Oct
26
2018
CHARLOTTE — N.C. State coach Kevin Keatts grinned a cunning smile when asked if C.J. Bryce, an All-Colonial Athletic Association first-team pick for him at UNC-Wilmington, was an overlooked ACC player coming out of high school or one that has blossomed. Keatts, seated at a table in the Spectrum Center at the Atlantic Coast Conference …
Oct
18
2018
If it seemed like Joe Giles-Harris and Ben Humphreys were joined at the hip throughout last week’s win at Georgia Tech, look no further the defensive statistics. Together, Duke’s inside linebackers combined for 26 tackles. Giles-Harris, a 6-foot-2, 240-pounder, led the Blue Devils with five solo tackles and 15 assisted for a 15 total. Humphreys, …
Oct
12
2018
The option is still revered at certain high schools, but – despite the zeal of some coaches – the once venerated scheme has been languishing at the college level for years. Now rule changes may doom it there too.” – Sports Illustrated, Oct. 8, 2018 issue. By Tom Shanahan The option offense is entrenched as …
Oct
02
2018
The Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy series begins this week, although most of America thinks it starts and finishes with the Army-Navy Game that is annually staged as college football’s final regular season date. That egregiously overlooks the round-robin series involving Air Force along with Army and Navy. In fact, in 20 of the past 21 years the …
Sep
28
2018
What would George say? How might the late George Webster, a Michigan State College Football Hall of Fame linebacker/safety on the 1965 and 1966 national championship teams, have viewed Jon Reschke re-joining the Spartans following a racially charged text? Michigan State’s pioneering Underground Railroad teams established a history for recruiting the segregated South and leading …
Sep
22
2018
DURHAM, N.C. – Duke’s “next man up” mantra that now extends to quarterbacks remains perfect to the tune of a 4-0 start. Backup quarterback Quentin Harris was on his way to leading the Blue Devils to their second straight win in his second start since third-year starter Daniel Jones suffered a broken collar bone two …
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 …