Jan
21
2016
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 …
Jan
11
2016
@Hokiesmash and @TalkinACCSports were joined by @TN_Hoops ( Michael Rogner ), the head basketball writer for the excellent Florida State site Tomahawknation.com. We appreciate @TN_Hoops looking at ACC basketball and getting us ready for the conference season. We also preview the College Football National Title Game between Clemson and Alabama. To download the audio file of this podcast, please go …
Jan
10
2016
The ACC just proved this week how difficult it is to win on the road. Find out who made a move and who didn’t. 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 …
Jan
09
2016
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) fans. How you all had a great holiday season – and your New Year started off right. It always makes sense to to start your New Year off with some great ACC hoops action. We will cover ACC hoops all year long at All Sports Discussion. I have, however, …
Jan
09
2016
It’s been 34 years since Clemson last played for a national title in football. Back in 1981 Clemson played and won the national title. FoxSports has an interesting article looking at what the world looked like back in 1981. How times have changed! Make sure you follow the All Sports Discussion Twitter account at @AllSportsDACC and please …