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 [...]
Statistical example of ESPN’s sports coverage
Want some great blend of depth and breadth of credible, legitimate sports news and coverage in your primary sports media source? I know this isn’t revolutionary insight for you…but, you probably need to look somewhere other than the ‘world wide leader’ – ESPN. For support of the previous statement, you should follow this great work [...]
NC State Establishes Athletics Hall Of Fame
NC State has announced we are going to start an Athletics Hall of Fame. The first group of inductees will be selected this summer and inducted on Oct 5 before the Florida St football game. Here is the article from gopack.com that includes the bios for the selection committee: link There is also a list [...]
ACC’s New Edition – Syracuse Sexy?
ACC’s New Edition – Syracuse Sexy? See what I did there? “New Edition”…see… It is summer…so, just go ahead and accept that some of the items you will find on SFN (and our message forums) will sometimes be a little less serious and a little more broad in scope. With that said, I ran across [...]
NC State Memorial Day 2012 Video
I wish I would have found this before Monday so we could have run it on Monday. Fantastic work here!
ESPN: Wolfpack represents UNC-CH’s ‘bowl game’
Pre-season football chatter will play a major role in most of the summer talk here at SFN. Wanted to thank the folks at ESPN for accurately identifying UNC’s most important game of the 2012 football season as the annual match-up with NC State. Linked here. Why it is important Bragging rights. Pride. An 0-5 record [...]
Raleigh Regional Field Set
The Raleigh Regional includes Vanderbilt, Sacred Heart and UNC-Wilmington. And, in typical fashion, barring an upset, State’s road to Omaha will likely have to go through Gainesville and the nation’s top-seeded Florida Gators (ESPN): RALEIGH REGIONAL June 1-4 | Raleigh, N.C. At Doak Field Friday, June 1 Game 1: No. 3 UNC Wilmington (38-21) vs. [...]
Pack Baseball to Host Raleigh Regional
Wolfpack Baseball returns home after a disappointing trip to Greensboro. The Pack must lick its wounds and rest up quickly, however, because it was made official yesterday that NC State Baseball will be hosting an NCAA Regional at Doak Field. For more information, including ticket information, you can go here. The bracket for the 2012 [...]
Rodon Masterful, But Silent Bats Doom Pack
Carlos Rodon, recently named ACC Freshman of the Year and ACC Pitcher of the Year, showed a capacity crowd in Greensboro precisely why he was deserving of those accolades. On Saturday night Rodon had what was arguably his best outing of the year, going 9.0 complete shutout innings, giving up only four hits and striking [...]
ACCT Update – Pack Stays Alive with Miami Win
[Update] – Miami Downs Wake: The Miami Hurricanes overcame another adventure from their bullpen tonight to down Wake Forest, 6-3. Let’s take a look at what that Miami win does to our Pool B “needs”…. Wake (Eliminated from contention) Carolina (Eliminated from contention) Miami: Must hope for a Carolina win tomorrow. State: Must beat Carolina [...]