Bob Orr, Colossal Jackass

The UNC football program’s public, clownish implosion has provided us with so much sweet, sweet schadenfruede that it has its own SFN category. Neat, huh? It’s almost to the point that nothing can possibly surprise me anymore. And I only say “almost” because of the surreal idiocy and chutzpah spewed by former NC Supreme Court [...]

ACC Football Kickoff Quick Hits

The 2011 ACC Football Kickoff is ongoing in Pinehurst. Here are some quick tidbits: *The media picked Florida State and Virginia Tech to repeat as Atlantic and Coastal champions, respectively (TheACC.com), and picked State to finish third in the Atlantic (GoPack.com). *Redshirt sophomore cornerback Jarvis Byrd will miss the season with a torn ACL (WRAL.com). [...]

The Don (Curtis) of UNC Football

This was originally written over Father’s Day weekend but due to everything that came out last Monday and Tuesday this would have been lost in all the noise. I want to say thanks to the other SFN writers who helped in creating this piece. Last Thursday (6/16) and Friday (6/17) there was a huge deluge of data related to the ongoing [...]

Gary Hahn wins NC Sportscaster of the Year

Pretty cool! Congratulations to Mr. Hahn! Link Gary Hahn would probably joke with you that he’ll roll the state sportscaster award now that Woody Durham is retired. But Hahn would be ultimately modest in doing so. The 1974 graduate of Butler and voice of N.C. State sports for the last 21 years will accept his [...]

State sweeps Tar Heels, WRAL takes role of Inside Carolina

NC State swept three straight games from #5 ranked UNC this weekend. Great stuff. Big wins. We’ll take it. Especially in light of the heat starting to get applied to Elliot Avent. But, check out the ‘journalism’ we get in the coverage from WRAL in this link. Interesting to say the least. First, the title [...]

SFN goes on the ‘Twitter offensive’; (obvious) analysis of the coaching search

My flight landed in Houston this afternoon…and before I could get off the tarmac my phone was met with a barrage of texts and emails and phone calls about all hell breaking loose in the NC State men’s coaching search. Maybe this is one of those times when it is beneficial to not be sitting [...]

Mike Patrick, what more can we say?(a lot actually, updated with commentary by Daily Update)

There is a reason this guy doesn’t do anything in his life other than yap on the television. With a mindset like this, why do people even bother playing the games? At some point, you really have to wonder if the ACC will approach its broadcast partner(ESPN?) that Patrick works for to get him off [...]

Technician has it backwards, mistake-ridden, and wrong

Ahh…to be young, idealistic, and inexperienced. I don’t hold it against them. I’ve recognized the issue with student editorials and journalism even when I was a student. Nonetheless, we have to highlight this viewpoint from Technician that “Poor attendance equals poor performance”. Fact: After their game Sunday, Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski was asked about scheduling [...]

Sendek’s 1-11 season starting to receive attention; Still no mention of it from national “experts”

If you haven’t been paying attention(we say that because several national media pundits appear to have forgotten that Sendek is still coaching at Arizona St), then Herb Sendek’s Sun Devil team fell to 1-11 Sunday night after getting thrashed on their home court by their arch rival Arizona Wildcats(sound familiar?). Well, apparently a few members [...]

A Reminder of SFN’s Role

Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen a mini-tsunami of ignorant analysis from the national and regional media. SFN has chronicled same here, here, and here (likely a few others I glossed over). As much as I subscribe to the “don’t feed the media trolls” philosophy, it’s hard to completely ignore such nonsense. It’s gotten [...]

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Bob Orr, Colossal Jackass

ACC Football Kickoff Quick Hits

The Don (Curtis) of UNC Football

Gary Hahn wins NC Sportscaster of the Year

State sweeps Tar Heels, WRAL takes role of Inside Carolina

SFN goes on the ‘Twitter offensive’; (obvious) analysis of the coaching search

Mike Patrick, what more can we say?(a lot actually, updated with commentary by Daily Update)

Technician has it backwards, mistake-ridden, and wrong

Sendek’s 1-11 season starting to receive attention; Still no mention of it from national “experts”

A Reminder of SFN’s Role

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