Jul
04
2021
Team equipment managers hear the juiciest gossip. As the locker room empties, they quietly go about their business, unintentionally a chameleon blended into the walls. Others forget they’re within earshot. Marty Daly was one of those guys at Michigan State. Daly was the Spartans’ assistant equipment manager from the 1965 to 1972, a time that …
Jul
03
2021
Well here we go. It’s time to start ranking the best players in the ACC for the 2021 season. Check out the latest edition Lindy’s College Football where @TalkinACCSports (myself) with a big assist from @Hokiesmash_ASD player research helped put together these lists and the Lindy’s All-ACC team with @mattzemek. As usual we hope you enjoy the rankings. With the …
Jul
03
2021
Just a quick post for this evening… A solid performance for the ACC in the Final Directors Cup Rankings. The final Division I @LDirectorsCup standings have been announced. 👏 6 ACC schools placed in the Top 25 👏 All 15 ACC schools finished in the Top 75 Points are awarded based on each institution’s finish …
Jul
01
2021
Well here we go. It’s time to start ranking the best players in the ACC for the 2021 season. Check out the latest edition Lindy’s College Football where @TalkinACCSports (myself) with a big assist from @Hokiesmash_ASD player research helped put together these lists and the Lindy’s All-ACC team with @mattzemek. As usual we hope you enjoy the rankings. Previous and …
Jun
30
2021
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. If you ever have to write an essay, I want to give you a technique from my professor, Dr. Kevin Petit (Lieutenant Colonel, Retired, U.S. Army) – and he’s awesome. Here you go: Purpose of the essay introduction is to frame your argument (NOT argue yet). …
Jun
29
2021
Yikes – college baseball fans have spoken. An farce of a CWS Championship has resulted in fans tuning out. Just as a comparison, GM1 of this @NCAACWS had 385K viewers. GM1 of the 2018 CWS between Arkansas-Oregon State drew 1.81M viewers. https://t.co/w6s6XIjFp9 — Kendall Rogers (@KendallRogers) June 29, 2021 For comparison the WCWS championship drew …
Jun
28
2021
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) are back at it! It’s time get you ready for the ACC College Football Season with our our annual preview podcasts, and we have Chas Rich @ChasRich27 to help us preview Pittsburgh football. Check that site out! You can also find this most recent podcast and all our other podcasts …
Jun
27
2021
Well here we go. It’s time to start ranking the best players in the ACC for the 2021 season. Check out the latest edition Lindy’s College Football where @TalkinACCSports (myself) with a big assist from @Hokiesmash_ASD player research helped put together these lists and the Lindy’s All-ACC team with @mattzemek. As usual we hope you enjoy the rankings. Previous and …
Jun
27
2021
Excellent work by @KendallRogers of @D1Baseball as this is the most comprehensive timeline I’ve read of the sequence of events that led to the removal of NC State from the CWS. The @NCStateBaseball Removal. I spoke on the record with the #NCAA and with various sources inside the @NCStateBaseball program. Here are the facts: The …
Jun
26
2021
Just when you think the NCAA can’t mismanage another situation worse than their series of mis-steps in 2021, they find a way to one up themselves. You know the story by now – NC State due to COVID protocols has been removed from the CWS one game from the National Title Series. SaturdayDownSouth does an …
Jun
25
2021
During the CWS we’re going to post NC State and Virginia fanbases reactions to their games. In a bizarre Friday game, NC State fielded only 13 eligible players due to COVID protocols, and nearly knocked off defending baseball champion Vanderbilt in a 3-1 loss. . How did NC State twitter react? This team doesn’t want …
Jun
25
2021
During the CWS we’re going to post NC State and Virginia fanbases reactions to their games. Virginia’s season end Thursday came to an end with a loss to Texas after the Hoos improbable but thrilling run to Omaha. How did Virginia twitter react? Good fight to turn a bad regular season into a CWS. Young …
Jun
24
2021
How should the ACC Football utilize the city of Charlotte, NC? ACC Prescription tell us. As Stanford fell apart in the 9th inning against Vanderbilt, it ends up being NC State vs Vanderbilt for the right to play for Baseball National Title. BackingthePack has a preview. Excuse me Boston College has a top 15 recruiting …
Jun
23
2021
Well here we go. It’s time to start ranking the best players in the ACC for the 2021 season. Check out the latest edition Lindy’s College Football where @TalkinACCSports (myself) with a big assist from @Hokiesmash_ASD player research helped put together these lists and the Lindy’s All-ACC team with @mattzemek. As usual we hope you enjoy the rankings. Previous and …
Jun
22
2021
We always wondered what a Northern ACC school like Boston College could do if they started to become a destination spot for Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern football talent. Well Jeff Hafley and BC maybe giving us a clue. The Eagles with about 6 more months until the December signing are among the leaders in recruiting in …
Jun
21
2021
This will be a quick post, but an important one I think. Following the ACC Network’s disastrous ACC tournament coverage that we wrote about, the NCAA tournament offered a chance at to make up for that. With two ACC teams NC State and Virginia in the CWS and off to amazing starts in the Omaha, …