Nov
05
2016
Trivia question… Out of 128 FBS schools, name the college football team with the worst 3rd down defense in the country. If you said Georgia Tech you win. Teams are converting an incredible near 51% of their 3rd downs against Georgia Tech. Today was the culmination of poor recruiting and questionable schemes on defense as …
Nov
05
2016
For the last for weeks, we’ve been wondering what’s is wrong with Louisville. There was struggle against Duke. Then a strong win against NC State, but back to more struggles against Virginia. Lamar Jackson was still the Heisman front runner, but Michigan’s Jabril Peppers was starting to gain ground in some circles. Louisville was …
Nov
05
2016
We’ve been wondering all year what the Clemson Tigers would look like if they played a mostly mistake free game. Even in their wins against good teams like Louisville, Auburn, etc, you could still poke holes in the Tiger’s performance. Syracuse was unfortunately the recipient of arguably Clemson’s most complete game. It resulted in a …
Nov
05
2016
We are 2/3 of the way through the college football season, and the ACC continues to pull in strong TV Ratings. Who says ACC football isn’t popular? Let’s highlight the top rated games of the week that featured an ACC Team. Week 1 #2 rated Game of week – Florida State vs Ole Miss : 8.35 …
Nov
03
2016
We’re headed into the homestretch of the college football season. What do the ACC bloggers have for us? Not suprisingly Louisville blog BigRedLouie thinks the first playoff rankings are garbage. Louisville was ranked 7th in the first poll. How did FSU fans react to the loss to Clemson? Florida State blog Tomahawknation tell us. As …
Nov
01
2016
The First Playoff rankings are out. At such an early point does it matter at this point? Probably not, but that doesn’t mean we can completely ignore the first rankings First Rankings: #CFBPlayoff Top 25 pic.twitter.com/W9tz3euNNL — CFBPlayoff (@CFBPlayoff) November 1, 2016 Positions 1,2 and 3 being Alabama, Clemson, and Michigan were expected and correct …
Oct
31
2016
@Hokiesmash and myself @TalkinACCSports had a the privilege of having Anish Schroff – @AnishESPN of ESPN join us to talk ACC Basketball, ACC Football, and the ACC Network. @AnishESPN is wealth of knowledge and college athletic’s insight, and this was a great podcast. We hope you enjoy it. To download the audio file of this podcast, please go here. …
Oct
30
2016
Thanks to @Hokiesmash for sending this ACC Press Release. The Atlantic Coast Conference issued public reprimands of Florida State head football coach Jimbo Fisher and Pitt head football coach Pat Narduzzi for violating the ACC Sportsmanship Policy following Florida State’s game against Clemson on October 29, and Pitt’s game against Virginia Tech on October 27, …
Oct
30
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 depth, …
Oct
30
2016
Right now after the games of October 30th, the Clemson Tigers have the best resume in college football. It is is better than Alabama’s who has one very good home win against Texas A&M. Tennessee, Arkansas and Ole Miss have all fallen apart down the stretch. Michigan hasn’t beat anyone of note other than maybe …
Oct
29
2016
There were coaches we said on this blog were good hires – Justin Fuente at Virginia Tech, Dino Babers at Syracuse, and Bronco Mendenhall at Virginia. Virginia Tech is leading the Coastal Division race. Syracuse looks resurgent, and is threatening to make a bowl. Mendhehall is showing glimpses that he could eventually right the ship …
Oct
29
2016
This won’t be a long post, because there isn’t much to add. Boston College hadn’t won an ACC football game since November 29, 2014. Saturday they beat NC State 21-14 in an embarrassing home loss for the Wolfpack. I’m not taking anything away from BC. Those players could have quit long ago, but they didn’t. …
Oct
29
2016
Virginia vs Louisville was probably the one of the best under the radar games I’ve seen all year. Virginia for several years has been one of the worst ACC football programs. They hired the high successful Bronco Mendenhall out of BYU. Mendenhall’s teams were know for toughness and physical play. We knew that would be …
Oct
29
2016
In a conference with quarterbacks Lamar Jackson, Deshaun Watson, Jerod Evans, Mitch Tribusky, Eric Dungey, Deondre Francois, and Brad Kaaya among others, Georgia Tech’s Justin has gotten lost in the shuffle. The senior has been the heart and soul of Georgia Tech football for the last few years. He just never quits, and he’s usually …
Oct
29
2016
While every fan of an ACC schools was happy with the ACC Network and extended Grant of Rights, we’ve all been wondering about those possible earnings. Well, we now we have our first discussion on that. From Warchant.com here are some comments from FSU AD Stan Wilcox. FSU A.D. Stan Wilcox tells trustees new ACC …
Oct
27
2016
I’m calling it. The Coastal Division race ended Thursday after Virginia Tech defeated Pittsburgh. The Hokies moved 4-1 in the ACC. They hold the tie-breaker over Pittsburgh, UNC, and Miami. All have lost to the Hokies. The remaining ACC schedule is Duke, Georgia Tech, and Virginia. Duke hasn’t won an ACC game this year. Georgia …