Michigan is your national champion. FSU got snubbed, the expanded playoffs are next year, and Nick Saban retired. WOW Where is your team ranked in those way too early Top 25 Polls? https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/39252279/2024-way-too-early-college-football-top-25 https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2024/01/08/college-football-rankings-top-25-2024-sec-big-ten/72095586007/ https://sports.yahoo.com/yahoo-sports-way-too-early-top-25-for-next-college-football-season-052017038.html https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-rankings-georgia-alabama-michigan-lead-way-too-early-top-25-ahead-of-2024-season/ https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-football/news/college-football-rankings-georgia-alabama-texas-too-early-top-25/57264001d3b71758b0ffe59c Make sure you follow the All Sports Discussion Twitter account at @AllSportsDACC and please like our Facebook Page
Jan
10
2024
January 10, 2024 ACC Basketball Power Rankings
15. Louisville (6-9, 1-3) NET – 236 / RPI – 261 Last Week – 15 Louisville is in their customary spot at the bottom of the ACC, but beating Miami was stunning. They are closing ground on Georgia Tech. 14. Georgia Tech (8-7, 1-3) NET – 137 / RPI – 94 Last Week – 9 …
Jan
09
2024
ACC Men’s Basketball 3 Biggest questions for week of January 9, 2024
As we start with conference season, we ask the three biggest ACC basketball questions for this week. Can Wake Forest escape the house of horrors at FSU? Wake Forest has won 9 games in a row. Florida State was coming off a loss to Lipscomb and wrecked Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech last week. There …
Jan
08
2024
Podcast – @ASD_HokieSmash and @TalkinACCSports talk ACC Basketball with @ACCBR1
@ASD_Hokiesmash and I (@TalkinACCSports ) get you going on ACC basketball with Mychal Hunter (@ACCBR1). We appreciate Mychal joining us! To find old podcasts prior to episode 385, you can follow this link -> https://www.talkshoe.com/show/the-acc-weekly-podcast In this order, these are the topics we covered on the podcast. It’s episode 483 @ACCBR1 tell us about himself Virginia Tech’s …
Jan
07
2024
ACC Coaching Hotseat rankings after Bowl Season.
We last looked at the ACC Football Coaches Hot Seat rankings back in November. Since then we’ve had rivalry games, and bowls, and even some coaching changes. We go from the coldest to the hottest. 0 – Ice Cold 1 – Still cool 2 – There’s smoke 3 – Getting Warm 4 – On Fire …
Jan
06
2024
After win at Clemson, North Carolina just became the team to beat in the ACC.
On Saturday, after an impressive 10 point win at Clemson it became apparent North Carolina is the team to beat in the ACC. Clemson was off to an 11-2 start and top 20 ranking. They had wins over Alabama, TCU, and South Carolina. PJ Hall was playing at an All-American level. Joe Girard looked like …
Jan
04
2024
ACC Power Rankings after Bowl Season
14. Wake Forest (4-8, 1-7) Last Week – 14 Wake Forest won 1 game after mid September. This was not a Dave Clawson type year, and Deacs ended up the conference’s worst team. 13. Pittsburgh (3-9, 2-6) Last Week – 13 Pittsburgh suffered their worst season under Pat Narduzzi. Is it just a hiccup or …
Jan
03
2024
NCAA Bracket Projections (Men’s and Women’s) January 3, 2024
We hope everyone had a nice start to the year! Here’s a selection of Men’s and Women’s NCAA Bracket Projections for 2024, and we get conference season going. Men https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/bracketology/ncaa-bracketology-2023-march-madness-men-field-predictions https://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-tournament/bracketology/ https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens-basketball/bracketology Women https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/30423107/ncaa-women-bracketology-2024-women-college-basketball-projections https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/womens-basketball/bracketology Make sure you follow the All Sports Discussion Twitter account at @AllSportsDACC and please like our Facebook Page
Jan
02
2024
January 2, 2024 ACC Basketball Power Rankings
15. Louisville (5-7, 0-1) NET – 259 / RPI – 314 Last Week – 15 Louisville has to play at an angry bunch of Virginia Cavaliers this week. 14. Florida State (6-6, 0-1) NET – 142 / RPI – 125 Last Week – 13 Florida State took a devastating loss to Lipscomb this past week, …
Jan
01
2024
ACC Men’s Basketball 3 Biggest questions for week of January 1, 2024
As we start with conference season, we ask the three biggest ACC basketball questions for this week. Does Clemson become the ACC Frontrunner this week? Clemson is NCAA lock barring a catastrophe. They are playing to win the ACC and NCAA seeding. This week we find out if the Tigers are the ACC favorite. They …
Dec
31
2023
Taking stock of ACC Football in 2023. The good, bad, and ugly.
The college football season has concluded for the ACC in 2023 with the Georgia Bulldogs 63 – 3 win over Florida State’s JV squad. When you look at the season there was good, bad, and ugly. Let’s check it out. The Good Florida State’s 13-0 season was a special one in Tallahassee. It gave the …
Dec
30
2023
Florida State blown out in the most meaningless bowl game ever.
Congrats to the Georgia Bulldogs who will now get to hang the “We beat Florida State’s third team really bad in a bowl game” banner. If ever a result didn’t matter it was Saturday’s Orange Bowl. Florida State had 23 players opt out of the Orange Bowl, and that included more than 50% of their …
Dec
29
2023
In bowl win, Clemson’s QB Cade Klubnik may have come of age.
Quarterback Cade Klubnik and the Clemson offense has been maligned most of the year. The offense struggled, he’s struggled, the offensive line struggled, and the wide receivers struggled. Clemson had largely ridden their defense to 4 wins in November, but what if the offense had to answer the call? Clemson’s defense turned Kentucky over multiple …
Dec
28
2023
NC State still looking for first 10 win season in more than 20 years after bowl loss.
If there was an ACC team with something to play for it was NC State. It’s been 20 years since NC State had a 10-win top 15 season. The opportunity was there in a bowl game Kansas State, but make it 21 after NC State’s fourth straight bowl loss. This wasn’t a matter of motivation. …
Dec
28
2023
After bowl loss, Mario Cristobal’s Miami tenure is still about in-game breakdowns.
Some teams lose when the other teams are just better. Other teams lose becuase the opposing team has more talent. WHen I watch Miami I don’t see a team that’s often out-talented, or that the other team is clearly better. Miami loses becuase they have multiple fundamental breakdowns a game. Sometimes they can overcome them, …