Dec
06
2020
#StayHealthy and practice social distancing. The ACC Question of the week is back with our esteemed friend and college football writer @MattZemek, Editor at @TrojansWire . Do yourself a favor and give him a follow on twitter. Some questions are meant to elicit direct yes-or-no answers… and then there’s this question about Louisville Cardinals head coach Scott Satterfield. It has been …
Dec
05
2020
I’ve been skeptical of Dave Doeren for a number of years. Where were the signature wins, and top 20 finishes? After 7 seasons and coming off a 4-8 year, Doeren was feeling his seat getting a little warmer. Then COVID hit. Doeren’s job was probably safe, but try telling the former coaches at South Carolina …
Dec
04
2020
So SEC commissioner Greg Sankey recently came out and discussed the ACC’s decision to have Notre Dame and Clemson play 9 conference games, which guarantees Notre Dame a spot in the ACC Championship. Clemson must only defeat Virginia Tech to get, and both will get a BYE week prior to the game. This is what …
Dec
03
2020
Kirk Herbstreit needs to reacquaint himself with Duke coach David Cutcliffe and his players. If any team had reason to be ready to wave the white flag — as ESPN’s Herbstreit characterized Michigan regarding its upcoming annual game with Ohio State — it’s the Blue Devils. They’re frustrating season has dropped to 2-7 overall and …
Dec
03
2020
#StayHealthy and practice social distancing. ACC Team of the Week : Notre Dame – for their 31-17 win over North Carolina 15. Syracuse (1-9) Last Week : 15 Syracuse was competitive in their loss to NC State, but this season can end soon enough. Oh no it’s Notre Dame next week. 14. Florida State (2-6) Last Week: …
Dec
02
2020
Michigan State Hall of Fame basketball coach Tom Izzo answers media questions about his players with one of two raised voices. One is protective, a defiant tone responding to anyone questioning why a player isn’t receiving more playing time or used in a different role. He may not explain the deficiencies he sees in said …
Dec
01
2020
In its history, the CFP selection committee has actually been someone consistent in being immune to criticism from media outlets. We haven’t really seen big shifts in rankings based on criticism from college football media. The closest we’ve ever seen to that was in the very first year of the rankings, when the committee flipped …
Dec
01
2020
One matchup to watch when Michigan State and Duke play is between a pair of 6-foot-9, 220-pound forwards from Wisconsin. They can play it big or small, they can score, rebound and pass. They are key position-less players added to deep and versatile rosters of teams searching for an identity from a year ago before …
Dec
01
2020
As I discussed in CFP Implications this week, we can start to pin down some scenarios. All of those scenarios right now assume that Alabama and Ohio State win out, and that Notre Dame wins out until at least the ACC Championship Game. If Clemson and Florida each win out, we could be looking at …
Nov
30
2020
Most years the college football world runs gets ahead of itself anointing the top teams too early in the season. Chaos always comes, and the elites always trip up eventually. Top teams do make their way through the seasons, but we very often have a different set of top teams in Week 12 than we …
Nov
29
2020
Roy Williams is taking North Carolina on another trip to Maui, but the Tar Heels are riding a bus to Asheville in western North Carolina’s mountains rather than boarding a plane for paradise in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. But you won’t be able to tell the Camping World Maui Invitational court’s location by …
Nov
29
2020
We are one day removed from the NC State versus Syracuse game. A game, that in my eyes, was an absolute debacle. A game that I believed not one NC State fan should be satisfied with. Yet, what did I learn? That I was the only one that found the win to be disappointing. A …
Nov
28
2020
The Georgia Tech football program under Geoff Collins can drive Jacket fans to the point of utter frustration. Is the team progressing? Is Geoff Collins really moving forward in his rebuild? Why does the team make so many mental errors? All are valid questions. That said most Georgia Tech fans understand the magnitude of the …
Nov
28
2020
Clemson last played on November 7 in a 40-37 2 OT to Notre Dame. That was 3 weeks ago. Prior to that game the week before they nearly lost to Boston College 32-28. The Tigers were injured, dealing with COVID to their starting QB Trevor Lawrence, and simply not playing all that well. For Clemson …
Nov
26
2020
#StayHealthy and practice social distancing. ACC Team of the Week : North Carolina State – for their 15-13 win over Liberty 15. Syracuse (1-8) Last Week : 15 Other ACC coaches seem to have gotten more heat than Dino Babers, but the Cuse have been an absolute disaster this year. They just lost 30-0 to …
Nov
25
2020
#StayHealthy and practice social distancing. The ACC Question of the week is back with our esteemed friend and college football writer @MattZemek, Editor at @TrojansWire . Do yourself a favor and give him a follow on twitter. Answers to questions can simultaneously be simple and layered. They can be clear yet require explanation. Such is the case with this question about …