We are starting to gain a little more clarity on who are the NCAA quality teams in the ACC. This is going to be a weekly article, where I seed the ACC teams and where I think they’d should be placed if the tournament started the same day as my posting. In my ranking system, …
Jan
24
2016
Jan
23
2016
Virginia Tech Men’s Basketball – The Buzz Williams Effect – Year 2
Good morning, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) fans. It’s a great snow day here in the DMV – and I still have power. That’s a good thing 😉 Let’s talk about Virginia Tech men’s basketball – there are a handful of job in the ACC that the media, analysts, fans of the sport, and others know …
Jan
22
2016
The LeBron James Effect: What Does the Firing of David Blatt Mean?
Ok, now that we’ve all calmed down and come to an understanding, let’s be clear: LeBron James runs the Cleveland Cavaliers organization. Ok, now that we’re past that what do we make of it? Tyronn Lue has been the most visible assistant on the Cavaliers bench. There’s often moments during games, whether the camera is focused …
Jan
22
2016
Female Sarah Storey takes National Circuit Championships title
An inspiring story sent to us about para-olympic athletie Sarah Storey…. Female Sarah Storey was crowned National Circuit Champion, alongside Matt Clinton, after winning the 20-mile contest held at Cranfield in Bedfordshire on Sunday. Storey beat her Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International team-mate Claire Rose to the women’s title, storming round the course in a …
Jan
21
2016
Tom Brady and Peyton Manning will meet maybe for the last time Sunday, and I’m going to enjoy it.
We are switching gears on our ACC centric blog in this post to talk some NFL football. Sunday Tom Brady and Peyton Manning will go face off for maybe the last time in an attempt to try and send their teams the New England Patriots or the Denver Broncos to the Super Bowl. How appropriate …
Jan
20
2016
Pittsburgh AD says ACC Network on the Horizon.
With news of the SEC’s whopping $457 million conference member distribution for the 2014-2015 year, the pressure increases on John Swofford and the ACC to find an additional revenue generator for it’s member schools. Now without getting into the depth of ESPN’s woes, cord cutting, etc, conference networks are still making money. The SEC and …
Jan
20
2016
Articles Around the #ACC Blogosphere – January 20, 2016
It’s been a couple of weeks since we checked in on the ACC bloggers. What are they up to? Good article from Florida State blog Tomahawknation on what last weeks title game deregulation ruling means for the ACC. After Clemson’s national championship runner-up season, Tiger blog RubbingtheRock tell us that Clemson football will be …
Jan
19
2016
Op Ed: A Letter to the King, LeBron James
Dear Mr. James, It’s been 2 seasons so far and if you ask me, Cleveland isn’t as talented a team as the one you had in Miami. Don’t get me wrong, you’ve got some offense, but Kevin Love was never the answer. Defense is the answer and this Cleveland team plays very little. Mr. James, …
Jan
18
2016
Should Clemson and Florida State play their football game in September or later in the 2016 year?
The ACC Football schedule has yet to come out for the 2016 season. The marquee game will again be Clemson vs Florida State. With both teams likely to be in the pre-season top 10, and viable playoff contenders, should the ACC schedule this game in September as they did in 2014 and 2012 or …
Jan
17
2016
ACC Bubble Analysis for January 17, 2015
Find out which ACC teams join Boston College with virtually no chance at making NCAAs. This is going to be a weekly article, where I seed the ACC teams and where I think they’d should be placed if the tournament started the same day as my posting. In my ranking system, any RPI top (100) …
Jan
16
2016
Lots of Way too Early 2016 College Football Top 25 Rankings
The 2015 College Football Season just ended. What does that mean? Time for 2016 Way to Early College Football Top 25 Rankings of course! SBNation combined 13 Way to Early Top 25 rankings. The ACC is well represented with 4-5 teams in most of the Top 25 Rankings. Clemson was ranked #1 in the majority …
Jan
16
2016
Change is inevitable. Georgia Tech basketball will never succeed with Brian Gregory.
Nearly a year ago, I asked if Georgia Tech had given up on basketball by retaining Brian Gregory. It seems for at least for the 2015-2016 season the answer is yes. By holding on to Gregory after last season, Georgia Tech effectively threw their hands up for this season and hoped for the best. There were …
Jan
15
2016
A laugh, I mean look at ESPN’s Final College Football FPI Rankings.
One of the most hilariously flawed “advanced metric” rankings tool the ESPN’s FPI is at it again. They just released their Final Rankings, and they got the first team correct. Alabama is ranked #1. That was correct. It was downhill from there. Let point out the most egregious errors. #2 Oklahoma (11-2) – The …
Jan
14
2016
Ranking the Power 5 Football Conferences after Bowl Season, with an early 2016 playoff analysis look.
Let’s take a final look at how the conference matched up after bowl season. Let me point out on my philosophy on these rankings – you’re most recent OOC results count a lot. We’ll give each conference a relative strength value 1-10. Let me explain my relative rankings 0-5 : Conference lacks depth no elite …
Jan
13
2016
ACC Football isn’t where it wants to be, but more progress was made in 2015.
The ACC’s football perception is always a sensitive subject. Is it improving? Does it trail the other 4 power 5 conferences? Are it’s best teams at a SOS disadvantage? and on and on. Another season is in the books, did the ACC continue its steady progression that’s been going on since 2012? Overall you have …
Jan
12
2016
Clemson set for another College Football Playoff run after falling just short to Alabama in National Title Game.
I finally had some time to sit down and give my thoughts on a classic national title game between Clemson and Alabama. Let me just get started… Was Clemson QB Deshaun Watson fantastic in defeat or what? Watson absolutely shredded the vaunted Alabama defense to pieces. He had over 400 yards through the air, and …