Nov
12
2015
Good morning, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans – hope you are all doing well. I’m on vacation in Houston, TX right now. 247 Sports recently had a story on Rich Rodiguez, current head coach of the University of Arizona Wildcats. Rodriguez addressed rumors of Virginia Tech’s upcoming head football coach vacancy. David Teel of …
Nov
08
2015
Chaos in the first week of November! Let me point out on my philosophy on these rankings – you’re most recent OOC results count a lot, and you’ll see me reference that throughout the season. We’ll give each conference a relative strength value 1-10. Let me explain my relative rankings 0-5 : Conference lacks depth …
Oct
23
2015
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. It’s time for our midseason check-in on the #ACC College Football Coaches Hot Seat Rankings (h/t @CoachesHotSeat). In May 2015, we checked in on the Coaches Hot Seat Rankings. Specifically: Miami’s Al Golden came in at #4 nationally and had the hottest seat in the ACC; Virginia’s Mike …
Oct
19
2015
ACC Communications FOR 2 p.m. RELEASE October 19, 2015 http://theacc.co/FB15times9 ACC Announces Game Times and Networks for October 31 GREENSBORO, NC – The Atlantic Coast Conference Monday announced game times and networks for Saturday, October 31. The game times and networks for Thursday, Oct. 29 and Friday, Oct. 30 had been announced previously. Thursday, October 29 North …
Oct
17
2015
And I think this sums up the thoughts from some in the Virginia Tech fan base right now… thanks to Maury Ore, long time Virginia Tech fan and alum, for sending this tweet to me today… more sure you follow him on Twitter… @hokiesmash love VT. Love Beamer. The facts are real. Program has …
Oct
12
2015
ACC Communications FOR 12:15 p.m. RELEASE October 12, 2015 ACC Announces Game Times & Networks for Oct. 24 GREENSBORO, NC – The Atlantic Coast Conference Monday announced that ESPN has declared a six-day option on two games that will be played on October 24, 2015. The game times and network of the two games held …
Oct
11
2015
Nearly halfway through the season we are starting to get clarity on who is position to make a run for the playoffs and who isn’t. Let’s get right into it. Let me point out on my philosophy on these rankings – you’re most recent OOC results count a lot, and you’ll see me reference that …
Oct
04
2015
ACC Communications FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 4, 2015 http://theacc.co/FB15times6 ACC Announces Game Times & Networks for Oct. 9-10 GREENSBORO, NC – The Atlantic Coast Conference Sunday announced the following game times and networks for Oct. 10 for the games held by ESPN on its six day option: Saturday, Oct. 10 Georgia Tech at Clemson, ABC/ESPN2, 3:30 …
Oct
03
2015
10/3/2015 by Dave Lackford FSU squeaked by Wake Forrest, 24-16, this afternoon as Tyler Hunter intercepted a pass in the end zone as time ran out. Things looked good early as Dalvin Cook exploded for a 94 yard touchdown run on the first play of FSU’s second drive. The good vibes ended shortly thereafter, as …
Oct
03
2015
Good morning, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Sports Fans. What big day of games in the ACC. Let’s review the schedule: Miami lost to Cincinnati this week. Woof. Virginia Tech hosts Pittsburgh today. Gobbler Town (@GobblerTown) has a preview here. Louisville goes on the road to NC State. In a very key ACC Coastal Division game …
Sep
21
2015
Week 3 was a see-saw for ACC football, but I guess that’s not always a bad thing when it comes to learning experience. Pittsburgh lost to Iowa on a 57 yard FG. Syracuse, NC State, and Miami are 3-0, and Duke still can’t find that quality OOC win after taking a loss at home to …
Aug
29
2015
Greetings, Atlantic Coast Conference sports fans. An interesting series of tweets (which include the perspective of the national college football writer for the Associated Press, Ralph D Russo) on the next Virginia Tech football coach: It seems like the voice coming out of Virginia Tech FB is Bud Foster, not Frank Beamer. Is Bud transitioning …
Aug
29
2015
Folks, we talk about Atlantic Coast Conference sports here a lot, but there are things that are much more important than sports. And that’s human life – it’s short – you never what can happen to you – so you have to live for today. Our friend, Steve Layman, Award-winning Sports Anchor at Newschannel 5 in …
Aug
21
2015
Only short until college football starts – how we gonna get by? @TheBenSwain did an informal Twitter Q&A on Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) football – enjoy!! I’m drunk so if anyone wants to ask me questions about ACC football now is as good a time as ever. — Ben Swain (@TheBenSwain) August 22, 2015 …
Aug
20
2015
Interesting article from CBS Sportsline. Are you looking for a database of the Cost of Attendances for the schools that have released their numbers? There is a separate article on the chase to pay college players as well from CBS Sportsline. I don’t have a problem with giving athletes a stipend, but where these numbers …
Aug
17
2015
The slowest month of the year continues to drag on… There are still 2 1/2 more weeks until the college football season begin. It’s on the horizon though. Here is a check around the ACC Blogosphere to help you get through. Who is the most overrated team in the ACC going into the 2015 …