Sep
13
2019
The cornerback that helped Army nearly slay the Michigan giant might someday be – to borrow from the late Bo Schembechler’s beloved phrase — an NFL Man. The League has always been Elijah Riley’s goal, even as he committed to West Point. Usually, a high school recruit dreaming of the NFL quickly crosses Army, Navy …
Sep
13
2019
When the Virginia Cavaliers take the field on Saturday night against the Florida State Seminoles, there will be many eyes on the Cavaliers to see if the program has finally turned the corner that fans have been looking toward for so long. When Bronco Mendenhall took over the Cavalier program in 2016, it was in …
Sep
12
2019
Following Week 2 is way too early to make grand pronouncements about the College Football Playoff. It’s a long season (yet somehow always too short), and just about anything can happen. Ohio State Buckeye fans still love to mock Clay Travis for declaring the Big Ten “out of the Playoff” after Week 2 in 2014, …
Sep
12
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. Florida State might wake up this weekend and play well, renewing a sense that it can compete for a decent bowl bid and forge a respectable season. We don’t know, but we can allow for that possibility. Maybe the Seminoles are late-bloomers in …
Sep
12
2019
I have been thinking on this for a few days now, and guys, the ACC is bad at football this season. Outside of Clemson, the ACC is a big bag of meh. Go ahead and look at the results from the first 2 weeks of this season and go ahead and tell me otherwise. No …
Sep
12
2019
Something looked and felt different about East Carolina kicker Jason Verity’s field goals in this season’s second game. It wasn’t simply hitting both tries, from 24 and 28 yards, in the Pirates’ 48-9 home-opening win Saturday over Gardner-Webb? He has a track record for accuracy. The junior from Bremen, Ga., was the All-ACC first-team kicker …
Sep
11
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 …
Sep
10
2019
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) are getting back to our ACC football weekly reviews and previews. This week is a review of 2 and preview of week 3 with @HunkerdownHokie of https://radiopublic.com/2minute-drillfield-hokies-footbal-WlkQvV. Please check out that podcast. 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 …
Sep
10
2019
Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo knows he can count on junior fullback Nelson Smith. A year ago, Smith opened the season at Hawaii with 10 carries for 86 yards. Midway through the season he posted his first 100-yard game with 108 against Temple. But this year the coaching staff wants to count on him for more …
Sep
09
2019
Each week, we will review Saturday’s action on the gridiron and attempt to rank the teams from 14 to 1. Please note that these power rankings measure where a team is right now – as opposed to where I think it will finish the season – so they will change throughout the course of the …
Sep
08
2019
When Danny Hultzen was drafted number two overall in the 2011 MLB Draft, the sky was the limit for the highest draft pick to ever come out of the University of Virginia. Hultzen was in a draft that included Gerrit Cole, Trevor Bauer and Sonny Gray, but arm problems would stall his career. After …
Sep
08
2019
Army quarterback Kelvin Hopkins Jr.’s parents, like many North Carolinians late last week, were on the move ahead of Hurricane Dorian. They hoped their flight out of Charlotte to Detroit wouldn’t be canceled. Kelvin Hopkins Sr. and Cyndi Hopkins had a college football game to get to – Army at Michigan Saturday in Ann Arbor. …
Sep
08
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. QUESTION: How impressive was Clemson’s win over Texas A&M? Clemson’s win over Texas A&M on Saturday wasn’t pretty. It wasn’t beautiful or elegant or overwhelmingly brilliant. It didn’t have to be. This wasn’t a display of fireworks or a laser light show seen …
Sep
08
2019
The early season surprise in the ACC is UNC coming off a 2 win 2018, already at 2-0 this year. They have come from behind victories against South Carolina and then Saturday against Miami. QB Sam Howell has more poise than you’d normally expect from a freshman QB. He’s a future star, and is a …
Sep
07
2019
Good morning, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. As @TalkinACCSports previously reported, the ACC Network is the second best launch ever of a sports network. The ACC Network has carriage agreements with Cox Communications, DirecTV, Dish, Hulu, Playstation Vue, Sling, TMobile’s TVision, Verizon FIOS, and YouTubeTV. This is really significant for the first year of …
Sep
06
2019
ACC fans with Comcast have had it with that provider. Let ACCPrescription tell you about it. I have to say I don’t understand Comcast’s strategy being the last major provider without an ACC Network deal. ShakintheSouthland is predicting a Clemson win over Texas A&M. Florida State DC Harlon Barnett takes ownership for Florida State’s defense …