Jun
10
2022
There’s no other to say it. Paul Finebaum is completely and utterly obsessed with Clemson and Dabo Swinney. He simply won’t stop talking about Swinney. The obsession goes back years. Back in 2019, my podcast partner @Hokiesmash_ASD talked about how Dabo Swinney Clemson was living rent-free in the head of Paul Finebaum. Three years later …
Jun
09
2022
Well, here we go. It’s time to start ranking the best players in the ACC for the 2022 season. As usual, we hope you enjoy the rankings. Previous and Upcoming Rankings Quarterbacks | Running Backs | Offensive Linemen | Tight Ends | Defensive Linemen | Linebackers | Cornerbacks | Safeties | Special Teams 1) Josh Downs, North Carolina Josh Downs just might …
Jun
08
2022
Did you know the NBA Mock Draft is only a couple of weeks? June 23, 2022 is the date for the draft. Plenty of Duke players on the list, and for my money if I’m choosing Jabari Smith of Auburn and Paolo Banchero of Duke I’m taking Banchero. I know what I saw when I …
Jun
07
2022
Former Pittsburgh star Aaron Donald just signed the richest non QB deal in the history of the NFL. What is interesting is with a blog that’s been going over 10 years, we can look at what we wrote about a player in his college days that became the NFL’s best defensive player. Our first introduction …
Jun
07
2022
Michigan State’s 2022 track and field season opened with Ryan Talbot essentially a newcomer to the decathlon, the 10-event all-around athleticism test. The COVID-19 pandemic wiped out his first college season, 2020. He was injured in 2021. By 2022, his career goals of a Big Ten title and school record remained only a vision. Well, …
Jun
06
2022
Thanks to @Hokiesmash_ASD for sending this theACC.com press release. Nineteen From ACC Schools Listed on College Football Hall of Fame Ballot IRVING, Texas (June 6, 2022) – Nineteen representatives from current Atlantic Coast Conference football members are included on the 2023 College Football Hall of Fame ballot, announced Monday by the National Football Foundation (NFF) …
Jun
06
2022
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) move on in our annual previews of the College Football season with the NC State Wolfpack. James Curle (@JamesCurle ) contributor to PackPride.com joined, and we appreciate his time to preview the Wolfpack. We apologize for the early technical difficulties in the first minute, as @Hokiesmash_ASD ran solo for part of …
Jun
05
2022
Well, here we go. It’s time to start ranking the best players in the ACC for the 2022 season. As usual, we hope you enjoy the rankings. Previous and Upcoming Rankings Quarterbacks | Wide Receivers | Offensive Linemen | Tight Ends | Defensive Linemen | Linebackers | Cornerbacks | Safeties | Special Teams 1) Sean Tucker, Syracuse Syracuse has themselves an absolute stud at RB …
Jun
04
2022
One of the first 2022 All-ACC Football Teams has been released, and it is from Athlon Sports. A few things stood out to me… 1) Clemson’s defense makes up nearly half of the 1st team defense, and if you add the 2nd team that’s more than half of their defense on the 1st or 2nd …
Jun
03
2022
Viewership for collegiate women’s sports is increasing at all levels, and now the ACC will Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Title IX with special programming via this ESPN Press Release. Over 120 hours of programming celebrating women’s sports Three original programs will premiere on June 23 Hour-long documentary on the 22-time NCAA Champion North Carolina …
Jun
02
2022
We did Way Too Early College Basketball rankings back in April, but since then Wednesday was the deadline for players to withdraw from the NBA Draft so some rankings have changed. CBSSports, 247, and NCAA just updated their rankings, while ESPN is just a couple of days old. https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/college-basketball-rankings-gonzaga-gets-good-news-ucla-drops-in-top-25-and-1-after-nba-draft-deadline/ https://247sports.com/LongFormArticle/College-basketball-rankings-247Sports-updates-Top-25-for-2022-23-188232875/#188232875_3 https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2022-06-02/college-basketball-rankings-drew-timmes-return-sees-gonzaga-rise-andy-katzs https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/page/earlytop25053122/gonzaga-bulldogs-villanova-wildcats-way-too-early-top-25-men-college-basketball-rankings-2022-23 Make sure you …
Jun
01
2022
ACCPrescription looks at the ACC Projected Revenues through 2035-2036. There are nice bumps in there, but let’s face it ACC AD Jim Philips has some work to do. Clemson baseball coach Monte Lee was let go this week. RubbingtheRock asks was it the right decision? Virginia Tech is the highest seeded ACC going into the …
May
31
2022
Well, here we go. It’s time to start ranking the best players in the ACC for the 2022 season. As usual, we hope you enjoy the rankings. Previous and Upcoming Rankings Running Backs | Wide Receivers | Offensive Linemen | Tight Ends | Defensive Linemen | Linebackers | Cornerbacks | Safeties | Special Teams 1) Sam Hartman, Wake Forest This is the ACC’s best QB class since the famed 2016 …
May
30
2022
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. We rarely talk about the National Hockey League (NHL) Stanley Cup Playoffs on this site – but I was talking to @TalkinACCSports (my friend, Jeffrey Fann, pretty much gives me free rein on whatever I want to blog about) – and in this case, I think …
May
30
2022
What were the sports betting odds prior to today’s stunning announcement that NC State would not be part of the NCAA Baseball field? In my mind the chances were so remote they would be left out of the field, that I didn’t even consider the possibility that it could happen. By my count, the Wolfpack …
May
29
2022
Well here are your 16 Regional Hosts. From an ACC perspective, no real surprise other than Miami hosting and Notre Dame was not. Miami was 4-6 down the stretch and had the #15 RPI. While the Irish had a #13 RPI. Both had 14 Q1 wins. I suppose Miami got the lean because of the …