Sep
19
2021
Our Eliminator is back in Week 3. We’re running out of Group of 5 teams already, and the Pac 12 is looking to join. Last week, the Pac 12 was 12-12 in nonconference play. That’s bad. This week, it got even worse. The conference went 5-5, including the Pac 12 South going 0-5. The conference …
Sep
18
2021
There aren’t a lot of happy ACC Fanbases right now, but those at Wake Forest have to be feeling really good after trucking Florida State 35-14, and starting the season 3-0. How did Wake Forest twitter react to sending Florida State to 0-3. how bout it🎩 https://t.co/xOgq6cz5W2 — rondyfromthepack (@_dellron) September 18, 2021 RT if …
Sep
17
2021
For the last 13 months, there’s been disappointment, frustration, and distrust from Louisville fans with Scott Satterfield. Following a 4-7 2020, then Scott Satterfield flirting with other jobs, then the no show against Ole Miss to start this year, it was starting to get ugly. For at least one night, all that changed as Louisville …
Sep
16
2021
ACC Network analyst Eric Mac Lain offered more than a routine break down of the conference’s top five quarterbacks through the first two weeks of the season. He was invited on Tuesday morning’s Packer and Durham Show to list them in order. Returning starters, naturally, topped his list. He named Virginia’s Brennan Armstrong, North Carolina’s …
Sep
15
2021
While NC State can hammered for losing Mississippi State, and their lack meaningful OOC wins several ACC Teams have fewer power 5 OOC teams than the Wolfpack. Find out who from ACCPrescription . Pittsburgh got one of those nice OOC wins with a victory at Tennessee. CardiacHill recaps the big win. Georgia Tech fans …
Sep
14
2021
ACC Team of the Week : Pittsburgh – for winning at Tennessee 41-34 14. Florida State (1-1) Last Week: 5 The 20-17 loss to Jacksonville State was the worst in modern day history for the Seminoles. The defensive breakdown on the game’s final play was unforgivable. Wake Forest could send them to 0-3. 13. Georgia Tech …
Sep
13
2021
Please Check Out our Podcast Sponsor – Main Street Pharmacy @Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) review week 2 and preview week 3 in ACC Football with @Seig5052 (Brian Seigla) Co-Host of the Virginia Tech Podcast Boundary Corner @boundarycorner. Thanks to Brian for joining! You can also find this most recent podcast and all our other podcasts on …
Sep
12
2021
Author : college football/basketball writer @MattZemek, Editor at @TrojansWire . Do yourself a favor and give him a follow on twitter. This was painfully familiar to North Carolina State fans. They have lived through this broken record, this old and sad movie, this Groundhog Day nightmare, far too many times. It isn’t getting old. It got old a long time ago. …
Sep
12
2021
Our Eliminator is back in Week 2, whittling down the smaller-conference teams, and dealing with a Pac 12 on the brink of collapse. The Pac 12 has gone a staggering 12-12 in nonconference play so far. For a conference that begins behind the eight-ball due to structural disadvantages in scheduling, that’s an unacceptable number of …
Sep
11
2021
Ok, I’ll be the first to admit Tennessee football has been pretty irrelevant for the better part of the last 20 years. Pittsburgh went to Knoxville as a slight favorite. When your the ACC at the moment though for the last 14 months, there are no power 5 OOC wins – None, zero, nada – …
Sep
11
2021
DURHAM – Duke football needed something to jump start its home opener. Heck, Blue Devils needed a jump start to their season against a second straight pesky non-Power 5 opponent. First there was an onside kick that the quarterback Gunnar Holmberg converted into a second straight touchdown drive for a 14-7 lead. The recovery and …
Sep
09
2021
DURHAM — In July, The Athletic posted a story praising UCLA football – and rightly so — for scheduling future games with two HBCU schools, Alabama State in 2022 and North Carolina Central in 2023. The Bruins joined a trend of Power 5 schools sharing the wealth, but it’s nothing new at Duke. Blue Devils …
Sep
09
2021
ACC Team of the Week : North Carolina State – for shutting out South Florida 45-0 14. Georgia Tech (0-1) Last Week : NA One game into his third year at Georgia Tech and Geoff Collins are at the bottom of the ACC. After the debacle of a loss to a NIU team that hadn’t won in …
Sep
08
2021
Author : college football/basketball writer @MattZemek, Editor at @TrojansWire . Give him a follow on twitter. Remember this about Scott Satterfield, more than the fact that his Louisville team looked inept and impotent in a terrible season-opening game against Ole Miss on Labor Day night in Atlanta: He flirted with another job IN THE MIDDLE OF A BAD SEASON AT …
Sep
08
2021
DURHAM – If Ben Frye played football like a modern-day college athlete, he’d be long gone from Duke. Instead, the graduate student is starting at defensive end in his fifth year at the school. In today’s world, the transfer portal redirects players – sometimes with snap decisions. Maybe they felt they weren’t getting enough playing …
Sep
07
2021
Welcome to the first edition of this year’s CFP Eliminator. I would like to once again thank my friends here at All Sports Discussion for hosting it. The goal is simple: We are going to count down every single FBS team that remains in contention for a College Football Playoff bid. We start with all …