Jul
07
2014
It’s ACC blogger time… What’s happening out there in the ACC blogosphere? Are you an ACC opponent of the Florida State Seminoles this year? What does FSU blog Tomahawknation think of your chances of beating the might Seminoles? Florida State is most the talented team in the country… Fact. Sorry Alabama, Auburn, Oregon or anyone else. For …
Jul
03
2014
Thanks to site contributor @HokieSmash for this release from the ACC. It’s never too late to take look back at the NBA draft that was last week. The ACC had a strong performance with the most players selected tied with the Pac 12. In fact the ACC had both good NBA and NFL drafts this year. …
Jun
30
2014
Less than 2 months until the College Football season starts yea! In the meantime there’s plenty of news to go around. What do the ACC bloggers have for us? Let’s start with Louisville. Tuesday they will be official members of the ACC. Louisville blog CardChronicle says it’s time to meed the Cardinals. We go from …
Jun
26
2014
Wednesday night continued one of the most bizarre streaks in college sports. When Vanderbilt defeated Virginia in Game 3 of their series, the ACC’s streak of 59 straight years without a NCAA baseball title continued. Frankly this is an astonishing streak, considering the quality of baseball played in the ACC. That would be more than …
Jun
24
2014
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. Hope the summer is flying by quickly for you. Jeff (@TalkinACCSports) and I (@HokieSmash) have some great material coming up this summer on the site – we hope it will get you through to football season 😉 We are at the end of the year where …
Jun
24
2014
Thanks to @HokieSmash for this press release from the ACC! The NBA draft kind of snuck up on us didn’t it? Here is a NBA Mock Draft for you to check out. 2014 ACC NBA Draft Primer Thursday, June 26, 2014 Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. 7:00 p.m., ESPN http://theacc.co/ACCinNBADraft ACC NBA Draft Selections by School, …
Jun
20
2014
Just over a year ago, I wrote a piece titled “In 2014, ACC basketball will have the greatest collection of coaches ever”. Well it’s 2014, and @theACCDN has brought together 4 of the mose celebrated ACC basketball coaches Rick Pitino, Roy Williams, Jim Boeheim, and Mike Krzyzewski for a series of sitdown discussions. It’s a series of videos that …
Jun
14
2014
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans!! It is time for the Learfield Sports Director’s Cup Update!! The Director’s Cup award honors institutions maintaining broad-based athletics programs success in many sports (including male and female sports). The Directors’ Cup , founded by the National Association of College Directors of Athletics and USA Today, began …
Jun
10
2014
Congratulations to the Virginia Cavaliers for advancing to the College World Series! You know we will be checking in on a Virginia blog or two for reaction. John Swofford appreciates Virginia and Georgia Tech beating Maryland in the last 2 weeks, saving him from some awkward moments with Maryland University. With that loss, the Maryland …
Jun
06
2014
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans!! Many of you might not have heard of the Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup. It is an award that honors institutions maintaining broad-based athletics programs success in many sports (including male and female sports). The Directors’ Cup , founded by the National Association of College Directors of Athletics …
Jun
03
2014
Today Virginia’s Tony Bennett’s signed a new 7-year deal to continue to coach the Cavalier basketball team. A couple of weeks ago Clemson inked a 6 year deal with their head basketball coach Brad Brownell. Let me be clear about one thing. I think both of these guys are rock solid head coaches. When it comes to …
Jun
02
2014
We know you’ve missed, and it’s back! It’s articles from around the ACC Blogosphere. Right now were in the middle of the College Baseball Tournament where Virginia, departing ACC member Maryland and incoming ACC program Louisville are still alive. What else are the ACC bloggers writing about? Virginia blog StreakingtheLawn is pumped about the Hoos …
May
29
2014
@HokieSmash and I @TalkinACCSports have jam packed ACC podcast for you this week. Before we get into that though, a couple of future podcast notes. @HokieSmash has lined a up great series of guests starting in June and taking us through Augusts to prepare us for the College Football Season. In the next few days @WillsWorldMN will start us out with a …
May
19
2014
You’ve always seen coaching hotseat rankings for football or basketball, but how often have you seen them combined? I was thinking which school might have to be doing a double duty, in the near future if you know what I mean. This will be our ranking systems. 5 – Firing Imminent barring a miracle 4 …
May
15
2014
@HokieSmash and I @TalkinACCSports are ready to review all of the happenings from the ACC Spring meetings that were held this past week. We’re also going to take a look at the some of the ACC spring sports as they head into the post-season. We have @BH_Orange44 (Brian Harrison) a Syracuse Alum and blogger for Orange44.Blogspot.com to help us and give …
May
13
2014
More news coming out of the ACC meetings. The ACC basketball tournament has moved their schedule to a Tuesday – Saturday Format. I was fairly indifferent when the first rumors of this were brought up some weeks ago, but I think it’s a good move. This puts the ACC tournament semi-finals on a Friday prime time …