Apr
16
2022
As we start looking toward the ACC Football season, it’s becoming apparent this might be the most talented the ACC has been since the 2016 season when the ACC briefly stood as college football’s best conference. We saw signs of the ACC starting to turn things around last when 4 teams (Clemson, Wake Forest, Pitt, …
Apr
14
2022
It’s that time of year again when we all laugh again at the ESPN FPI. This year’s edition keeps things as hilarious as ever. Let’s recap how many times the ESPN FPI has left us doubled over. 2015 – ESPN’s preseason Football Power Index is good for a hearty laugh. 2016 – A laugh, I …
Apr
13
2022
When you’ve won 9 games in three years, there isn’t a lot to be excited about the upcoming season if you are a Georgia Tech fan. You ended the season getting outscored 113-6, lost your last 2 games 100-0, and got beat in your last 6 games. Oh and your best player RB Jahmyr Gibbs …
Apr
12
2022
Please Check Out our Podcast Sponsor – Main Street Pharmacy @Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) move on in our annual previews of the College Football season with the North Carolina Tar Heels. UNC Alum @ztevans (Zach Evans) joins us to help preview UNC football. Please check out his work @RacingAmerica. To find old podcasts prior to episode …
Apr
11
2022
Transfers who can’t find homes, out of control NIL, rampant cheating in recruiting, and a post-season few care for – that’s college football it seems these days. A great sport, that’s marred by a ton of things that simply take the fun out of it all. Then hope is restored when you see something like …
Apr
10
2022
The question on all Clemson fan’s minds this spring has been where was the QB competition at? Did the talented but erratic incumbent QB starter from last year DJ Uiagalelei make enough progress to solidify his spot or did heralded freshman Cade Klubnik show enough to push him? This was Dabo Swinney after the game. …
Apr
04
2022
Please Check Out our Podcast Sponsor – Main Street Pharmacy @Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) start our annual previews of the College Football season with the Duke Blue Devils. @DukeFBCoverage (Ben Byrd) joins us to help preview Duke football. Please check out his Duke football blog – https://anchor.fm/bullcitycoordinators. Thanks to Ben for joining! To find old podcasts …
Mar
17
2022
Maybe someone from Georgia Tech marketing can explain this one to me. Why is Georgia Tech having a spring game on a Thursday night, which just happens to be the opening day of the NCAA Basketball Tournament, and St. Patricks day? Never mind that you have to fight Atlanta rush hour traffic just to get …
Feb
27
2022
Those that follow this blog know me as @TalkinACCSports (Jeff Fann). Fann isn’t the most common last name, but here’s one to keep an eye on. My young cousin Jed Fann, son of my cousin Keith Fann and Alex McDonald. Only in the 8th grade, he’s putting in the work to become a future college …
Feb
26
2022
I know it’s the job of head coaches to be optimistic, but sometimes statements made are so delusional as to make fans wonder if their coaches have lost touch with the reality of their situations. Georgia Tech’s Geoff Collins has been the ACC’s poster child for these kind of statements during the last year. In …
Feb
23
2022
Did the ACC pick the wrong alliance partners asks ACCPrescription? Florida State might have the best softball team in the country, and Tomahawknation tells us about the tournament with an elite field they just won. Is Miami’s Mario Christobal using Alabama’s success as a blueprint for the Canes? says StateoftheU The off-season results have been …
Feb
22
2022
Author : college football/basketball writer @MattZemek, Editor at @TrojansWire . Please Follow him follow on twitter. One year ago, it was narrowly and technically true that Notre Dame was an ACC football member. It was a special situation under historically unprecedented circumstances for the conference. The pandemic created an adjusted reality in which Notre Dame didn’t merely play ACC teams; it …
Feb
20
2022
Author : college football/basketball writer @MattZemek, Editor at @TrojansWire . Please Follow him follow on twitter. Jayden Daniels, the mobile Arizona State quarterback who has considerable upside but struggled under Herm Edwards in Tempe, has reportedly chosen to enter the transfer portal. He isn’t officially in the portal (as of late Thursday night), but he intends to transfer. One wonders what …
Feb
18
2022
The worst post-season in sports will maintain the status-quo for the next 4 years. The College Football Playoffs is staying at 4 teams for the next 4 years. Statement from Bill Hancock, Executive Director of the College Football Playoffs. pic.twitter.com/ZVgmX3qOI0 — Nick Jacobs (@Jacobs71) February 18, 2022 Why didn’t it expand? Heather Dinich of ESPN …
Feb
07
2022
Please Check Out our Podcast Sponsor – Main Street Pharmacy @Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) celebrate our 400th episode with @ksugiuraajc (Ken Sugiura) as talk about Georgia Tech athletics. It was a treat to have Ken 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 order, these are …
Feb
01
2022
The ACC recently released their 2022 ACC football schedule. Here we take a look at what we did like about the 2022 ACC Football schedule. It wasn’t all great, because there will also be the 5 things I don’t like about the schedule coming up soon. So here we go. 1) Florida State and North Carolina …