Jan
26
2019
We’re all wondering it. What is going on at Virginia Tech with all the recent football transfers? Who better to an attempt an answer than the esteemed ACC journalist covering the Virginia area than @DavidTeelatDP. In his recent article – Searching for context on rash of Hokies’ football transfers, Teel makes that attempt to understand what’s going …
Jan
23
2019
The 2019 ACC Football schedule was released a few days ago, and I’ve had a chance to look it over. Let me tell you 5 things I like about the schedule. 1) ACC Conference games to open the season and launch ACC Network. We already knew Georgia Tech at Clemson would launch the ACC Network …
Jan
22
2019
Jim Boeheim, Syracuse’s 73-year-old coach, said something that helps explain Jeff Capel coaching Pitt basketball tonight against Duke rather than seated next to Mike Krzyzewski, 71, for another year as his associate head coach. Boeheim responded to a question about retirement before the season began at the ACC media day in Charlotte. His answer seems …
Jan
13
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college football at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. ACC QUESTION of the WEEK : Which ACC team is better on an all-time scale — 2013 Florida State or 2018 Clemson? Both teams were awesomely talented. Both teams had gifted quarterbacks. Both teams were led by formidable head coaches who started their …
Jan
10
2019
Since football still drives so much when it comes to conference revenues from TV Contracts, Bowl Deals, to a lesser extent the general health of a conference let’s take stock of ACC football. Certainly it never hurts to have the best football team in the country. Clemson won their second national title in three years. …
Jan
08
2019
The national title game has come to an end. Clemson is the king of college football in 2018. Who’s going to try and challenge them next year? Here are some Way too Early Pre-season top 25s. CBSSports Way too Early top 25 SI.com Way too Early top 25 ESPN Way too Early top 25 Orlando …
Jan
08
2019
Sometimes a win can be so earth shattering that it can change the direction and/or perception of an entire sport. National Title teams from the SEC were deemed unbeatable after the conference had 4 different teams win 7 straight titles. That was until Florida State stopped the streak by defeating Auburn in 2013. SEC hasn’t …
Jan
08
2019
So many thoughts on Clemson’s absolute destruction of Alabama 44-16. I will be writing more tomorrow, but for tonight all I can think of is Clemson has now entered dynasty territory. They are up there with the great Miami teams of the 80s and early 90s, FSU and Nebraska in the 90s, USC in the …
Jan
05
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college football at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. ACC QUESTION of the WEEK : What will ACC and Virginia coaching legend George Welsh be most remembered for? Virginia football might be on the verge of a true rebirth under Bronco Mendenhall. With so many ACC Coastal programs in a state of …
Jan
04
2019
It’s on to the national title game for the Clemson football team. ShakintheSouthland has a statistical breakdown of the big game with Alabama. ACCPrescription has some current ACC Network notes in one spot. It’s worth a read, because it combines some of the latest information from several sources. Should Georgia Tech look for transfer QB? …
Jan
03
2019
Flipping the calendar to 2019 seems a good time to empty my East Carolina football notebook. Here is a look back at the chaotic dismissal of Scottie Montgomery followed by the ironically efficient hiring of Mike Houston four days later. Talk about turning the tables. In the aftermath of ECU’s embarrassing 58-3 loss to N.C. …
Dec
31
2018
It’s hard to be too critical of a program that’s won 18 games the last two years. If you are Clemson or Alabama, then maybe you complain. If you are NC State that means you are mostly beating the teams you should beat. That said there is still an emptiness to the Wolfpack’s 9-4 year. …
Dec
31
2018
Pittsburgh won the Coastal Division and went 6-2 in the ACC. They lost 7 games including their last 3 and got blown out by Penn State, UCF, and Clemson. They blew a 4th quarter lead in the Sun Bowl to Stanford to lose 14-13. For almost every ACC team, there’s a line that said we’re happy with or not with our year. Pittsburgh more than any other ACC team it’s hard to decide exactly how they should feel about the 2018 season. …
Dec
31
2018
It’s been a rough season at Virginia Tech – attrition, injuries, young and inexperienced on defense. There have been historically bad home losses too, but with recent wins over Virginia and Marshall, Virginia Tech got bowl eligible. They had a chance to salvage something out of the season. After a 35-31 loss to Cincinnati, the Hokies still have their bowl streak and winning streak over Virginia intact. That’s all after their first losing season (6-7) in 25 years. If you are Hokie fan you have to be frustrated by Justin Fuente’s two …
Dec
31
2018
Duke’s Daniel Jones is leaving for the NFL Draft, but his announcement on Monday may have a long-term benefit. It may mean future elite quarterback talent will take a longer look at the Blue Devils. The third-year starter that arrived from Charlotte Latin lightly recruited – he had been committed to Princeton before he flipped …
Dec
31
2018
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) had an impromptu podcast to discuss all of the recent goings in the ACC. We are joined @ER Evan Roberts of redandwhitepodcast.com. Roberts is as knowledgeable an NC State as you’ll find, and we appreciate him joining. You can also find this most recent podcast and all our other podcasts on ITUNES at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rwradios-acc-weekly-podcast/id831843856?t=2. We are …