Jan
28
2015
January has nearly come and gone, and we are entering the stretch run of conference play. Who will announce themselves as contenders entering March? Who will wane down the stretch? Who will give us bizarre Vines of noted coaches staring through brick walls while children cry beside them? So many questions, and so few answers. …
Jan
27
2015
Am I jumping the gun a bit since there isn’t an official ACC Network announcement yet? Possibly, but I doubt it. I’m already thinking about some of the announcers I’d want to see on the network. Here are the 7 Announcers I hope end up on the ACC Network. I can tell you now, these …
Jan
27
2015
@Hokiesmash and I (@TalkinACCSports) have a real treat for you on this podcast. Sometimes a podcast guest is so good, you just sit back and listen to the them just talk. That’s exactly what happened with this podcast. @Hokiesmash as a Georgetown grad as well as Virginia Tech graduate has listened to this man, Rich Chvotkin …
Jan
26
2015
ACC basketball is front and center this week… Let’s see what the ACC bloggers have for us. Check out another great graphic design from site contributor @HereGoJayAgain. Congratulations to Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski for winning his 1000th game Sunday against St. Johns. What incredible career it has been for Coach K. DukeBasketballReport tells us about …
Jan
25
2015
Who is going to be the ACC’s 7th and possibly 8th NCAA teams? You better make your move now, if you are on the bubble. In my ranking system, any RPI top (100) win is a good win and any RPI top (50) obviously worth more. Any losses outside the RPI top (100) is considered …
Jan
23
2015
Short post for this evening… From CBSSportsline.com we’ve found a football category that the ACC is leading in. They listed the 5 College Football Coaches with the hottest seat, and 3 of them were ACC Coaches. In fact the ACC coaches went 1,2,3. Ouch… Al Golden, Mike London, and Larry Fedora you might want …
Jan
21
2015
Remember when we said last week when we asked Is and ACC Network announcement nearing? Well we were right, because some of the most definitive-positive ACC Network comments yet were made today. From FSU Website WarChant.com in an interview with Florida State president John Thrasher. Thrasher said he is excited about the future of the conference. …
Jan
21
2015
With conference play under way, I figured I’d mix it up and put a spotlight on the hot/cold trend with our new “Who’s Hot? Who’s Not?” weekly segment. Each week I will highlight a team and player who are on a hot trend and a cold trend to put a little spotlight on those doing …
Jan
20
2015
Five More ACC Players Drafted on Tuesday League leads with 14 selected overall GREENSBORO, NC. – Five Atlantic Coast Conference men’s soccer players were chosen in the third and fourth rounds of the Major League Soccer SuperDraft, which were held by conference call on Tuesday afternoon. North Carolina’s Andy Craven was the highest ACC player taken on the …
Jan
20
2015
A sentiment I hear often this time of year is that this weekend is when college basketball truly begins. By which, they are inferring they’d rather watch the NFL, but there’s no playoff game next weekend so I guess we’ll watch some college basketball. WELL I’LL TELL YOU SOMETHING, SIRS AND MA’AMS. ACC BASKETBALL IS LIFE. …
Jan
20
2015
Virginia came oh so close to winning the baseball national title last year losing 2 games to 1 in the Championship series to Vanderbilt. They are stocked again with a great pitching staff and have been named the ACC Baseball Favorite. Georgia Tech is the defending ACC Champion. Here is the press release provided by …
Jan
19
2015
Looking for ACC Team and site blogs? Check out the site bar as we’ve added several new ACC Blogs this week, that you’ll see featured here from time to time. Ok let’s check out the Articles from around the ACC Blogosphere. Virginia Tech is having a rough season on the court, but Hokie Blog Fighting …
Jan
18
2015
A couple of ACC teams made some real positive moves this week… find out who below. In my ranking system, any RPI top (100) win is a good win and any RPI top (50) obviously worth more. Any losses outside the RPI top (100) is considered a bad loss, and outside the RPI (150) are …
Jan
18
2015
@Hokiesmash and I (@TalkinACCSports) have another good podcast for you as we start concentrating on basketball now. We have @SlaptheSign (Andrew Hall) of the Notre Dame Blog Site slapthesign.com joining us to review to talk ACC Basketball, and give us his thoughts on Notre Dame sports. We appreciate @SlaptheSign taking the time to join us on the podcast. He …
Jan
15
2015
There weren’t a lot of shakeups in last week’s rankings, which virtually guaranteed a complete remodeling for this week. And boy, did we get that. Now to sort out the wreckage and try to rank them one through fifteen … and laugh a little. 1 – Virginia: Now just one unbeaten remains in the ACC, …
Jan
14
2015
We’ve maintained here at this blog an ACC Network was going to happen. Comments back in November have led us to believe the discussions with ESPN were picking up steam, but we still haven’t received that definitive statement from the ACC that YES the Network is on the way. Some interesting comments were quoted by the …