Jan
12
2015
Need a little pre-National Championship game reading, or something for the Halftime? By the way I’d like to Oregon win. I think it’s good for college football to see some non-historical powers football win a title. I think you have to go back 1991 when Washington split a title with Miami to find one. The …
Jan
11
2015
We’ve got some shakeup in this week’s bubble analysis, find out who moved up and who moved down. 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 …
Jan
11
2015
There’s no question the ACC has improved as a football conference in recent years, but it is still not at the level of the Pac 12 or the SEC. The ACC did go 5-3 against the SEC, but most of that work was done by the best teams in conference. That still counts and it …
Jan
10
2015
@Hokiesmash and I (@TalkinACCSports) hope you had a happy holiday season. This is our first podcast of 2015, and it is a good one. We have @danofero14 (Daniel Ferreria) of the fine Florida State Blog Site ChopChat.com joining us to review the ACC Bowl season, talk ACC Basketball, and give us his thoughts on Florida State sports. …
Jan
08
2015
When you go 4-7 during bowl season like the ACC did, it’s hard to find positives. Same ole ACC from the critics who were ready to pounce. I’m not here say 4-7 was good. It certainly wasn’t. Performances by UNC, Miami, and the 4th quarter meltdown by Pittsburgh were especially ugly. Let’s not forget Boston …
Jan
08
2015
Welcome back to the ACC Basketball Power Rankings. If you missed them yesterday (you didn’t), I held off a day realizing that Thursday and Friday are typically the off days in this year’s ACC schedules. Maybe I could have done a little research before starting this weekly practice and done it on Thursday all along, …
Jan
05
2015
We’ve already given out grades to the ACC Coastal Division teams, now we are on to the Atlantic teams. Florida State (13-1, 8-0) : A- Florida State won the ACC, had a 13-0 regular season, and made it to the national semi-finals. Then they got rocked by the Oregon Ducks 59-20. How do you grade …
Jan
05
2015
It’s been a couple of weeks since we took a look around ACC Blogosphere. With the football season at a close, what are feelings of ACC Bloggers on things? Georgia Tech blog FromtheRumbleSeat said it was a memorable, improbable, and spectacular season for Yellow Jacket football this season. You know what? They are right. A …
Jan
04
2015
Well for the ACC, football season has come to an end. There were some tremendous highs for some teams, and some gigantic lows for other teams. We are going to start a review of the season by handing a grade to each ACC Coastal team on their season. Here are the ACC Atlantic grades. Georgia …
Jan
04
2015
This is the first ACC Bubble Analysis for the year. Now it’s gets really serious. Selection Sunday is just a little over 2 months away, so let’s find out who is great shape already, and who has work to work to do to get into the NCAA tournament. In my ranking system, any RPI top …
Jan
02
2015
If I hadn’t watched the 4th quarter, I wouldn’t have believed it. Pittsburgh blew a 31-6 fourth quarter lead. A collapse so spectacular it left most of us in disbelief. Here is what is scary though, Pitt fans weren’t shocked. In fact, it seemed as if they almost expected it. That’s why I love twitter, …
Jan
01
2015
Florida State’s astonishing 29 game winning streak finally came to an end against an outstanding Oregon team Thursday at the Rose Bowl. In that streak Florida State won a national title, beat top 15 teams from Clemson, Georgia Tech, and Auburn. They won 3 ACC Titles, and an Orange Bowl. The 2013 team which stopped …
Jan
01
2015
Georgia Tech saw an opportunity Wednesday night in the Orange Bowl, and they took full advantage of it. On the verge of the Jacket’s greatest season since the 1990 National Championship team, Georgia Tech had to go through a Mississippi St. team that spent a good portion of the year at #1. Not only did …
Dec
31
2014
It’s almost time to celebrate a new year. A fresh start, a chance to carry out those resolutions, and 365 more opportunities for #goacc greatness. There wasn’t much #goacc in basketball circles this week, however, as most teams rounded out their non-conference slate to end 2014. 1 – Duke: Holy Toledo! The Blue Devils easily …
Dec
30
2014
Louisville has been a welcome addition to the ACC. They added quality depth to ACC football. This year they went 9-4, that included a road win at 8-5 Notre Dame. They beat Kentucky helping the ACC to a 4-0 rivalry day record against the SEC. The season ended on a down note though after a …
Dec
29
2014
Clemson put on a performance in the Russell Athletic Bowl that I didn’t think they were capable of. Winning wasn’t out of the question, winning 40-6 seemed like a virtual impossibility. Don’t tell that to the Clemson football team and coaching staff. Clemson had a complete performance. It was total domination. Oklahoma came into the …