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Category Archive: College Football

Dec
24
2019

Podcast – @Hokiesmash_ASD & @TalkinACCSports talk ACC football and preview the ACC Bowls with @mattzemek

@Hokiesmash_ASD  and I (@TalkinACCSports ) review the ACC Football regular season and preview  ACC Bowl season with @mattzemek. We really appreciate college football writer @mattzemek for joining us. He contributes to this site as well as several others! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rwradios-acc-weekly-podcast/id831843856?t=2. We are also now available on Stitcher! http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/httpwwwtalkshoecomtalkshoewebtalkcastjspmasterid130024cmdtc/the-acc-weekly-podcast?refid=stpr0 We are also now available on PodBean! https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/p573j-6e69d/The-ACC-Weekly-Podcast To …

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Dec
23
2019

Air Force is bowling again, what it means to Geraud Sanders and program

Geraud Sanders and his Air Force teammates as freshmen he arrived with in Colorado Springs were unaware how good they had it. In 2016, Air Force’s trip to the Arizona Bowl was the Falcons’ ninth post-season game in head coach Troy Calhoun’s 10th season. But then a 5-7 record in 2017 sent them home for …

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Dec
22
2019

Are Dabo Swinney’s claims of disrespect toward Clemson real? | answered by @mattzemek

Give author @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. QUESTION: Are Dabo Swinney’s claims of disrespect toward Clemson real? Whenever Dabo Swinney or Nick Saban — the two coaches who have ruled over college football the past five years — open their mouths and say anything which carries the scent of …

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Dec
21
2019

This bowl season is the ACC’s most important since 2012.

Nearly the entire BCS era was a disaster for ACC football. So much so, that it nearly broke the conference apart at the beginning of the decade. Then the upward football trend started during the 4-2 2012 Bowl season where Florida State won an Orange Bowl, Clemson beat a top 10 LSU team, and Georgia …

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Dec
19
2019

Malcolm Perry’s Navy season worthy of Keenan Reynold’s 2015 Heisman attention

Navy quarterback Malcolm Perry put on a performance for the ages in the 120th edition of the Army-Navy Game, the grandest rivalry in college sports, rushing for 304 yards and two touchdowns last week to lead Navy’s 31-7 victory. If some retrospect can be allowed, maybe he deserved some of the national attention and Heisman …

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Dec
18
2019

Early Signing Day winners and losers in the ACC

With the early signing day on December 18, more than 80% of a program’s class will get signed this Wednesday. Recruiting rankings aren’t the ultimate decider of how a team will do in the future, but if you don’t think they matter then you haven’t followed college football. The best teams far more often than …

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Dec
17
2019

Slights from the past week Dabo Swinney will probably use as motivational tools

Part of Dabo Swinney’s coaching repertoire  is his ability to motivate. He’ll use any perceived slight to his Clemson program as a motivational tool.  Clemson fans will call it genius, his critics will call it overdone and annoying. Whatever it is, it works. This week Swinney gained several more motivational slights that he can use …

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Dec
16
2019

Podcast – @Hokiesmash_ASD & @TalkinACCSports talk ACC football and preview the ACC Bowls with @TerryPJohnson

  @Hokiesmash_ASD  and I (@TalkinACCSports ) review the ACC Football regular season and preview  ACC Bowl season with @TerryPJohnson. We really appreciate college football writer @TerryPJohnson for joining us. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rwradios-acc-weekly-podcast/id831843856?t=2. We are also now available on Stitcher! http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/httpwwwtalkshoecomtalkshoewebtalkcastjspmasterid130024cmdtc/the-acc-weekly-podcast?refid=stpr0 We are also now available on PodBean! https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/p573j-6e69d/The-ACC-Weekly-Podcast To listen go here – https://www.talkshoe.com/episode/7942931 In this order, these …

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Dec
15
2019

What are the 3 most interesting ACC bowl games? | answered by @mattzemek

Give author @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. QUESTION: What the 3 most interesting ACC bowl games? When Cam Akers of Florida State announced that he would not play in the Tony The Tiger Sun Bowl, the Seminoles’ game against Arizona State lost some of its luster and value. That …

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Dec
15
2019

ACC Basketball Power Rankings 12/15/2019

1. Louisville (10-1, 2-0) Louisville lost to Texas Tech, but who in the ACC doesn’t have at least one head scratching loss? This is still the conferences’s most complete team. 2. Virginia (8-1, 2-0) Virginia can go into scoring funks, but as long as they play defense they’ll be very good. 3. Duke (9-1, 1-0) …

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Dec
13
2019

Injured Kelvin Hopkins won’t offer excuses entering Army-Navy Game

Kelvin Hopkins Jr. opened the 2019 season as Army’s record-breaking triple-option quarterback. He was named to validating watch lists such as the Manning, Unitas and O’Brien, awards that favor those throwing the ball. Now, four months later, he’s limping to finish line, the 120th Army-Navy Game. In the grandest rivalry in college sports, Army (5-7) …

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Dec
13
2019

Jer-uh, let’s add Air Force as a bookend to Army-Navy Game

Letter to Jerry Jones: Jer-uh, I have a great idea that you and the NFL should embrace. You’ve been a leader at driving innovative NFL marketing and promotion. That’s one of the reasons you’re in the Pro Football Hall of Fame as the owner of the Dallas Cowboys. The week of the 120th Army-Navy Game …

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Dec
12
2019

The 150 Greatest College Football Coaches per @ESPN. Where do coaches with ACC Ties land?

ESPN recently released their 150 Greatest College Football Coaches of all time. Check out the full list. Where do the ACC coaches, and coaches of current ACC programs land? 8. Bobby Bowden, 377-129-4 Howard College (1959-62; 31-6), West Virginia (1970-75; 42-26) and Florida State (1976-2009; 304-97-4) When Bowden arrived at Florida State, it was a midsize …

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Dec
10
2019

Should Florida State fans be excited about the Mike Norvell hire? | answered by @mattzemek

Give author @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. QUESTION: Should Florida State fans be excited about the Mike Norvell hire? This is a fascinating question, because it deals with multiple aspects of human experience and judgment. One part of this question wonders if Florida State fans should be excited. Should …

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Dec
10
2019

Dabo needs history lesson on 1966 Alabama comparison to his Tigers

“Notre Dame was 8-0 and ranked No. 1; the Spartans were 9-0 and ranked No. 2. Despite the fact that Alabama was also undefeated — and, in fact, would end the 1966 season as the only undefeated Division I team in the country — no one doubted that the winner of the Notre Dame-Michigan State …

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Dec
09
2019

Podcast – @Hokiesmash_ASD & @TalkinACCSports review Commonwealth Football with @hankkurzjr

@Hokiesmash_ASD  and I (@TalkinACCSports ) talk ACC and Commonwealth Football with AP Sportswriter @hankkurzjr.  Hank is a great guest and appreciate him joining us.  https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rwradios-acc-weekly-podcast/id831843856?t=2. We are also now available on Stitcher! http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/httpwwwtalkshoecomtalkshoewebtalkcastjspmasterid130024cmdtc/the-acc-weekly-podcast?refid=stpr0 We are also now available on PodBean! https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/p573j-6e69d/The-ACC-Weekly-Podcast To listen go here – https://www.talkshoe.com/conf/summary/7897971 In this order, these are topics we covered on …

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