Jan
26
2019
This is a big week for NC State basketball. They have 3 straight home games against Clemson, Virginia, and Virginia Tech. NC State needs to go 2-1 in this stretch to show that they are a Top 25 program. I believe that this is achievable. NC State is not the same team without Markell Johnson. …
Jan
25
2019
Duke’s first game against Pitt and former Blue Devils assistant Jeff Capel on Tuesday brought up a touchy subject with Mike Krzyzewski. Capel’s surprise move to Pitt had generated speculation that Duke recruiting might suffer. Try telling Michigan State coach Tom Izzo that Coach K is suddenly struggling to land one-and-done prospects. Michigan State was …
Jan
24
2019
The Pro Bowl no longer is the coveted invitation with a bonus check it once was to NFL players prior to the 21st century’s salary escalations. With the watered down Pro Bowl on Sunday in Orlando and the Pro Football Hall of Fame vote on Feb. 2, the day before Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta, …
Jan
23
2019
The 2019 ACC Football schedule was released a few days ago, and I’ve had a chance to look it over. Let me tell you 5 things I like about the schedule. 1) ACC Conference games to open the season and launch ACC Network. We already knew Georgia Tech at Clemson would launch the ACC Network …
Jan
22
2019
Jim Boeheim, Syracuse’s 73-year-old coach, said something that helps explain Jeff Capel coaching Pitt basketball tonight against Duke rather than seated next to Mike Krzyzewski, 71, for another year as his associate head coach. Boeheim responded to a question about retirement before the season began at the ACC media day in Charlotte. His answer seems …
Jan
21
2019
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) fans. I’m about to talk major history here – going way back to the days of the Metro Conference. Virginia Tech was once in a conference with schools like the University Cincinnati, Georgia Tech, Memphis State (now the University of Memphis), and Tulane. Later members included Florida State …
Jan
21
2019
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) had a great ACC basketball podcast with @Peacone36 (Mychal Hunter) of ACCBasketballReport.com . Take a listen, Mychal knows his ACC Basketball. 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 also now available on Stitcher! http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/httpwwwtalkshoecomtalkshoewebtalkcastjspmasterid130024cmdtc/the-acc-weekly-podcast?refid=stpr To listen go here – https://www.talkshoe.com/episode/5913312 In this order, these are …
Jan
20
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 losses …
Jan
20
2019
Give @MattZemek a twitter follow and check out his musings on college sports at https://www.patreon.com/Zemek. ACC QUESTION of the WEEK : What does Duke’s win over Virginia mean for both teams? When one remembers that Virginia won in Cameron Indoor Stadium last season, Duke and Mike Krzyzewski had this game circled for a long time. It wouldn’t have …
Jan
18
2019
Virginia and ESPN’s College GameDay crew are at Duke’s Cameron Indoor Stadium Saturday for an ACC first-place showdown. The unbeaten Cavaliers (16-0) are 4-0 in conference play and the Blue Devils 14-2 and 3-1. But what about the other 3-1 teams in range of a first-place tie if Duke wins? After all, there are four …
Jan
17
2019
It’s just a quick post for tonight. The ACC released it’s 2019 football schedule. As we do each year, we’ll tell you what we like about the ACC schedule and what we don’t. Keep a look out for that over the next few days. From that article here is a highlight… Just one week after the …
Jan
16
2019
For all Cameron Indoor Stadium’s charm on television, it’s not a modern grandiose palace with plush accommodations tucked away from the masses. The hallway to the locker room is a few steps down the door from the very modest media room. I happened to be standing in the doorway after the second of Duke’s two …
Jan
15
2019
Shakespeare’s happy endings were his romance plays. The storylines moved with comedic and tragic turns, but an uplifting denouement separated those works from others. So what would Shakespeare write about the life of Gus Ganakas? The former Michigan State coach, who passed away last week at age 92, overcame basketball tragic turns that make for …
Jan
14
2019
Here were go again… A big ACC basketball game that we have to struggle to find on television. This time it’s the biggest Virginia vs Virginia Tech matchup in history. In fact it’s the biggest game ever between any schools from the state of Virginia. Good luck finding it. Last year we wrote multiple articles …
Jan
14
2019
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) get you going for ACC basketball in this podcast! 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 also now available on Stitcher! http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/httpwwwtalkshoecomtalkshoewebtalkcastjspmasterid130024cmdtc/the-acc-weekly-podcast?refid=stpr To listen go here – https://www.talkshoe.com/episode/5870438 In this order, these are topics we covered on the podcast. It’s episode 270. …
Jan
13
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 losses …