Apr
20
2016
(h/t @washingtonpost for this photo of Whit Babcock) Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) fans!! What great weather all around ACC country!!! Virginia Tech, its President, and its Board of Visitors needs to extend Whit Babcock’s (the Athletic Director) contract now – the University should not wait. We chronicled Babcock’s moves here. There have been …
Apr
19
2016
Let’s just come out say it. Jim Delany is a genius when it comes to handling the Big 10’s media rights. More than 10 years ago, his vision led to the Big Ten Network. Now he’s managed to secure a deal with Fox that could be worth up $250 Million a year for 6 years …
Apr
18
2016
This was submitted to us by Mike Samuelson. Jim Harbaugh is certainly one polarizing head coach. College Football Hijacked by Jim Harbaugh Jim Harbaugh, the Michigan coach, has caused plenty of reaction after calling the ban for satellite camps by NCAA, a knee-jerk reaction. He had also criticized Hugh freeze, Ole Miss Coach, for poor …
Apr
17
2016
A recent article on TigerNet.com details the rising costs of competing at the highest level of college athletics for Clemson University. This included mention of head football coach Dabo Swinney and his new $30 Million contract, and the fact for the first time Clemson students sitting in the Lower Bowl of Death Valley will be required …
Apr
16
2016
As we like to do here at All Sports Discussion, it’s the off-season for football and basketball and we like to rank stuff – Players, coaches, and programs. It makes for great talking points until the season the starts. We want to get things going by ranking the football coaches. If your best days were …
Apr
15
2016
Just a short post for tonight… Are you interested in those NFL mock drafts? Remember the draft is not far way. It will start on April 27. Below are links to several of them. NFL.com Mock Draft CBSSportsline Mock Draft USAToday Mock Draft SI.Com Mock Draft SBNation Mock Draft Make sure you follow the All …
Apr
13
2016
Greetings, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. We step out of the ACC tonight to talk about a sport I love (I’m from North Dakota after all) – the National Hockey League (NHL). I’m dropping some predictions below for the first round of the NHL #StanleyCupPlayoffs. Here we go: Playoff Series Winner in Number of …
Apr
13
2016
Wednesday Kobe Bryant plays his final game. Let me be the first to admit. I wasn’t a Kobe fan. I liked Magic better. I liked Michael better. I blamed Kobe for breaking up Shaq/Kobe at the time. When Kobe came into the NBA. I thought he was a ball hog and a selfish player. Yep …
Apr
12
2016
ACC Bloggers what do you have for us? Several Spring Games were this past weekend so we’ll highlight a couple of those. ACC blog ACCPerscription posted several interesting ACC relevant links, but one in particular really caught my eye. There is a link to a Nielsen year in review document where they showed that …
Apr
11
2016
@Hokiesmash and I (@TalkinACCSports) talk some Georgia Tech sports in this podcast. This was a classic podcast with just the 2 of us with me on the hotseat talking about Georgia Tech. I’m a Georgia Tech alum, so I went total fan on this one. To download the audio file of this podcast, please go …
Apr
10
2016
I tweeted this at 5:04 PM Another run away at the Masters… Zzzzz . — Jeff or Jeffrey Fann (@TalkinACCSports) April 10, 2016 It look liked for the 3rd straight year, it appeared we were headed to an anti-climatic back 9 after Jordan Spieth took a 5 shot lead heading new hole #10. Already a …
Apr
09
2016
Tell me who this is. I’m in my 30s, headed to not a blue-blood basketball program, but one with some tradition. A program that has reached the Final 4 and has put several players in the NBA. I’m following one of the most successful if the not the most successful coach in my program’s history. …
Apr
09
2016
(h/t Al.com for the photo) Good afternoon, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans!! If you’re like me (and not many ACC fans have this sort of interest lol), you might be watching the NCAA Men’s Division I Ice Hockey Final tonight. The University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks take on the Quinnipiac University Bobcats at …
Apr
08
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 Athletics and …
Apr
07
2016
The college basketball season just ended on Monday with Villanova taking the title. That means it’s time to start looking at next already! Check out next year’s pre-season rankings from several sites. As the nation’s #1 conference the ACC is well represented as you can see below. ESPN Way too Early 2016-2017 Pre-Season Rankings 1) …
Apr
06
2016
Time for some ACC Bloggers! Following UNC’s tough loss in the National Title game North Carolina blog Tar Heel Blog takes a By The Numbers review look at Tar Heels basketball season. If you don’t think the ACC is surging athletically, check out ACC blog ACCPrescription as they discuss the ACC’s athletic renaissance. …