lan Haller now occupies the seat behind the big desk as Michigan State’s new athletic director. Mel Tucker has the football team off to an impressive start. All of this allows Tom Izzo to focus on the upcoming basketball season. No need for the school to seek double duty from Izzo when the athletic department …

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Florida State vs Notre Dame played a classic 41-38 OT game where the Irish came out on top. What a roller coaster of  game, and here my five quick thoughts on what it means for Florida State. Florida State has a beast of a defensive lineman in Georgia transfer Jermaine Johnson. He was a disruptive …

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College football’s Power 5 is a full-on misnomer. It formerly meant the Continental Divide between the Power 5 conferences – Big Ten, ACC, SEC, Big-12 and Pac-12 – and the Group of Five, the remainder of the Football Bowl Subdivision schools, AAC, Conference-USA, Mid-American, Mountain West and Sun Belt That’s no longer a definition. The …

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Welcome back College Football. I’ll leave this right here… VIRGINIA TECH. ENTER SANDMAN. ABSOLUTE CHILLS. @HokiesFB pic.twitter.com/jRnd97Xs1R — ACC Network (@accnetwork) September 3, 2021 Wisconsin’s Jump Around tradition. Incredible scene.pic.twitter.com/KjOPiu0Qz8 — The Sporting News (@sportingnews) September 4, 2021 Make you follow the All Sports Discussion Twitter account at @AllSportsDACC and please like our Facebook Page  

North Carolina’s darkhorse playoff chances? Forget it. Sam Howell’s Heisman hopes? History. Big 6 Bowl Game? On life support. ACC Coastal chances? Those took a major hit. Did UNC’s season go up in flames in 60 minutes after an ugly 17-10 loss at Virginia Tech. Well to give UNC fans a little hope, the 2015 …

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  i think tonight went well — Steven (@akulawolf) September 3, 2021 Pretty much the dominant opener that needed to happen and get some guys in an atmosphere. The margin of error clearly goes up next week. #PackFB — Tucker Blankinship (@TuckerBlanc) September 3, 2021 3 INTs 300 Yards Rushing Only 3 penalties 45 points …

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With all the bad news that’s dominating the headlines out there, @Hokiesmash_ASD  and I @TalkinACCSports decided to spread some positive news – specifically about the ACC schools we blog about. We’ll take three programs at a time, in this five part series. Part 1 – Virginia, Georgia Tech and Miami Part 2 – North Carolina, Virginia Tech, and North Carolina …

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Please Check Out our Podcast Sponsor – Main Street Pharmacy  @Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) are looking at ACC football this week with our good friend @MattZemek, Editor at @TrojansWire. You can also find this most recent podcast and all our other podcasts on ITUNES at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rwradios-acc-weekly-podcast/id831843856?t=2. We are also now available on Stitcher! http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/httpwwwtalkshoecomtalkshoewebtalkcastjspmasterid130024cmdtc/the-acc-weekly-podcast?refid=stpr0 We are also now available …

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Best / Worse Case Record for : Louisville | Virginia | Miami | Duke | Georgia Tech | Boston College | Pittsburgh | Florida State | Virginia Tech | NC State | Clemson |  Syracuse | North Carolina ACC 2021 Football Schedule Wake Forest We’ve reached the end of Best and Worse Case Record for the ACC with Wake Forest. The Deacs have made five straight bowl games, winning three of them. They have won at least …

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Best / Worse Case Record for : Louisville | Virginia | Miami | Duke | Georgia Tech | Boston College | Pittsburgh | Florida State | Virginia Tech | NC State | Clemson |  Syracuse | Wake Forest ACC 2021 Football Schedule North Carolina  There hasn’t been this much buzz surrounding the North Carolina football program since the first time Mack Brown was in Chapel Hill. In his second go around …

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DURHAM – These days Jack Wohlabaugh enjoys mundane pre-practice stretching periods. The Duke senior center also is excited performing other drills he has done enough times to do in his sleep now. No more taking things for granted. Missing a full season with a preseason injury will spur that kind of awakening. “I always got …

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Best / Worse Case Record for : Louisville | Virginia | Miami | Duke | Georgia Tech | Boston College | Pittsburgh | Florida State | Virginia Tech | NC State | Clemson | North Carolina | Wake Forest ACC 2021 Football Schedule Syracuse Following the 2018 season, Syracuse was one of the talks of the ACC. Syracuse and Dino Babers were coming off a 10 win top 15 season, and it seemed the …

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College football recruiters require an eye for more than talent. They must also balance maturity to project future growth. Talent attracts scouts, but scholarship offers are based on next-level forecasts. At the service academies, though, there is an additional box for scouts to check. Can the prospect deal with the military lifestyle? It starts with …

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  Please Check Out our Podcast Sponsor – Main Street Pharmacy  @Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) are looking at ACC football this week with @TerryPJohnson.  We really appreciated Terry joining us! You can also find this most recent podcast and all our other podcasts on ITUNES at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rwradios-acc-weekly-podcast/id831843856?t=2. We are also now available on Stitcher! http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/httpwwwtalkshoecomtalkshoewebtalkcastjspmasterid130024cmdtc/the-acc-weekly-podcast?refid=stpr0 …

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With the uncertain weeks following the Oklahoma/Texas move to the SEC, the ACC got some very unexpected good news Sunday night. The country’s largest cable carrier is setting up to have the ACC Network. While this looked likely, many expected finalization of this in late September.  Some ACC Comcast customers may have the ACC Network …

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