syracuse at home. That’s all I have to say about that. …
Nov
12
2019
The chaos of conference play continued in Week 11 with another round of upsets. So how did these results impact our weekly power rankings? Here’s the latest installment: 14. Syracuse Last Week: 14 The Orange did not play in Week 11. They face Duke in a must-win contest this weekend. 13. Georgia Tech Last Week: …
Nov
05
2019
Week 10 did not disappoint, delivering some nail-biters, as well as a few unexpected outcomes. So how did these results impact our weekly power rankings? Here’s the latest installment: 14. Syracuse Last Week: 14 The Orange got beat by 31 at home by a team that entered the game with a losing record in conference …
Oct
29
2019
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, it’s important to expect the unexpected when it comes to the ACC. Every time that I think I have things figured out, mass chaos ensues. In fact, as one post on Reddit points out, operation #4and4ForAll could actually happen. So how did these unexpected results impact …
Oct
22
2019
Raise your hand if week 8 went exactly as you expected. Don’t feel bad: no one else saw some of these upsets coming, either. So how did these contests impact our weekly power rankings? Here’s the latest installment: 14. Miami Last Week: 8 The Hurricanes drop six slots this weekend after losing at home to …
Oct
15
2019
As Steve McCroskey said in the movie Airplane!, “Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit drinking“. That sentiment summarizes how things went for the conference last week. Thanks to a handful of upsets, the league only has one team in this week’s AP Top 25. How does that impact our rankings? Here’s the …
Oct
08
2019
Week 6 was the most exciting weekend of the year (so far). Three of the four contests were decided by a touchdown or less. How did this abbreviated schedule impact this week’s standings? Here’s the latest installment of the ACC Power Rankings… 14. Georgia Tech Last Week: 14 The Jackets remain in the cellar after …
Oct
02
2019
The University of Virginia football teams bye week may have come at just the right time. The Cavaliers traveled to South Bend last weekend to take on the 10th ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish, and were handed their first loss of the 2019 season. The Cavaliers committed five turnovers, four in the second half …
Oct
01
2019
Week 5 provided plenty of excitement as several games went to the wire. How did these contests impact this week’s standings? Here’s the latest installment of our ACC Power Rankings. 14. Georgia Tech Last Week: 14 Even though the Jackets outgained Temple, Tech never had a chance in this game. The Jackets converted only 2 …
Sep
24
2019
Week 4 wasn’t as bad as week 3. However, the ACC didn’t fare as well as it needed to. The league suffered a loss to the Sun Belt, and a few games with MAC opponents were tougher than expected. How will these results impact this week’s rankings? Here’s how things look after week 4. 14. …
Sep
19
2019
After a week that saw several ACC teams lose some winnable games, everyone needs to take a step back and take a deep breath. Yes, there were some bad losses, some teams that we thought were on the upward swing took some lumps, but that was week 3 of a 12 week season. Most conferences …
Sep
17
2019
It was a tough week for the ACC. The league suffered a handful of embarrassing losses, which prompted one publication to say that it should be relegated to Group of Five status. While I think that’s a bit of an overreaction, it’s clear that the league isn’t as deep as it usually is. Here are …
Sep
13
2019
When the Virginia Cavaliers take the field on Saturday night against the Florida State Seminoles, there will be many eyes on the Cavaliers to see if the program has finally turned the corner that fans have been looking toward for so long. When Bronco Mendenhall took over the Cavalier program in 2016, it was in …