Sep
10
2016
Next week Florida State plays Louisville. Florida State is ranked #3 and Louisville is ranked #13. The Cardinals have scored 132 points in their first games. Florida State played the best half of college football in the country last week in a national championship level 2nd half as they beat #11 Ole Miss 45-34. Louisville …
Sep
08
2016
This past weekend the myth of SEC football received it’s final nail in the coffin. You know the one – Just about all the best college football players, best coaches, and best college football teams reside in the SEC. Your non-SEC football team? It can’t compete, because it doesn’t have a SEC defense or SEC speed. It’s been …
Sep
07
2016
The ACC showcased in week one of the college football season that they will be a force to be reckoned with in 2016. The Conference went 11-3 in the first week with impressive wins by Florida State, Louisville, and Miami. With a handful of teams in the AP Top 25, the power rankings after week …
Sep
07
2016
After a wild opening weekend in college football, we have to see what the ACC Bloggers are up to. What did Florida State learn about their offense and defense after their epic comeback against Ole Miss? FSU Blog Tomahawknation looks at the Nole’s Offense and the Defense. Clemson blog Rubbing the Rock tells us …
Sep
06
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 recent …
Sep
06
2016
Good morning, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Fans. So happy college football is back!!! The ACC had a really good weekend with Clemson’s win over Auburn – and Florida State’s win over Mississippi. And that brings us to ACC week two – the game of the week – the Battle at Bristol – college football’s most …
Sep
06
2016
For 25 minutes, Florida State looks lost, confused, and unprepared. There was penalty after penalty. The Seminole’s offensive line was getting manhandled. Chad Kelly was shredding the FSU secondary to pieces. Then the Noles in a shocking turn of a events simply flipped a switch scoring 33 straight unanswered points. From down 28-6 to leading …
Sep
04
2016
Editor’s Note: SEC Logo game from publicly available Pinterest space. Good evening from Minnesota, Atlantic Coast Conference sports fans. Hope you all are enjoying your Labor Day Weekend. If you’re like me, you overdosed in a good way on college football’s first weekend (yours truly was up until 2:30 AM CST watching a weather-delated …
Sep
04
2016
Let the questions begin. What is wrong with Clemson? Is Deshaun Watson ok? What happened to the offense? Well nothing really. Auburn is pretty tough at home. Their worst loss at home in the last 3 years was a 16 point defeat to Alabama last year. Every other loss was single digits. Clemson led Auburn …
Sep
03
2016
North Carolina let a major opportunity to gain national respect slip away against the Georgia Bulldogs. Make no mistake, Georgia is one of the most talented teams in the country. 4 and 5 star athletes dot that lineup all over. It’s never been a talent issue with Georgia, it’s been a coaching issue. North Carolina …
Sep
03
2016
It’s only game one, and sometimes you hesitate to put too much stock in the result in a team’s opening game. In this case saying Justin Thomas may have saved Georgia Tech’s season is not an exaggeration. When you’re a team coming off a 3-9 season, and losers of 7 of your last 8 ACC …
Sep
02
2016
Florida State has it – Respect. That’s what you get when you win a national title in 2013, beating an Auburn team that was the best team the SEC had to offer. They own Florida now. They’ve beat Clemson, they’ve beat Oklahoma State. They beat a top 10 Georgia Tech team in 2014. Clemson has …
Aug
31
2016
Best / Worse Case Record for : Clemson | Georgia Tech | Virginia | Miami | Louisville | Duke | Boston College | Pittsburgh | Florida State | Virginia Tech | NC State | North Carolina | Syracuse Wake Forest Wake Forest suffered their 3rd straight season of winning 4 games or less. If you look at last year though, there were signs that the Deacs may be able to reach a bowl game this seaspn. …
Aug
31
2016
In Frank Beamer’s final season as Virginia Tech head coach, the Hokies’ offense sputtered, as did the team as a whole. It was a troubling trend that had began years prior. Virginia Tech wasn’t generating offensive production, nor did it have a unit that opponents feared. All that is likely to change with the hiring …
Aug
30
2016
Best / Worse Case Record for : Clemson | Georgia Tech | Virginia | Miami | Louisville | Duke | Boston College | Pittsburgh | Florida State | Virginia Tech | NC State | Syracuse | Wake Forest North Carolina The North Carolina Tarheels had a breakthrough season in 2015 going 11-3, winning the ACC Coastal, and finishing in the top 15. Larry Fedora entered 2015 on the hotseat, and now enters 2016 with a team …
Aug
30
2016
Yesterday we posted our blog contributors and friends predictions on the ACC Coastal Division. Today we have their ACC Atlantic Division Predictions and closing ACC thoughts as we head into the first week of the season. Here is our panel below. Jeff – (@TalkinACCSports) Matthew – (@HokieSmash) Zach – (@ztevans) Jerran – (@HereGoJayAgain) Dave – @Res4Six Dan – (@treadmillhorse) Team Jeff …