Oct
12
2014
Who wants to win the Coastal? Did NC State finally win a conference game after nearly 2 years? It’s time for 10 quick takes on the ACC after week 7. 1) Focused FSU One thing you have to admire about Florida State is their focus. With all the pressure of being the defending national champion …
Oct
10
2014
This week we saw several ACC coaches with subtle digs and not so subtle digs at teams, stadiums, players and each other. ACC is a little new to trash talking, because well you have to do some winning to talk a a little smack. There wasn’t much winning going on prior to the last few …
Oct
09
2014
Did I not say, we’d be getting some contributors to the blog? This is @ztevans first entry. Enjoy his ACC Power Rankings! —————————————————————————————————————————————– Howdy! The fine folks here at All Sports Discussion have asked if I would contribute ACC Power Rankings each week. Perhaps a different name is in order. Lack Of Power Rankings? Puppy Power Rankings? I’ll …
Oct
09
2014
We have some great news for followers of the blog and ACC podcasts that @Hokiesmash and I @TalkinACCSports try bring you on a regular basis. First the AllSportsDiscussion.com blog was endorsed by USBWA the US Basketball Writers Association. We were very pleased to hear that! Thanks to @HokieSmash for doing the legwork to set that up. We have …
Oct
07
2014
@HokieSmash and I (@TalkinACCSports) are joined by a special guest on this podcast, @JustinRenck. Justin is the founding member of the excellent Louisville blog site @CardSportsZone – http://cardinalsportszone.com/. To download the audio file of this podcast, please go here. You can also find this most recent podcast and all our other podcasts on ITUNES at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rwradios-acc-weekly-podcast/id831843856?t=2. In addition you can subscribe to the Podcast …
Oct
06
2014
Did you have Georgia Tech and Virginia leading the Coastal at this point in the season? I didn’t think so…. What do the ACC blogger think about this and other developments in the ACC? Need a hot-button list of points this week for Louisville athletics? Recent podcast guest @JustinRenck has his fine blog CardinalSportsZone have it for you. …
Oct
05
2014
Wow what a chaotic weekend in college football! The Pac 12 and independents had the worst weeks, check out things below and find out why. We’ll give each conference a relative strength value 1-10. 1) SEC – 9 No change in the relative strength of the SEC. The SEC West is outstanding, and the SEC …
Oct
05
2014
We’ve been waiting for a couple of teams to play some consistent football in the ACC. I think we finally saw that this weekend… Check out my 10 quick takes on the ACC for this week. 1) Clemson is getting better and better each week. Look I know NC State came in emotionally spent after …
Oct
04
2014
Interesting article from Inside the ACC… They have posted the football attendance figures from across the ACC for the month of September. Wow Duke fans you should be doing much better given the improvement of your program, and Virginia fans your team is actually pretty good where are you? No surprise Clemson and FSU lead …
Oct
02
2014
Just a short post for tonight…. We are right in the middle of football season, but for those peeking ahead to basketball, the new ACC is looking a lot like the old ACC. You know what means right? It’s means the best basketball in the country. I’m a football guy first, but I do love …
Sep
30
2014
@HokieSmash and I (@TalkinACCSports) are joined by podcast favorites @ztevans (Zach Evans) and @treadmillhorse in a look back at week 5 in ACC football on this podcast. We also preview week 6 in the ACC. Be sure to check out @treadmillhorse‘s fine blog www.threadmillhorse.com covering Virginia Tech sports. To download the audio file of this podcast, please go here. You can also find this …
Sep
29
2014
We are starting to get into thick of the ACC conference races. Let’s get right into it with our ACC bloggers. Recently I wrote an article about the ACC football getting solid primetime slots this year. The blog ACC Prescription goes into additional describing the ACC’s television coverage this year. If you are an ACC football …
Sep
28
2014
The ACC backed up a forgettable week 4 with another forgettable week 5. We assess the damage and more in this week’s 10 quick takes on the ACC. 1) Florida State won’t just be turning it on this year. Remember last season when Boston College pushed Florida State, and then Seminoles just turned on switch …
Sep
27
2014
As Georgia Tech moves into a week 5 BYE, they sit a surprising 4-0, after a win at Virginia Tech. Could this be a 2011 like season when Georgia Tech started the year 6-0, and then promptly lost 5 of their last 7 games? The big question on everyone’s mind if are they a fraud …
Sep
24
2014
For years it seemed extremely rare that the ACC had a primetime national TV game. There was always the Labor Day game, FSU\Clemson (mostly due to the Bowden Bowl storyline), maybe FSU\Miami, and maybe a couple of other primetime games. This year though there seems to quite a few more ACC teams being featured in …
Sep
23
2014
@HokieSmash, @WillsWorldMN and @ztevans look back at week 4 and preview week 5 in ACC football on this podcast. I wasn’t able to join this week due to a little vacationing for me. Big thanks to blog friends @WillsWorldMN and @ztevans for filling in and helping out @HokieSmash this week. To download the audio file of this podcast, please go here. You can …