ACC Nation
ACC Nation sports news and interviews with Jim Quist and Will Ojanen. ACC Football, basketball, baseball and Olympic sports coverage of Boston College, Syracuse, Pitt, Notre Dame, Louisville, Virginia Tech, Virginia, NC State, North Carolina, Duke, Wake Forest, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Miami and Florida State. In 2024, Stanford, Cal-Berkeley and SMU join the conference.
Episodes
July 26, 2024 • 58 mins
Nothing like a little flame throwing from ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips to open the football kickoff for the conference. Phillips and more than a fair share of the coaches and players were full of piss and vinegar during the event. If that attitude holds steady this season it's going to be a spectacular year of football.
Will and Jim provide some hot takes on everything and everyone and nobody is safe. With both the Georgia Tech...
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July 17, 2024 • 34 mins
When a quarterback and wide receiver make a special connection it turns into a hot knife looking for butter. Stanford has that pairing in Ashton Daniels and Elic Ayomanor. We direct you to the Colorado game for reference. Coach Troy Taylor is in his second season and though the pantry is a bit bare a quick look at the Rivals recruiting charts from 2023 to 2025 says that won't always be the case.
The first year in the ACC won't b...
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July 16, 2024 • 30 mins
Coach Brent Key is in his second season at Georgia Tech and he's about to unleash an explosive offense on the conference. The first look belongs to Florida State as the two teams meet in Dublin for a Week Zero opener.
The publisher of JacketsOnline, Kelly Quinlan joins Will and Jim to provide you with a preview of the coming football season. The Yellow Jackets are loaded up on offense with the likes of QB Haynes King who, if he ...
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June 13, 2024 • 44 mins
There are plenty of things that family can make light of when it's in-house and the ACC family is no different. From referees to coaches to interns there is more than enough material to get the laughs going. Conor O'Neill, Publisher of Devils Illustrated took at look at 10 people and situations that will have you shaking your head and saying, 'that's right'.
Conor joins Will and Jim to share his observations from 'My Take: Who E...
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April 19, 2024 • 44 mins
What a remarkable set of ACC sports seasons we've witnessed. Will and Jim talk about men's and women's basketball and why you should never judge a book by it's cover on the latest podcast. Will whips out the 20/20 hindsight in his latest article and also provides some vision into the future for men's conference fans, it's a must read.
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April 2, 2024 • 30 mins
Tobacco Road begins and ends in Raleigh as the Pack place both men's and women's teams in the top tier of the NCAA Basketball Tournaments. NC State has delivered an amazing package of hoops for fans this season. Bang for the buck? Oh, you're into whipped cream territory now and keep your fingers crossed that a cherry of two are still in the works.
You can certainly talk about the ACC men superseding expectations and in many ways...
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March 28, 2024 • 45 mins
Now seriously, who would have seen the ACC owning 25% of the NCAA Men's Sweet 16? An easy and perhaps lazy approach would have presented North Carolina and Duke, but come on. Clemson and NC State? Hey, we're not complaining and neither should anyone who's a fan of an ACC team. This is the kind of thing that puts the wind back into the conference sails.
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Special guest Jason Carmello of Big Under...
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March 19, 2024 • 44 mins
The hosts of the D1 Softball Podcast, Jenna Becerra and Amanda Lorenz share great insight into the sport as it continues to grow. Becerra and Lorenz have an extensive background in softball that has continued past their collegiate careers and they provide you with a wealth of knowledge regarding today's game.
We touch on the NCAA Power 10 and what makes those teams special including the players that stand out. Then, a look at th...
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March 6, 2024 • 21 mins
If ACC men's basketball doesn't have you reaching for those BC or Goodies Powders (NASCAR reference) then give it a few more minutes. There seems to be a lot of confusion, even among conference teams as to their roles this season. And guess what? The season is just about kaput. So, now, where do all these bruised noodles end up in the ACC Tournament. And gosh, do you think any of them will clear the brain fog long enough to make a ...
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February 20, 2024 • 29 mins
NCAA women's basketball is on fire and you need look no further than the ACC for an example of that smoke, heat and flame. Megan Gauer of Her Hoop Stats joins ACC Nation to talk bracketology and how teams are stacking up in mid-February. Big wins and crazy losses are creating a higher level of churn than usual but it's certainly been fun for hoop fans. Gauer provides you the complete rundown of women's basketball and how they stand...
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February 15, 2024 • 45 mins
Mid-February is a great time to conduct a physical on the ACC. Are conference sports delivering? Will and Jim pop in on wrestling, swimming, gymnastics, fencing, golf, softball and lacrosse to see how teams are performing. If you go by rankings the answer is, pretty good. Then we stumble into men's basketball. The latest AP Top 25 features 3 conference teams however that could all be jumbled up come the next release. As for women's...
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February 6, 2024 • 40 mins
It's early February so, just chill. ACC basketball is about to get a whole lot hotter. Will and Jim take a look at the Top 25 for men and women, the NET Rankings, toss in some KenPom, discuss the latest brackets for both (check out the links to Big Underdog and Her Hoop Stats on the homepage) and discuss what it might look like on Red Bandana day at Boston College if a certain unemployed NFL coach were to take over.
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January 23, 2024 • 41 mins
Pick your favorite adjective in describing the current state of ACC men's basketball and unless you're a Carolina or Duke fan it won't be ideally used in mixed company. Seriously, what in the hell is this nonsense that resembles the horrors of a six-year old who, awakened by a nightmare in the middle of the night, needs new sheets? Overboard? We think not. At this rate the conference will be lucky to have three teams in the NCAA To...
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January 18, 2024 • 40 mins
There was a time when the topic of NCAA WBB came up, many an eye glazed over. For those whose eyes still do the same thing today, they've been missing out on the reality of women's basketball. It's growing, maturing and becoming a major draw on television. On this episode of ACC Nation we wanted to talk a bit more in detail about women's basketball and hear about the 2024 season's brackets.
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January 11, 2024 • 45 mins
Welcome to ACC sports 2024 and so far the end of 2023 and beginning of 2024 have been wild, surprising and fun. What's next? Well, after we recorded this episode the list was added to again and then again and once more. Nick Saban's gone. Bill Belichick's gone. In case anyone had missed it, so is Pete Carroll. And, oh, by the way the top candidates for Saban's job are peeling away left and right plus some Tide fans don't want Dabo ...
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December 12, 2023 • 46 mins
Will Ojanen and Jim Quist provide their take on ACC sports news. On this episode their thoughts on the two new ACC football coaches, a look at the WNBA Draft and how players have financial options plus the latest rankings of men's and women's college basketball teams.
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What do Will and Jim think of Syracuse and Duke's moves in football? What do Fran Brown and Manny Diaz bring to th...
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December 6, 2023 • 41 mins
Is there such a thing as dependable bracketology? Well, it depends upon where you may be looking. When it comes to 2024 NCAA men's basketball we turn to Jason Carmello who has been ranked among the Top 20 by The Bracket Project. The organization looks at 5 years worth of results and you'll find Carmello's Big Underdog at 16. Take a look for yourself and while you're there look for the major media guys, too.
Carmello joins Will a...
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December 5, 2023 • 51 mins
First things first. Jim and Will share some perspective regarding recent actions by the CFP committee. Now that we've gotten past the 'click-rage' point of the story it's time to think it through and come to some reasonable conclusions. Easier said then done, right? Both guys throw in their two-cents worth on how Florida State came up on the short end of the stick in the playoffs.
Next up, a look at all the CFP ranked teams and ...
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November 30, 2023 • 53 mins
Louisville fans couldn't be more thrilled as first year head coach Jeff Brohm has led the team to a shot at the ACC Football Championship. What comes after that in the Orange Bowl is another story altogether. Special guest Jeremy Wahman of Cardinal Sports Zone unleashes the 'juice' and provides Will and Jim a look at what the Cardinals will bring to their matchup with Florida State.
The guys talk about a little of everything and...
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November 28, 2023 • 37 mins
Special guest Curt Weiler from the Rivals site, The Osceola joins us to talk about Florida State football. It's been a hell of a journey for the Noles since Mike Norvell took over as head coach in early December of 2019. Whether you call it a rebuild or Norvell simply putting his fingerprints on a program that needed a great deal of TLC to return to their former glory days it appears that the patience afforded him by fans is paying...
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