We wanted to make sure that you good folks knew about the newest developments on PJ Hairston’s excellent adventure to Durham and had a place to voice your thoughts on the matter. You can refresh a little by reading this quick piece… UNC’s top scorer P.J. Hairston charged with possession of marijuana (USAToday.com) According to [...]
NC State vs. Maryland – The Last 10 Years
As Wolfpack fans still savor the sweet victory over 7th ranked Clemson 37-13 on Saturday to end a 7 year losing streak to the Tigers, the team’s focus has now shifted onto the other arch nemesis, Maryland. Forget the crazy Under Armour uniforms. Forget that Ralph Friedgen is no longer coaching the Terrapins. Forget that [...]
Benchmark Tom O’Brien: Version 2.0 (11:45PM Update)
Those who have been with us longer than a year may recall last season an article was published titled “Benchmark Tom O’Brien: The Race to Perceived Success“. There is some good discussion on our message boards regarding Tom O’Brien’s trajectory as a program builder and why he is a good asset for our athletic department. [...]
Wilson the Passer vs. Wilson the Runner
There’s been lots of chatter in the comments and in the forums about Wilson not looking to run. I don’t think that is the case, and the stats back that up. Wilson had 11 rushing attempts last night, compared to an average of 11.56 per game last year (in the 9 games where he played [...]
Dr. Saturday: Quantifying the Russell Wilson Effect
You just can’t do any better work than this. Please go read the article and support work that is this good. This is the kind of work we strive to do here…but quite frankly, it is very difficult to go so deep when you are a non-revenue site and operate as a hobby for a [...]
2008 NC State Football Review
Much like our previous breakdown of the entire Atlantic Coast Conference, today we’ll take a look at the 2008 Wolfpack with a focus on trends and issues that are likely to carry over to the 2009 version. I actually starting planning this article during the 2007 season, when I was rudely awakened to just [...]
2008 ACC Football Review
It should be really easy to project this fall’s college football results. All we have to do is: – Assess what went right/wrong in 2008. – Subtract contributions from “graduating” players. – Add in contributions that we will see from new players. – Subtract lost contributions due to injuries. That should leave us with [...]
Random Shots
Where do you start when building a college basketball team? Mike Huguenin’s answer: Give me the elite point guard….. Jason King’s answer: …To me, though, the biggest key to any winning team is the coach… Steve Megargee’s answer: … I’d lean toward the point guard because he’s more likely to make an instant impact and [...]
Eagles No ‘Fun’ for Nashville
Another year…another bowl with an Atlantic Coast Conference tie left reeling after a visit from Boston College. This comes to us from the Nashville Business Journal: Vanderbilt University may have been the big winner in the 2008 Music City Bowl, but Nashville came up short. The New Year’s Eve game between Boston College and Vanderbilt [...]
Brown Turning Heads at Senior Bowl Practices
Looks like Andre Brown is starting to get noticed in the run-up to the Senior Bowl: Wednesday Practice Notes: Brown had a very solid afternoon. He ran well inside the tackles, hitting the holes with authority. Also showed good speed getting to the edge and picking up some yardage outside the hash marks. As for [...]