Nov
08
2020
#StayHealthy and practice social distancing. North Carolina rang the Victory Bell on its rival’s field Saturday at Wallace Wade Stadium. The bell tolled for Duke. The Tar Heels (5-2, 5-2 ACC) ringing a 56-24 victory meant they remained alive for one of the two berths in the ACC Championship game. With the 2020 reshuffled schedules, …
Nov
08
2020
#StayHealthy and practice social distancing. I’ll just leave this here. Well after Notre Dame knocked off Clemson in a 47-40 2 OT instant classic, you start wondering about ACC Tiebreakers. Keep this handy in case there’s a two-team tie for second place in the ACC … pic.twitter.com/HZzZlyoBbf — Andrea Adelson (@aadelsonESPN) November 7, 2020 Make …
Nov
07
2020
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. Just a quick blog post here for Saturday night. Site friend, @RBrentBlevins, who was a guest on our podcast (multiple occasions) had this to say about the Hokies: Just a gentle reminder that Virginia Tech is 17-18 against FBS teams since November 2017. Last years recruiting …
Nov
07
2020
#StayHealthy and practice social distancing. Wow just wow… Virginia Tech fans have to be irate with the coaching debacle that ended in a nightmare loss to the Liberty flames. Judging by the reaction, that’s exactly what they are too. First tied at 35 a piece… The Liberty kicker attempted a 59 yard kick that Virginia …
Nov
07
2020
#StayHealthy and practice social distancing. It’s seem strange that a top 15 ranked Miami team is under the radar, but that’s where they are. They shouldn’t be. Miami got outclassed in their biggest matchup of the season when they lost 42-17 Clemson. Clemson is just another level, and that overshadows what’s happening with the Hurricanes …
Nov
06
2020
#StayHealthy and practice social distancing. North Carolina football climbed to No. 5 in the national rankings with a surprising 3-0 start, while across the Triangle Duke’s promising opener in a narrow loss at Notre Dame quickly fizzled to 0-4. That was a month ago, but it turns out the two ACC schools weren’t as far …
Nov
05
2020
ACCPrescription tells us how ACC matchups from the past weekend were the highest rated ABC games in the noon and 330 PM timeslot of the year. ShakintheSouthland says Notre must beat Clemson, while Clemson has nothing to lose in their game this weekend. What are the matchups to watch Friday when Miami plays NC State? …
Nov
04
2020
#StayHealthy and practice social distancing. ACC Team of the Week : Virginia – for their 44-41 win over North Carolina 15. Syracuse (1-6) Last Week : 15 Remember when Dino Babers was one of the hottest coaches in the country a couple of years ago? Syracuse may not win another game this year. 14. Georgia …
Nov
04
2020
It’s not often as a sportswriter offers a suggestion and a football coach agrees it’s good idea. Yet, that’s what I’m pleased to report I heard from Air Force coach Troy Calhoun on Tuesday during a Zoom call. The Army-Navy Game, with its 120-year history, has historically owned the stage as college football’s final regular …
Nov
03
2020
#StayHealthy and practice social distancing @Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) want to get you ready for week 10 in ACC Football with a look back at Week 9 with an old fashioned podcast. Take a listen as we were joined by @RBrentBlevins https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rwradios-acc-weekly-podcast/id831843856?t=2. We are also now available on Stitcher! http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/httpwwwtalkshoecomtalkshoewebtalkcastjspmasterid130024cmdtc/the-acc-weekly-podcast?refid=stpr0 We are also now available …
Nov
02
2020
Only once before in the history of the College Football Playoff have I ever eliminated the defending National Champions. In 2015, I eliminated the Ohio State Buckeyes after the final weekend of the season. Ohio State didn’t quite have the resume, and there were four clearly obvious Playoff picks that year. In every other season …
Nov
02
2020
From early in the season, when the Big 12 was clearly struggling, I’ve been mentioning the AAC somewhere in a group of teams in line for a Playoff bid. As the season has progressed, it became obvious that Cincinnati was the only AAC team in the picture. Still, with tons of teams playing and all …
Nov
01
2020
#StayHealthy and practice social distancing. The ACC Question of the week is back with our esteemed friend and college football writer @MattZemek, Editor at @TrojansWire . Do yourself a favor and give him a follow on twitter. It’s time for the 2020 ACC game of the year. The fact that Trevor Lawrence — one of the ACC’s two best players — …
Nov
01
2020
Three takes from Duke (2-5, 1-5 ACC) winning 53-19 over Charlotte (2-2, 2-1 Conference-USA) Saturday night at Wallace Wade Stadium. STATE STATURE PRESERVED Duke’s credibility was at stake as an ACC member and Power 5 football program facing an upstart. The Blue Devils had suffered enough frustrating losses with turnovers and inconsistent play wasting opportunities …
Nov
01
2020
Armando Bacot’s performances last year against Duke and Vernon Carey, an NBA one-and-done projected as a late first-rounder or early second-rounder, summed up his freshman year and North Carolina’s season. Barcot had 12 points, seven rebounds, three assists and three blocks in the first Duke game. The 6-foot-10, 240-pounder also helped hold Carey scoreless in …
Oct
31
2020
I’m happy Virginia Tech won – and the defense is not be feared by anyone. #Hokies — Hokie Matthew (@hokiesmash_ASD) October 31, 2020 I LOVE that we only threw the ball 10 times today 😍 pic.twitter.com/gm7ra68mQ7 — Headless Treadmill Horseman 🎃 (@treadmillhorse) October 31, 2020 You’re welcome #Hokies twitter … I didn’t tweet once during …