Oct
08
2019
Week 6 was the most exciting weekend of the year (so far). Three of the four contests were decided by a touchdown or less. How did this abbreviated schedule impact this week’s standings? Here’s the latest installment of the ACC Power Rankings… 14. Georgia Tech Last Week: 14 The Jackets remain in the cellar after …
Oct
07
2019
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) review of 6 and preview of week 7 with @PickSixPreviews (Brett Ciancia) of http://www.picksixpreviews.com/2019-season-preview.html. Brett is one of our favorites and it was a great podcast. 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/7494658 In this order, …
Oct
06
2019
We haven’t quite reach the the mid-point of the college football season for most ACC teams. North Carolina and Pitt are there, but the rest have 1 more game to go. After seeing 5 or 6 games of each ACC Coastal, though I’m ready to already start predicting the 2nd half of the season for …
Oct
06
2019
DURHAM – Duke raised some eyebrows in the ACC last week with its 45-10 win at Virginia. Maybe the Blue Devils do have enough to be the surprise challenger to ACC Coastal preseason favorite Virginia Tech. But that was before Pitt visited Duke Saturday night at Wallace Wade Stadium in a result that started as …
Oct
04
2019
The last time we saw Army coach Jeff Monken on TV was two weeks ago in a halftime sideline interview with CBS’s Tina Cervasio. He was angry over Black Knights’ play and said he planned to let them know it in the locker room. It was as if the ghost of World War II hero …
Oct
04
2019
Teven Birdow was 5-years-old when his father was sentenced to prison for a home invasion case in Oklahoma City. That left Teven set up for failure, like many American youths trapped into such circumstances, but his mother started him on another path. Jamie Rodrigues went without as a single mother to make sure her son …
Oct
03
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
02
2019
The University of Virginia football teams bye week may have come at just the right time. The Cavaliers traveled to South Bend last weekend to take on the 10th ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish, and were handed their first loss of the 2019 season. The Cavaliers committed five turnovers, four in the second half …
Oct
02
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. ACC fans know how football works: Clemson wins everything. Florida State’s offensive line can’t pass protect. Boston College runs out of steam. Dave Clawson overachieves at Wake Forest. North Carolina State exasperates its fan base. North Carolina: almost. Those are just some of …
Oct
01
2019
GREENVILLE – A year ago, East Carolina’s former coaching staff thought as preseason camp ended it had a special year coming from a rapidly developing defensive end. They were right, but they had the wrong guy. Former head coach Scottie Montgomery predicted a big year from Kendall Futrell, but it was the defensive end Nate …
Oct
01
2019
@RBrentBlevins and I (@TalkinACCSports ) review of 5 and preview of week 6 with @PaulVWags of http://espnblacksburg.com. We thank both @RBrentBlevins and @PaulVWags for joining. @Hokiesmash_ASD will be back next week. 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/7445976 In …
Oct
01
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. When John Swofford imagined a new world of ACC football 15 years ago, he imagined a world in which Miami and Florida State would define the league. It is one of the more surprising plot twists of college football in the 21st …
Oct
01
2019
Week 5 provided plenty of excitement as several games went to the wire. How did these contests impact this week’s standings? Here’s the latest installment of our ACC Power Rankings. 14. Georgia Tech Last Week: 14 Even though the Jackets outgained Temple, Tech never had a chance in this game. The Jackets converted only 2 …
Sep
30
2019
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. Just a quick post here for tonight. The last couple of nights, you’ve seen me post about how Virginia Tech football might be losing the focus on family. It’s worth it again to provide this tweet from the Tim Donnelly Show for context: ‘When you look …
Sep
30
2019
Short post tonight again, Atlantic Coast Conference sports fans. Check out this quote from Ike Charlton, IV: ‘When you look at Virginia Tech, we’re not welcomed back like they are.’ More from former All-American Ike Charlton (@IkeCCharltonIV ) Entire interview starts at 37:45: https://t.co/Gn9RS1xANt pic.twitter.com/DIwhzZyC6C — The Tim Donnelly Show (@DonnellyShow) September 30, 2019 …
Sep
30
2019
Well, here we are 5 weeks into the season and I have no idea what to make of this NC State team. If I told you back in say, May, that NC State would be going into the bye week at 3-2, people might be disappointed, but a lot would say, that isn’t very newsworthy, …