May
05
2019
GREENVILLE, N.C. — East Carolina football returns some promising young wideouts, but whether one enjoys a breakout season to extend the Pirates’ streak of seven consecutive seasons with a 1,000-yard receiver remains to be seen. Even in this pass-happy era that today’s relaxed defensive rules created, seven is an impressive stretch that leads the nation. …
May
04
2019
Games 6 – 10 | Games 11 – 15 | Games 16 – 20 | Games 21 – 25 | Games 26 – 30 1. #2 Clemson 44 #1 Alabama 16 – January 7, 2019 It is the national championship game that left most of the country in disbelief. Alabama was the media-anointed greatest team ever, and they got pulverized by …
May
02
2019
Dana Holgorsen’s move to the University of Houston is an attempt to defy two realities in college football. One is the revolving door at Houston and the other proving a Group of 5 position can be better than one at a Power 5 school. To prove his point, he left West Virginia, a Big 12 …
May
02
2019
ACC Prescription has a theory about how Dabo Swinney’s new contract may indicate future ACC Network revenue. Clemson blog RubbingtheRock ranks the top 3 receiving units in the country. Guess who is #1? StreakingtheLawn looks back and ranks Virginia’s 6 NCAA Tournament games. BloggersSoDear tells us about Wake Forest coach Dave Clawson signing a new …
May
01
2019
Games 1 – 5 | Games 11 – 15 | Games 16 – 20 | Games 21 – 25 | Games 26 – 30 6. #1 Clemson 37 #4 Oklahoma 17 – December 31, 2015 It was a bit surprising that coming into this Orange Bowl National Semi-Final game, that 13-0 Clemson was an underdog to Oklahoma. Those of …
Apr
30
2019
Games 1 – 5 | Games 6 – 10 | Games 16 – 20 | Games 21 – 25 | Games 26 – 30 11. #16 Georgia Tech 30 #9 Georgia 24 – November 29, 2014 Georgia entered this week as a darkhorse to make the college football playoff. Missouri winning the SEC East effectively ended the …
Apr
29
2019
@CUBOSCO graciously filled in for @Hokiesmash_ASD who was bit under the weather. He and I (@TalkinACCSports ) are moving along with our ACC Football previews. This week we were joined by @TigerPreGame of tigerpregameshow.blogspot.com. We got a great preview of Clemson football in this podcast. You can also find this most recent podcast and all …
Apr
28
2019
Some fans get caught up with their conference’s recruiting rankings, and NFL draft numbers rather than actual on the field results. That doesn’t mean they are meaningless though. The ACC typically runs second to the SEC during the NFL draft weekend. In 2018 the SEC led all conferences with 53 draft picks and the ACC …
Apr
27
2019
Games 1 – 5 | Games 6 – 10 | Games 11 – 15 | Games 21 – 25 | Games 26 – 30 16. #7 Miami 41 #3 Notre Dame 8 – November 11, 2017 Mark Richt and his Miami Hurricanes had a vintage performance against at the time the #3 ranked Notre Dame …
Apr
25
2019
Duke Coach David Cutcliffe said this firmly two days before the NFL draft about Blue Devils quarterback Daniel Jones as a possible first-round pick: “If he doesn’t go the first day, I’ll go strongly enough out there and say somebody made a big mistake.” Well, the New York Giants not only took Jones in the …
Apr
25
2019
A half-century ago the NFL Draft was so low key and simple NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle stood at a chalkboard in a New York hotel ballroom. He scrawled names in chalk as they were called out. The overwhelming anticipation hovering over the draft was not who would go where. It was relief that players were …
Apr
24
2019
Even if you are not a Virginia Tech Hokie, you can get behind Hokie offensive lineman @BrockHoffman76 and the injustice served by your friendly NCAA. #HokieNation I NEED YOUR SUPPORT!! pic.twitter.com/LDOXy4vRMV — Brock (@BrockHoffman76) April 23, 2019 It’s is shameful what the NCAA is doing to this young man and his family. While other …
Apr
23
2019
Games 1 – 5 | Games 6 – 10 | Games 11 – 15 | Games 16 – 20 | Games 26 – 30 21. Pittsburgh 42 Penn State 39 – September 10, 2016 At the time this Pittsburgh win over Penn State looked like a nice rivalry win, and not that much else. As …
Apr
22
2019
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) are moving along with our ACC Football previews. This week we had two great guests@techlunchpaild of http://techlunchpail.com and @treadmillhorse of treadmillhorse.com. Those are two great Virginia Tech blogs to checkout. We have a near 2 hour podcast that Virginia Tech fans will be sure to enjoy! You can also find this …
Apr
22
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. ACC QUESTION of the WEEK : Is Clemson a college football blue-blood? We return to the question of blue-blood status in college sports. When does a program gain such status? When does a program lose it? How can programs change the answer, for …
Apr
20
2019
Now that basketball season has come to end, we’re seeing a lot of off-season college football talk. This week we saw many SEC media types take direct aim at Clemson football. Following the lead of the Alabama football program, many in the SEC media had a litany of excuses for why Clemson has become their …