Jan
12
2026
@AllSportsDACC and I (@TalkinACCSports ) talk ACC Basketball and Miami’s incredible and still ongoing playoff run with Dan Caro @treadmillhorse of the fine Virginia Tech blog https://treadmillhorse.com/. It is already great to have Dan on! To find old podcasts prior to episode 385, you can follow this link -> https://www.talkshoe.com/show/the-acc-weekly-podcast In this order, these are the topics …
Jan
09
2026
Well, Indiana just made their matchup with Oregon look like an organized scrimmage. Indiana raced out to 35-7 halftime lead and never looked back. The Hoosiers execution level is out of this world. Curt Cignetti is a freaking wizard. What can you say? Coming into the playoffs, there were only two teams that I thought …
Jan
08
2026
I’ll be the first to admit that if the Ole Miss / Miami game came down to the 4th quarter with a Carson Beck vs Trinidad Chambliss QB battle that I didn’t think Beck could outduel Chambliss. Chambliss was fantastic, but Beck delivered and Miami is headed to the National Title Game. Congrats to them …
Jan
07
2026
We’re less than 24 hours from Miami Ole Miss in the CFP Semi-Finals. If you’re a Miami fan, the ACC Network as it should currently looks the Miami Hurricane Network. 1 game to have a home game for the national championship. It won’t be easy. Ole Miss is playing their best football of the year, …
Jan
04
2026
We hope you’ve been paying attention to November and December basketball, because that’s when those NCAA resumes largely get built. Now we’re into conference play! Here’s a selection of Men’s and Women’s NCAA Bracket Projections for 2026, as those conference seasons get going soon. Men https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/bracketology/ncaa-bracketology-2026-march-madness-men-field-predictions https://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-tournament/bracketology/ https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens-basketball/bracketology DRatings.com – Bracket Projections https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/bracketology-kentucky-north-carolina-ncaa-tournament-projection-cbs-sports-classic-conference-champions/ (last update …
Jan
03
2026
It got a little shaky at times in the Holiday Bowl, but after going up 24-0 on #17 9-3 Arizona, SMU won 24-20, completing another 9+ win season at SMU. That makes 3 straight seasons SMU has won 9 or more games. When you do that in the American conference, that’s good. When you do …
Jan
03
2026
Friday night, Wake Forest closed out what can only be described as a truly remarkable 9 win season by beating Mississippi State in the Duke Mayo’s Bowl 43-29. Going into the game Wake Forest was an underdog to a 5-7 Bulldog team. Mississippi State was a bad team, from a very pedestrian SEC. I don’t …
Jan
02
2026
With the context of actual game play, several things that most keen football fans and observers knew already were validated by the results. It’s a shame the CFP Committee was force-fed to include the wrong teams based on brands and conference affiliation. This is what the CFP ended up doing. Indiana (13-0) Ohio State (12-1) …
Jan
01
2026
For the last 2 years, any variation of the future College Football Playoffs heavily favored the SEC and the Big 10. SEC commissioner Greg Sankey and Big 10 commissioner Tony Pettiti were creating a P2 that marginalized the Big 12, ACC, the G5 to such an extent that there was even a discussion of just …
Dec
31
2025
This is a quick post for this evening, but congrats to the Miami Hurricanes on their 24-14 win over the defending national champs Ohio State Buckeyes. The scored more points against Ohio State than anyone did this year. That was the nation’s #1 scoring and total defense. Miami ran for 153 yards and then held …
Dec
31
2025
On November 16th, Duke sat 5-5 after getting blown out by Virginia and preceded with a loss to UConn. One December 31st, Duke finishes the season with a Sun Bowl win over Arizona State, an ACC Title, a 9 win season, and possibly a top 25 finish. The 42-39 win over Arizona State gives Duke …
Dec
28
2025
Almost every coach in the ACC talks about their teams being physical. They all want to be physical and tough. There’s no question about it, but how many truly do what it takes to get that way on both sides of the ball? Virginia head coach Tony Elliot did. He had a vision from the …
Dec
27
2025
At the beginning of the year, I would have said a 9-win season was near the ceiling of Georgia Tech. When you start the season 8-0 though expectations change. Georgia Tech lost 4 of its last 5, and it feels like several attainable goals got away. The question is, did Georgia Tech have a foundational …
Dec
27
2025
Something is broken with the Pittsburgh program. When the calendar turns to November, Pittsburgh largely calls it a season. After November 1, Pitt in 3 years has won 2 games. In 2023, Pitt had 3 double-digit losses in 4 games to finish the year 3-9. In 2024, Pitt started the year 7-6, then lost a …
Dec
25
2025
Cal suffered an ugly 35-31 loss in the Hawaii Bowl to Hawaii in a game they led 21-0. The loss was frustrating for Cal fans, but maybe it shouldn’t have been. If there is one thing that is consistent about Cal, it’s their inconsistency over the last several years. That’s who they currently are. They …
Dec
23
2025
Quick, which ACC Football program has won at least 9 games every season since 2023? Hint, it’s not Clemson, they won’t win more than 8 this year. It’s not Miami; they won 7 games in 2023. Florida State? NC State? SMU – well, they’ve only been in the ACC two years. Anybody else? Nope. We’re …