May
05
2016
By Dave Lackford follow me on twitter at https://twitter.com/Res4Six 20.) Ruben Flowers – PITT, OH, WR, 6’4” 191-pounds Flowers was a composite 3 star but a 4 star (Rivals250 #225) according to Rivals. With Tyler Boyd heading to the NFL Pitt is looking for someone to compete for a starting spot opposite RS Senior WR …
May
04
2016
Let’s check in on our ACC Bloggers! ACC Blog ACCPrescription provides some data that said the ACC had the 2nd highest College Bowl Viewership. That is impressive no matter how you look at it. When you have quality teams like Clemson playing in the National Title Game – that helps. Clemson set a school record …
May
03
2016
This is a reader submitted piece from Dave Gardeki. Was the Larry Tunsil saga on draft night cringe worthy or what? Laremy Tunsil made waves last week at the NFL Draft when a clip of him allegedly smoking marijuana was uploaded unto his Twitter account a few minutes before Thursday’s draft started. After the video …
May
01
2016
Good morning, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) fans. Hope you are having a great weekend. The NCAA usually gets criticized for a lot of its decisions – and rightly so. However, the organization everyone loves to hate recently got two decisions right. Let’s briefly talk about those: First, the NCAA lifted its ban on satellite camps. …
Apr
30
2016
Good morning, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) fans. My buddy @TalkinACCSports is on his way to Europe (I’m jealous!!). I’m going to drop another edition of Around the ACC Blogosphere just because it is indeed the offseason (site owner, Jeff, usually does this during the week, but there was a lot of good blogging and …
Apr
29
2016
Something we will keep an eye on in the next few weeks are the bracket projects for the NCAA Baseball Tournament. The ACC looks to be well represented with as many as 10 teams projected to the make the field. Check out some of the projections below. http://www.baseballamerica.com/college/projected-field-of-64-april-27/#SWxIBxk6ZvyFLWPY.97 http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/baseball/bracketology http://www.collegebaseballdaily.com/2016/04/26/2016-ncaa-baseball-regional-projections-april-26th/ Make sure you follow the …
Apr
28
2016
News about the ACC Network has been hard to come by, but TheClemsonInsider.com has one of the most detailed articles on the topic in several months. They interviewed Clemson AD Dan Radakovich and asked several questions about the ACC Network, and what the ACC thinks about the media rights revenue gap with the SEC and …
Apr
28
2016
Good morning, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) fans. Hope you are enjoying the National Basketball Association (NBA) and National Hockey League (NHL) playoffs (I’m bias, but there is nothing like an NHL game 7 – IT IS FIRE lol). Just a quick morning post here. The ACC Men’s Lacrosse Championship is this weekend at Fifth Third …
Apr
27
2016
As we wait and wait and wait and wait… on something definitive from the ACC Offices about an ACC Network, here’s something that hasn’t been in discussed in detail in quite awhile. What will be the format be? At one time it was a for gone conclusion for me that an ACC Network would be …
Apr
26
2016
What’s up with the ACC Bloggers? Let’s find out. Here is a bizarre story coming from the new Notice of Allegations from the NCAA against UNC. Apparently quite a few people were catfished by a twitter account into what was going to happen to the Tar Heels as recapped by TarHeelBlog. As in all …
Apr
25
2016
As the title says – UNC Men’s Basketball and Football are not named in the new NCAA’s Notice Allegations. Isn’t that what matters to everyone? When you read the article, you’ll see women’s basketball is in a whole lot of trouble. For the full story check out the News and Observer. Despite that language, though, …
Apr
25
2016
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) football fans. Just a really quick post here. A while back here on All Sports Discussion (make sure you follow our Twitter account at @AllSportsDACC), I argued that the NCAA’s ban on satellite camps was absolutely the wrong decision for a couple of reasons. First, I argued that ACC …
Apr
24
2016
We just did a ranking of the football coaches in the ACC so why not rank the ACC basketball coaches? This is just incredible the amount of coaching talent in ACC basetkaball. That might explain why the ACC is setting records for success in the NCAA tournament the last two years. 1) Mike Krzyzewski – …
Apr
23
2016
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans!! Many of you might not have heard of the Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup. It is an award that honors institutions maintaining broad-based athletics programs success in many sports (including male and female sports). The Directors’ Cup, founded by the National Association of College Directors of …
Apr
22
2016
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. I can’t tell you a better place to be than the Washington, DC area in the Spring. If you are in the area, let me know – and I can give some great tips on hidden charms in Alexandria, VA. Let’s right to it – Virginia …
Apr
21
2016
Need a review of the Louisville Spring Game? Louisville Blog CardinalSportsZone has it for you. QB Lamar Jackson has a great game, and he is definitely a player to watch in the ACC next year. I know a lot of us interested in the business and economics of the ACC. The ACC blog ACCPrescription …