Dec
31
2021
Dave Clawson and Wake Forest with their Gator Bowl win completed one of the greatest seasons in Wake Forest history. The 38-10 victory over Rutgers finished off an 11-3 season, which may land the Deacs in the top 15. It is virtually assured, that this will be the highest final ranking Wake Forest has ever …
Dec
30
2021
Pittsburgh had a great season. They won 11 games, they beat Clemson, and won the ACC. No one can’t take away what they accomplished, but it’s not what it could have been. It could have been a truly magical season with a win in the Chick-Fila Peach bowl. That would have been a 12 win, …
Dec
30
2021
Since Mack Brown has been at North Carolina, they’ve had a slew of NFL and All-ACC players – Javonte Williams, Josh Downs, Sam Howell etc. In three years Brown barely has a .500 record (21 – 17, 14 – 12), back-to-back seasons with bowl losses, and a pre-season top 10 team that was one of …
Dec
29
2021
On October 23rd, the Clemson Tigers sat 4-3 after getting thumped by Pittsburgh 27-17. In 2021, there would be no national title, no playoffs, and no ACC Title. For a perennial top 5 team, that left Clemson staring at a season with seemingly not a lot to play for. Then Clemson started winning and getting …
Dec
29
2021
My podcast partner @Hokiesmash_ASD tweeted this very early in Virginia Tech’s bowl game, and it hits the mark of where the Hokie program is. This is going to be a long day – and it shows how big a rebuilding job that Coach Pry has on his hands. I imagine that Pry is working the …
Dec
29
2021
The 1962 Rose Bowl established a college football Civil Rights milestone, but the 60th anniversary of the New Year’s Day game will come and go attracting little, if any, recognition. What should be remembered as a tipping point quickly turned into an oxymoron – a “forgotten milestone.” The culprit was a 1960s media custom of …
Dec
28
2021
Going into the off-season it seemed Georgia Tech Geoff Collins would have the ACC’s hottest seat. That’s what happens when you win 9 games in 3 years, but he now has a buddy on the scorching hot seat bench. It’s Scott Satterfield at Louisville. Dino Babers deserves a hot seat mention, but things don’t seem …
Dec
26
2021
It’s become virtually impossible to determine if a coaching hire will pan out. Virginia Tech’s Justin Fuente looked like a home run, that obviously didn’t pan out. Louisville’s Scott Satterfield also looked like a great hire that remains a question. We know how the skeptics looked at the hire of Dabo Swinney. We don’t know …
Dec
23
2021
Do you realize selection Sunday is less than three months away? ACC teams had it rough in the non-conference portion of the season, and how has it affected the early projections? It’s never too early look, but hard to see the ACC getting more than 6 bids, and more likely 4 or 5. Things look …
Dec
22
2021
Here is the ACC’s bowl schedule for 2021, and whether you think the games are purely exhibition or not the ACC needs a respectable performance. Last year the conference went a disastrous 0-6 in bowls and was hammered for it. Actually they have lost 11 straight bowl games going back to 2019. This season the …
Dec
21
2021
As Duke’s coaches observed Wendell Moore in the preseason, it was not whether junior swingman made the third shot he took after two misses in summer workouts that mattered. What they liked was they saw growing confidence to take that third shot. He had passed it up as a freshman and sophomore. But a third …
Dec
20
2021
Please Check Out our Podcast Sponsor – Main Street Pharmacy @Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) talk about the goings on in ACC Football and preview the college football post-season with @MattZemek. Matt is a longtime friend of the show and we were happy to have him join. Check out his work at as Editor, @TrojansWire. The Pac …
Dec
19
2021
Back in April we had a way to early look at the ACC Baskebtall hotseat rankings. As we close on the non-conference portion of the schedule, some coaches are starting to fell the heat. Who are they? We go from coldest to hottest. 0 – Ice Cold Seat 1 – Still cool 2 – There’s …
Dec
18
2021
As we just pass mid-December, it’s looking bad for ACC in regards to NCAA bids. I mean real bad. Before anyone says let the season the play out. It is playing out, and the ACC is in big trouble. In 2021 if you can’t pick up quality wins in the OOC portion of the schedule …
Dec
17
2021
ACCPerscription looks at Wednesday’s football signing day results. Good day for UNC, and Clemson is going to be just fine. What does the coaching carousal teach us about how Georgia Tech’s football program is managed. Interesting read from FromtheRumbleSeat. How did ShakintheSouthland assess Clemson’s 12 person class? They managed to sign the best QB in …
Dec
16
2021
Welcome news for ACC Fans today. The ACC Network is starting to show up in some COMCAST markets. This is opposed to when this happened earlier in the fall. The ACC Network on COMCAST appears permanent this time. ACC fans that are COMCAST customers have waited a long time for this. ACC Schools have waited …