Sep
06
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 that …
Sep
04
2017
I was wondering where to go with this post-game article on Virginia Tech vs West Virginia. Do I praise Justin Fuente for reviving the Virginia Tech program? He deserves it, but I think we know Virginia Tech is in good hands with Fuente. What about asking if Virginia Tech is the ACC Coastal Division favorite …
Sep
03
2017
Dotted across twitter by some FSU fans after a 24-7 loss to Alabama was why play Alabama in game 1? QB Deondre Francois may have suffered a serious knee injury too. We hope it’s not so bad. Was it worth it for Florida State to play Alabama? I think this question is bigger than just …
Sep
02
2017
Everything was there for NC State… They had an experienced QB, some playmakers on offense, and a defensive line many thought was one of the 10 best in college football. They opened the season against a rebuilding South Carolina team with a head coach in Will Muschamp who’s had little tangible success in his career. …
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 …