Nov
19
2016
As we close in on the 2016 football season, one thing is becoming very clear NC State’s Dave Doeren and Boston College’s Steve Addiazo are the ACC coaches with the hottest seats. Everyone else is going to a bowl game, new, or has recent established success. Both coaches currently sit 5-6, but only have 3 …
Nov
19
2016
Take out an ugly 2nd half at UNC, and Georgia Tech has quietly put together a solid 2nd half of the season. Coming off a 37-34 loss at Pitt where Georgia Tech was a tipped pass away from winning, the Yellow Jackets could have been in real trouble – and for that matter Paul Johnson …
Nov
17
2016
Maybe Louisville was never really a playoff team, maybe they were before getting thrashed 36-10 by Houston tonight. What we do know is Louisville sat 5th in the playoff rankings going into Thursday’s with the Houston Cougars. From that position with 3 weekends of football left, Louisville could make the playoffs. They needed help, but …
Nov
15
2016
What are the ACC Bloggers up to? Need proof that the ACC is pulling in strong TV ratings? ACC Blog ACC Perscription has an article about it. Clemson blog ShakintheSouthland says the loss to Pittsburgh was all about the inability to run the ball. Yep pretty much… If you’re Pittsburgh Blog CardiacHill, how do you …
Nov
14
2016
@Hokiesmash and myself @TalkinACCSports had two new guests on this podcast. @yesh222 (Yeah Ginsburg) is college football contributor for @TheStudentSect. @MattThompson87 (Matt Thompson) is active on Twitter with college football insights every week. They were great guests, and we enjoyed having them on the podcast. To download the audio file of this podcast, please go here. In addition you can subscribe …
Nov
13
2016
Talk about complete chaos Saturday! Let’s see how this affects the playoff rankings. 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 throughout the season. We’ll give each conference a relative strength value 1-10. Let me explain my relative …
Nov
13
2016
That wily Paul Johnson… There were hotseat rumors. He was coming off a 3-9 season in 2015, his vaunted triple option offense had been solved, and he entered a game at Top 15 Virginia Tech out 5 offensive starters. Oh and Georgia Tech had the worst 3rd down defense in the entire country. This …
Nov
13
2016
Clemson had been playing with fire all year. They could have lost at Auburn. Troy could have beat them. Louisville was 3 yards shorting of beating Clemson. NC State should have beat them. Florida State had them on the ropes. Today the Tigers got beat by an opportunistic Pittsburgh team, that finally took full advantage …
Nov
13
2016
#2 Clemson 42 Pittsburgh 43 #3 Michigan 13 Iowa 14 #4 Washington 13 USC 26 #6 Louisville 44 Wake Forest 12 #8 Texas A&M 28 Ole Miss 29 #9 Auburn 7 Georgia 13 Suddenly the Louisville Cardinals are looking pretty good to the reach the College Football playoff. Louisville struggled early with Wake Forest, but …
Nov
12
2016
We all know Boston College is struggling athletically at the moment in the major revenue producing sports of Football and Men’s Basketball. They have lost 13 of their past 14 ACC football games, and have lost 19 straight ACC Basketball games. The Charlotte Observer’s Luke DeCock says the ACC Needs to do something about Boston …
Nov
10
2016
You hear it so often, and it sounds so cliche – Team A is better than it’s record. With the Duke Blue Devils, this is actually true. Duke was a team that was better than it’s 3-6, 0-4 record. If you had seen them play in recent weeks, you knew it. There was 10 point …
Nov
09
2016
Going into this weekend’s games, there are only two ACC teams who we know will not be going to a bowl game. Of the other 12 teams in the conference, half have six or more wins while the others may get their fifth victory, which could ultimately make them bowl eligible based on APR ratings. …
Nov
07
2016
@Hokiesmash and myself @TalkinACCSports had a great guest this week as @TheBenSwain joined us. Ben was formerly of ACCSports.com and SB Nation and now the editor in chief at sportschannel8.com. Enjoy the podcast! To download the audio file of this podcast, please go here. In addition you can subscribe to the Podcast on ITUNES to get the quickest …
Nov
06
2016
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 throughout the season. We’ll give each conference a relative strength value 1-10. Let me explain my relative rankings 0-5 : Conference lacks depth no elite teams 6-7: Conference lacks …
Nov
06
2016
For a program with the recent success of FSU, 2016 was going to become a truly lost season. There will be no playoffs, no conference titles, and no Big 6 bowl games. Down 10 in the 2nd half to NC State, the Noles season was about to enter trainwreck status. A 5-4 Florida State team, …
Nov
05
2016
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. With three games left in its season, the Wake Forest University Demon Deacons are bowl-eligible. Yes, you heard that right, with three games left in its season, the Deacs are going to a bowl!! Back in September after Dave Clawson’s Wake Forest team defeated Duke, the Demon …