May
15
2022
We often look at the ACC’s OOC game, but what about the best conference matchup for the season? Let’s rank the top 10 best conference games, starting with 6-10. 6) Florida State at Miami – November 5, 2022 That Florida State vs Clemson didn’t make this list or that Florida State vs Miami isn’t a …
May
14
2022
We are deep into May, so we need to start paying attention to the baseball and softball projections. Baseball https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2022-ncaa-baseball-tournament-projected-field-of-64-51122/ https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/baseball/bracketology D1Baseball Bracket Projections Softball The softball field is set, with the ACC placing 6 teams in the field – Florida State, Virginia Tech, Clemson, Duke, Notre Dame, and Georgia Tech. https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/softball/d1/2022 Make sure you …
May
13
2022
ACCPrescription talks about the elephant in the room with revenue gap growing between the ACC and SEC/Big 10. RubbingtheRock looks at who the ten Clemson Tigers most likely to leave early for the 2023 NFL Draft. StreakingtheLawn asks how the Virginia offense improve under new coach Tony Elliot. What are the best and worst scenarios …
May
12
2022
As we move towards the end of the College Baseball, who is going to be a regional host? Let’s look at the contenders. RPIs are taken from https://www.warrennolan.com/baseball/2022/rpi-live #6 Miami 36-12 (17-7) Miami has series with Florida State and Notre Dame left plus a with FGCU. Win both and they will be a top 8. Play …
May
11
2022
The ACC Spring Meetings are wrapping up this week in Amelia Island, and ESPN’s Andrea Adelson and David M. Hale have the writeup. Long one of the frustrations of ACC fans is the football scheduling model. It appears a significant change is on the way, and that’s a good thing for the ACC. From the …
May
10
2022
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) move on in our annual previews of the College Football season with the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Ken Sugiura (@ksugiuraajc) joins us to preview the Jackets season. He’s the AJC.com beat writer for Georgia Tech, and he does a great job covering the Yellow Jackets. We appreciate Ken joining us! To …
May
09
2022
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) move on in our annual previews of the College Football season with the Boston College Eagles. @AJBlack_BC A.J. Black joins us to help preview Boston College football. He is the Editor and publisher of @BulletinBC your home for #BCEagles news and analysis, part of SI/FanNation network. Check out his daily BC …
May
08
2022
For some off-season football reading, we already looked at the ACC’s 5 best Out of Conference wins of the 2020s. Unfortunately, that was an unimpressive list, especially with the lack of OOC games in the first year of the decade. 2021 was better, but there were still too many cringe-worthy losses. The narrative doesn’t just get …
May
07
2022
We are into May, so we need to start paying attention to the baseball and softball projections. Baseball https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2022-ncaa-baseball-tournament-projected-field-of-64-5422/ https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/baseball/bracketology D1Baseball Bracket Projections Softball https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/softball/bracketology Make sure you follow the All Sports Discussion Twitter account at @AllSportsDACC and please like our Facebook Page
May
06
2022
It is hard to criticize a player that transfers for the NIL money. It’s an opportunity that wasn’t there before for college athletes and so more power to them to take advantage. When an athlete does stay loyal to the school that developed him it’s kind of a comforting story. Boston College’s Zay Flowers is …
May
05
2022
For some off-season football reading, we want to look at the ACC’s 5 best Out of Conference wins of the 2020s. Unfortunately, this is still a pretty unimpressive list for the ACC. At least we were able to fill out 5 noteworthy if not truly great wins OOC wins. After last season we couldn’t even …
May
04
2022
It’s May which means we can start prepping for the College Football season. Spring practice is over so the transfer market should be set. Let’s start by taking a look at a couple Post-Spring Top 25 rankings. https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-rankings-alabama-ohio-state-lead-post-spring-top-25-ahead-of-2022-season/ https://247sports.com/LongFormArticle/College-football-top-25-rankings-247Sports-post-spring-poll-for-2022-186765894/#186765894_1 There’s a lot of variation between the two post-spring polls which means things are pretty wide …
May
03
2022
As we move towards the end of the College Baseball, who is going to be a regional host? Let’s look at the contenders. RPIs are taken from https://www.warrennolan.com/baseball/2022/rpi-live #5 Virginia Tech 31-10 (14-8) The Hokies are in great shape. Anything above .500 the rest of the way and they will host. They probably get a …
May
02
2022
Please Check Out our Podcast Sponsor – Main Street Pharmacy @Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) take it back to our early days when we go and forth with each other, and it was a good one. To find old podcasts prior to episode 385, you can follow this link -> https://www.talkshoe.com/show/the-acc-weekly-podcast In this order, these are topics we …
May
01
2022
It wasn’t a good NFL Draft for the ACC. There is no sugar coating it. Every Power 5 conference had at least 21 players drafted 🔥 Which FBS conference were you most impressed with in the 2022 NFL Draft? pic.twitter.com/YidAsXNWEd — FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) May 1, 2022 21 picks for 14 schools? That’s 1.5 …
May
01
2022
Is it too early to start looking NCAA Baseball and Softball Projections? I don’t think so. As we start to turn the corner from college basketball to college baseball and softball, the ACC looks to be well represented. Projections are already being released so let’s take a look. Baseball https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2022-ncaa-baseball-tournament-projected-field-of-64-42722/ https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/baseball/bracketology D1Baseball Bracket Projections Softball …