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Mar
25
2020

Virginia Tech Must Cancel Its Football Series With Liberty University and Replace With NDSU

  Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. We hope everyone is taking the appropriate protections regarding the Coronavirus (COVID-19).  Wherever you are, please make sure you are staying staff – and taking protections for you and your family. In person and institution we did not think is not taking adequate COVID-19 protections is Dr. …

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Mar
25
2020

Willie Ray Smith influenced football integration beyond his high school teams

  Willie Ray Smith Sr. coached high school football in southeast Texas for 33 years, living throughout a a period of American history spanning the Great Depression, World War II, the Civil Rights movement and the end of segregation. He emerged from those troubled times with a legacy as much more than a football coach …

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Mar
24
2020

The ACC’s 50 best Out of Conference Football wins of the 2010s (31-35)

This was a series I was going to work on in May, but the off-season started earlier than we wanted. #StayHealthy and practice social distancing. Games 1 – 5 | Games  6 – 10 | Games 11 – 15 | Games 16 – 20 | Games 21 – 25 | Games 26 – 30 | Games …

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Mar
23
2020

Podcast – @Hokiesmash_ASD & @TalkinACCSports talk sports gambling in ACC country with @BrentBlevins

  #StayHealthy and practice social distancing. @Hokiesmash_ASD  is back this week. He joins me  (@TalkinACCSports )  as are joined  by @RBrentBlevins to talk Sports Gambling in ACC Country.  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 on PodBean! https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/p573j-6e69d/The-ACC-Weekly-Podcast To listen go here – https://www.talkshoe.com/episode/8867589 In this order, these …

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Mar
22
2020

The ACC’s 50 best Out of Conference Football wins of the 2010s (36-40)

This was a series I was going to work on in May, but the off-season started earlier than we wanted. #StayHealthy and practice social distancing. Games 1 – 5 | Games  6 – 10 | Games 11 – 15 | Games 16 – 20 | Games 21 – 25 | Games 26 – 30 | Games …

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Mar
21
2020

The Status of Sports Gambling in #ACC Country

Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans.  Many of us are missing the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournament, the NCAA Frozen Four (e.g. the Men’s Ice Hockey Final Four), NCAA track and field, NCAA baseball and softball, and NCAA lacrosse.  As we look to the future of college sports this year, it’s always …

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Mar
21
2020

The ACC’s 50 best Out of Conference Football wins of the 2010s (45-41)

This was a series I was going to work on in May, but the off-season started earlier than we wanted. #StayHealthy and practice social distancing. Games 1 – 5 | Games  6 – 10 | Games 11 – 15 | Games 16 – 20 | Games 21 – 25 | Games 26 – 30 | Games 31 …

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Mar
20
2020

ACC Dunks of the Year for 2019-2020

#StayHealthy and practice social distancing. Starving for basketball highlights during what should be March Madness? Here are the top ACC Basketball Dunks of year. I am surprised John Newman’s dunk wasn’t in there somewhere, but I’ll give it an honorable mention. Make sure you follow the All Sports Discussion Twitter account at @AllSportsDACC and please like our Facebook …

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Mar
19
2020

The ACC’s 50 best Out of Conference Football wins of the 2010s (50-46)

This was series I was going to work on in May, but the off-season started earlier than we wanted. #StayHealthy and practice social distancing. Games 1 – 5 | Games  6 – 10 | Games 11 – 15 | Games 16 – 20 | Games 21 – 25 | Games 26 – 30 | Games 31 – …

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Mar
18
2020

Final ACC Basketball Power Rankings for 2020

For Current RPI Rankings and Quadrant Wins http://www.warrennolan.com/basketball/2020/rpi-live It was a disappointing finish to the season that ended too early… #StayHealthy and practice social distancing. 1. Florida State (26-5, 16-4)  Leonard Hamilton’s had himself a team this year, and they were the ACC’s best. 2. Virginia (23-7, 15-5)  The Hoos were on fire at the end …

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Mar
17
2020

NBA was another example of sports leading way to enlightenment

What in the world would we do without sports? I’m not referring to replacing our time watching the recently canceled or postponed events that have left the sports world dark. I mean without the leadership of the various sports governing bodies and officials that made the decision to step back, to evaluate and then to …

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Mar
16
2020

What Happened to Wake Forest Basketball?

If you were a fan of college basketball in the late 90’s you remember those great Wake Forest basketball teams. Tim Duncan and Randolph Childress made a run in 1995 to the Sweet 16. The next year, 1996, it was Tim Duncan, Tony Rutland, and Rusty LaRue taking Wake back to the Sweet 16. Between …

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Mar
15
2020

Should the NCAA selection committee release a bracket? | answered by @mattzemek

Give author @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. ACC QUESTION of WEEK : Should the NCAA selection committee release a bracket? We’re all trying to deal with hugely important matters of self-isolation, stocking up for several weeks — maybe multiple months — of confinement. Before anything and everything else, PLEASE …

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Mar
14
2020

Tweet Cap: My Review of the 2019-2020 Virginia Tech Men’s Basketball Season

  Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference fans.  Please see my tweet cap (actually Thread Reader Ap unroll) which has my review of the 2019-2020 Virginia Tech men’s basketball season.  Make sure you scroll down the graphic so you can read the thread unroll. Thank you for reading.  Please stay safe!! Make sure you follow the …

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Mar
14
2020

J-Rob’s ‘better than Rudy’ story missed time to breath in NCAA

NOTE: I planned this story for the start of the NCAA Tournament, but it turned out to be my last Duke basketball story of the year. DURHAM – Picture this scene as Duke’s basketball team warms up. The players routinely take shots prior to the national anthem, player introductions and finally the tip-off with that …

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Mar
12
2020

NCAA Should Grant extra year of scholarships due to Coronavirus

No March Madness, No NBA, No Spring Baseball, No Spring Practices… In a matter of 48 hours, it all ended due to the Coronavirus. While the matter is greater than sports, and there is no question the cancellations were the right thing to do, the NCAA can look into granting an extra year of scholarships …

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