Jan
06
2019
This is going to be a weekly article, where I seed the ACC teams and where I think they’d should be placed if the tournament started the same day as my posting. In my ranking system, any RPI top (100) win is a good win and any RPI top (50) obviously worth more. Any …
Jan
05
2019
Football season has just 1 game left. The national title game with Clemson facing off against Alabama. College basketball is starting to get in full swing with the ACC looking as strong as ever. Duke and Virginia look like national title contenders. Another sport where the ACC should be very solid in is College Baseball. …
Jan
05
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college football at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. ACC QUESTION of the WEEK : What will ACC and Virginia coaching legend George Welsh be most remembered for? Virginia football might be on the verge of a true rebirth under Bronco Mendenhall. With so many ACC Coastal programs in a state of …
Jan
04
2019
Can anybody beat Duke? On paper, the answers appears to be no. We already know that Kentucky, the only school that can keep pace with Duke’s ability to recruit NBA lottery picks, isn’t a likely candidate. The Blue Devils’ NBA combine roster beat the Wildcats’ NBA combine roster by 34 points to start the season, …
Jan
04
2019
It’s on to the national title game for the Clemson football team. ShakintheSouthland has a statistical breakdown of the big game with Alabama. ACCPrescription has some current ACC Network notes in one spot. It’s worth a read, because it combines some of the latest information from several sources. Should Georgia Tech look for transfer QB? …
Jan
03
2019
Flipping the calendar to 2019 seems a good time to empty my East Carolina football notebook. Here is a look back at the chaotic dismissal of Scottie Montgomery followed by the ironically efficient hiring of Mike Houston four days later. Talk about turning the tables. In the aftermath of ECU’s embarrassing 58-3 loss to N.C. …
Jan
02
2019
Even though I don’t have a rooting interest in a Pac 12 team, I am fascinated by what’s going on out there in that conference. There is a great article from OregonLive.com that details the Pac 12 hiring of PR Firm to help with their brand. Here are a couple of highlights from that article. The …
Jan
01
2019
This is going to be a weekly article, where I seed the ACC teams and where I think they’d should be placed if the tournament started the same day as my posting. In my ranking system, any RPI top (100) win is a good win and any RPI top (50) obviously worth more. Any …
Dec
31
2018
It’s hard to be too critical of a program that’s won 18 games the last two years. If you are Clemson or Alabama, then maybe you complain. If you are NC State that means you are mostly beating the teams you should beat. That said there is still an emptiness to the Wolfpack’s 9-4 year. …
Dec
31
2018
Pittsburgh won the Coastal Division and went 6-2 in the ACC. They lost 7 games including their last 3 and got blown out by Penn State, UCF, and Clemson. They blew a 4th quarter lead in the Sun Bowl to Stanford to lose 14-13. For almost every ACC team, there’s a line that said we’re happy with or not with our year. Pittsburgh more than any other ACC team it’s hard to decide exactly how they should feel about the 2018 season. …
Dec
31
2018
It’s been a rough season at Virginia Tech – attrition, injuries, young and inexperienced on defense. There have been historically bad home losses too, but with recent wins over Virginia and Marshall, Virginia Tech got bowl eligible. They had a chance to salvage something out of the season. After a 35-31 loss to Cincinnati, the Hokies still have their bowl streak and winning streak over Virginia intact. That’s all after their first losing season (6-7) in 25 years. If you are Hokie fan you have to be frustrated by Justin Fuente’s two …
Dec
31
2018
Duke’s Daniel Jones is leaving for the NFL Draft, but his announcement on Monday may have a long-term benefit. It may mean future elite quarterback talent will take a longer look at the Blue Devils. The third-year starter that arrived from Charlotte Latin lightly recruited – he had been committed to Princeton before he flipped …
Dec
31
2018
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) had an impromptu podcast to discuss all of the recent goings in the ACC. We are joined @ER Evan Roberts of redandwhitepodcast.com. Roberts is as knowledgeable an NC State as you’ll find, and we appreciate him joining. You can also find this most recent podcast and all our other podcasts on ITUNES at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rwradios-acc-weekly-podcast/id831843856?t=2. We are …
Dec
30
2018
If you are a follow of the blog, you know we’ve tacked the progression of the ACC Network from the beginning. You also know ACC Network news comes in waves. Last week we told you that Verizon and Disney were having some hard discussions concerning their distribution agreements. As we told you then, and now correctly …
Dec
30
2018
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college football at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. ACC QUESTION of the WEEK : What are the three biggest keys to Clemson beating Alabama? Game keys — we all know on a very general level what the biggest keys are to victory, but let’s assume all the obvious items such as …
Dec
29
2018
A few years ago, Clemson was chasing Florida State in the ACC. Then it was Clemson, Alabama, Ohio State and Florida State as college football’s elite programs. Now it’s Clemson and their only true peer Alabama. The Tigers faced a Notre Dame team that swore it was different from it’s predecessors. This was the Irish …