Oct
07
2021
(h/t Wikipedia Commons for the Eddie Van Halen photo. Eddie was at the New Haven, CT Coliseum) Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. 366 days ago (to be fully accurate), Eddie Van Halen, one of the most amazing musicians to ever grace this earth, lost his battle with with lung cancer. The …
Oct
06
2021
DURHAM – Duke football’s season is counting on some home cooking as it reaches it midpoint. The Blue Devils (3-2, 0-1 ACC) play the sixth of their 12 regular-season games and fourth of seven home dates as they prepare to face Georgia Tech (2-3, 1-2 ACC) at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Wallace Wade Stadium. Duke’s …
Oct
05
2021
ACC Team of the Week : Florida State – for beating Syracuse 33-30 for the Noles first win. 14. Florida State (1-4) Last Week: 14 Florida State got their first win of the year against Syracuse. That’s great and much needed because I don’t see a 2nd one this week on the road at UNC. 13. …
Oct
04
2021
DURHAM — Bates Jones left Davidson to play his graduate year at Duke, departing the Atlantic 10 campus just as Michigan State’s Foster Loyer arrived to renew his career at the mid-major school rich in college basketball tradition. Welcome to college basketball in the era of the transfer portal. It’s hard to keep track of …
Oct
04
2021
Please Check Out our Podcast Sponsor – Main Street Pharmacy @Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) review week 5 and preview week 6 in ACC Football on our new platform podbean! 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 covered on the podcast. It’s …
Oct
03
2021
A few days ago we wrote that Comcast was entering the 11th hour to get the ACC Network added to Comcast at the beginning of October. The first weekend in October came and went without the ACC Network being added. Some interesting tweets were going up the last few days by ACC schools. This was …
Oct
03
2021
Could 2021 end up as a relatively chalk-like football season? Sure. But it’s definitely not looking like it will. So what does that mean for the Eliminator? Well, for starters, it means that we’re slowing down with eliminations of two-loss Power 4 teams. Yes, I say Power 4, because the Pac 12 isn’t quite in …
Oct
02
2021
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. The Wake Forest University football team is undefeated. The Demon Deacons are 5-0. Why are the Demon Deacons undefeated? This year, Wake Forest returned 20 of 22 starters. Why are the Demon Deacons undefeated? They have a coach in Dave Clawson who is a proven …
Oct
02
2021
Geoff Collins keeps getting embarrassing losses added to his resume. His program can summed up in one tweet, I made today. Add this Pitt route to the growing list of Collins classic losses – the Citadel, Temple, 45-0 Virginia Tech, Syracuse’s only victory in 2020, 66 point loss to Clemson, NIU, but hey they beat …
Oct
01
2021
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. The guys at DonV Fridays have been ripping some OUTSTANDING podcasts lately. Specifically, @DonV757_ and @DriftVT host a a weekly Virginia Tech Hokies podcast – and they generally talk about everything under the sun that is Virginia Tech. The podcast is really for the common person (which …
Oct
01
2021
Ask college football fans to name the best recruiter in the nation. You’ll hear the same answers — Alabama’s Nick Saban, Clemson’s Dabo Swinney or Ohio State’s Ryan Day. They annually bring in the top recruiting classes. Wrong, wrong, wrong. Those guys don’t have to work at finding talent. The schools that are regular participants …
Sep
30
2021
“Three Amigos” was a 1986 movie with Steve Martin, Chevy Chase and Martin Short that the Denver Broncos latched onto quicker than a John Elway pass. Wide receivers Vance Johnson, Mark Jackson and Ricky Nattiel formed a tough combo of options to slow down Elway. Three Amigos may be an old movie, but it’s a …
Sep
30
2021
Earlier in the summer, it seemed like a forgone conclusion that Comcast would have the ACC Network. This included a quote from Commissioner Jim Phillips. Phillips told his audiences in Blacksburg and Charlottesville that he believes ESPN/Disney, the conference’s partner in the ACC Network, likely will strike a carriage agreement by September with cable behemoth …
Sep
30
2021
Michigan State’s Phi Kappa Sigma brothers finished dinner on a typical 1966 autumn evening. As usual, they put off studying, lounging in the fraternity house living room. Naturally, they talked football. Michigan State, after all, was atop the college football world. At midseason, the defending national champion Spartans were ranked No. 1 and marching …
Sep
29
2021
ACC Team of the Week : NC State – for beating Clemson 27-21 in 2OT 14. Florida State (0-4) Last Week: 14 Florida State showed some pride against Louisville when it could have been a blowout. I guess that’s something. This is team just awful. Syracuse will not be easy. 13. Virginia (2-2) Last Week: 8 …
Sep
28
2021
When I started this blog years ago, it was to get more ACC coverage out there that I thoughy was lacking. @Hokiesmash_ASD started contributing soon after, and then led our podcast efforts. What I haven’t seen much of is ACC fans with a fun youtube channel. Well we came across one from @TuffyTalkNow . It’s a …