Sep
02
2022
Sources: The CFP Board of Managers has decided on a 12-team College Football Playoff during today’s meeting. — Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) September 2, 2022 Well, there you have it first reported by Pete Thamel. It seems we are well on our way to the 12 Team Playoff. I’ll be honest I’ll always prefer the Bowls …
Sep
02
2022
Coastal Carolina is a relative newcomer on the college football scene, but if you’re a college athlete, the upstart from the Sun Belt Conference located the shores of South Carolina has been around long enough. The Chanticleers – a mascot adaptation taken from their older sister school, the South Carolina Gamecocks – began playing football …
Sep
01
2022
Brett Ciancia has been a podcast guest of ours, and his tweet says it all. Rivalry > Realignment #PickSixNationpic.twitter.com/t0xk3T1scS — Pick Six Previews (@PickSixPreviews) September 2, 2022 With National TV, Gameday, a sold-out crowd, historical rivals Pittsburgh and West Virginia put on a Thursday night show that reminded us all that nothing beats a good …
Sep
01
2022
Author @MattZemek, Editor at @TrojansWire . This is the biggest, most important season in the entire history of North Carolina State football. “Geez, Matt, why are you bombarding us with hot takes right out of the gate? Recency bias, much? Come on. This is so unprofesional. Why do you have to make an extreme, far-reaching statement with zero nuance? Sigh.” …
Aug
31
2022
ACC Team of the Week : Florida State – for a 47-7 win Duquesne 14. Duke (0-0) Last Week: — Temple is really bad, and if Duke loses to them – Yikes the Blue Devils could be worse than we thought, and we think they are pretty bad. 13. Georgia Tech (0-0) Last Week : — …
Aug
30
2022
This will be a new series. The three biggest ACC football question marks of that week. Here we go for Week 1. How will Clemson QB DJ Uiagalelei play? Clemson is a 20+ point favorite against Georgia Tech. This should be an easy Labor Day win for Clemson, but let’s not forget last year’s game …
Aug
29
2022
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) have a special guest tonight to preview the ACC football season with @mattzemek Editor, @TrojansWire and contributor right here. We were so pleased to have Matt join us once again! 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 …
Aug
28
2022
We finally had some actual football this past weekend. Now the next weekend is when the season really gets going. ACC fans don’t usually think ESPN has been a friend to the conference either through promotion, prime-time slots, or the all-important media revenue rights. Earlier this week ESPN’s #2 Executive Burk Magnus did say the …
Aug
27
2022
When you play the kind of opponents Florida State and UNC did an opening weekend in Duquesne and Florida A&M it’s hard to draw sweeping generalizations on the future of their seasons. I tend to watch these types of games like spring games. Which individuals and units stood out? Florida State won their game 47-7, …
Aug
26
2022
Best / Worst Case Record for : Louisville | Virginia | Miami | Duke | Georgia Tech | Boston College | Pittsburgh |Florida State | Virginia Tech | NC State | Syracuse | North Carolina | ACC 2022 Football Schedule Wake Forest When it comes to ACC Football, there are just 2 programs in the ACC that have consistently played up to their potential in recent years. Clemson is one, and Wake Forest …
Aug
25
2022
Best / Worst Case Record for : Louisville | Virginia | Miami | Duke | Georgia Tech | Boston College | Pittsburgh |Florida State | Virginia Tech | NC State | Syracuse | Wake Forest ACC 2022 Football Schedule North Carolina 2021 was supposed to be the year for North Carolina. Sam Howell was back at QB, and you entered the season in the top 15. It took one game for the season to …
Aug
24
2022
We wrote here nearly 2 months ago, ESPN had several reasons to want to keep the ACC in tact. As we correctly surmised, we now have confirmation from Burke Magnus, a top ESPN executive, as he detailed ESPN’s current and future relationship with the ACC. You can take your twitter sources what ESPN will do …
Aug
23
2022
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 2022 Football Schedule Syracuse Syracuse’s magical 2018 top 15 10-3 season is starting to seem like a lifetime ago. In the three years since Syracuse has won 11 games and won just 5 …
Aug
22
2022
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) have a special guest tonight to preview the ACC football season @TerryPJohnson. Terry has been a contributor to several college football sites, including our site here. We were happy to have Terry join us! To find old podcasts prior to episode 385, you can follow this link -> https://www.talkshoe.com/show/the-acc-weekly-podcast In this …
Aug
21
2022
Best / Worst Case Record for : Louisville | Virginia | Miami | Duke | Georgia Tech | Boston College | Pittsburgh |Florida State | Virginia Tech | NC State | Clemson | Syracuse | North Carolina | Wake Forest ACC 2022 Football Schedule Clemson You win 10 games, beat your in-state rival, win your final 6 games, and finish the season in the top 15. That’s a great season for …
Aug
21
2022
The ACC has never been good at PR. They’ve often let realignment and conference perception stories get out ahead of them, only to play catchup later. John Swofford had the moniker “the Ninja” commissioner, and the ACC’s current state of affairs lies with him. That’s how it is at the top. Jim Phillips has taken …