Just a quick post for tonight… NCAA.com has released their Heisman Contendors for 2023.  How did they size up the ACC Contendors? Top candidate QB Jordan Travis | Florida State Contenders QB Cade Klubnik | Clemson RB Will Shipley | Clemson QB Drake Maye | North Carolina Dark horse DE Jared Verse | Florida State …

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Best / Worst Case Record for : Louisville | Virginia | Miami | Duke | Georgia Tech | Boston College | Pittsburgh | Florida State | Virginia Tech | NC State |  Clemson | Syracuse | Wake Forest ACC 2023 Football Schedule North Carolina Mack Brown now enters his fifth season at UNC. The results have been uneven. The Heels at times have looked on the cusp of breaking into the big time. At others, …

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A little over two weeks ago, we said why Stanford and Cal should be considered for ACC expansion.  It’s about 2 things now. It is about survival and money. It’s the ugly truth, but that’s the way it is. The additions of Stanford and Cal give the ACC 16 full-time member schools. If even up …

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With just a couple of weeks until the college football season, let’s take a brief look at the ACC’s most intriguing OOC games. The ACC has to win their fair of these games, as we move towards an expanded playoff where football SOS will be more valuable than ever. Let’s rank the top 10 most …

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@ASD_Hokiesmash and I (@TalkinACCSports ) deep dive on Virginia Tech and Virginia sports with state of Virginia AP Sports Writer @hankkurzjr. It was great having Hank on! ACC Preview Podcast. Virginia | Duke | Georgia Tech | Boston College | Pittsburgh | Florida State | Virginia Tech | NC State | Clemson | Miami | North Carolina | Syracuse | Louisville  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 …

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With just a couple of weeks until the college football season, let’s take a brief look at the ACC’s most intriguing OOC games. The ACC has to win their fair of these games, as we move towards an expanded playoff where football SOS will be more valuable than ever. Let’s rank the top 10 most …

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Best / Worst Case Record for : Louisville | Virginia | Miami | Duke | Georgia Tech | Boston College | Pittsburgh | Florida State | Virginia Tech | NC State |  Clemson | North Carolina | Wake Forest ACC 2023 Football Schedule Syracuse It was a tale of two seasons last year for Syracuse. They started the year 6-0, and went to Clemson in a top-15 matchup that ended up the highest-rated game …

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Andrea Adelson @aadelsonESPN keeps putting out quality work covering the ACC, and her article chronicling the Virginia Tech football program post Frank Beamer is eye-opening to say the least. It is worth your time to read. What has happened to Virginia Tech? I talked to 30+ people and what emerged was a picture of not …

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  It’s back! The articles around the ACC Blogosphere. ACCPerscription has their take on the Stanford, Cal, ACC expansion saga. I tell you what, this isn’t over. Who are Florida State’s most overrated opponents according to ChopChat this year?  RubbingtheRock tells us about Clemson’s futures odds for the national title and ACC title. TreadmillHorse has …

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  With 2 weeks before the season begins, here are our preseason ACC rankings. 14. Virginia Nobody has more question marks going into the season than Virginia, but who did we think that about last year? Duke they went 9-4. 13. Boston College If Boston College loses to Northern Illinois in week 1, it might …

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Best / Worst Case Record for : Louisville | Virginia | Miami | Duke | Georgia Tech | Boston College | Pittsburgh | Florida State | Virginia Tech | NC State |  Syracuse | North Carolina | Wake Forest ACC 2023 Football Schedule Clemson How can a 11-3 (8-0) top-15 season with an ACC Title be a disappointment? Well, when you are in the rarefied air of the Alabamas, Georgias and Ohio …

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@ASD_Hokiesmash and I (@TalkinACCSports ) preview the ACC Football season with a wonderful returning guest Brett Ciancia @PickSixPreviews. Do yourself a favor and check out his work at https://picksixpreviews.com/2023-season-preview.html. ACC Preview Podcast. Virginia | Duke | Georgia Tech | Boston College | Pittsburgh | Florida State | Virginia Tech | NC State | Clemson | Miami | North Carolina | Syracuse | Louisville  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, …

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Congratulations to the blog for going nearly a week without a realignment article, but unfortunately it remains a forefront topic that you can’t completely ignore. Here is the current status of ACC expansion with Stanford and Cal. The four ACC schools that opposed the additions of Stanford and Cal at the Wed. night presidents’ meeting …

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Best / Worst Case Record for : Louisville | Virginia | Miami | Duke | Georgia Tech | Boston College | Pittsburgh | Florida State | Virginia Tech | Clemson |  Syracuse | North Carolina | Wake Forest ACC 2023 Football Schedule NC State I’ll be the first to admit, that a few years ago – I started to wonder about Dave Doeren’s future at NC State. Four years into his tenure and …

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It’s a short post for this evening but with the season just a few short weeks away how about a quick look at some of the pre-season 2023 Bowl Predictions? https://collegefootballnews.com/bowl-projections/2023-preseason-bowl-projections-college-football-playoff-prediction https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-bowl-projections-sec-big-ten-deliver-on-preseason-hype-splitting-four-playoff-spots/ https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-football/news/college-football-predictions-2023-bowl-games-playoff-semifinals-national-championship/a7r1xcdhjlffmxfbxwgwwchm Make sure you follow the All Sports Discussion Twitter account at @AllSportsDACC and please like our Facebook Page

It’s back! The articles around the ACC Blogosphere. ACCPerscription has some advice for ACC Fans and realignment.  RubbingtheRock says the ACC looks slow and lost when it comes to expansion.  ChopChat has a rundown of all the FSU players on pre-season award watch lists, and it is a lot of them. BackingthePack has some of …

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