Dec
29
2022
If you think North Carolina had a roller-coaster season, they have nothing on Syracuse. After six games this year, the Orange were the darlings of the ACC. They were 6-0 and ranked in the top 15. Dino Babers was right there with Duke’s Mike Elko as an ACC COY candidate. This included wins against a …
Dec
29
2022
Florida State didn’t play their best football in a 35-32 Cheez-It Bowl win victory over Oklahoma. The Sooners came out motivated, and with an excellent offensive game plan that kept the Noles off-balance the entire game. As the Seminoles continue to re-establish their program, they did what mature football programs do. They found a way …
Dec
28
2022
On November 12th, North Carolina stood 9-1 and in the top 15 with a QB in Drake Maye in line to get to NYC and contend for a Heisman. There was even a remote shot at the playoffs. Then it all just fell apart. North Carolina started to find ways to lose in every possible …
Dec
28
2022
What other superlative can you use to describe Mike Elko’s first season at Duke? After a 9-4 season that included a bowl win was it astonishing, stunning, or shocking? How about all of the above and more? Before Elko’s arrival, Duke went 1-17 in the ACC, and 0-8 last year. They won only 5 total …
Dec
27
2022
ACC Team of the Week : Notre Dame – who beat Jacksonville in the ACC’s only game of the week. NET Rankings are from – https://www.warrennolan.com/basketball/2022/net 15. Louisville (2-11, 0-3) NET Ranking 344 Last Week: 15 Even if you beat Louisville, your computer numbers are taking a massive hit. Louisville is simply an anchor on the …
Dec
26
2022
Does Virginia Tech recover from the Boston College loss? Virginia Tech looked so bad against Boston College letting the Eagles dictate and control the 2nd half it brings into question the Hokies. Was it a one-game hiccup or are there major issues developing for them? Virginia Tech will find out quickly with a game at …
Dec
23
2022
When you are the Alabamas and Clemsons of the world your floor in a season is 10 maybe 11 wins. That is only for the elite of the elite programs. For 95% of college football if your floor is consistently 8 wins then you are probably one of the top 35 programs in college football, …
Dec
23
2022
Wednesday’s National Signing Day just doesn’t have the excitement it used to have with the transfer portal now a part of the game. That said it’s still a big day, but we’d also have to look at the transfer portal rankings. Who made out in the ACC? Recruiting Rankings are pulled from Rivals.com, 247Sports, and Transfer …
Dec
22
2022
ACC Team of the Week : UNC – for beating Ohio State and Michigan. NET Rankings are from – https://www.warrennolan.com/basketball/2022/net 15. Louisville (2-10, 0-2) NET Ranking 346 Last Week: 15 Well, Louisville won’t go winless. I guess there’s that. Now we will see if they can win an ACC basketball game at some point. 14. Georgia Tech …
Dec
21
2022
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. The Hokies are now 0-4 in the Mike Young era vs. Boston College. I blogged about this very issue last week. I mentioned that for growth, Virginia Tech needed to defeat Boston College, a team they were 0-3 against in the Mike Young era. After my …
Dec
21
2022
Nobody waves the flag better than the NFL, so imagine the league’s draft day stage if Army West Point All-American linebacker Andre Carter’s name is called as a first-round pick. The cameras find Carter, who has been projected among the top 50 picks and as high as 22nd in mock drafts. The 6-foot-7, 260-pounder climbs …
Dec
20
2022
Is Miami ready to make itself a contender in the ACC? Miami is a definite NCAA team at 11-1. Their guard play is excellent, but this week we find out if they can be a true contender in the ACC. They get a Virginia team with an impressive resume, but that has regressed a little …
Dec
19
2022
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) have a special guest tonight to preview the ACC Bowl Season. The esteemed @MattZemek joins us! Please check out his work as editor of USA Today’s @TrojansWire. To find old podcasts prior to episode 385, you can follow this link -> https://www.talkshoe.com/show/the-acc-weekly-podcast In this order, these are topics we covered on the podcast. …
Dec
18
2022
We’ve just started to get into conference season in ACC Basketball. How are those hot seat ranking looking? We go from the coldest to hottest. 0 – Ice Cold Seat 1 – Still cool 2 – There’s smoke 3 – Getting Warm 4 – On Fire 5 – Start working on the resume Jon Scheyer, …
Dec
17
2022
North Carolina came into the season ranked #1, and subsequently became the fastest team to go from #1 to unranked after starting the year 5-4. It’s not that North Carolina didn’t look like a good team. At times they did look like a pre-season #1 team. They have a 16-point win against 10-1 College of …
Dec
17
2022
In a span of just a couple of months, Louisville football fans went from our football program is in shambles to hey I can’t until next season. On October 1, 2022, Louisville lost 34-33 to a bad Boston College team to fall to 2-3. There was also a 24-point loss to Syracuse. Fans were ready …