Oct
26
2019
At the time of writing this post, Ohio State is still playing Wisconsin. The game is not over, but it was scoreless at the end of the 1st quarter. That’s all anyone needs to see. It was 10-7 Ohio State early in the 3rd quarter after Ohio State shanked a punt. This is not the …
Oct
25
2019
What is wrong with Clemson? What is wrong with Clemson? That’s all we’ve heard from national media types since Clemson’s 52-14 win over Georgia Tech during the opening week. It’s gotten stale, it is lazy journalism, and could directly affect where Clemson gets ranked when the playoff rankings come out in a couple of weeks. …
Oct
24
2019
Ford Higgins began his Navy football career like many service academy linemen: lightly-recruited, undersized and relegated to the scout team his freshman season. He didn’t play a varsity snap in 2016. But unlike many Navy, Army and Air Force O-linemen that hope to develop their potential by their junior or senior season, Higgins jumped into …
Oct
24
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. Clemson is unbeaten. Virginia has a great chance to win the ACC Coastal. Those are not surprises to anyone who follows ACC football. Those realities do not deviate from most pundits’ expectations in late August. Yet, the path we have taken to get …
Oct
23
2019
A week ago when Virginia and Wake Forest went down to defeat, we wondered if anyone in the ACC wanted to go the Orange Bowl. They rebounded this week with victories, and are now part of the ACC chase for the Orange Bowl. Let’s look a them and the other Orange Bowl contenders. The Orange …
Oct
23
2019
College football recruits typically dream they have an NFL future. They think as a scholarship athlete they have a leg up. Don’t bother telling them that a 2019 NCAA study showed only 1.6 percent of college players play pro football. That’s a short leg. If the scale of odds for a prospect to make the …
Oct
22
2019
While the playoff committee doesn’t rank the power 5 conference, there is no way conference strength – which means OOC results doesn’t figure in to a committee members thought process. Let me point out on my philosophy on these rankings – your most recent OOC results count a lot, and you’ll see me reference that …
Oct
22
2019
Raise your hand if week 8 went exactly as you expected. Don’t feel bad: no one else saw some of these upsets coming, either. So how did these contests impact our weekly power rankings? Here’s the latest installment: 14. Miami Last Week: 8 The Hurricanes drop six slots this weekend after losing at home to …
Oct
21
2019
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) review of 8 and preview of week 9 with @techlunchpaild (Tim Thomas) of the Virginia Tech blog http://techlunchpail.com. Please check that out and we thank Tim for joining. 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/7586516 …
Oct
21
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. QUESTION: Has Virginia re-established itself as the ACC Coastal favorite? The Virginia Cavaliers performed brilliantly against the Duke Blue Devils on Saturday. If you were convinced by that performance, you have every right to be. Yet, it is quite another thing to say …
Oct
20
2019
As I sit here and try to digest what happened in Chesnut Hill yesterday, I am still angry. What happened in that game, should not have happened, at all. From the inability to produce a run game against a team that gave up 328 yards rushing against Kansas. To being unable to tackle either one …
Oct
19
2019
For all the frustration that Virginia Tech fans had this year with the direction of the team, here the Hokies now sit 5-2 after a stirring 6OT 43-41 win over UNC. It’s the kind of win that could set the tone for the second half of the season for the Hokies, and the Virginia Tech …
Oct
19
2019
There wasn’t a single knowledgeable college football that didn’t think Georgia Tech wouldn’t struggle in 2020. Inheriting a team that was built to run the triple-option, Geoff Collins is working on multiple years to re-build the team and re-vamp the talent base. All Georgia Tech fans were looking in his first year were some positives …
Oct
18
2019
The ACC has searched for half a season to find a worthy second team to Clemson. Wake Forest was 5-0, but then gave up 62 in a loss to Louisville. Virginia was the front-runner, but then had a dismal performance against Miami, where their red-zone was a complete mess. UNC has had some good performances, …
Oct
18
2019
At the midway point of Mike Houston’s first 12-game regular season at East Carolina, the Pirates are relying increasingly on young players, including freshmen. True freshman cornerback Ja’Quan McMillian has started every game, true freshman wide receiver C.J. Johnson has started twice, true freshman running back Demetrius Mauney has been in the rotation since the …
Oct
17
2019
Jacob Springer, like his Navy teammates, looked forward to putting a 3-10 record in the rear view mirror. As a sophomore safety behind two seniors, he also welcomed 2019 as an opportunity to take on more responsibility as a starter. Losing is no fun, but after an injury plagued 2017 season, he played in 12 …