May
11
2017
Clemson blog RubbingtheRock asks if the Clemson vs Florida State game has become the best rivalry in the country. Did you know Rick Pitino played on a basketball team this month? CardinalSportsZone has some comments from some of Pitino’s former players on their coach’s play. TarHeelBlog says UNC basketball will be fine without Kevin …
May
10
2017
I’m starting up a series to get you looking forward to the 2017 college football season. These are 30 most intriguing 2017 college football games featuring an ACC team. We move to (20-16) in this post. Let’s get in right into it. Games 30 – 26 | Games 25 – 21 | Games 15 – 11 | …
May
09
2017
A few days ago I said we were going to give our ACC and SEC football coach rankings. Gene Sapakoff of the Post and Courier ranked the ACC and SEC Football Coaches and I liked the idea, so here goes. 1. Nick Saban, Alabama Only Urban Meyer is in same sentence as Nick Saban nationally, but …
May
08
2017
@Hokiesmash_ASD and @TalkinACCSports are getting you prepared for football with our yearly ACC Football preview podcasts. We have our fourth preview podcast with @KilroyFSU who joined us to talk Florida State Football. We thank @KilroyFSU for joining us this week. @KilroyFSU lost audio on a couple of occasions early in the podcast, but comes back shortly. To download the audio file of this …
May
07
2017
As the college baseball season starts winding down, it’s time to check out where your favorite college baseball team will end up, who is hosting, and who still has work to do to get into the field. I’ll be checking on these links and posting updates every week. Here’s are some of the latest …
May
07
2017
Good Sunday to you ACC fans, I know very few of you readers out there actually care about the NHL playoffs. Let’s be honest, the majority of the ACC resides in areas where the NHL has little or no impact on the sports landscape. There are a few exceptions, Pittsburgh, Boston, Syracuse, and Washington (I …
May
07
2017
I’m starting up a series to get you looking forward to the 2017 college football season. These are 30 most intriguing 2017 college football games featuring an ACC team. We move to (25-21) in this post. Let’s get in right into it. Games 30 – 26 | Games 20 – 16 | Games 15 – 11 …
May
04
2017
Have you wondered how the country’s two best football conference coaches stack up against each other? Well Gene Sapakoff of the Post and Courier put together such a rankings list of ACC and SEC football coaches not long ago. Coaches like Mark Richt, Dan Mullen and Jim McElwain may be ranked too high, and others like …
May
03
2017
I’m starting up a series to get you looking forward to the 2017 college football season. These are 30 most intriguing 2017 college football games featuring an ACC team, starting with (30-26). Let’s get in right into it. Games 25 – 21 | Games 20 – 16 | Games 15 – 11 | Games 10 – …
May
03
2017
We told you over a week ago, the ACC Network was a go. We reiterated that on our most recent site podcast when we previewed the Virginia Tech football season. Yet the rumors persisted, that the ACC Network could in trouble. During the realignment rumor era of the early part of the era, the ACC tended …
May
02
2017
You thought expansion was over? Rumors are floating around that Notre Dame could join the ACC in 2019. I’m not buying it, but it is interesting to think about who could be that 16th team. ACC Blog ACCPrescription has some thoughts on that 16th team might be. Georgia Tech blog FromtheRumbleSeat looks into the …
May
01
2017
@Hokiesmash_ASD and @TalkinACCSports are getting you prepared for football with our yearly ACC Football preview podcasts. We have our third preview podcast with @treadmillhorse who joined us to talk Virginia Tech Football. We thank @treadmillhorse for joining us this week, and please check out his fine Virginia Tech blog site treadmillhorse.com. To download the audio file of this podcast, please go here. …
Apr
30
2017
The 2017 draft just ended so why not have a quick look ahead to the 2018 Draft? Interesting article from CBS Sportsline. They have the top 5 players at each position for the 2018 draft. Yeah a lot can change before next year, but it’s a good read in during the off-season. Make sure you …
Apr
30
2017
As we all know, this week has been a rough one for ESPN on-air talent. A lot of the people who we saw, get laid-off in real time via Twitter (which was weird watching people announce they had been let go) and the reaction from people got me to thinking. What do we want from …
Apr
29
2017
Thanks to blog contributor @Hokiesmash_ASD for sending this ACC press release ACC HAS 43 PLAYERS CHOSEN IN 2017 NFL DRAFT Total Is Second-Highest of Any Conference Nationally ACC Has Had 42 or More Selections in Three of the Last Four Drafts GREENSBORO, NC—The Atlantic Coast Conference had 43 players chosen in the 2017 National …
Apr
29
2017
The SEC and ACC running 1 and 2 in number of NFL draft picks is a fairly common occurrence. The Pac 12 and Big 10 also had solid drafts, but the Big 12 with 14 picks? 14? That’s not a good look for a conference that’s in general football wise has been trending downward overall …