Nov
16
2019
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) football fans. Hope your weekend is going well. Virginia Tech defeated Georgia Tech today – and the outcome was never in doubt. The Hokies absolutely hammered the Jackets 45-0. And this wasn’t just your ordinary hammering: Georgia Tech had one first down in the first half. One. That’s ridiculous …
Nov
16
2019
DURHAM – Sometimes a team suffers through one of those inexplicable seasons the bounces of an oblong ball exacerbates. Take Duke in 2019, for example. The Blue Devils (4-6, 3-4 ACC Coastal) suffered their fourth straight loss and fifth in the last six games, while Syracuse (4-6, 1-5 ACC Atlantic) snapped a four-game losing streak …
Nov
15
2019
While the playoff committee doesn’t rank the power 5 conference, there is no way conference strength – which means OOC results doesn’t figure in to a committee members thought process. Let me point out on my philosophy on these rankings – your most recent OOC results count a lot, and you’ll see me reference that …
Nov
14
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. “Settle down! Relax! Take some time to be with your family! Pause! Take a break! Give yourself a breather! Reflect on what the next best course of action is!” ACC football, in 2019, did not heed any of those words of advice. This …
Nov
14
2019
DURHAM – Get ready for revolving door of college basketball teams occupying the No. 1 chair in national rankings. Unless, that is, Duke’s pressure defense has something to say about the upcoming weeks. The No. 2-ranked Blue Devils are poised to become the third No. 1 team in three weeks of voting in next week’s …
Nov
13
2019
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) review of 11 and preview of week 12 with @ztevans Zach Evans of speed51.com. Zach is a longtime friend of the blog and we were happy to have him. 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 – …
Nov
13
2019
The Orange Bowl will select the highest ranked non-playoff ACC Team. Clemson (10-0, 7-0) We’ve said it for weeks now. Clemson has to lose a game to end up in the Orange Bowl. Lose a game? I’m not sure anyone stays within 3 TDs of the Tigers until maybe the playoffs. Wake Forest (7-2, 3-2) …
Nov
12
2019
DURHAM – Duke coach David Cutcliffe opened his weekly Tuesday media session announcing center Jack Wohlabaugh underwent ankle surgery earlier in the day. That’s news since Wohlabaugh is a second-year starting center. But it also was noteworthy Duke announced the injury four days prior to Syracuse (3-6, 0-5 ACC Atlantic) facing the Blue Devils …
Nov
12
2019
The chaos of conference play continued in Week 11 with another round of upsets. So how did these results impact our weekly power rankings? Here’s the latest installment: 14. Syracuse Last Week: 14 The Orange did not play in Week 11. They face Duke in a must-win contest this weekend. 13. Georgia Tech Last Week: …
Nov
11
2019
The sudden stardom of Navy fullback Jamale Carothers has been described as “surprising” and an “eye-opener.” Here are two better words: “unsinkable” and “unfazed.” Unfazed by a lack of Power 5 scholarship offers that came his way out of Bowling Green High in Kentucky, especially after the numbers he put up his senior year in …
Nov
11
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. Three years ago, in 2016, would you have imagined a world in which the Wake Forest Demon Deacons were favored over the Virginia Tech Hokies in Blacksburg, in November, and the idea of a Virginia Tech win would rate as an uncertain prospect? …
Nov
10
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. QUESTION: What is the biggest reason for Miami’s improved play? The long-term outlook for the Miami Hurricanes certainly has improved over the past few weeks. A season which seemed in danger of missing a bowl game now looks like an 8-4 season. …
Nov
10
2019
When the initial playoff rankings came out, Clemson was ranked #5. A stunning and equally laughable ranking for anyone that follows college football. That said that’s where they stood, with the likelihood that the results would sort themselves out. Still it opened the door to the committee doing the unthinkable and leaving an undefeated Clemson …
Nov
09
2019
Virginia Tech on September 27 sat 2-2 after a humiliating 45-10 home loss to Duke. Justin Fuente seat was getting warm, and some wondered if Bud Foster had lost his touch. The Hokies looked like one of the ACC’s worst teams, and that’s saying a lot in this year’s ACC. A hopeful bounceback year was …
Nov
09
2019
ACCPrescription has their reaction to the first college football playoff rankings. Georgia Tech got a surprising 82-81 road win at NC State. What did FromtheRumbleSeat say about the win? Duke got a huge 66-64 win over a top 5 Kansas team. DukeBasketballReport says the Blue Devils showed a lot in the win. RubbingtheRock is concerning …
Nov
07
2019
While the playoff committee doesn’t rank the power 5 conference, there is no way conference strength – which means OOC results doesn’t figure in to a committee members thought process. Let me point out on my philosophy on these rankings – your most recent OOC results count a lot, and you’ll see me reference that …