May
21
2014
Remember when some said why was the Big 10 picking up Maryland and Rutgers? It certainly wasn’t for their athletic prowess. Rutgers in particular has been an absolute PR nightmare for the Big 10 and itself, but Jim Delany brought Rutgers and Maryland to the Big 10 for one reason, cable subscribers. The Big 10’s …
May
20
2014
Greetings, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) fans. Aye – the offseason – you know this is a painful time 😉 After all, the first college football game isn’t for another 100 days, eh? Site owner, Jeff Fann (@TalkinACCSports), and I are here to help the time go a little faster. We hope you have enjoyed our …
May
20
2014
Thanks to @HokieSmash for this ACC press release. Ok I’m ready for football! Atlantic Coast Conference Announces 2014 Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game in Primetime; Early Season Gametime and TV Schedule Primetime for the 10th Annual Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship; New Member Louisville Makes ACC Debut Hosting Miami on Labor Day Monday Night Every ACC Hosted …
May
19
2014
You’ve always seen coaching hotseat rankings for football or basketball, but how often have you seen them combined? I was thinking which school might have to be doing a double duty, in the near future if you know what I mean. This will be our ranking systems. 5 – Firing Imminent barring a miracle 4 …
May
19
2014
Thanks to Scott Kim for this submission on the Indiana Pacers and Miami Heat conference finals. This series got a lot more interesting with Indiana’s fine play in Game 1. Can they keep it up? All season long, everyone was looking forward to an Eastern Conference Finals matchup between the Indiana Pacers and the Miami Heat. …
May
18
2014
It’s never too soon to start talking about College Football. It’s only May, but we’re already getting some bowl predictions. This is good for some early season discussion. These bowl predictions are from Jerry Palm of CBSSPortsline. Let’s take a closer look at the ACC teams we follow on this blog, and whether we agree …
May
17
2014
Thanks to @HokieSmash for another ACC news release. Good luck to Florida State, Virginia Tech, and Georgia Tech as they compete next week for a golf national title. Florida State, Georgia Tech, and Virginia Tech earn berths in 30-team field GREENSBORO, N.C. – Florida State, Georgia Tech, and Virginia Tech advanced to the NCAA Men’s …
May
17
2014
I have a couple of ACC news releases from site contributor @HokieSmash. First here is seedings for the upcoming ACC baseball tournament. Clearly Miami, Florida, State, and Virginia have set themselves apart from the rest of the ACC, and have the conference in line for 3 national seeds. GREENSBORO, N.C. – Coastal Division champion Miami …
May
15
2014
@HokieSmash and I @TalkinACCSports are ready to review all of the happenings from the ACC Spring meetings that were held this past week. We’re also going to take a look at the some of the ACC spring sports as they head into the post-season. We have @BH_Orange44 (Brian Harrison) a Syracuse Alum and blogger for Orange44.Blogspot.com to help us and give …
May
14
2014
Each day of the ACC meetings, the ACC makes another significant announcement. First it was the 8 game conference schedule, then there was the move of the ACC Basketball tournament to a Tuesday-Saturday format, then Wednesday the conference said ACC teams could potentially play each other as non-conference games. I’m really indifferent to this decision. …
May
13
2014
More news coming out of the ACC meetings. The ACC basketball tournament has moved their schedule to a Tuesday – Saturday Format. I was fairly indifferent when the first rumors of this were brought up some weeks ago, but I think it’s a good move. This puts the ACC tournament semi-finals on a Friday prime time …
May
12
2014
The ACC’s Spring meetings are this week, and several important topics will be discussed including Division, the ACC Network, and 8 or 9 game conference schedule. Well it’s just about official on one of these, the ACC is going to stay at 8 conference games. I am one person pleased to see this. I’ve been a …
May
11
2014
The 2014 NFL draft just ended with 42 ACC players selected. We discussed how this year’s draft meant for each of the Power 5 conferences. Already though there are mock drafts for the 2015. CBSSportsline just released their mock draft for 2015. There are couple of interesting notes, and it continues the trends we saw this year. …
May
11
2014
The NFL draft finished up Saturday. You can review the ACC’s entire draft results in a previous post on this blog. The ACC had 42 players drafted. For the the ACC it was pretty successful draft, as the conference continues to churn out NFL talent at a rate 2nd only the SEC who had …
May
10
2014
Blog contributor @HokieSmash sent me this ACC release after the completion of the NFL draft. I’ll be posting a follow up article with how this impressive draft showing is important for the ACC and it’s football programs. Second-Highest Total in History for League Bettered Only By 51 Picks in 2006 ACC Finishes Second Only to SEC; …
May
10
2014
Short post for this evening… Looking for which ACC players have been drafted so through the first 3 rounds of the NFL Draft? You can find at the ACC’s Official Draft site. The ACC has had 15 players drafted so far, which is currently behind the SEC who’ve had 23 players drafted, and the Big 10 …