Sep
28
2021
DURHAM – The “L” word is part of college basketball. Everybody loses games, even Duke in each of its five NCAA championship seasons. There hasn’t been an undefeated college basketball national champion since Indiana (32-0), 1976. But the “L” word is most definitely banned from Duke basketball this year. The “L” word as in “last.” …
Sep
26
2021
The first quarter of the college football season is already behind us. It sure does fly. It’s been a rough go for the ACC, but there have been some positives. We’ll call it the good, the bad, and the Clemson Offense. The Good Boston College and Wake Forest are undefeated at 4-0. Wake Forest is …
Sep
26
2021
Is it dishonest to use Clemson in the title if I’m not actually eliminating them this week? I don’t think so. Clemson, after all, will be the focus of our discussion. As I’ll look at in more detail in the charts, there are a whole bunch of two-loss Power 5 teams I’m not eliminating yet. …
Sep
26
2021
DURHAM – Duke football’s record four games into the season is about what was expected. The difference in the 3-1 mark from preseason projections was the loss to Charlotte was supposed to be a win and the win to Northwestern expected to be a loss. The 52-33 victory over Kansas on Saturday at Wallace Wade …
Sep
25
2021
Following a discouraging loss to Northern Illinois to open the season, Geoff Collins said this… “So it is not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when. And we’re just going to keep fighting, keep building, keep working and it’s going to click and it’s going to take over and when it does, it’s …
Sep
25
2021
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. Just a quick post – I’m hugely supportive of this effort, too. Help fight hunger on the Virginia Tech campus. There are many Hokies who are dealing with food insecurity and need your help. This #WorldHungerMonth, join fellow #Hokies. Support The Market today with a gift …
Sep
25
2021
Sometimes it seemed like Dave Doren would never get that signature win. Who had they beat OOC of signifcance under Doeren? Certainly he’d come close to beating Clemson, but hadn’t pulled the trick. Sure this is not a great Clemson team, but the ACC still runs through Clemson, SC. That is until today. You can …
Sep
25
2021
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. By the way, congratulations to my NC State buddies – I know many of you all – and that was a big football victory today over Clemson. I’m sure my friend, @TalkinACCSports, will have something about NC State on the blog. But – on another subject – …
Sep
24
2021
Author : college football/basketball writer @MattZemek, Editor at @TrojansWire . Do yourself a favor and give him a follow on twitter. “If not us, who? If not now, when?” That familiar pair of questions sums up the moment facing North Carolina State football and its head coach, Dave Doeren. North Carolina State should have beaten Clemson in 2016, and to be …
Sep
24
2021
DURHAM — There’s no better weekend than this one for Duke alumni and fans to appreciate David Cutcliffe coaching his 14th season in Durham. Kansas (1-2), the opponent Duke (2-1) faces at 4 p.m. Saturday at Wallace Wade Stadium, continues to be mired in changing coaches every few years – a vicious cycle Duke escaped …
Sep
24
2021
One of the secrets of military service academy athletic programs is the academic instructors aren’t professors. They aren’t on campus to write papers, publish books, appear on TV and radio talk shows and earn advanced degrees that enhance their department chair’s portfolio. Foremost, they’re teachers on a campus of only 4,000 cadets. The instructors are …
Sep
23
2021
It’s been a rough go for the ACC OOC this year. There have been highlights like Louisville beating UCF and Pitt’s win over Tennessee, but that hasn’t been enough. ACC Prescription discusses how the ACC maybe able to save face during the rest of the year. If Boston College beats Missouri that will be a …
Sep
22
2021
Author : college football/basketball writer @MattZemek, Editor at @TrojansWire . Do yourself a favor and give him a follow on twitter. Scott Satterfield of Louisville cooled off his hot seat in Week 3 of the college football season, but elsewhere in the ACC, coaching hot seats became crackling fires of chaos and discontent. Mike Norvell is in real trouble at …
Sep
21
2021
ACC Team of the Week : Louisville – for beating at UCF 42-35 14. Florida State (0-3) Last Week: 14 Florida State was thumped at Wake Forest 35-14. With each passing week, this team gets worse. Louisville off their big win over UCF is next. 0-4 is a very real possibility. 13. Georgia Tech (1-2) Last …
Sep
20
2021
Please Check Out our Podcast Sponsor – Main Street Pharmacy @Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) review week 3 and preview week 4 in ACC Football with @SteveHiegel President of http://JustCollegeFootball.net, http://JustCollegeBasketball.net, http://JustUSSoccer.net, http://JustCollegeLacrosse.net, John R. Wooden Award Voter/USBWA/FWAA Member, 52/357. You can also find this most recent podcast and all our other podcasts on ITUNES at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rwradios-acc-weekly-podcast/id831843856?t=2. …
Sep
19
2021
Author : college football/basketball writer @MattZemek, Editor at @TrojansWire . Do yourself a favor and give him a follow on twitter. Clemson scored just three points against Georgia, but it was easy to think that in a Week 1 game, a defense as great as Georgia’s was able to expose Clemson’s transition at quarterback, the loss of Travis Etienne, and the …