Apr
09
2017
So this past Saturday, the defending national champion Clemson Tigers held their spring game. If you were looking on ESPN’s family of television networks you couldn’t find it anywhere. If you’re looking for the game later in the week as a replay you won’t find it anywhere there either. In fact, not a single ACC …
Apr
08
2017
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) fans. Hope you are enjoying some of the early ACC spring football games. Just a quick post for tonight – saw this great story from Andrea Adleson of ESPN – and we are really glad that she is bringing attention to this. The ACC is leading the way in …
Apr
08
2017
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. We have a lot in store for you at @AllSportsDACC: On Sunday, @MikeKlineDSB talks #Duke football w/ @TalkinACCSports & I on the @AllSportsDACC #ACC podcast – the longest running ACC podcast. — Matthew (@hokiesmash_ASD) April 8, 2017 Obviously we can’t have a fun podcast without great guests …
Apr
08
2017
ACC Coaches 6-10 | ACC Coaches 11 -15 North Carolina – Roy Williams : A+++ When you win the national title you can get nothing less than an A+++. That’s what Roy Williams did at North Carolina this season to win his third national championship. He got his Heels to commit to defense, and to win …
Apr
07
2017
We didn’t forget to check in with our ACC Bloggers this week. What do they have for us? We have to start with the UNC Blogs after the Tar Heels won the national title. TarHeelBlog looks at the Roy Williams era at UNC after his 3rd national title. They also talk about what was learned about …
Apr
07
2017
ACC Coaches 1-5 | ACC Coaches 11 -15 Wake Forest – Danny Manning : B+ Wake Forest finished with flourish, and that pushed head coach Danny Manning from a C+\B- to a B+. The Deacs had good computer numbers all year, but weren’t a NCAA team until later wins over Louisville and Virginia Tech. Picked …
Apr
06
2017
Now that the basketball season is over, it is time to hand final year-end grades to the basketball coaches like we did for the football coaches. We are going to start at the bottom and work our way up giving grades to all 15 ACC Coaches, even * cough * if they are no longer employed. …
Apr
06
2017
As the glow of college sports for most fans fades away, I came across a story posted by The Comeback. In this story, The Comeback rightly shines the light on the big business that is college athletics. The story, gives the example of the College Football Playoff and the”Playoff Premium” package. There is a problem …
Apr
05
2017
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. Hope all is well in your world. If you haven’t heard, right after Kentucky lost to North Carolina in the NCAA tournament, one of the referees in the game, John Higgins, got harassed by some really terrible Big Blue Nation fans. We’ve really seen a new …
Apr
04
2017
Remember this article from CBS Sports a few years ago? – Critical Coaches : Most overrated coaches in the country. Guess who topped the list – North Carolina coach Roy Williams. Well after Monday night, Roy Williams is a 3 Time National Champion. Only John Wooden (10), Mike Krzyzewski (5), and Adolph Rupp (4) have won more. …
Apr
04
2017
The paint has barely dried on North Carolina’s National Championship and we’re already talking next year. There’s nothing wrong with that. The Heels are going to be reigning champions for next calendar year. Here’s a listing of some way too early College Basketball Rankings for 2017-2018. As usual the ACC, the country’s best basketball conference, …
Apr
03
2017
I’ll have more thoughts on this game tomorrow, but I think this tweet sums it up very well. Congratulations to the Tar Heels and their fans on the National Title. Roy Williams now certainly stands among the best coaches of all time, if he didn’t before. UNC’s toughness has been tested for so long, by …
Apr
03
2017
@Hokiesmash_ASD and @TalkinACCSports preview a couple huge events this week. We are joined by two great friends of the podcast @WillsWorldMN of accnation.net and @JoeMicik of the bracketyard.com. Do yourself a favor, and check out their sites. To download the audio file of this podcast, please go here. In addition you can subscribe to the Podcast on ITUNES to get the quickest updates! You …
Apr
02
2017
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. A nice story from the good news department to close the Sunday evening: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – After a kidnapped 2-year-old girl was found safe in a dumpster Thursday evening less than an hour after she was taken in Northwest Jacksonville, the girl’s grandmother commended the Jacksonville Sheriff’s …
Apr
02
2017
It’s Master’s week. If you’ve read the blog in the past you know we’ll check in on golf especially during the 4 majors, and this is one of those times. Let’s preview the top 10 contenders for the first major of the year. 1. Dustin Johnson I think Dustin Johnson enters the Masters as the …
Apr
02
2017
Good afternoon, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) fans. Hope you are enjoying the last couple of days of NCAA men’s basketball. The season comes to a close on Monday night when North Carolina takes on Gonzaga (@TalkinACCSports is right that we should be doubting Roy Williams). The big part of success in the NCAA men’s basketball …