Sep
18
2016
Yesterday Florida State was pulverized in a way that I didn’t think was possible by the Louisville Cardinals. This wasn’t a 5 Turnover game that turned a close game into a blowout like a couple of years ago in a 59-20 loss to Oregon. Florida State was beaten every which way possible against Louisville. The …
Sep
17
2016
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) fans – today’s Virginia Tech game story is brought to you by @DavidTeelatDP – the Hokies absolutely dominated Boston College by the score of 49-0. Here we go: #Hokies minus-6 as kickoff with BC approaches. Over-under 39.5. — David Teel (@DavidTeelatDP) September 17, 2016 Travon McMillian’s second …
Sep
17
2016
When you are coming off a 3-9 season, you can’t take any games the next year for granted. With a less than daunting, but still a dangerous opening three games, Georgia Tech needed to open the season 3-0 if there was any chance of having a bowl season. Mercer in game two wouldn’t be a …
Sep
17
2016
We didn’t know quite what to make of Louisville before Saturday. Sure QB Lamar Jackson had rolled up yards against a bad Kentucky team and against Texas A&M in the bowl game last year. This season UNC-Charlotte and Syracuse turned into a highlight reels for Jackson, but this was Florida State coming to town. These …
Sep
16
2016
Sometimes it’s take the national media a little while to catch on. I tweeted after watching Florida State QB’s Deondre Francois shred the Ole Miss defense to pieces in the 2nd half. The quarterbacking in the ACC is just sick. Watson, Francois, Jackson, Kaaya, Thomas, Trubisky, Evans…. — Jeff or Jeffrey Fann (@TalkinACCSports) September 6, …
Sep
14
2016
If you have heard, lots of things are happening in Atlantic Coast Conference country. John Swofford and member institutions announced that the conference will relocate all neutral site championships for the 2016-17 academic year. That was not surprising as the ACC is basically following the NCAA’s lead. As such, we have a few recommendations for …
Sep
14
2016
We knew this was coming from John Swofford. Here’s the press release from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) to relocate it’s conference championship events from North Carolina to other locations. In a future post, we will put out our recommendations for the new sites. Statement from the ACC Council of Presidents: “As members of the …
Sep
14
2016
It was a very easy week for the ACC conference, as most teams played a non-power conference team. The power teams played as expected, as the middle of the pack teams showed why they are called that. 1) (#2) Florida State: 52-8 win over Charleston Southern Deondre Francois put up an 85.6 QB rating and …
Sep
13
2016
I hear there is a pretty big game going on Louisville this Saturday. Anybody know anything about that? Louisville blog CardinalSportsZone has the facts you need to know about ESPN Gameday heading to Louisville for their big game against the Florida State Seminoles. Another Louisville blog TheCrunchZone talks about how far the Louisville …
Sep
12
2016
@Hokiesmash and myself @TalkinACCSports are back podcasting again this week after taking a break for the Labor Day weekend. We were glad to have @TechLunchPailD (Tim Thomas) of the fine the Virginia Tech blog site techlunchpail.com. Check that site out! To download the audio file of this podcast, please go here. In addition you can subscribe to the Podcast …
Sep
12
2016
Good afternoon, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. Just a quick post here. The Virginia Tech Athletic Department just released men’s basketball home schedule (h/t @VTPromotions) and I have a few observations on that: Virginia Tech will welcome back Ace Custis as the University of Maryland at Eastern Shore pays a visit to Blacksburg (unfortunately, …
Sep
11
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 – you’re most …
Sep
11
2016
Good afternoon, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. If you missed it, Wake Forest defeated Duke by the score of 24-14 yesterday in what @AllSportsDACC site friend – and SBN Nation Wake Forest @BloggerSoDear blogger, @Robert_Reinhard, says is the biggest win of Head Football Coach Dave Clawson’s tenure. Here’s what Robert had to say: Wake …
Sep
11
2016
So, let’s talk briefly (I’ll get out of my #ACC hat and go homer here for a minute): 1.) There are some positives: Virginia Tech had more total yards on offense than Tennessee. The play calling was as good as I’ve seen in many years. The Hokies actually have an offensive system. 2.) It was …
Sep
10
2016
Here is something I did not expect to be asking after 2 games this year. What is wrong with Clemson’s offense? Against Auburn last week, I said there was no need to apologize for the poor offensive performance. Auburn recruits well. They have plenty of talent along the defensive line, and they were playing at …
Sep
10
2016
Pat Narduzzi was universally hailed as a good hire at Pittsburgh. His 8-5 opening season didn’t disappoint either. It was a season that included a win at Virginia Tech and a home win against Louisville. Today provided Pat Narduzzi an opportunity to get a signature win over in-state arch rival Penn State. The Panthers came …