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 …
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 …