You have to hand it to UNC: those guys have unmitigated gall. Before their new chancellor has her first day on the job, and before lame-duck Chancellor Holden Thorp can announce whatever his “blue-ribbon” panel led by led by Hunter Rawlings, president of the Association of American Universities, has come up with, UNC athletic director [...]
A Defining Season?
My old English teachers would take off points if you did not adequately defend your thesis in an essay. Obviously Ned Barnett’s editors do not share that philosophy. Ned claims that this year is a defining season for Sendek, but never really provides adequate justification for that claim. As far as I can tell, the [...]
Tudor: Importance of Quarterbacks, II
Before the 2005 Football Season, Caulton Tudor crystalized NC State’s precarious situation at the quarterback position. You can see the quote here. In an article on Sunday following State’s victory over Maryland, Tudor followed up on his comments: …it’s difficult to hide an average quarterback, and it’s next to impossible to win championships without one. [...]
Babe of the Year
Although I think that Packman may have had better candidates in this year’s candidate pool, these should do. Thought that you may want to vote for Babe of the Year.
Mid Majors Update
At the beginning of the season, I wrote a piece on the Mid Majors. With the college football regular season completed for the most part, I felt it was time to revisit these teams and throw in a couple new ones. Louisville, Boise St., Pittsburgh, Fresno St., Utah, Bowling Green, Miami (Ohio), UTEP, and Wyoming [...]
Swofford & Company Hold the Bowl Keys
We’ve talked and we’ve talked about different variables that generate a host of scenarios related to the ACC and NC State’s bowl line-up. The most recent set of updates and conversations can be found by clicking here. Something that has been discussed without a lot of detail is the role and the influence that John [...]
Bowl Updates
UPDATED TUESDAY MORNING, 8:30AM During our various bowl analyses last week, we stated (on Tuesday): “The Emerald Bowl in also rolls into the ACC’s rotation next year and would be an obvious fit based on conference relationships. It is being speculated that an ACC team might match-up with Utah in San Francisco.” On Sunday, our [...]
7 Earn All-ACC Mentions
Congratulations all the way around!!! GoPack.com got Mario Williams picture correct and NC State placed seven football players on some kind of All-ACC team for the 2005 season. You can read about it here. My primary gripe with voting is the omission of any mention of Oliver Hoyte. Until Mario’s emergence the last month, Hoyte [...]
NoRedZone Fired After One Year
Former NC State Offensive Coordinator Noel Mazzone didn’t last long at Ole Miss. He was fired today after leading the Rebels “with one of the nation’s worst offenses.” Ole Miss must have really hated NoRedZone as he still has two guaranteed years on his three year contract that pays him about $230,000 annually. Ole Miss [...]
It Was a Very Good Weekend
How sweet it was to experience such a wonderful weekend in Wolfpack Athletics!! Basketball: Let’s start on the hardwood since we’ve had plenty of time to discuss football. ===> See, that wasn’t so tough was it? It wasn’t difficult at all to schedule a decently-named team AND get a win. Who cares how poorly Notre [...]