Aug
24
2018
Best / Worse Case Record for : Louisville | Virginia | Miami | Duke | Georgia Tech | Boston College | Pittsburgh | Florida State | Virginia Tech | NC State | Clemson | North Carolina | Wake Forest Syracuse Syracuse has won 8 games under Dino Babers. 25% of those wins were against a 10 win Virginia Tech in 2016, and in 2017 against ACC Champion and College Football Playoff team Clemson. Last Syracuse came fairly close to …
Aug
23
2018
Best / Worse Case Record for : Louisville | Virginia | Miami | Duke | Georgia Tech | Boston College | Pittsburgh | Florida State | Virginia Tech | NC State | Syracuse | North Carolina | Wake Forest Clemson What can you say about Clemson that hasn’t been said? Dabo Swinney has built a monster of a program with no signs of slowing down. They enter each season on the short list of the national title …
Aug
22
2018
Best / Worse Case Record for : Louisville | Virginia | Miami | Duke | Georgia Tech | Boston College | Pittsburgh | Florida State | Virginia Tech | Clemson | Syracuse | North Carolina | Wake Forest NC State NC State was patient with Dave Doeren and was rewarded with a 9-4 record that was was a handful of plays from being 12-1. There’s more legitimate optimism in Raleigh than there has been in many years. A …
Aug
21
2018
Duke basketball’s three-game Canada exhibition tour confirmed – to the surprise of no one – that R.J. Barrett and Zion Williamson are special. Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski even said so three months before the Kentucky opener. “Zion and R.J. are a cut above everyone who’s on the court,” Krzyzewski told the media after Sunday’s final …
Aug
20
2018
@Hokiesmash_ASD and @TalkinACCSports have one of favorite people on this podcast as @TerryPJohnson of http://BuckeyeWire.com joins us. Please check out Terry’s work over there! 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/conf/summary/5041303 In this order, these are topics we covered …
Aug
19
2018
Best / Worse Case Record for : Louisville | Virginia | Miami | Duke | Georgia Tech | Boston College | Pittsburgh | Florida State | NC State | Clemson | Syracuse | North Carolina | Wake Forest Virginia Tech Justin Fuente in his 2 years at Virginia Tech has been everything Hokie fans could have hoped for. Fuente is averaging 9.5 wins a season as Hokie coach, and there is nothing to suggest that Fuente …
Aug
18
2018
Every January the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame enshrines a new class and names its pro and college players of the year. The weekend in Hawaii includes a Polynesian high school all-star game and a skills camp. What better place for Jarvis Polu to kick off any hopes to contend for the Polynesian College Player …
Aug
18
2018
Quietly the ACC Network continues to come together. Recently ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro made some comments on the ACC Network that kind of went under the radar, but hint at the progress of the launch. This is a tweet from media reporter @sarafischer Pitaro says @ESPN is “right on schedule” with the launch of its ACC …
Aug
15
2018
Did the ACC Network just get some Digital Subscriptions? We thinks so. Check out this article from ACCPrescription. Who does FromtheRumbleSeat think is Georgia Tech’s most important game? The answer may surprise you. TechLunchPail discusses Reggie Floyd taking on leadership role in the inexperienced Virginia Hokie secondary. ChopChat asks how much can FSU’s freshman receivers will contribute …
Aug
14
2018
If you haven’t already heard about the issues going on at the University of Maryland. Here is a quick synopsis. Back in May an University of Maryland football player, Jordan McNair passed away during an off-season workout. Then there was a very damning article published on ESPN.com focusing on what they called a “toxic culture,” …
Aug
14
2018
The football gap separating the old-school game and its new era adapting to the times was revealed as wide as the Grand Canyon at the Atlantic Coast Conference media days last month in Charlotte, N.C. The concussion subject of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) was teed up for North Carolina coach Larry Fedora, but he booted …
Aug
13
2018
@Hokiesmash_ASD and @TalkinACCSports switch some gears in this podcast as we preview the FCS football season with @ndsujerk. This guy knows his FCS football so enjoy! 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/conf/summary/5003188 In this order, these …
Aug
13
2018
@Hokiesmash_ASD and @TalkinACCSports have a great guest on this podcast- state of Virginia AP Sportswriter @hankkurzjr. He joins us to talk ACC and state of Virginia sports. 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/conf/summary/5003187 In this order, …
Aug
12
2018
DURHAM — Quarterbacks facing Duke this year will step to the line looking to locate All-ACC cornerback Mark Gilbert. Then they’ll l search the other side for the corner that the scouting reports consider the weaker link. If they don’t, they may watch helplessly as Gilbert picks off a pass as he did in the …
Aug
11
2018
With some years to look back it got me thinking how did the expansion power 5 schools work out for each conference? The good, the bad, and the ugly. For some context this was recently tweeted by @MattSmithCFB on the teams we’ll be looking at + Notre Dame who is kind of the ACC. Conference records in …
Aug
10
2018
Best / Worse Case Record for : Louisville | Virginia | Miami | Duke | Georgia Tech | Boston College | Pittsburgh | Virginia Tech | NC State | Clemson | Syracuse | North Carolina | Wake Forest Florida State Let’s be honest the Florida State program was starting to stagnate under Jimbo Fisher. Maybe he could have turned it around, but maybe not. What is for sure is that Clemson has surpassed Florida State as …