Dec
07
2022
How much of a difference will Cade Klubnik make for Clemson against Tennessee? Did you see the ACCCG game? Sure UNC’s defense isn’t great, but Tennessee’s defense got lit up several times this year too. Klubnik has that it factor, and I expect Clemson to be able to move the ball in a way we …
Dec
06
2022
ACC Team of the Week : Pittsburgh – for 2-0 record winning at Northwestern and NC State NET Rankings are from – https://www.warrennolan.com/basketball/2022/net 15. Louisville (0-8) NET Ranking 361 Last Week: 15 Could Louisville be the worst ACC team we’ve seen this century? There are TWO teams with a worse NET ranking. TWO! 14. Florida State (1-9, …
Dec
05
2022
@Hokiesmash_ASD and I (@TalkinACCSports ) have a special guest tonight to talk ACC. We were grateful to be joined by @PickSixPreviews ( Brett Ciancia ) to review the 2022 ACC football regular season. Please check out his work at https://picksixpreviews.com/2022-season-preview.html. To find old podcasts prior to episode 385, you can follow this link -> https://www.talkshoe.com/show/the-acc-weekly-podcast In this order, …
Dec
04
2022
Clemson’s ACC Championship game looked a lot like DJ Uiagelelei’s previous games. Uiagelelei started the game with a ball thrown in the ground, a short completed pass, and airmailed his third pass. His next series resulted in no Clemson points as the Tigers trailed 7-0 to North Carolina as the offense had completely regressed to …
Dec
03
2022
Some seasons, I get to end the Eliminator series with a clear four Playoff teams. Some years, there’s an obvious bubble with a needed resume comparison. This year, we’re somewhere in between. First of all, the obvious. Georgia and Michigan are in. As of this writing, Georgia is at halftime of the SEC Championship Game …
Dec
03
2022
What if a movie with a doctored script depicted Michigan State College Football Hall of Fame coach Duffy Daugherty using the N-word? Unaware viewers may take that as an accepted portrayal of Daugherty. That’s the concern of Jimmy Raye and Michigan State teammates who played on Daugherty’s ground-breaking 1960s teams. They were college football’s first …
Dec
03
2022
TCU lost the Big 12 championship 31-28 to Kansas State Saturday. It was a tough hard-fought game, where a coaching decision by Sonny Dykes to take the ball out of QB Max Duggan’s hands on 3rd and 4th down in OT will be questioned. It shouldn’t matter though. TCU should be in the playoffs despite …
Dec
02
2022
Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans. Here is my 2022 ACC football season tweet cap review for every ACC football team: 2/ I think as we go into the 2023 football season, Florida State will be the favorite to win the ACC. They seem to be on the path to getting their …
Dec
01
2022
It’s only December, but fair or not resumes for the NCAA Tournament are built during the OOC portion of the schedule in November and December. Don’t think so? Why do you think the ACC only got 5 bids last year, with Notre Dame barely making the field and the only team higher than an 8 …
Nov
30
2022
ACC Team of the Week : Florida State – for a 45-38 win over Florida 14. Virginia (3-7) Last Week: 13 Virginia’s last two games were canceled. 13. Virginia Tech (3-8) Last Week: 13 Virginia Tech’s last game was game cancelled. 12. Boston College (3-9) Last Week: 12 Boston College blew a winnable game with Syracuse. …
Nov
29
2022
Is Florida State really the ACC’s best team? Yes – at this point, I’d question if you’ve watched football in the last month if you don’t think so. UNC has lost its continuity on offense, and the defense has had holes all year. Clemson’s offense is barely worth discussing, and their defense has underwhelmed. Florida …
Nov
28
2022
ACC Team of the Week : NC State – for 2-1 record at Battle of Atlantis (Wins Dayton and Butler) NET rankings and NCAA Projections will be added in future polls. 15. Louisville (0-6) Last Week: 15 Mark your calendars for December 10 when Louisville plays Florida State. 14. Florida State (1-7) Last Week: 14 I …
Nov
27
2022
I enjoyed spending a day at E.E. Smith High in Fayetteville, N.C., at the invitation of NFL 360 director/producer Osahon Tongo. He invited me down as the author of “Raye of Light” for interviews on a documentary on Jimmy Raye, Michigan’s pioneering Black quarterback and pioneering Black coach in both college and the NFL. E.E. …
Nov
27
2022
There is a lot of noise about Tulane HC Willie Fritz and his candidacy as Georgia Tech Head Coach. Some sites report this as a near-done deal. Nobody has reported it as official. You know how that works. If it is not officially confirmed, it’s not final. If it is not final, the search is …
Nov
27
2022
This will be a somewhat expanded introduction to the Eliminator, because there really is only one question left for the selection committee. We know that Georgia and Michigan have locked up Playoff bids. TCU is in if it wins next week, and might even be in with a loss. USC is almost certainly in with …
Nov
26
2022
What Mike Elko did at Duke this year was simply astonishing, as he coached Duke to an 8-4 regular season. He’s your slam dunk ACC COY. FSU’s Mike Norvell is the only other ACC coach that should be mentioned in the same sentence as Elko. As other coaches like Dino Babers and Mack Brown made …