May
18
2015
It’s time for articles around the ACC Blogosphere! Sadly another North Carolina Tar Heel basketball legend has pass away. UNC blog TarHeelBlog remember longtime Dean Smith assistant coach Bill Guthridge. Will Ojanen (@WillWorldsMN) should be familiar to AllSportsDiscussion.com readers and podcast listeners. He’s a frequent podcast guest, and he wrote this timely piece on Virginia football …
May
13
2015
The ACCBig 10 Challenge for 2015 was announced today. This is one of the premier early season college basketball events. Check out the schedule from ESPN and the report from the ACCDN on the matchups. Become a fan of the ACC on Facebook and follow the ACC on Twitter.
May
11
2015
We are getting to that time of the year, when the College Football previews are starting to trickle in. Football is still months away but the talk is starting to build. What do the ACC bloggers have for us this week? Florida State blog Tomahawknation says the Seminoles could be leading for Notre Dame transfer …
May
08
2015
Next week the ACC will be having their Spring Meetings in Amelia Island Florida. The well respected ACC writer David Teel of the Newport News says one of the topics that should be discussed the Spring Meetings is a tweaking of the Divisional Alignments. I think Divisional Alignment and scheduling should always be a topic of …
May
04
2015
It’s Monday and that means time to check in with the ACC Bloggers. Florida State is producing NFL draft picks at astonishing rate. They led this year’s NFL draft with 11 picks. Florida State blog Tomahawknation discusses how this will help recruiting for FSU in the future. Interesting take from Miami blog StateoftheU. The …
Apr
27
2015
Time for some articles around the ACC Blogosphere. Interesting article from Louisville blog UofL Cardgame. Louisville is hosting a collaborative event for their ACC conference partners to discuss academic and professional partnerships. Georgia Tech blog Yellow Jacket up tells Jackets fans to relax after some injuries to the B-Back Position. There is some good news …
Apr
21
2015
What are the ACC Bloggers up to this week? Let’s find out! This an interesting read from ACCPerscription. There is a discussion of each ACC Football Program’s level of commitment to improving their football programs. Agree or disagree with the takes there? DukeReport.com asks what the commitment of 5-star guard Derryck Thornton means for …
Apr
19
2015
A short post for tonight. When you are a conference as talented as the ACC was this year in basketball, you can expect a lot of early entries losses. That’s exactly what has happened this year. FoxSports’s Lauren Brownlow breaks down each ACC’s team early entries and transfers and how each team is affected. This …
Apr
14
2015
Greetings, Atlantic Coast Conference sports fans – I’m going to steal a page out of Jeff’s (@TalkinACCSports) book this afternoon – and give you all a look from our ACC blogger friends (you’ll notice a lot of spring football in these posts from now – Jeff and I are really looking forward to the upcoming …
Apr
13
2015
@Hokiesmash and I (@TalkinACCSports ) have a real treat for you in this podcast. This week Wes Durham voice of the Atlanta Falcons, a Fox Sports Announcer for the ACC joins us. He was also the former Play by play announcer of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. We were privileged to have @WesDurham talk ACC and …
Apr
10
2015
After Mike Krzyzewski won his 5th national title on Monday, the inevitable comparisons to the college basketball coach considered the greatest of all time John Wooden. Before we get into that comparison though, I think we can safely say that Krzyzewski and Wooden stand alone together at the top of the pantheon of college basketball. Krzyzewski has …
Apr
09
2015
Greetings, Atlantic Coast Conference sports fans – I’m going to steal a page out of Jeff’s (@TalkinACCSports) book tonight and give a look from ACC bloggers. Here. We. Go. @TheUVAFool drops some odds in a blog post (via Bovada) on who will win the 2015-16 men’s college basketball title – Vegas seems to like the …
Apr
07
2015
The ACC has always been historically known for it’s basketball. That is without debate. Each season there were a bunch of top 25 teams, with near annual runs to the Final 4 and national title game. Even with the Big East becoming an elite basketball conference in the 1980s, the ACC still challenged for the …
Apr
06
2015
I’ll have a lot say over the next few days about Duke’s national championship win over Wisconsin, but for now Congratulations to the Duke Blue Devils and their fans. Mike Krzyzewski coached a masterpiece in the 2nd half. With Jahlil Okafor and Justise Winslow in foul trouble, Krzyzewski substituted brilliantly with Grayson Allen and Amile Jefferson. Allen …
Apr
05
2015
Wisconsin was a #1 seed. Duke was a #1 seed. Both opened the the season in the top 5. Wisconsin was 36-3 and won the Big 10 regular season and tournament titles. Duke is 34-4. They have lost one game since January 28, and have road wins at Wisconsin, Virginia, Louisville, and North Carolina. When …
Apr
04
2015
Good morning, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans – hope you’re having some great spring weather where ever you are!! Louisville – by all accounts – has been a terrific addition to the ACC (and most would say an upgrade). Let’s talk about Louisville’s 2014-15 athletic accomplishments (and the academic year is not done yet …