Jul
04
2015
I hope everyone is having a great 4th of July! Here is a little football reading for your Independence day. Previous and Upcoming Rankings Quarterbacks | Running Backs | Wide Receivers | Offensive Linemen | Tight Ends | Defensive Linemen| Cornerbacks | Safeties | Special Teams 1) Terrance Smith, Florida State Terrance Smith is set to have a huge senior season at Florida State. Last …
Jul
01
2015
As we look ahead to the 2015 college football season, one thing is abundantly clear, there is more balance across the country in college football that at anytime in the last 10 years. SEC fans may bristle at the notion, but the rest of the country has caught up to SEC in football. Does that …
Jun
30
2015
It is time to turn our attention to the stars on defense in the ACC starting with the defensive linemen. Previous and Upcoming Rankings Quarterbacks | Running Backs | Wide Receivers | Offensive Linemen | Tight Ends | Linebackers | Cornerbacks | Safeties | Special Teams 1) Dadi Nicolas, Virginia Tech The more I look at Virginia Tech defense, the more I think this could be …
Jun
29
2015
In the last week, the most significant ACC news was definitely Virginia coming through and winning the College Baseball Title. The 1955 curse/titleless drought is over thanks to the Hoos. The ACC will win more College Baseball titles, but the 2015 Virginia Cavaliers will always be known as the team that ended the streak. Congratulations …
Jun
26
2015
It’s time to look at the best Tight Ends in the ACC, as we close out our offensive rankings. Here we go… Previous and Upcoming Rankings Quarterbacks | Running Backs | Wide Receivers | Offensive Linemen | Defensive Linemen | Linebackers | Cornerbacks | Safeties | Special Teams 1) Bucky Hodges, Virginia Tech Virginia Tech’s Bucky Hodges’s has future star written all over him. As a RS …
Jun
20
2015
A well written article from at ACC Prescription got me thinking about the ACC’s football perception. ACCPrescription looked at how the ACC got a poor football reputation that only in recent years has improved. ACC Prescription correctly identifies the 2003-2011 seasons as a low point era for ACC football. The ACC won just 1 BCS game during …
Jun
18
2015
We keep moving along in our rankings and now we are checking out the best offensive linemen in the ACC. Previous and Upcoming Rankings Quarterbacks | Running Backs | Wide Receivers | Tight Ends | Defensive Linemen | Linebackers | Cornerbacks | Safeties | Special Teams 1) Landon Turner, North Carolina Landon Turner is is 6’4″ and 325 lbs. He’s a powerful run blocker that improved as the season …
Jun
16
2015
@Hokiesmash and I (@TalkinACCSports ) talk ACC football, and football in the Commonwealth State with AP Sports Writer @HankKurzJr. We were privileged to have @HankKurzJr share his unique insight into sports in the state of Virginia and the ACC. To download the audio file of this podcast, please go here. You can also find this most recent podcast and all …
Jun
15
2015
What’s happening with the ACC Bloggers? Let’s find out… ACC Prescription takes a look at where Athlon Sports ranks the ACC coaches nationally. Dabo Swinney is ranked as the 38th best coach in the country, so take the credibility of the rankings with a grain of salt, or just laugh at Athlon – 4 …
Jun
13
2015
After Louisville was eliminated from the NCAA baseball tournament during super regional play, it officially closed the book on the Cardinals first year in the ACC. Who knows the future, but for the time being ACC is set in it’s current configuration of teams. I think it is a good time to look what ACC’s …
Jun
12
2015
It’s time to look at the ACC’s top wide receivers. Previous and Upcoming Rankings Quarterbacks | Running Backs | Offensive Linemen | Tight Ends | Defensive Linemen | Linebackers | Cornerbacks | Safeties | Special Teams 1) Tyler Boyd, Pittsburgh Tyler Boyd at WR and James Conner at RB form the best WR-RB in the COUNTRY. Boyd is a consensus 1st-team pre-season All-America, coming off a fantastic 2014 season. …
Jun
09
2015
@Hokiesmash and I (@TalkinACCSports ) review the spring and preview Pittsburgh football for 2015 with a return guest – @CzarOfPgh. We really appreciate @CzarOfPgh taking the time to join the podcast and discuss Pittsburgh football with us. Things may be on the upswing at Pitt with a new coach, and some elite players on offense. To download the …
Jun
07
2015
This is will be a short post for this evening. We are at that point in the summer where all the previews are coming out nationally. We are doing ACC football preview podcasts and posts here at AllSportsDiscussion.com. Recently Phil Steele released his pre-season All-ACC football teams for 2015. One of the things I …
Jun
06
2015
We are continuing our ACC player rankings with a looking the conference’s Running Backs. There are some good ones in the ACC this year. Previous and Upcoming Rankings Quarterbacks | Wide Receivers | Offensive Linemen | Tight Ends | Defensive Linemen | Linebackers | Cornerbacks | Safeties | Special Teams 1) James Conner, Pittsburgh First year Pittsburgh coach Pat Narduzzi is going to be blessed with some of the …
Jun
05
2015
Usually the discussion how to improve the sport is reserved for college basketball. That is not the case here. CBSSportsline takes a stab how to improve college football with 6 suggestions. Check out their article to get a full description of the suggested rule changes. 1. Let’s get rid of the kickoff – Uh no. …
Jun
04
2015
Thursday it became official… Boston College and Georgia Tech are playing in Ireland to open the 2016 Football Season. The full news release can be found at the ACC.com. Honestly I’ve never been a huge fan of these sort of games. You are playing in locale that you aren’t going to recruit from, and trying …