Dec
02
2014
It’s time for one last go on the football power rankings before we shift over to basketball mode. Rivalry week was a great one for the ACC, especially for its members that faced the SEC. 1 – Florida State: Another week, another poll where Florida State drops out of the top spot despite having zero …
Dec
02
2014
We hope you had a good Thanksgiving Holiday. We know the ACC did against their rivals from the SEC. @Hokiesmash and I (@TalkinACCSports) review those games, and preview the FCS playoffs with @kroth37 (Kyle Roth), who has covered North Dakota State University and the Missouri Valley Football Conference since 2008 with the midwest magazine Bison Illustrated and the …
Dec
01
2014
It doesn’t get any better than beating your rival, and several ACC football teams are feeling pretty good. Let’s see what the ACC Bloggers have to say about that and anything else…. Georgia Tech blog FromtheRumbleSeat was overjoyed with the win over arch-rival Georgia. They grade out the Yellow Jackets performance. That high school offense just …
Dec
01
2014
So the ACC swept the SEC 4 -0 in rivalry games this past weekend. Clemson 35 South Carolina 17 Florida State 24 Florida 19 Georgia Tech 30 Georgia 24 Louisville 44 Kentucky 40 In all fairness other than Georgia none of the SEC representatives were among the top 4 teams in the SEC, and these …
Dec
01
2014
This is a news release that blog contributor and ACC podcast partner @HokieSmash sent to me. The ACC as many of the Power 5 conferences are doing is moving ahead with increasing student athlete benefits. That is certainly a good thing, but the tricky part will the implementation when it gets to that point. We’ll …
Nov
30
2014
We are still not any closer to having our 4 playoff teams. All 4 conference championships have playoff implications. Let get right into it… We’ll give each conference a relative strength value 1-10. 1) SEC – 8.5 As we’ve tried to tell you all year, the SEC is and hasn’t been heads and shoulders above …
Nov
29
2014
Rumor has it, this photo of John Swofford was taken after the ACC went 4-0 against the SEC today. OK it wasn’t, but I bet it wasn’t far from the truth. 1) ACC makes statement against the SEC When you are the ACC and fighting for respect, you can’t afford to lose rivalry games against …
Nov
29
2014
Greetings!!! It’s Thanksgiving and we have just what you need for ACC Football Week #14 (Rivalry Week). Our sports handicappers from Ohio – who also run their service in Las Vegas – have joined us at All Sports Discussion. We’re pleased to have Patrick and Lucky from Sick of Paying. Sick of Paying is are …
Nov
27
2014
Greetings!!! It’s Thanksgiving and we have just what you need for ACC Football Week #14 (Rivalry Week). Our sports handicappers from Ohio – who also run their service in Las Vegas – have joined us at All Sports Discussion. We’re pleased to have Patrick and Lucky from Sick of Paying. Sick of Paying is are …
Nov
27
2014
Hey it’s Thanksgiving, so I have a couple of thanks to hand out. A hearty thanks to @Hokiesmash for managing our weekly ACC podcast, and doing just about all the work getting all the awesome guests to come on the show. We’d like to thank each guest individually, but the list is just too long. You …
Nov
26
2014
We’ve have a great holiday podcast for you to listen to while you’re making that roadtrip this week. @Hokiesmash and I (@TalkinACCSports) were pleased to be joined by @SectionTPJ (Terry Johnson) of the @TheStudentSect. TheStudentSection is one of our favorite college sports sites, and is well worth your time to check out. To download the audio file of …
Nov
26
2014
Hello, @HereGoJayAgain with the Week 14 installment of ACC football predictions. Well Week 13 was a dud. Duke lost to UNC after being in the proverbial driver’s seat of the Coastal Division, Virginia Tech lost to Wake Forest in double overtime 6-3, and Virginia upset Miami in convincing fashion to keep their bowl hopes alive. With this …
Nov
25
2014
This week in the ACC had it all. Virtual bye weeks to prepare for rivalry games! Literal bye weeks to prepare for rivalry games! Dudes singing to geese! Vandalism! Shutouts! Frank Beamer celebrating shutouts! Let’s get to the rankings! 1 – Florida State: The Seminoles dropped to second in the coaches’ poll this week, because …
Nov
24
2014
A lot of things are going on in the ACC right now. Football is in the homestretch, and Basketball is gearing up… We check in on the ACC bloggers now. We’ll start with Virginia Blog StreakingtheLawn. In a scene of pure awesomeness, a Virginia student was caught singing to a goose during the Virginia\Miami football …
Nov
23
2014
I think one thing the playoffs have proven is that the regular season is not diminished. In fact the end of the regular season, and conference title games will have more interest in them than ever. We’ll give each conference a relative strength value 1-10. 1) SEC – 9 The SEC lost one of their …
Nov
22
2014
Florida State lives to fight another day, and Louisville picks up a nice non-conference win for the ACC this week. There’s plenty more in the 10 quick takes on the ACC after week 13. 1) Louisville this is what you were invited to the ACC to do. When Louisville was invited to the ACC, make …