Sep
01
2017
Week One of the 2017 College Football season is nearly here. Before long, the College Gameday crew will make their predictions in the shadow of the new Atlanta Mercedes-Benz stadium. Lee Corso has already made his prediction: FSU over Alabama. Brave words from a brave man, and who could blame him? It’s a fresh slate …
Aug
30
2017
Best / Worse Case Record for : Louisville | Virginia | Miami | Duke | Georgia Tech | Clemson | Florida State | Pittsburgh | NC State | Boston College | Virginia Tech | Syracuse | North Carolina Wake Forest Dave Clawson quietly did one of the best coaching jobs in the country last year. The rest of the nation may not have known, but followers of the ACC know what a good job Clawson did. Wake Forest went …
Aug
29
2017
Best / Worse Case Record for : Louisville | Virginia | Miami | Duke | Georgia Tech | Clemson | Florida State | Pittsburgh | NC State | Boston College | Virginia Tech | Syracuse | Wake Forest North Carolina Did North Carolina let a chance to join the ACC’s elite slip away with a somewhat disappointing 8-5 season? Sitting at 7-2, the Heels lost 3 of their last 4 games, and now enter 2017 without several …
Aug
29
2017
Best / Worse Case Record for : Louisville | Virginia | Miami | Duke | Georgia Tech | Clemson | Florida State | Pittsburgh | NC State | Boston College | Virginia Tech | North Carolina | Wake Forest Syracuse Dino Babers had a major rebuilding job at Syracuse, and trying to turn things around in one of country’s toughest divisions was going to be a tall order. Babers showed enough in year one, that there is …
Aug
29
2017
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. We’ve had a lot of fun podcasts here this year to preview the 2017 football season for each of the ACC football teams (you could tell that we were excited for them to start). Here they are: The Duke football preview podcast with @MikeKlineDSB right here. The …
Aug
28
2017
Best / Worse Case Record for : Louisville | Virginia | Miami | Duke | Georgia Tech | Clemson | Florida State | Pittsburgh | NC State | Boston College | Syracuse | North Carolina | Wake Forest Virginia Tech Justin Fuente came to Virginia Tech, and many felt he would make the Hokies a big winner in short order. Fuente has the Hokies ahead of schedule winning 10 games in year 1 including a stirring comeback …
Aug
27
2017
@Hokiesmash_ASD and good friend of the blog @sportsbroad (who filled for @TalkinACCSports) as co-host had a great podcast with @MattZemek (Matt Zemek) of @FanRagSports. Matt always brings a wealth of college football knowledge to our podcasts and we appreciated him joining us. In addition you can subscribe to the Podcast on ITUNES to get the quickest updates! You can also …
Aug
26
2017
Best / Worse Case Record for : Louisville | Virginia | Miami | Duke | Georgia Tech | Clemson | Florida State | Virginia Tech | NC State | Boston College | Syracuse | North Carolina | Wake Forest Pittsburgh Last year you saw the potential of the Pittsburgh program. Very few schools had a better pair of wins than the Panthers had with wins over Penn State and Clemson. 4 of the 5 Panther losses …
Aug
25
2017
@Hokiesmash_ASD and myself @TalkinACCSports wanted to get you ready for the FCS college football by bringing in FCS expert @ndsujerk – Kyle Roth, who has covered Missouri Valley Football Conference since 2008. Take a listen, it was a great podcast and we thank Kyle for joining us. In addition you can subscribe to the Podcast on ITUNES to get the quickest …
Aug
24
2017
I’m going to leave this right here. Wow… You know who is feeling pretty good too? How about Georgia Tech that just announced a sports apparel partnership with Adidas this week. From CSZ: Louisville Announces Epic Deal With Adidas! https://t.co/xwvsYCMaHr@GoCards@adidasUS#L1C4 — #Ble55ed™ (@Jeremy_CSZ) August 25, 2017 Make sure you follow the All Sports Discussion Twitter …
Aug
24
2017
Let’s make some predictions for the College Football season – How about 5 sort of bold ones? 1) Alabama will be in the playoff Alabama will represent the SEC in the playoffs for the 4th straight year. Even if Alabama loses to Florida State to open the season, they’ll cruise through a down SEC without …
Aug
22
2017
Time for some ACC bloggers! A good friend of the blog @Klownchyld_1906 recently had ACC Preview podcast with @hokiesmash_ASD. I recommend checking out the podcast. The recent events in Charlottesville were difficult to watch, but Virginia’s athletic coaches triumphed through adversity as described by ACC blog ACCnation.net. Clemson blog ShakintheSouthland tell us about Kelly Bryant being named the Tigers …
Aug
21
2017
I think these Marvel Comic College Football Kickoff Covers are pretty sharp looking. http://comicbook.com/marvel/2017/08/21/espn-college-football-marvel-comics-covers-2017/#1 Here are the ACC teams featured. There is also BYU vs LSU, Michigan vs Florida, and Ohio State vs Indiana. No. 1 Bama is ready. No. 3 FSU is ready.@Marvel is ready. pic.twitter.com/FDyXgmnp2e — ESPN CollegeFootball (@ESPNCFB) August 21, 2017 Two …
Aug
20
2017
Best / Worse Case Record for : Louisville | Virginia | Miami | Duke | Georgia Tech | Pittsburgh | Florida State | Virginia Tech | NC State | Boston College | Syracuse | North Carolina | Wake Forest Clemson Life is good in Clemson, South Carolina. The Tigers reached the the top of the mountain by knocking off Alabama in the national title game and winning it all. The Tigers now sit on the Mount …
Aug
20
2017
While the playoff committee doesn’t rank the power 5 conference, there is no way conference strength – which means OOC results doesnt 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 …
Aug
19
2017
Are you looking for those Pre-Season College Football All-American teams? We’ve got a list of several for you… SI.Com Pre-season All-American Teams. CBSSportsline Pre-Season All-American Teams. Athlons Sports Pre-Season All-American Teams. 247Sports Pre-Season All-American Teams. SportingNew Pre-Season All-American Teams. We’ve been telling you all summer how good the ACC is at defensive line. Did …