Jan
08
2022
A few weeks ago we had a mid-season ACC Coaching HotSeat rankings. Some of those coaches didn’t make it to 2022. After the bowl season, how does ACC Football Hotseat look? This is what this looked like before the season began. We go from coldest to hottest. 0 – Ice Cold 1 – Still cool 2 – There’s …
Jan
07
2022
It was January 7, 2019. On this day the Clemson Tigers caught the Alabama Crimson Tide as a program in a stunning 44-16 victory in route to the National Title and a 15-0 season. Jan 7, 2019: With a 44-16 romp over Alabama, #Clemson becomes the first college football team to go 15-0 in a …
Jan
06
2022
ACCPrescription looks at the underclassmen that are declaring for the NFL in the ACC. BloggersSoDear tells us that Wake Forest football has a new defensive coordinator. Clemson is getting back defensive lineman KJ Henry according to ShakintheSouthland. The Tigers defense is going to be so good next year. Fundraising and season tickets are up at …
Dec
31
2021
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. A few random thoughts on the New Year’s Six Bowls – and the College Football Playoff: 2/ I’ve never been a fan of having major bowl games – including the college football playoff – on New Year’s Eve. College football has to go back to its most …
Dec
31
2021
Dave Clawson and Wake Forest with their Gator Bowl win completed one of the greatest seasons in Wake Forest history. The 38-10 victory over Rutgers finished off an 11-3 season, which may land the Deacs in the top 15. It is virtually assured, that this will be the highest final ranking Wake Forest has ever …
Dec
30
2021
Pittsburgh had a great season. They won 11 games, they beat Clemson, and won the ACC. No one can’t take away what they accomplished, but it’s not what it could have been. It could have been a truly magical season with a win in the Chick-Fila Peach bowl. That would have been a 12 win, …
Dec
30
2021
Since Mack Brown has been at North Carolina, they’ve had a slew of NFL and All-ACC players – Javonte Williams, Josh Downs, Sam Howell etc. In three years Brown barely has a .500 record (21 – 17, 14 – 12), back-to-back seasons with bowl losses, and a pre-season top 10 team that was one of …
Dec
29
2021
On October 23rd, the Clemson Tigers sat 4-3 after getting thumped by Pittsburgh 27-17. In 2021, there would be no national title, no playoffs, and no ACC Title. For a perennial top 5 team, that left Clemson staring at a season with seemingly not a lot to play for. Then Clemson started winning and getting …
Dec
29
2021
My podcast partner @Hokiesmash_ASD tweeted this very early in Virginia Tech’s bowl game, and it hits the mark of where the Hokie program is. This is going to be a long day – and it shows how big a rebuilding job that Coach Pry has on his hands. I imagine that Pry is working the …
Dec
29
2021
The 1962 Rose Bowl established a college football Civil Rights milestone, but the 60th anniversary of the New Year’s Day game will come and go attracting little, if any, recognition. What should be remembered as a tipping point quickly turned into an oxymoron – a “forgotten milestone.” The culprit was a 1960s media custom of …
Dec
28
2021
Going into the off-season it seemed Georgia Tech Geoff Collins would have the ACC’s hottest seat. That’s what happens when you win 9 games in 3 years, but he now has a buddy on the scorching hot seat bench. It’s Scott Satterfield at Louisville. Dino Babers deserves a hot seat mention, but things don’t seem …
Dec
27
2021
A conversation with bestselling author John Feinstein on his latest book, “Raise a Fist, Take a Knee.” The End Game, Episode 2 I invite you to follow me on Twitter @shanny4055 Make sure you follow the All Sports Discussion Twitter account at @AllSportsDACC and please like our Facebook Page
Dec
26
2021
It’s become virtually impossible to determine if a coaching hire will pan out. Virginia Tech’s Justin Fuente looked like a home run, that obviously didn’t pan out. Louisville’s Scott Satterfield also looked like a great hire that remains a question. We know how the skeptics looked at the hire of Dabo Swinney. We don’t know …
Dec
23
2021
The common reaction to Brian Kelly’s abrupt move on Nov. 30 from Notre Dame to LSU was surprise, but that doesn’t begin to describe Notre Dame legend Terry Hanratty’s reaction. “He threw everybody under the bus,” Hanratty said. “When he made that appearance in Louisiana, he said he’s got the greatest coaches, the greatest AD …
Dec
22
2021
Here is the ACC’s bowl schedule for 2021, and whether you think the games are purely exhibition or not the ACC needs a respectable performance. Last year the conference went a disastrous 0-6 in bowls and was hammered for it. Actually they have lost 11 straight bowl games going back to 2019. This season the …
Dec
21
2021
As Duke’s coaches observed Wendell Moore in the preseason, it was not whether junior swingman made the third shot he took after two misses in summer workouts that mattered. What they liked was they saw growing confidence to take that third shot. He had passed it up as a freshman and sophomore. But a third …