Oct
20
2016
Just a quick post for tonight. After Virginia Tech beat Miami 37-16 to move to 5-2 (3-1), are the Hokies now the team to beat in the Coastal? Duke, Georgia Tech, and Miami already have 3 losses. Virginia is 2-4. They’ve already beat North Carolina and own the tie-breaker over them. For the all …
Oct
19
2016
My blog partner @Hokiesmash has written several pieces regarding the scandal at Baylor. I hope you take the time read his most recent work on the subject. Some interesting news Wednesday. Baylor University is now under a Federal Title IX investigation as reported by SI.com. This just gets worse and worse for Baylor. I’m sure @Hokiesmash will have more …
Oct
19
2016
This is a reader submitted guest post… enjoy! The ACC is back in the national spotlight because the conference has several good football teams this season and could become the first conference to have two teams in the College Football Playoffs. The conferences success has improved NCAA football lines for some teams, and shed the spotlight …
Oct
18
2016
We’re halfway through the college football season. How about some ACC mid-season awards? Player of the 1st Half Lamar Jackson, QB Louisville He’s been a touchdown machine, and the nation’s best offensive player. There’s a reason he’s leading the Heisman race. Coach of the 1st Half Bobby Petrino, Louisville Petrino guided Louisville as high as …
Oct
18
2016
We’ve reached the halfway point of the college football year. What do our ACC bloggers have to say at this point in the season? Did you catch Syracuse’s head coach Dino Babers after the Orange’s big upset of Virginia Tech? Syracuse blog NunesMagician looks at the Babers post-game game speech which was epic. Louisville’s …
Oct
17
2016
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. Hope you are doing well. We have a really important Thursday night ACC clash coming up between two teams looking to stay in the thick of the Coastal race. Virginia Tech and Miami both need a win, but for different reasons. The Hokies still control their own …
Oct
17
2016
@Hokiesmash and myself @TalkinACCSports had a classic podcast this week, as we went without a guest. It was fun to get back to our roots, but don’t worry we have guests starting back up next week – some really big names in the future so keep an eye out for that! We won’t be talking about …
Oct
16
2016
Why am I discussing conference power rankings? Well because as teams start playing each other in their conference, the strength of a conference determines the quality of your wins as the playoffs approach. It matters so let’s get right into it. Let me point out on my philosophy on these rankings – your most …
Oct
16
2016
If you can figure out North Carolina football this season, please let the rest of know. There was a home blowout loss to Virginia Tech last week, and 10 point loss to a mediocre Georgia team to open the year. There has also been a win at Florida State, and now the win over …
Oct
15
2016
Greetings, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) fans. The picture above is a black and white television. Black and white television users?: #Clemsoning — RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) October 15, 2016 Oh boy. NCSU bout to bring back #Clemsoning — StateOfTheU.com (@TheStateOfTheU) October 15, 2016 *looks around furtively* #clemsoning — Tyler Duffy (@tyduffy) October 15, 2016 …
Oct
15
2016
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. Both Miami and Virginia Tech had opportunities to solidify their position in the ACC Coastal Division today – and failed to get it done (or rather, North Carolina and Syracuse went out and got it done). First, let’s talk about North Carolina – Miami. Mitch Trubisky had …
Oct
15
2016
Kyle Bambard missed 33 yard FG that literally cost NC State a chance at a monumental upset of the Clemson. You know that nobody feels worse than him, but the treatment he is getting on twitter is disgusting. Come on folks he is a college kicker that missed a FG, he didn’t commit a heinous …
Oct
15
2016
There were a lot of people including myself that felt Virginia Tech was playing some of the best football in the ACC recently. Following a 34-3 route at UNC, it appeared the Hokies were about to get on a roll. Dino Babers and Syracuse were not having any of it. Many of us considered Dino …
Oct
15
2016
On October 15, 2016, NC State was better than Clemson. They just were. Dave Doeren and his staff had a perfect gameplan to attack both Clemson’s offense and defense. When the Wolfpack were on offense they went after Clemson on the edges and with the short intermediate routes. Basically they worked on weak part of …
Oct
14
2016
When you are Clemson, Alabama, Ohio State or another undefeated power 5 team right now style points don’t matter. You win and you are in the playoffs. Louisville your 24-14 win over Duke isn’t good enough. If you are the Louisville Cardinals you need style points, and a lot of them. You are trying to …
Oct
14
2016
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. Just a quick post here for a Friday evening. If you haven’t heard, in September 2014, the ACC announce its intention to relocate it’s conference championships from North Carolina. Those decisions have now been made. The only one we need to hear about is ACC men’s basketball …