Jun
02
2014
We know you’ve missed, and it’s back! It’s articles from around the ACC Blogosphere. Right now were in the middle of the College Baseball Tournament where Virginia, departing ACC member Maryland and incoming ACC program Louisville are still alive. What else are the ACC bloggers writing about? Virginia blog StreakingtheLawn is pumped about the Hoos …
May
29
2014
@HokieSmash and I @TalkinACCSports have jam packed ACC podcast for you this week. Before we get into that though, a couple of future podcast notes. @HokieSmash has lined a up great series of guests starting in June and taking us through Augusts to prepare us for the College Football Season. In the next few days @WillsWorldMN will start us out with a …
May
28
2014
SouthernPigskin had an article today titled ” Is Paul Johnson Bad for the ACC “. It was an interesting, but flawed piece. The author’s premise is that for the ACC to catch the SEC in football they need to start winning more recruiting battles in the state of Georgia. Paul Johnson as the head coach …
May
26
2014
@Hokiesmash authored most of this piece, and I threw in a few thoughts. With everything on the table as it comes to college football scheduling, how about this proposal for the ACC? Happy Memorial Day Weekend, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. Wherever you are in the world, please take time to thank those that have …
May
22
2014
Thanks to @HokieSmash for this press release from the ACC. Congratulations to these two great ACC players! As a Georgia Tech grad, Joe Hamilton is my favorite Yellow Jacket of all time. How could you not love him? He beat Georgia three years in a row! ACC Has Hamilton and Bly Selected For National Football …
May
22
2014
Interesting report from CBSSports’ Jeremy Fowler… He reported today that the ACC-SEC could be on their way to an informal scheduling agreement. “The ACC and SEC have created a de facto partnership as the lone power conferences to maintain an eight-game scheduling model entering the College Football Playoff.” This clearly means the ACC and SEC …
May
20
2014
Greetings, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) fans. Aye – the offseason – you know this is a painful time 😉 After all, the first college football game isn’t for another 100 days, eh? Site owner, Jeff Fann (@TalkinACCSports), and I are here to help the time go a little faster. We hope you have enjoyed our …
May
20
2014
Thanks to @HokieSmash for this ACC press release. Ok I’m ready for football! Atlantic Coast Conference Announces 2014 Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game in Primetime; Early Season Gametime and TV Schedule Primetime for the 10th Annual Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship; New Member Louisville Makes ACC Debut Hosting Miami on Labor Day Monday Night Every ACC Hosted …
May
19
2014
You’ve always seen coaching hotseat rankings for football or basketball, but how often have you seen them combined? I was thinking which school might have to be doing a double duty, in the near future if you know what I mean. This will be our ranking systems. 5 – Firing Imminent barring a miracle 4 …
May
18
2014
It’s never too soon to start talking about College Football. It’s only May, but we’re already getting some bowl predictions. This is good for some early season discussion. These bowl predictions are from Jerry Palm of CBSSPortsline. Let’s take a closer look at the ACC teams we follow on this blog, and whether we agree …
May
12
2014
The ACC’s Spring meetings are this week, and several important topics will be discussed including Division, the ACC Network, and 8 or 9 game conference schedule. Well it’s just about official on one of these, the ACC is going to stay at 8 conference games. I am one person pleased to see this. I’ve been a …
May
11
2014
The NFL draft finished up Saturday. You can review the ACC’s entire draft results in a previous post on this blog. The ACC had 42 players drafted. For the the ACC it was pretty successful draft, as the conference continues to churn out NFL talent at a rate 2nd only the SEC who had …
May
10
2014
Blog contributor @HokieSmash sent me this ACC release after the completion of the NFL draft. I’ll be posting a follow up article with how this impressive draft showing is important for the ACC and it’s football programs. Second-Highest Total in History for League Bettered Only By 51 Picks in 2006 ACC Finishes Second Only to SEC; …
May
10
2014
Short post for this evening… Looking for which ACC players have been drafted so through the first 3 rounds of the NFL Draft? You can find at the ACC’s Official Draft site. The ACC has had 15 players drafted so far, which is currently behind the SEC who’ve had 23 players drafted, and the Big 10 …
May
07
2014
It’s only May, and there’s plenty of time to preview ACC football for this season, but there is a train of thought that seems to be gaining some steam. Duke and North Carolina could be this year’s Coastal Division favorites. You know the two schools known more basketball. Duke was clearly the best Coastal Division …
May
06
2014
Podcast partner and site contributor @HokieSmash sent some links to me today, that I found pretty interesting especially with the NFL draft around the corner. ACC in the NFL Draft page http://theacc.co/ACCinNFLDraft This site will be ACC’s page for complete coverage of the NFL with an ACC perspective. 2014 ACC in NFL Draft Notes http://theacc.co/FB14NFLDraftnotes Some …