May
10
2018
We warned you it would happen. If you’ve been reading the blog we predicted it back December of 2017 that College Football Playoff had devalued the worth of playing tough non-conference games. If I am a power 5 AD, and I’m trying to build a playoff resume I start by dropping every lose-able OOC game. If …
May
09
2018
CBSSports.com has ranked all 65 Power 5 Coaches. Coach Rankings 65-26 Coach Rankings 25-1 Where did the ACC Coaches end up? Do you agree? 51 – Pat Narduzzi , Pittsburgh 48 – Dino Babers, Syracuse 47 – Steve Addiazo, Boston College 43 – Larry Fedora, UNC 40 – Bronco Mendenhall, UVA 39 – Dave Doeren, …
May
07
2018
@Hokiesmash_ASD and @TalkinACCSports are getting you prepared again for the college football season! We are moving along with our podcast previews with FSU @KilroyFSU. We are so glad @KilroyFSU joined us again to preview Florida State Football. He’s always a great guest. We are also now available on Stitcher! http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/httpwwwtalkshoecomtalkshoewebtalkcastjspmasterid130024cmdtc/the-acc-weekly-podcast?refid=stpr In this order, these are topics we covered on the podcast. …
May
05
2018
By Tom Shanahan Duke coach David Cutcliffe shares many traits with his successful brethren that have kept him in the college game four decades, including resuscitating the Blue Devils’ long moribund program. But despite such similarities he has demonstrated once again that depth chart paranoia isn’t one of his idiosyncrasies. Many coaches these days wait …
May
01
2018
We’ve already given you our ACC Draft Winners – Virginia Tech and NC State. Now we flip things to talk about who are the ACC’s draft losers, and the choices were easy. Georgia Tech and Duke combined had exactly zero draft picks. That means South Carolina State, South Dakota State, Sam Houston State, North Carolina …
Apr
30
2018
@Hokiesmash_ASD and @TalkinACCSports are getting you prepared again for the college football season! We are moving along with our podcast previews with @treadmillhorse of the excellent Virginia Tech blog site treadmillhorse.com as we preview the 2018 Virginia Tech Hokies football team. We were once again joined by @sportsbroad as a great guest co-host! You can also find this most recent podcast and all our …
Apr
30
2018
@Hokiesmash_ASD and @TalkinACCSports are getting you prepared again for the college football season! We are moving along with our podcast previews with @WillsWorldMN of the fine ACC blog site ACCNation.net as we preview the 2018 Virginia Cavaliers football team. We were also joined by @sportsbroad as a great guest co-host! You can also find this most recent podcast and all our other podcasts on …
Apr
29
2018
By Tom Shanahan Now that Georgia coach Kirby Smart has guided Mark Richt’s former players to a College Football Playoff berth, Richt must prove Thomas Wolfe wrong. He’s gone home to Miami to show he can indeed win big games and thus guide his alma mater to a CFP berth. In Richt’s 15 Georgia seasons, …
Apr
28
2018
The ACC again had a strong 2018 NFL draft finishing 2nd to the SEC in the total number of NFL draft picks. FINAL — Most Picks by Conference (2018) 53- SEC 45- ACC 32- Big Ten 30- Pac12 20- Big12 — Pick Six Previews (@PickSixPreviews) April 28, 2018 4️⃣5️⃣ total #ACCFootball players selected in the …
Apr
27
2018
We’ve reached the end of this series, and I hope you’ve enjoyed it! Games 10 – 6 | Games 11 – 15 | Games 16 – 20 | Games 21 – 25 1. #1 Florida State 34 #2 Auburn 31 – January 6, 2014 What else but this game could be number 1? It will end up being the most historically …
Apr
26
2018
We’ve reached the top 10! There are no changes from last year… The ACC teams need to work on that this year. Games 1 – 5 | Games 11 – 15 | Games 16 – 20 | Games 21 – 25 6. #12 Georgia Tech 49 #7 Mississippi St. 34 – December 31, 2014 This game was significant in so many …
Apr
25
2018
Games 1 – 5 | Games 6 – 10 | Games 16 – 20 | Games 21 – 25 11. #8 Clemson 38 #5 Georgia 35 – August 31, 2013 Georgia entered this game as a pre-season national title contender. Clemson was looking to validate a Chick Fila Bowl win over LSU, and beat a 2nd straight top 10 SEC team. …
Apr
24
2018
Games 1 – 5 | Games 6 – 10 | Games 11 – 15 | Games 21 – 25 16. #3 Clemson 14 #13 Auburn 6 – September 9, 2017 This game was headed for the top 10 of this list before Auburn fell apart in their final 2 games of the year against Georgia and UCF. Prior to that Auburn was …
Apr
23
2018
I think we can all agree that the decade of the 2010s has been a resurgence of ACC football. I’ve looked at the ACC’s best Out of Conference wins in the past, but I want to compile the 25 best into a series so far this decade. We did this last year, and we’re updating …
Apr
21
2018
No one will ever question that more men than women watch sports, but according to this report from The Sports Digest the popularity of football among women is rising. According to a study by Ohio University, about half of all American women are football fans as opposed to 69 percent of American men. In fact, …
Apr
20
2018
Kelly Bryant and Jalen Hurts have three combined starting QB seasons starting at Clemson and Alabama. Bryant has one at Clemson and Hurts two years at Alabama. Each year they have started they have led their team to the College Football Playoffs. Hurts was the SEC offensive Player of the year and guided Alabama to …