Aug
18
2016
We’re going to take into you these last couple of weeks before the college football season looking at the best and worst season cases for each ACC football team. Best / Worse Case Record for : Georgia Tech | Virginia | Miami | Louisville | Duke | Boston College | Pittsburgh | Florida State | Virginia Tech | NC State | Syracuse | North Carolina | Wake Forest Clemson Clemson is now a bonafide college football heavyweight. …
Aug
17
2016
Football is only a couple of weeks away! ACC Bloggers getting us ready for the season. In week 1, the ACC gets another chance to boost their football perception. ACC blog ACC Prescription looks at what the ACC must do in week 1 in their OOC games. ACC blog ACCNation has a preview of Virginia football from …
Aug
16
2016
Great idea from Doug Bowman for an article in this Virginia Tech Scout.Com piece – ACC Documentaries We Need to See. I thought it was a very good list, and there isn’t anything I disagree with. A few others I’d like to see. From fighting for survival to getting an ACC Network From the struggles …
Aug
15
2016
Mr. SEC – Paul Finebaum praised the ACC today. Let me repeat Mr. SEC – Paul Finebaum praised the ACC today. From the Florida State 247 site… for the entire article. I think it’s an emerging league. It’s no longer the winner of the Clemson-Florida State game. “I think the ACC champ can survive an early-season …
Aug
13
2016
The ACC sometimes get criticized for their lack football fan support. Clemson and Florida State have SEC like fanbases, but this isn’t the case with some of the other schools. A welcome development is occurring in the football tier below Clemson and Florida State. Season ticket sales are going well Pittsburgh, NC State and Miami. …
Aug
12
2016
Happy Friday, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans – tomorrow, we’re three Saturdays from college football!!! Let’s take a look at what is going on with our fellow ACC bloggers in our look at the ACC Blogosphere… here we go: The guys at Louisville Sports Live (LvilleSprtsLive) recently had college football guru, Phil Steele, on …
Aug
11
2016
We could know as soon as Friday whether the ACC is going to go with 8 or 9 conference games as reported by the Daily Press’s David Teel. No matter how the vote goes, someone isn’t going to be happy. Clemson, Florida State heavily favor the 8 game conference schedule. Georgia Tech and Louisville likely do …
Aug
09
2016
Today I put on my Georgia Tech fan hat. It was a good day in Atlanta. In welcome news AD Mike Bobinski is headed to Purdue. Previous AD Dan Radakovich left Georgia Tech on probation, as he mis-handeled an NCAA investigation involving the football team, but he did improve the facilitates at the school. That’s …
Aug
07
2016
We’re an ACCcentric blog here at AllSportsDiscussion as you know, but it’s hard to ignore what is happening over in the Big 12 as they try to secure their future. Their situation is not so different from the ACC a few years ago. Are they going to get poached? Are certain programs looking elsewhere? Will …
Aug
04
2016
Have you seen this year’s College Football pre-season Coaches Poll? Aside from the rankings of the individual teams, something else struck me. It’s been evident for a number of years that the Power 5 conferences are fairly close to each other in terms of relative strength. Sure I can accept if you say the SEC is …
Aug
02
2016
One day in my opinion the 2013 Florida State football will be remembered as legendary team if it isn’t already. FSU blog Tomahawknation says this year’s Nole team has a lot of similarities to the 2013 team going into the season. Louisville blog site Cardinal Sports Zone is starting a ten part series looking …
Aug
02
2016
Now that the ACC Network is definitely coming, how much could it make? SportsBusinessDaily.com says the ESPN could ask for an $1.30 in-state subscriber fee and .25 outside of an ACC State. Sources expect ESPN to price the ACC Network similar to SEC Network, which at launch was around $1.30 per subscriber per month …
Jul
31
2016
The Mark Richt hire at Miami was mostly hailed as a pretty-good hire, but a some have questioned whether new coach Mark Richt’s best days are behind him. At Georgia in his first 8 years, Richt produced 6 top 15 teams and 2 conference titles. In his last 7 years at Georgia, he had just …
Jul
30
2016
In 2015 Georgia Tech was a darkhorse pre-season playoff pick. They were Coastal Division favorites and a pre-season top 20 team. They went 3-9 for their worst season since 1994. In 2014 Georgia Tech was picked 5th to finish in the ACC Coastal, and they ended up finishing the season with 11 wins, a Coastal …
Jul
29
2016
@Klownchyld_1906 (Scott Burks) has a podcast interview with one of the ACC’s pre-eminent journalists @DavidTeelatDP where they discuss the ACC Network in detail. They also get into the happenings in the Big 12, and ACC Football. We’ve had @Klownchyld_1906 on our podcast. We’ve also been on his podcast in the past, and he did a great job in his interview. …
Jul
28
2016
We’ve come to the conclusion of our ACC player rankings with our Special Team’s player rankings. We hope you’ve enjoyed the rankings. These rankings will be a little different, as instead of a write-up of the player we let highlights do the talking. Previous and Upcoming Rankings Quarterbacks | Running Backs | Wide Receivers | Offensive Linemen | Tight Ends | Defensive Linemen | Linebackers | Cornerbacks | Safeties …