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NCAA Selection Committee Stopping “Finishing Strong” Emphasis
The NCAA is changing the rules for the criteria used to select at-large teams for the NCAA Tournament. Until now, the Committee has placed an emphasis on how a team finished the year moreso than how it started — which effectively dimished the value of the bulk of the out-of-conference slates for most teams. From [...]
Continue reading...A View from the Cheap Seats - Scandal spooks State supporters
1. July 2009
The N&O touched briefly on a subject I’ve been curious about for a while: How the recent events revolving around State’s leadership have affected its revenue stream from donors. “If NCSU can afford to give Mary Easley an $80,000 salary increase, it no longer needs my support.” Beyond the obvious issues of inadequate accountability and the even [...]
Continue reading...Get Well Soon Nate
1. July 2009
We thought we would pass along the “Get Well Nate” group on Facebook. Pass the link around to all your FB friends!
Continue reading...NC State Basketball in the News
19. June 2009
Apparently there was a press conference yesterday, here is some coverage from WRAL: - Lowe looking to put his own stamp on the program: This offseason, coaches like Tom Izzo and Tubby Smith told Lowe this was his season to put his own stamp on the Pack program. “No question about it,” said Lowe, who has yet to [...]
Continue reading...2008 ACC Football Review
16. June 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...The Kind Of Leader NC State Needs
14. June 2009
Without any question, the wake of the Easley scandal at NC State has left an impression that the storied university’s former leaders ran the school at the whim of the corrupt state patronage system that makes the government of North Carolina more closely resemble a Banana Dictatorship rather than the values of the vast majority [...]
Continue reading...Jim Hunt As Chancellor? Not On My Watch!
12. June 2009
Today’s Triangle Business Journal features NC State “booster” Steve Stroud doing a little “boosting” for someone else: former four-term governor Jim Hunt. Stroud, it seems, thinks Hunt would be a dandy occupant for the vacant chancellor’s chair at NC State: “Jim Hunt would do a great job bringing the university back together.” In fact, says [...]
Continue reading...Game Times Annouced For First Three FBall Games (Sat Update)
4. June 2009
Thursday, Sept. 3 South Carolina @ N.C. State, 7:00 pm on ESPN Saturday, Sept. 12 Murray State @ N.C. State, 6:00 pm Saturday, Sept. 19 Gardner-Webb @ N.C. State, 6:00 pm For more related to this topic you should click here for an interesting entry regarding some related items of the Wolfpack’s schedule. Additionally, the ACC has announced more early season televsion [...]
Continue reading...Tough Off-season Continues for Boston College
2. June 2009
Since entering the ACC, Boston College has been one of the dominant teams in the Atlantic Division of the ACC finishing no worse than tied for 2nd in each of the last four seasons. Results for two of those years were with Tom O’Brien at the helm (tied for 1st, tied for 2nd) and [...]
Continue reading...And You Thought NC State Celebrated Mediocrity
1. June 2009
Apparently this ad was published in Columbia’s newspaper, The State, and it celebrates the mediocrity of the South Carolina Gamecocks. Not even NC State revels in mediocrity like this (and we all know that is saying something). The plan is for their football team to be one game under .500 at the end of the [...]
Continue reading...SFN Reader Spacewolf: From the Brickyard to the Planets
27. May 2009
These days, as it has been throughout the proud history of the American space program, you will find NC State alumni in key roles, and we here at Statefans Nation have one amongst us: Spacewolf. Recently, I had the chance to do an email interview with him, where he told me about his job and [...]
Continue reading...They Were Expendable
25. May 2009
On Dec 8, 1941, about eight hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese bombers began attacking air bases on the Philippines. Most of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet was withdrawn from Philippine waters following the Japanese air strikes. The bombing continued over the next several days, concentrating on the remaining air fields. [...]
Continue reading...Because Joe McIntosh deserves his own entry
22. May 2009
I was going to include a mention of this article in a “Bytes” entry, but I just can’t do that to someone so deserving of some of their own time in the sun. I just ran a search for Joe McIntosh and I have rarely been more embarrassed than when I learned that McIntosh has only [...]
Continue reading...Rule Changes Proposed for 09/10 Hoops
8. May 2009
The NCAA’s Men’s and Women’s Basketball Rules Committee met in Arizona this week and they have made three commendations for rule changes for the upcoming season: A secondary defender would be prohibited from establishing position in the area from the front of the rim to the front of the backboard, and he would be required to [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday Bytes
6. May 2009
CHANGE IS COMING! And we need your help. If you have any computer or creative skills then please click here and think about submitting a new banner for the site as a part of our coming re-design. Thanks so much! While we are discussing the site, we would again like to thank the good folks [...]
Continue reading...SFN is ‘Pulse of the Fan Base’
5. May 2009
SFN would like to thank the great folks from the ACC Sports Journal for inviting us to partner with them on their weekly ‘Pulse of the Fan Base’. They posted the feature to their website last night and it can be read by clicking here. Over the last 12 months the blog has generated more than 3.5 [...]
Continue reading...Scenes from NC State’s Spring Game
4. May 2009
We have already discussed NC State’s spring game in this entry from April. But, in the event that you have more to add or hadn’t seen the following footage from ‘genefoto’ we thought this would be a fine time to share. Also, please do not ignore the community response that we are requesting to help [...]
Continue reading...Canes Fans - WTF?
27. April 2009
I don’t know what to say. I am shocked that these people are wearing red instead of Carolina blue.
Continue reading...ESPN Mag: Carter-Finley’s student section among five most spirited
27. April 2009
I know this article is old. But, this is why I save old links so as to not forget them! You can click here to ESPN The Magazine’s ranking of student sections in college football stadiums across the country. The only two ACC programs that gain a mention in the rankings are [...]
Continue reading...Hill & Brown drafted in the 4th round
26. April 2009
ACCNow’s entry – Link Anthony Hill The Texans’ complemented their current pass-catching tight end (Owen Daniels) with Anthony Hill who was considered by some to be the best blocking TE in the draft. Hill joins Wolfpacker Mario Williams on an improving club who went 8-8 in one of the toughest divisions in football. The Texans offense finished [...]
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2. July 2009
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