Dec
30
2017
If there was one ACC Bowl game, that I was prepared to call a lock it was Louisville vs Mississippi State. The Bulldogs lost their head coach, and their starting QB. When QB Nick Fitzpatrick went down against Ole Miss, their offense went south and the Bulldogs lost to their rival. Mississippi State entered the …
Dec
29
2017
I’ll be the first to admit that I wasn’t wasn’t on the Dave Doeren bandwagon. You win 9 ACC games in your first 4 seasons, and understandably questions should and will be raised. Something happened just over a year. Sitting at 5-6 and headed to play rival UNC in Chapel Hill, the hotseat was about …
Dec
29
2017
At one point in the season Wake Forest was 7-4, with 2 games left in the season. If the Deacs could have a 8 or 9 win season, it would open eyes around the country. 7-6 year? Wake Forest has been there and done that. If you ask head coach Dave Clawson, he was looking …
Dec
28
2017
Virginia Tech held Mason Rudolph and a prolific Oklahoma State offense to it’s second lowest point total of the season. The Hokies rushed for 248 yards and out-gained the Cowboys 506 to 471, but still found a way to lose the game. It was pretty simply what happened. The Hokies were mistake prone, Oklahoma State …
Dec
28
2017
2017 was successful football season by Virginia, even with a 49-7 bowl loss to Navy. Here’s why… Getting embarrassed in a bowl game is still better than no bowl game at all. #UVA — Danny Neckel (@DNeckel19) December 28, 2017 When you haven’t been to a bowl game since 2011, and haven’t won more than …
Dec
27
2017
Boston College is not an easy place to coach football. They are in division with Clemson, Florida State and Louisville. That’s 2 national championship teams and 2 Heisman winners in the last 4 years. NC State and Wake Forest are solid, and on a given day Syracuse is capable of beating anyone they play. Just …
Dec
27
2017
There’s no way to sugar coat it, 2017 has a bad year for Florida State. 7-6 seasons don’t cut it in Tallahassee, but it certainly wasn’t the disaster it could have been. FSU doesn’t have to look far to see the trainwrecks at Florida and Tennessee, and know it could have been worse. Following the …
Dec
26
2017
Following a 4-8 2016, there were a little rumblings that Duke football had peaked with the 2013-2015 seasons. During that time Duke averaged 9 wins a year. 2017 was a big year for the Blue Devils to prove they weren’t slipping. Duke needed to prove 2016 was just an aberration, and that the Blue Devils …
Dec
21
2017
With Clemson reaching the college football playoffs for the 3rd year in a row, already hoisting up a national championship trophy, and pulling in another monster recruiting class you have to wonder is Clemson on the verge of becoming College Football’s next dynasty? That’s exactly what Dan Wolken at USAToday writes about in his piece …
Dec
14
2017
Interesting stuff from Disney\ESPN… Now that Disney now owns all of the FOX Regional Sports Networks, what will Disney\ESPN do with their new acquisitions? This piece from Yahoo Finance tries to answer that question. For those that were concerned about the ACC Network in the cord cutting era… Disney paying for these TV assets is …
Dec
10
2017
@Hokiesmash_ASD and @TalkinACCSports are back at it with another podcast. We have a great guest – @TerryPJohnson of the http://thecomeback.com/. Please check out that really good site. 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 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 …
Dec
09
2017
Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield won the 2017 Heisman. He was a great choice. I’m not arguing that. Louisville’s Lamar Jackson was the 2016 winner and a finalist this year. Sometimes in losing you find out even more about more about an athlete. Louisville are and should still be very proud of Lamar Jackson. It’s been a …
Dec
09
2017
We’ll be turning the corner from ACC Football to ACC Basketball over the next few days. Expect a weekly NCAA Bubble Analysis of ACC starting this week. Before we get into that, we are go select 3 ACC teams that have been up in the early non-conference schedule and 3 that are down. Up Duke …
Dec
05
2017
ACC Bowl Games There are ten ACC teams playing in bowl games, the most of any conference. The most anticipated game is obviously Clemson vs Alabama. Picking who makes it to the playoffs is one thing, predicting the winners of them is another. These betting sites have been tested out if you’re planning to make bets yourself. Whether you’re …
Dec
04
2017
It’s bowl season! Do you know what gifts your team is getting? SportsBusinessDailey has the gift packages for each bowl game. There is anything from backpacks to $400 Best Buy Gift Cards. Make sure you follow the All Sports Discussion Twitter account at @AllSportsDACC and please like our Facebook Page
Dec
03
2017
When the College Football Playoff Committee made the erroneous decision to include the Alabama Crimson Tide into the playoffs, they made one thing clear. Playing a tough OOC game isn’t worth the risk. We told you this 2 1/2 years ago. If you want to make the playoffs don’t lose. For all the bluster about …