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 …
Jan
01
2016
It was odd that a Clemson team ranked #1 and 13-0 had so many doubters heading into their Orange Bowl National Semi-Final with Oklahoma. I wonder if many of these doubters really watched the Tigers this year. Well they probably realized now that Clemson is one of the two best teams in the country after …
Jan
01
2016
Was Florida State lacking motivation against Houston? Did they not respect Houston? It doesn’t matter. I don’t buy those kind excuses when you lose a bowl. If you get beat you get beat. Florida State flat got beat by the Houston Cougars today. Houston was better prepared, they executed better, and they were the better …
Dec
30
2015
When Bobby Petrino came back to Louisville, everyone agreed Petrino was very good coach. What we wondered is when would the Cardinals begin to take on the identity we expect from a Petrino coached team. You know what it looks like – creative offensive play calling, and really good quarterback play. They’ve been pretty good …
Dec
30
2015
Let’s not sugar coat this Belk Bowl loss for NC State. They were whooped up and down the field by Mississippi State Wednesday. I thought this would be difficult game for the Wolfpack to win, but I didn’t expect it to be so un-competitive. This program and their head coach Dave Doeren are at a …
Dec
29
2015
When you’re North Carolina the opportunity to be a great football team doesn’t come around often. Maybe there will be more opportunities in the future, but history says those chances will be limited. UNC had a chance Tuesday to be great, and they absolutely blew it. You wouldn’t have known the way UNC’s D was …
Dec
28
2015
Pittsburgh had a nice season in 2015. They won 8 games, and contended for an ACC Coastal Division Title late into the season, but Pat Narduzzi has a long way to go to change the losing culture that surrounds the Pitt program. Several times this past season, Pitt had opportunities to have a special season. …
Dec
26
2015
There wasn’t a whole lot to be gained program wise for Virginia Tech to beat a 6-6 Tulsa team in the Independence Bowl. A loss would have been embarrassing, but new coach Justin Fuente is on the way no matter what the result was. Bud Foster’s defense was shredded to pieces, and gave 52 points …
Dec
26
2015
I was prepared to be hard on Duke if they lost the Pinstripe Bowl to Indiana. After moving to respectability a few years ago, and 19 wins the last years Duke started have the look of program that might have hit a wall. Even during the improvement of the last several, the Blue Devils still …
Dec
26
2015
Well before Miami’s Sun Bowl loss to Washington State, we all knew Miami needed a coaching change. Former UGA coach Mark Richt is coming, and if there was still an lingering doubt that the Hurricane program needed a complete overhaul the Sun Bowl proved it. Everything wrong with Miami football was on display. Undisciplined play, …
Dec
24
2015
When was the last time the college football national wasn’t won by a true blue-blood program? Auburn in 2010? No, the Tigers are historically a consensus top 10-20 program.Florida in 2008? Nope… By the time 2000s rolled around Steve Spurrier had made the Gators a national power with his Florida teams on the 1990s. I’m …
Dec
23
2015
Our good friends from the excellent college sports answered a number of questions on the ACC recently. Here are the topics they looked at for us. ACC Football team of the year, and most disappointing team of the year. ACC Football Coach of the year, and coaches on the hotseat Thoughts on ACC Coaching Hires …
Dec
22
2015
Let’s check in on the ACC Bloggers… ACC Blog ACCPerscription looks back at the how ACC football has changed the last 3 years and where it stands today. Miami blog StateoftheU Previews the Hurricane’s Sun Bowl Matchup with Washington State. I’m anticipating a very entertaining game in this one. How about a preview of the Virginia …
Dec
22
2015
@Hokiesmash and @TalkinACCSports were joined by @_EthanMoore of @LvilleSprtsLive that airs every Wednesday night at 6 pm on @939TheVille with his co-host @_NickBurch. We always enjoy when @_EthanMoore takes the time to join us on the show. 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 …
Dec
20
2015
As we head into bowl season, the ACC has 9 teams that headed towards the post-season. Clemson and Florida State are in Big 6 bowls, so obviously those games are the most important to win, so I want to look at the the non-Big ACC bowls games. Everybody wants to win their bowl game, …
Dec
16
2015
The ACC is 4-1 in Big 6 Bowl games since 2012, with 3 straight Orange Bowls wins, by FSU, Clemson, and Georgia Tech. Florida State won the national title in 2013, and made the playoffs in 2014. Clemson has made the playoffs this year. In 2014 the ACC finished the year with 4 ranked teams. …