Jan
06
2023
I’m just going to leave this here for FSU fans to enjoy One of the greatest drives in college football history. Eight years ago today, @FSUFootball went 80 yards to win the National Championship 🏆 pic.twitter.com/9gqA1V99bn — ACC Network (@accnetwork) January 6, 2023 Make sure you follow the All Sports Discussion Twitter account at @AllSportsDACC and please …
Jan
05
2023
It’s back! The articles around the ACC Blogosphere. ACCPerscription has some points of pride for ACC Athletics. How did Clemson’s football season compare to their pre-season expectations at ShakintheSouthland? What were Florida State’s top 5 Football games according to ChopChat? Pittsburgh basketball is back and leading the ACC. CardiacHill discusses the big win over Virginia …
Jan
04
2023
ACC Team of the Week : Pittsburgh – for a 37-35 win over #18 UCLA in the Sun Bowl 14. Virginia (3-7) Last Week: 14 What will the offense look like without Brennan Armstrong? 13. Virginia Tech (3-8) Last Week: 13 Justin Fuente left a mess for Brent Pry didn’t he? 12. Boston College (3-9) Last …
Jan
01
2023
The last few years it’s been hard to find positives for ACC football after the bowl season. In 2021, we had to say this The ACC could have used a credible bowl season. Sure with all the opt-outs, transfers, and COVID results you can argue that you can’t make sweeping generalizations about a conference good …
Dec
31
2022
It’s been an up-and-down season for ACC football which is an upgrade over previous seasons. We’ll talk more about that later. The conference did end up with a winning bowl record (5-4) for the first time since 2018, and it was clinched by the Pittsburgh Panthers in an improbable win against one best teams an …
Dec
31
2022
After a 31-14 thumping in the Orange Bowl to Tennessee, the question is not whether Dabo Swinney should re-evaluate his program. That’s an absolute no-brainer, but will he re-evaluate it? Clemson will finish the year at 11-3 and ACC Champion. It will be a top-15 season. That’s a great season for most college football programs. …
Dec
30
2022
NC State won 8 games this year. They beat UNC, Florida State, and a pretty good Texas Tech team, and you still feel this is the season that got away from the Wolfpack. The stars aligned with QB Devin Leary returning, and a talented shutdown defense. There was talk of being ACC Champions and a …
Dec
29
2022
If you think North Carolina had a roller-coaster season, they have nothing on Syracuse. After six games this year, the Orange were the darlings of the ACC. They were 6-0 and ranked in the top 15. Dino Babers was right there with Duke’s Mike Elko as an ACC COY candidate. This included wins against a …
Dec
29
2022
Florida State didn’t play their best football in a 35-32 Cheez-It Bowl win victory over Oklahoma. The Sooners came out motivated, and with an excellent offensive game plan that kept the Noles off-balance the entire game. As the Seminoles continue to re-establish their program, they did what mature football programs do. They found a way …
Dec
28
2022
On November 12th, North Carolina stood 9-1 and in the top 15 with a QB in Drake Maye in line to get to NYC and contend for a Heisman. There was even a remote shot at the playoffs. Then it all just fell apart. North Carolina started to find ways to lose in every possible …
Dec
28
2022
What other superlative can you use to describe Mike Elko’s first season at Duke? After a 9-4 season that included a bowl win was it astonishing, stunning, or shocking? How about all of the above and more? Before Elko’s arrival, Duke went 1-17 in the ACC, and 0-8 last year. They won only 5 total …
Dec
23
2022
When you are the Alabamas and Clemsons of the world your floor in a season is 10 maybe 11 wins. That is only for the elite of the elite programs. For 95% of college football if your floor is consistently 8 wins then you are probably one of the top 35 programs in college football, …
Dec
23
2022
Wednesday’s National Signing Day just doesn’t have the excitement it used to have with the transfer portal now a part of the game. That said it’s still a big day, but we’d also have to look at the transfer portal rankings. Who made out in the ACC? Recruiting Rankings are pulled from Rivals.com, 247Sports, and Transfer …
Dec
21
2022
Nobody waves the flag better than the NFL, so imagine the league’s draft day stage if Army West Point All-American linebacker Andre Carter’s name is called as a first-round pick. The cameras find Carter, who has been projected among the top 50 picks and as high as 22nd in mock drafts. The 6-foot-7, 260-pounder climbs …
Dec
19
2022
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) have a special guest tonight to preview the ACC Bowl Season. The esteemed @MattZemek joins us! Please check out his work as editor of USA Today’s @TrojansWire. 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 topics we covered on the podcast. …
Dec
17
2022
In a span of just a couple of months, Louisville football fans went from our football program is in shambles to hey I can’t until next season. On October 1, 2022, Louisville lost 34-33 to a bad Boston College team to fall to 2-3. There was also a 24-point loss to Syracuse. Fans were ready …