Oct
11
2019
In sports, there’s old school and new school. Most people fall on one side or the other, but Connor Slomka is both — an old-school warrior and new-age athlete. Warrior is a term thrown around too loosely in sports, but it applies to cadets training to be officers in the military during an endless war …
Oct
10
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. QUESTION: Who is the ACC first-half coach of the year? There are two reasonable and correct answers to the question, “Who was the ACC’s best coach in the first half of the 2019 season?” Dabo Swinney is not on the list. Dabo isn’t …
Oct
10
2019
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Mike Krzyzewski sat with a dutiful expression as reporters and cameramen encircled his table at the ACC basketball media day on Tuesday in a Marriott City Center ballroom. Duke’s coach with five NCAA titles was peppered with subjects. Among them: the recently passed California Fair Pay to Play Act for college athletes …
Oct
09
2019
East Carolina continues its 16-day break between losing to Temple on Thursday night and Oct. 19 game at UCF with new coach Mike Houston taking advantage of the time to emphasize recruiting. He has holes to fill. Trouble is that talent won’t arrive until next year as freshmen, although Houston did learn on Tuesday senior …
Oct
09
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 Atlantic, though I’m ready to already start predicting the 2nd half of the season for …
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 …