Nov
13
2020
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you probably know that Virginia Tech took one of the absolute worst losses of the Justin Fuente era last Saturday. 1.) Don V Fridays (@DonV757_) – Don “has been done” with Justin Fuente. In fact, he was done before …
Nov
01
2020
Armando Bacot’s performances last year against Duke and Vernon Carey, an NBA one-and-done projected as a late first-rounder or early second-rounder, summed up his freshman year and North Carolina’s season. Barcot had 12 points, seven rebounds, three assists and three blocks in the first Duke game. The 6-foot-10, 240-pounder also helped hold Carey scoreless in …
Oct
31
2020
Good morning, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. I’ve been wanting to post this for a while – I saw some really good tweets on the status of 2020 Virginia Tech football. Here we go: Our friend, Brent Blevins, always has some of the more analytical takes. This is good. On one hand, the …
Oct
17
2020
#StayHealthy and practice social distancing The old coach knew what he was talking about on Saturday morning. Lee Corso, the 85-year-old ESPN College Gameday host, thought it odd N.C State, with a 3-1 record, was only a 4.5-point favorite at home over a Duke, a team with a 1-4 mark. “Somebody knows something,” said Corso …
Sep
28
2020
Good afternoon, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) fans. Just a brief post here. As many of you all know, Virginia Tech’s first football game was this past weekend vs. North Carolina State University. Virginia Tech won that game pretty handily by the score of 45-24 (and in my opinion, let off the gas a …
Sep
14
2020
First of all, I would like to thank the great people here at All Sports Discussion for hosting my column for the time being. 2020 is a crazy time for lots of people, including writers. While I am currently unable to write at my usual outlets, I am more than happy to discuss everything CFP-related …
Aug
15
2020
Good afternoon, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. Promising news in the fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. You’ve seen the reports that testing is performed at a very uneven level through the states – and in many cases, people don’t get their results back until a week later. Now comes the news from …
Aug
15
2020
Good morning, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. Just ran across this video from Bronco Mendenhall: #TakeBackOurGrounds #GroundsKeepers pic.twitter.com/By7q7icl3C — Bronco Mendenhall (@UVACoachBronco) August 10, 2020 I loved seeing Bronco lead his young men in their “take back their grounds march.” If you recall, in August 2017, University of Virginia student, Heather Heyer was …
Aug
15
2020
Good morning, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. As you know, I’ve called more than once for Virginia Tech to cancel it’s football series with Liberty University. Let’s make it three time today. Here is some new reporting from Damien Sordelett of the Lynchburg, VA News and Advance: Liberty football coach Hugh Freeze said …
Aug
10
2020
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. Just a quick post here for tonight. I’ve seen a couple of tweets from our friend, Mike Barber of the Richmond Times (you can follow Mike on Twitter at @RTD_MikeBarber), on how University of Virginia Head Football Coach, Bronco Mendenhall, views the pandemic (specifically the novel …
Aug
10
2020
Good morning, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. If you haven’t read it, I’ve already called once for Virginia Tech to cancel its series with Liberty. Let’s get right to it: My proposal to replace Liberty with NDSU wasn’t as well received – so I’ll just cut that part out. I call once again for …
Jul
26
2020
#StayHealthy and practice social distancing, #WearAMask Good afternoon, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) fans. Eric Reid, Miami Heat broadcasting announcer, has the best tweet of the weekend. Posting this tomorrow at @AllSportsDACC – best tweet all weekend @TalkinACCSports https://t.co/eAngPSuNa3 — Hokie Matthew (@hokiesmash_ASD) July 26, 2020 Amen. Make sure you follow the All Sports Discussion …
Jul
22
2020
The COVID-19 pandemic threatens the 2020 college football season, but it’s not stopping Fisher DeBerry, Air Force’s retired coach, from calling an audible. The 82-year-old coach, a College Football Hall of Famer, has been forced to join the virtual world. If that’s what it takes to continue raising money through the Fisher DeBerry Foundation, a …
Jul
20
2020
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. We have had uniquely fun experiences with Michael Kelly, former Senior Associate ACC Commissioner, Chief Operating Officer of the College Football Playoff, and now University of South Florida Athletic Director. We have lobbied for Mike to be ACC Commissioner a couple of times. As College Football …
Jul
16
2020
Good afternoon, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. Hey, how about this? Is #COVID19 fear running rampant in your household? A @VTEngineering professor has you covered (and coated) with his development of a surface coating that when painted on common objects, inactivates the virus that causes COVID-19 in one hour. ➡️ https://t.co/JpV9ETrwLT pic.twitter.com/i1iWAQurvO — …
Jul
14
2020
(Photo Credit: Associated Press Photo/Ken S. Warren) Just a quick post for tonight – because I think many of his are in need of some good news: BREAKING: The first vaccine tested in the U.S. for the coronavirus boosted volunteers’ immune systems as hoped, researchers report. Final study starts this month. https://t.co/NPeK5a4iBP — The …