Jun
16
2019
Good evening, Hope you are all well – not long until college football starts. I will be blogging tonight about a non-ACC or non-sports topic. I once clocked in at 249 pounds. I’m dead serious (there are NFL linebackers and collegiate linebackers that weight that amount). Extraordinarily unhealthy. People always asked me – what was …
May
31
2019
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. Just a quick post for tonight – and it’s non-athletic. UT Prosim (That I May Serve) is the motto of Virginia Tech. It’s a homer post for sure: I’m so proud of my family, Tami Quesenberry (my cousin) and her husband, Zane, as they have teamed up …
May
26
2019
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) fans. Just a real quick post here for tonight. The NCAA just released the NCAA baseball tournament regional sites. The Road To Omaha starts here in 2019… The Regional Sites!https://t.co/s0i48zTGbo pic.twitter.com/3hgTrt11zX — NCAA Baseball (@NCAACWS) May 27, 2019 Congratulations to Georgia Tech, Louisville, and North Carolina for …
May
26
2019
Happy Sunday – hope you are enjoying this Memorial Day weekend. Please remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice for the country!! Site friend and @AllSportsDACC podcast guest, @MikeKlineDSB, ask us about the prospects for 2019 Duke and North Carolina football. Here is what we said: Is unc the sleeping Giant again and does the …
May
24
2019
Happy Friday, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. We take another Q&A today from @Treadmillhorse, a frequent guest of the @AllSportsDACC podcast. He asks his about the impact of the ACC Network on the revenues for the conference’s institutions. Here’s what @TalkinACCSports and I said: What kind of impact do you think the …
May
23
2019
Good morning. We are taking a football question in this round of our Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Q&A – and this one comes from @SuperPeen45: What would you call a successful season for Satterfield? — Kevin Skaggs (@superpeen45) May 21, 2019 I hear ya. Hell I’ll take three wins if I see the same …
May
19
2019
As the college baseball season starts winding down, it’s time to check out where your favorite college baseball team will end up, who is hosting, and who still has work to do to get into the field. I’ll be checking on these links and posting updates every week until the field is announced. Here’s are …
May
08
2019
A uniquely American sport celebrates its sesquicentennial this season. College football’s growth over the next 150 years since Rutgers beat Princeton on Nov. 6, 1869, quickly spread sea to sea and halfway across the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii. The game learned to adapt to the times, albeit sometimes slowly, but no transformation has been more …
May
05
2019
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. Very quick post here: In 2018, Virginia Tech softball clocked in at 23 wins and 20 losses. The Hokies last NCAA tournament bid was in 2015. We fast forward to 2019 – and you see the Hokies at 45-8 (!!!!). This might be the best college …
Apr
24
2019
Greetings, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. Just a quick post here this afternoon. Site friend, James Curle (@JamesCurle), has a fundraising page in support of March of Dimes. If history holds next year, the goal will be higher, I’ll assume there’s no way we can meet it, then you lovely folks will step up …
Apr
19
2019
Gonna be a really quick post here, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. If you haven’t heard, Cal Poly is in trouble with the NCAA for providing a larger stipend than permitted for the cost of textbooks. According to the NCAA: For a period of three-and-one half years, Cal Poly violated book-related financial aid legislation. …
Mar
29
2019
Anytime Michigan State crosses paths with LSU or Alabama, Nick Saban’s name comes up. That’s true even when the subject is basketball as it was this week in Washington, D.C.. Michigan State’s second-seeded team faces No. 3-seed LSU in an NCAA Tournament’s Sweet Sixteen game tonight at the Capital One Center, Spartans’ basketball coach …
Mar
18
2019
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) men’s basketball fans. Just a quick post here for tonight. @AllSportsDACC‘s recommended March Madness bracket contest is right below: Come join the “Hokies 5 minute brackets” group in ESPN Tournament Challenge and see if your bracket beats the rest. #bracket https://t.co/pwr2bT1IZF — Brian Shenk (@Bshenk15) March 17, 2019 …
Feb
20
2019
Good afternoon, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. Hope you are well during this snow day if you live in the DC area (and wherever you have bad weather!) Stay safe and read some @AllSportsDACC content. With the ACC Network launching on Thursday night, August 22, 2019, we thought it would be a good idea …
Feb
19
2019
For people waiting to see if North Carolina and Basketball Hall-of-Fame coach Roy Williams has the secret formula to slow down Duke, college hoop’s football version of the Alabama Death Star, forget digging into his game-plan history. Syracuse Basketball Hall-of-Fame coach Jim Boeheim says it’s simple: You have to keep up with them offensively, although …
Jan
21
2019
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) fans. I’m about to talk major history here – going way back to the days of the Metro Conference. Virginia Tech was once in a conference with schools like the University Cincinnati, Georgia Tech, Memphis State (now the University of Memphis), and Tulane. Later members included Florida State …