Jan
20
2016
It’s been a couple of weeks since we checked in on the ACC bloggers. What are they up to? Good article from Florida State blog Tomahawknation on what last weeks title game deregulation ruling means for the ACC. After Clemson’s national championship runner-up season, Tiger blog RubbingtheRock tell us that Clemson football will be …
Jan
18
2016
The ACC Football schedule has yet to come out for the 2016 season. The marquee game will again be Clemson vs Florida State. With both teams likely to be in the pre-season top 10, and viable playoff contenders, should the ACC schedule this game in September as they did in 2014 and 2012 or …
Jan
16
2016
The 2015 College Football Season just ended. What does that mean? Time for 2016 Way to Early College Football Top 25 Rankings of course! SBNation combined 13 Way to Early Top 25 rankings. The ACC is well represented with 4-5 teams in most of the Top 25 Rankings. Clemson was ranked #1 in the majority …
Jan
15
2016
One of the most hilariously flawed “advanced metric” rankings tool the ESPN’s FPI is at it again. They just released their Final Rankings, and they got the first team correct. Alabama is ranked #1. That was correct. It was downhill from there. Let point out the most egregious errors. #2 Oklahoma (11-2) – The …
Jan
14
2016
Let’s take a final look at how the conference matched up after bowl season. Let me point out on my philosophy on these rankings – you’re most recent OOC results count a lot. We’ll give each conference a relative strength value 1-10. Let me explain my relative rankings 0-5 : Conference lacks depth no elite …
Jan
13
2016
The ACC’s football perception is always a sensitive subject. Is it improving? Does it trail the other 4 power 5 conferences? Are it’s best teams at a SOS disadvantage? and on and on. Another season is in the books, did the ACC continue its steady progression that’s been going on since 2012? Overall you have …
Jan
12
2016
I finally had some time to sit down and give my thoughts on a classic national title game between Clemson and Alabama. Let me just get started… Was Clemson QB Deshaun Watson fantastic in defeat or what? Watson absolutely shredded the vaunted Alabama defense to pieces. He had over 400 yards through the air, and …
Jan
11
2016
@Hokiesmash and @TalkinACCSports were joined by @TN_Hoops ( Michael Rogner ), the head basketball writer for the excellent Florida State site Tomahawknation.com. We appreciate @TN_Hoops looking at ACC basketball and getting us ready for the conference season. We also preview the College Football National Title Game between Clemson and Alabama. To download the audio file of this podcast, please go …
Jan
09
2016
It’s been 34 years since Clemson last played for a national title in football. Back in 1981 Clemson played and won the national title. FoxSports has an interesting article looking at what the world looked like back in 1981. How times have changed! Make sure you follow the All Sports Discussion Twitter account at @AllSportsDACC and please …
Jan
08
2016
Oh boy… This was an eye opening article from BroadCastingCable.com. ESPN could lose $20 Million on this year’s College Football Playoff Semi-Finals. Despite the efforts of the College Football Playoff committee and some media outlets downplaying the financial hit ESPN took by being forced to televise the two national championship semi-final games on New Year’s Eve, …
Jan
07
2016
Judging by CBSSportline’s college football “experts”, Clemson should just forfeit the National Championship game with Alabama, avoid the embarrassment and finish the year ranked #2. Alabama is a very good team, with an outstanding defense, but they are beatable. They lost to Ole Miss, nearly lost to Tennessee, and struggled in season ending games against …
Jan
06
2016
Monday night Clemson will be playing for the National Title against Alabama. Players like Deshaun Watson, Shaq Lawson, Wayne Gallman, and Mackensie Alexander are some of the recruits that have made the Tigers a National Title Contender. Clemson didn’t become a national championship caliber team overnight though. Mired in mediocrity, and a reputation for underachievement …
Jan
05
2016
@Hokiesmash and Kyle Roth – @NDSUJerk previewed the 2015 FCS Championship Game. Our FCS fans should enjoy this podcast very much. 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 updates! You can also find this most recent podcast and all …
Jan
04
2016
So I turn on ESPN to see a discussion of the National Title Championship. There aren’t a lot options here for pre-game analysis. You have FOX, but I won’t watch any network analysis that employs Clay Travis… period. That doesn’t mean ESPN is a shining star with their Title Talk. The first thing I see …
Jan
02
2016
This past week I traveled down to the Orange Bowl as a Clemson Tiger fan. I went to the ACC Championship in Charlotte last year to root on Georgia Tech. One thing has become very apparent to me. The College Football Playoff isn’t expanding without a complete paradigm shift in how the college football post-season …
Jan
01
2016
In the one of most nauseating headlines I’ve ever seen on ESPN, the national title game between Alabama and Clemson is being called an “Glorified SEC Title Game”. I’m a little confused by this, because isn’t Clemson in the ACC? If Kentucky and North Carolina met for the national title in basketball would it be …