Jan
03
2026
It got a little shaky at times in the Holiday Bowl, but after going up 24-0 on #17 9-3 Arizona, SMU won 24-20, completing another 9+ win season at SMU. That makes 3 straight seasons SMU has won 9 or more games. When you do that in the American conference, that’s good. When you do …
Jan
03
2026
Friday night, Wake Forest closed out what can only be described as a truly remarkable 9 win season by beating Mississippi State in the Duke Mayo’s Bowl 43-29. Going into the game Wake Forest was an underdog to a 5-7 Bulldog team. Mississippi State was a bad team, from a very pedestrian SEC. I don’t …
Jan
02
2026
With the context of actual game play, several things that most keen football fans and observers knew already were validated by the results. It’s a shame the CFP Committee was force-fed to include the wrong teams based on brands and conference affiliation. This is what the CFP ended up doing. Indiana (13-0) Ohio State (12-1) …
Jan
01
2026
Picture credits: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons Yes, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans – you know it’s me – Matthew – so you know it’s time for a snarky post. Miami overcame so much adversity tonight. The Hurricanes had to play 11 on 18. Let me preface – I’m a …
Jan
01
2026
For the last 2 years, any variation of the future College Football Playoffs heavily favored the SEC and the Big 10. SEC commissioner Greg Sankey and Big 10 commissioner Tony Pettiti were creating a P2 that marginalized the Big 12, ACC, the G5 to such an extent that there was even a discussion of just …
Dec
31
2025
This is a quick post for this evening, but congrats to the Miami Hurricanes on their 24-14 win over the defending national champs Ohio State Buckeyes. The scored more points against Ohio State than anyone did this year. That was the nation’s #1 scoring and total defense. Miami ran for 153 yards and then held …
Dec
31
2025
On November 16th, Duke sat 5-5 after getting blown out by Virginia and preceded with a loss to UConn. One December 31st, Duke finishes the season with a Sun Bowl win over Arizona State, an ACC Title, a 9 win season, and possibly a top 25 finish. The 42-39 win over Arizona State gives Duke …
Dec
30
2025
We hope you’ve been paying attention to November and December basketball, because that’s when those NCAA resumes largely get built. Here’s a selection of Men’s and Women’s NCAA Bracket Projections for 2026, as those conference seasons get going soon. Men https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/bracketology/ncaa-bracketology-2026-march-madness-men-field-predictions https://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-tournament/bracketology/ https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/bracketology-kentucky-north-carolina-ncaa-tournament-projection-cbs-sports-classic-conference-champions/ https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens-basketball/bracketology (last update 12/19) DRatings.com – Bracket Projections (last update 12/19) Women …
Dec
29
2025
Good afternoon, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. What “an interesting time” for the University of North Carolina (UNC) football program!! When you have a long-time UNC professor reaching to the athletic director – asking him to end the circus, you got problems lol. From The Spun: “When you agreed to pay a king’s ransom …
Dec
29
2025
Good morning, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. We step out of the ACC today to discuss the University of Colorado Buffaloes (herein the Buffs) football program. By now, you know that Georgia Tech defeated the Buffs around Labor Day weekend. @TalkinACCSports chronicled that win here. That win looked really good for Georgia Tech early …
Dec
28
2025
Almost every coach in the ACC talks about their teams being physical. They all want to be physical and tough. There’s no question about it, but how many truly do what it takes to get that way on both sides of the ball? Virginia head coach Tony Elliot did. He had a vision from the …
Dec
27
2025
At the beginning of the year, I would have said a 9-win season was near the ceiling of Georgia Tech. When you start the season 8-0 though expectations change. Georgia Tech lost 4 of its last 5, and it feels like several attainable goals got away. The question is, did Georgia Tech have a foundational …
Dec
27
2025
Dabo Swinney is an unabashed optimist, but at some point, reality has to set in for Dabo. Clemson might be years away from being relevant on the national scene again. Saturday was just more evidence of that. At Saturday’s Pinstripe Bowl, depleted Penn State beat Clemson 22-10. In fairness, Clemson was down nearly 30 players, …
Dec
27
2025
Something is broken with the Pittsburgh program. When the calendar turns to November, Pittsburgh largely calls it a season. After November 1, Pitt in 3 years has won 2 games. In 2023, Pitt had 3 double-digit losses in 4 games to finish the year 3-9. In 2024, Pitt started the year 7-6, then lost a …
Dec
26
2025
We’ll add RPI Rankings when we have more data points. We also take a guess at where the NCAA tournament cutline should be. Stats come from https://www.warrennolan.com/ 18. Boston College (6-6, 0-0) NET 191, RPI 267 Last Week: 18 Boston College is the only ACC team at .500 or worse. Le Moyne is this week. 17. …
Dec
25
2025
Cal suffered an ugly 35-31 loss in the Hawaii Bowl to Hawaii in a game they led 21-0. The loss was frustrating for Cal fans, but maybe it shouldn’t have been. If there is one thing that is consistent about Cal, it’s their inconsistency over the last several years. That’s who they currently are. They …