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The Awesomeness of Gamecockery
What is about YouTube spoofs on South Carolina that are just so fantastic!? Of course, no one can forget Hitler: Facist warmonger, number one Gamecocks fan. Now we have the following:
Continue reading...State to play in ‘09 Glenn Wilkes Tourney?
31. May 2009
Relevant Background: April 23rd: Lowe in Media; Pack playing in Hawaii April 24th: Katz Correction, no Hawaii for Wolfpack In this article today we ran across the following: Look for N.C. State to be a part of the eight-team field that will participate in the third annual Glenn Wilkes Classic in Daytona Beach from Nov. 19-22. No contracts had [...]
Continue reading...Book your room now: Wolfpack to play Tennessee in Atlanta
28. May 2009
… in 2012. From the N&O: N.C. State is set to open the 2012 football season against Tennessee in Atlanta. UNC is trying to work out a deal to open the 2010 season in the Georgia Dome against an SEC team. The Atlanta Sports Council and ESPN teamed up to organize the Chick-fil-A College Kickoff in 2008, [...]
Continue reading...South Carolina Football Continues To Be a Soap Opera
31. March 2009
NC State opens this year against South Carolina, in a game that may well set the tone for the early part of the year: get a win against an SEC opponent to open the season, and the Wolfpack has set the table to possibly go 6-0 in their first half of the year. That in mind, [...]
Continue reading...ACC Realignment on the Horizon?
11. March 2009
Via Warchant.com and quite a number of other sites, word is filtering out around the web that the ACC may re-align its football divisions. This would presumably happen when the current ACC football schedule expires in 2015. Boston College and Maryland would be moving from the Atlantic to the Coastal with Miami and [...]
Continue reading...2009 NC State Football Schedule Released
12. February 2009
The ACC released the 2009 football schedules today, so if you’re like me, you’re already planning your tailgating menus. Key notes: *8 home games *Open with South Carolina on Thursday Night ESPN. It will never be the Red River Rivalry or the Cocktail Party, but this is a great regional rivalry and I think it should be [...]
Continue reading...NC State Won’t Be The Only Team Playing Two 1-AA Teams Next Year (updated w/ teams needing games)
10. February 2009
Something to remember when our rival’s fans try to lord their superior schedule over us next year: North Carolina will play Georgia Southern in football next season on Oct. 10, a team official confirmed, filling it’s 12-game schedule with a second Division I-AA team. The opening in the Tar Heels’ schedule occurred when coach Butch Davis opted [...]
Continue reading...NCSU versus Clemson Notes and Links
9. January 2009
The Wolfpack men’s hoops squad travels tomorrow to play Clemson in its first conference game of the year, and they will not only have to deal with the 15-0 and 12th ranked Tigers, they’ll have to deal with a full house of Clemson fans in Littlejohn: Looks like Clemson’s 15-0 start has fans excited about basketball. [...]
Continue reading...It’s Official – Jagodzinski Out at BC
7. January 2009
Here’s your link. I suppose once DeFilippo went public with his insane threat, he kind of had to go through with it. For the idiots in BC’s fanbase, it is probably a proud chest-thumping moment. For the rational folks, thoughts of “who would work this Al Davis-like guy?” are in the forefront. We [...]
Continue reading...What A Great Guy: BC AD Defilippo Says He’ll Fire Jagodzinski If He Interviews w/ Jets (Updated 9am)
5. January 2009
This probably will serve as a little insight as to why Tom O’Brien left Boston College for Raleigh: ESPN’s Chris Mortensen is reporting that Jeff Jagodzinski will be fired as the coach at Boston College if he proceeds with his scheduled interview with the Jets on Monday. According to Mortensen: “Despite the threat from athletic director Gene [...]
Continue reading...Report: Skip Holtz Going To Syracuse
7. December 2008
Sunday morning: Michael Bradley from the NFL Network reports that Skip Holtz will be named Syracuse University’s football coach on Monday. Link from Syracuse, NY television station The Wiz of Odds is also covering it Published on 12/05/2008 at 3:35pm There might be trouble on the Pirate ship, as it looks like there’s some substance behind the rumors that head [...]
Continue reading...Cutcliffe: This Might Be O’Brien’s Only Year to Chirp (Updated 2:15pm, Grobe’s Comment)
26. November 2008
With all due respect to the Duke football program, I found this little gem laugh-out-loud funny: “If I were Tom O’Brien, I’d be saying that,” Cutcliffe said. “This might be the only year he can ever chirp like that. When you’ve got chirping right, you better chirp. Thing is, if there’s any football program in the country [...]
Continue reading...…And Then You Win By A Little…
15. November 2008
Bobby Bowden first remarked that programs that are improving first lose by a little, then they win by a little. We remarked after the near-win against Boston College that the Wolfpack was close — that they lost by a little against the Eagles, 38-31, in a game where the NC State defense could not make that [...]
Continue reading...Former recruit with various connections to NC State will transfer from UF
5. November 2008
NC State is scheduled to face off on the hardwood with the University of Florida both this season and next season. One name that the Wolfpack will not be seeing in the series is that of Jai Lucas. It was announced today that Lucas is transferring from Florida. Florida guard Jai Lucas, the son [...]
Continue reading...ESPN: Tennessee’s Fulmer Stepping Down At End of The Season
3. November 2008
The Rumor Mill just got officially interesting for Butch Davis and David Cutcliffe: ESPN.com: Sources: Fulmer To Step Down Phillip Fulmer, who a decade ago brought Tennessee its first national championship in 47 years, will not return as the Volunteers’ coach next year, multiple sources told ESPN.com. Questions immediately come to mind: Will Butch Davis not officially express [...]
Continue reading...OOC Strength of Schedule
1. April 2007
UPDATED 4/1/2007 @ 17:00 (Scroll to Bottom) Since this is the third time that I’ve documented the OOC strength of schedule for the ACC, I couldn’t come up with anything new and interesting to put into an introduction. But I can point new-comers to the first two entries on OOC SOS and especially to [...]
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28. August 2009
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