Jun
18
2016
Time to look at the guys in the trenches! Previous and Upcoming Rankings Quarterbacks | Running Backs | Wide Receivers | Tight Ends | Defensive Linemen | Linebackers | Cornerbacks | Safeties | Special Teams 1) Roderick Johnson, Florida State It’s nice luxury to have a pre-season All-American on your offensive line. That’s what Florida State has with the 6-7, 307 lb Roderick Johnson. ACC coaches named …
Jun
17
2016
One of the most underrated sporting events of the summer starts Saturday. It’s the College World Series. I’m a casual fan of college baseball, but I’m certainly no expert. I’ll leave that to the guys that really know the game. To prepare for the for the CWS here are a couple of great preview links. …
Jun
17
2016
State of the Programs Virginia Tech | Georgia Tech | Boston College | Syracuse | Miami | Wake Forest | Virginia Record: 7-6 (3-5 ACC) Head Coach: Dave Doeren Passing Rushing Total Offense Split G Cmp Att Pct Yds TD Att Yds Avg TD Plays Yds Avg Offense 13 18.9 31.8 59.6 210.8 1.5 41.5 202.5 4.9 2.8 73.3 413.3 5.6 Defense 13 16.2 29.5 54.7 …
Jun
16
2016
It has been an uneven College Baseball Tournament for the ACC. One team that didn’t struggle were the Miami Hurricanes. The Canes are the ACC’s lone representative at the College World Series, and Miami blog StateoftheU has a feature Andrew Cabezas a rising star for the Hurricanes. Is it a bad time to launch an …
Jun
16
2016
With the NBA Draft just a week away, here’s a look at some of the top ACC prospects with their names in this year’s upcoming NBA Draft on June 23. Before the rankings though, here’s how the ACC has fared with terms of draft picks in the NBA in the last 10 years. Since 2005, …
Jun
15
2016
State of the Programs Virginia Tech | Georgia Tech | Boston College | Syracuse | Miami | Wake Forest Season Review Record: 4-8 (3-5 ACC) Head Coach: Bronco Mendenhall Passing Rushing Total Offense Split G Cmp Att Pct Yds TD Att Yds Avg TD Plays Yds Avg Offense 12 21.0 34.4 61.0 238.3 1.8 35.3 144.8 4.1 1.1 69.8 383.0 5.5 …
Jun
14
2016
It is time to look at the ACC’s top returning Wide Receivers. Previous and Upcoming Rankings Quarterbacks | Running Backs | Offensive Linemen | Tight Ends | Defensive Linemen |Linebackers | Cornerbacks | Safeties | Special Teams 1) Isaiah Ford, Virginia Tech All Isaiah Ford did last year with a mediocre offense and inconsistent QB was catch 75 balls for 1,164 yards and 11 TDs. What kind of …
Jun
13
2016
I keep reading from some ACC fans the difficulty if the ACC goes to 9 conference games. We need our 7 home games, we need to play power 5 opponents – like this was rocket science. What if I said you can play 9 conference games, and only 1 lose home game every 5 years. …
Jun
13
2016
State of the Programs Virginia Tech | Georgia Tech | Boston College | Syracuse | Miami Season Review Record: 3-9 (1-7 ACC) Head Coach: Dave Clawson Passing Rushing Total Offense Split G Cmp Att Pct Yds TD Att Yds Avg TD Plays Yds Avg Offense 12 19.7 34.8 56.6 228.3 1.1 34.8 105.7 3.0 1.0 69.5 333.9 4.8 Defense 12 16.6 26.8 …
Jun
11
2016
In recent years the ACC’s football resurgence has been led by Florida State and Clemson. There is no question about that. They have done the heavy lifting. Florida State has a national championship, a playoff appearance, and is starting to dominate their series with arch-rival Florida. Clemson just played in the national title game and …
Jun
11
2016
Previous State of the Programs Virginia Tech | Georgia Tech | Boston College | Syracuse Last Season in Review Record: 8-5 (5-3 ACC) Head Coach: Mark Richt Passing Rushing Total Offense Split G Cmp Att Pct Yds TD Att Yds Avg TD Plays Yds Avg Offense 13 20.6 34.5 59.7 277.1 1.4 32.6 119.9 3.7 1.5 67.2 397.0 5.9 Defense …
Jun
10
2016
This is one of first times I’ve tried a twitter poll. According to David Teel ESPN could be looking the ACC to increase inventory by adding a ninth conference game. Suddenly this is a hot topic again. How many conference games should the ACC play? — Jeff or Jeffrey Fann (@TalkinACCSports) June 9, 2016 Many …
Jun
10
2016
Previous State of the Programs Virginia Tech | Georgia Tech | Boston College Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. We continue our state of the ACC football program series (Virginia Tech was a very recent post) – and this Friday, we continue with Syracuse. We asked @BH_Orange44 to join us for a question and answer session on Orange …
Jun
09
2016
Here’s another post in our state of the program series featuring those pesky but always good on defense Boston College Golden Eagles. Previous State of the Programs Virginia Tech | Georgia Tech | Syracuse Season Review Record: 3-9 (0-8 ACC) Head Coach: Steve Addazio Passing Rushing Total Offense Split G Cmp Att Pct Yds TD Att …
Jun
08
2016
The esteemed ACC writer @DavidTeelatDP‘s article today “Nine-game conference football schedule possible for ACC” got me thinking about the topic for the first time in quite awhile. Back in 2013 I said the ACC wasn’t ready for a 9 game conference schedule. I argued that the ACC hadn’t become a strong enough top to bottom conference to …
Jun
07
2016
We’ve reached the Super Regionals portion of the NCAA Baseball tournament, and 4 ACC teams have advanced. One of the great stories of the tournament is the Boston College baseball team. They have reached the Super Regionals for the first time in over 40 years. Boston College blog BCInterruption says the teams has reached …