Sep
04
2018
Good afternoon, I blog with a heavy heart today as I talk about my friend, Joe Suhoski, who I think was a wonderful person (Joe was on Twitter at @vabeachrep). Joe was only 40 years old. He passed away on Saturday, September 1, 2018, the beginning of the college football season. If you know Joe …
Aug
25
2018
Prelude Four years ago Army senior fullback Darnell “Butch” Woolfolk had yet to pick up his nickname and had just about lost hope of fulfilling a dream to play Division I college football. The silence was deafening as the February 2014 signing date approached. Woolfolk was prepared to sign with an NCAA Division III school, …
Aug
18
2018
Every January the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame enshrines a new class and names its pro and college players of the year. The weekend in Hawaii includes a Polynesian high school all-star game and a skills camp. What better place for Jarvis Polu to kick off any hopes to contend for the Polynesian College Player …
Aug
12
2018
DURHAM — Quarterbacks facing Duke this year will step to the line looking to locate All-ACC cornerback Mark Gilbert. Then they’ll l search the other side for the corner that the scouting reports consider the weaker link. If they don’t, they may watch helplessly as Gilbert picks off a pass as he did in the …
Jul
18
2018
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — On every kickoff return, Anthony Ratliff-Williams sizes up many moving parts. All at once he must follow the ball, catch it and scan the field for tacklers, looking for running room. That skill takes a special knack, and the North Carolina redshirt junior has it — and more. His powers of observation …
Jul
17
2018
CARY, N.C. — Scottie Montgomery returned to the annual Pigskin Preview where he first arrived two years ago as East Carolina’s rookie head coach. He oozed confidence and optimism in 2016. He was nattily dressed in a grey suit with a purple tie. He stood ramrod straight. He looked reporters comfortably in the eye. He …
Jul
16
2018
CARY, N.C. — David Cutcliffe called for a show of hands at the 16th annual Pigskin Preview that the Bill Dooley Chapter of the National Football Foundation presented on Monday at the Embassy Suites Hotel. The Duke football coach, seated at the dais along with North Carolina State’s Dave Doeren, North Carolina’s Larry Fedora, East …
Jul
15
2018
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. We almost never talk about government or social issues at All Sports Discussion mostly because this is an ACC sports site. For many people, watching sports is a safe haven away from the rest of the real world (it’s those few hours a week where you …
Jul
11
2018
Quarterbacks | Running Backs | Wide Receivers | Offensive Linemen | Tight Ends | Defensive Linemen | Linebackers | Cornerbacks | Special Teams 1) Jaquan Johnson, Miami The Miami Hurricanes have an All-American in Safety Jaquan Johnson. Last year he had 96 tackles to go along with 4 interceptions. He was named ACC defensive back 3 times in 2017. Johnson is under 6 feet tall, but that doesn’t …
Jul
09
2018
Good afternoon, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. ACC football is right around corner – only a few Saturdays until it all starts up. The ACC Football Kickoff is next week (h/t @TechSideline). With football coming right up, let’s take a look at the who has the hottest head football coaching seat in the …
Jul
08
2018
Despite some doomsday predictions joining the American Athletic Conference could backfire on Navy football, not much has changed as the Midshipmen enter their fourth year in the league. Navy has posted winning seasons all three years, captured the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy in 2015, the AAC West in 2016 and won bowl games in 2016 and 2017. …
Jun
28
2018
Have you ever wondered where you can find those old ACC games? Sure you can find some of them on YouTube, but there’s quite a few you can’t find. The ACC used to have many of the gamest at http://vault.theacc.com/. That site is no longer up. The reason may be that Raycom Sports has gotten the …
Jun
26
2018
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. Today I voted for the Anthony J. McKevlin (best ACC male athlete) and Mary Garber (best ACC female athlete) Awards. Specifically for the McKevlin award, I voted for NC State defensive end, Bradley Chubb. Here’s the run down on Chubb: The No. 5 pick in the …
May
19
2018
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. We’re stepping out of the ACC tonight to talk about Georgetown senior, Ty Williams. Georgetown Coach Rob Sgarlata had seen Ty Williams, a junior linebacker, make the play dozens of times. A St. Francis tight end came open in the end zone. Williams sprawled to …
May
05
2018
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. Hope your weekend is going well. We step out of the ACC tonight for a short post (there are several lacrosse aficionados in the ACC and we’re going out of the conference tonight). Full disclosure: I’m a donor to Georgetown University Athletics (I’m an alumnus of …
May
04
2018
Interesting read from CBSSportsline writer Tom Fornelli who wrote about the 5 college football fanbases he most angered in 2017. Who knew 3 of the 5 fanbases would be from the ACC – Clemson, Miami and Wake Forest? Yes you read that right – Wake Forest made the list. Wake Forest is a small school, but …