Sep
16
2015
I won’t even lie to you, dear reader: It’s hard to do power rankings this early in the season. How can you differentiate between various wins over FCS programs? Really, we’re just all here waiting for conference play to start and the excitement to ramp up. Fortunately, we did get one ACC game last week, …
Sep
15
2015
Let’s see what the ACC bloggers are writing this week. Georgia Tech blog FromtheRumbleSeat talks about how the Yellow Jackets will prepare for Notre Dame offense without QB Malik Zaire. Louisville is in some trouble after an 0-2 start and a very disappointing home loss to Houston. Cardinal blog UofLCardgame says there are issues all …
Sep
14
2015
@WillsWorldMN fills in for @Hokiesmash this week. He and I (@TalkinACCSports) review week 2 in the ACC and preview week 3 in ACC football. We appreciate @WillsWorldMN co-hosting as @Hokiesmash enjoys some vacation. 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 …
Sep
14
2015
It was another intriguing week of ACC football in Week 2. A lot of good, some bad, some even devastating enough to leave you hanging over the stadium guard rail, if you know what I mean, so without further adieu, here’s what we learned… 1) The ACC Coastal Division title runs through Georgia Tech. (pun …
Sep
13
2015
What a wild weekend! How did it affect the conference rankings? Let me point out on my philosophy on these rankings – you’re 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. 1) SEC – 8.5 After a solid …
Sep
12
2015
12 seconds… 12 seconds is all that remained for Virginia football to win their biggest game in years. You have to go back nearly decade when Virginia beat #5 Florida State to find a bigger one. It definitely would have been the biggest win of Mike London’s career at Virginia. Then it happened… Notre Dame …
Sep
10
2015
We’ve written several articles here about the possible ACC network, but we’ve also kept an eye on other conference network goings on. An interesting news bit came out on Pac 12 network recently. As we know the Pac 12 is fully owned by the Pac 12 conference. That may be about to change. This is …
Sep
09
2015
There’s one week in the books for the Atlantic Coast Conference. There were no losses to FBS teams (although Pitt tried, bless their hearts), but there also weren’t any wins against major conference opponents. Did we really learn that much about any of the teams in the ACC? Probably not. Is that going to keep …
Sep
09
2015
Hello ACC fans! Welcome to a new segment this season. Each week, I’ll delve into 5 key things we learned following each week. So, here goes nothing with this week’s edition! 1) The ACC has been plagued with injuries. Pittsburgh lost their leading rusher James Conner and Syracuse lost their starting quarterback Terrell Hunt for …
Sep
08
2015
A strong week for the SEC, while the Pac 12 face planted in week 1. Let’s jump right into things. Let me point out on my philosophy on these rankings – you’re 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 …
Sep
07
2015
@vabeachrep graciously filled in for @Hokiesmash this week. He and I (@TalkinACCSports) review week 1 in the ACC and preview week 2 in ACC football. We also look at the Labor Day game between Ohio State and Virginia Tech. We were joined @drunkengobbler. We appreciate @drunkengobbler joining us on the show and sharing his thoughts on ACC …
Sep
06
2015
Normally we’ll put out the Articles Around the ACC Blogosphere on Mondays, but with Virginia Tech and Ohio State playing tomorrow, we’re checking on the ACC Bloggers one day early. Let’s start in Louisville, where the Cardinals got off to a shaky start against highly ranked Auburn, but almost pulled off an epic comeback against …
Sep
05
2015
With the score 24-0 in the 3rd quarter, all I could think was that Louisville had been outscored 61-14 in their last 6 1/2 quarters against top 15 SEC teams. Louisville lost 37-14 to Georgia in their bowl game, and again today it appeared the current Cardinals simply weren’t equipped to play with teams of …
Sep
04
2015
North Carolina has been a program that since the late 90s when Mack Brown left that has been the epitome of mediocre. They haven’t been bad enough to be called awful, but they haven’t won more than 8 games since 1997. Larry Fedora’s Tar Heels have been wildly inconsistent. They play great then terrible. …
Sep
03
2015
Did you happen to see CBSSPorts.com’s Dennis Dodd make the prediction below in his 25 Things to Watch : Previewing the 2015 College Football Season a couple of days ago. 25. Bold prediction: The ACC will add its own network and — soon — another team. Hint: A certain nationally known independent. Well then… Dodd is a good …
Sep
02
2015
Ir’s almost here. College football season is just around the corner, with four Atlantic Coast Conference teams playing their season openers on Thursday. And thus, it’s time to bring back something I’m sure roughly two people have missed over the summer – my power rankings. Why are my power rankings better than anyone else’s power …