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Financing College Athletics – Part 5
CONTINUING WITH A LOOK AT NC STATE FINANCES Part 4 focused on a number of good things concerning financing athletics at NC State: - $180M of facility improvements since 1999 - Outstanding attendance for both football and basketball, even though the product on the field/court leaves a lot to be desired. But one area where [...]
Continue reading...Financing College Athletics – Part 4
30. August 2010
RECAP OF PREVIOUS ENTRIES - The US Dept of Education collects information on financing college athletics from colleges/universities and makes this information publically available at Equity in Athletics (EIA). Most articles you see on this subject take their information straight from this website with an unstated assumption that this information is uniformly prepared and provides [...]
Continue reading...Offering A Helping Hand
2. August 2010
I don’t know how, but I missed this little nugget from the NCAA this past January: The Division I Legislative Council voted Wednesday to limit the practice of “over-signing” prospective football student-athletes to National Letters of Intent, a strategy employed by some coaches that had the potential of leaving some recruits without a scholarship. Proposal [...]
Continue reading...SFN on TZ, Part Two now updated
14. May 2010
Originally published on May 7, 2010 A truncated version of our interview on “The Sports Drive” with Taylor Zarzour aired today at 11:20. (Link to ESPNTriangle) We very much appreciate Taylor’s kind comments of the quality of the segment. The conversation was approximately 20 minutes and was edited to approximately 11 minutes. We have split [...]
Continue reading...We Told You The Truth, As You Can Now See
5. May 2010
I don’t hate saying this, but: we told you so. It’s a simple statement of fact to say so out loud. For over a year, this website and its authors have dutifully reported stories told to us concerning Lee Fowler’s increasingly tenuous hold on his job in confidence — that is, “off-the-record, no names, but [...]
Continue reading...Ahead of the curve on Scott Drew, Bruce Pearl
28. March 2010
As you watch(ed) the 2010 NCAA Tournament Regional Finals on Sunday, we thought we would take a quick look back to some past entries on the blog that had particular relevancy today. First, let’s take a moment and draw your attention to this entry from April 15, 2009. It is a good entry in general. [...]
Continue reading...2010 All-ACC Basketball Picks
7. March 2010
In what we hope to make an annual tradition, we once again announce our selections the same night regular season play is complete. Yes, you will notice a distinct Terrapin flavor with respect to the major awards, but if you have watched them play down the stretch, I think you’ll understand (even if you don’t [...]
Continue reading...Comprehensive (But Scattered) Thoughts on the Pitt Game
26. September 2009
When I think about today’s game, I recall the first glimpse of light at the end of the tunnel. I had been going to NC State football games my whole life (in fact, one of my earliest memories is of the eerie silence settling over C-F when Penn State beat us on a last second [...]
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 [...]
Continue reading...OTR: Predict Pack’s ACC Record (with bonus imbalanced schedule stats)
9. January 2009
It’s that time of year again! Time for you to go ‘On the Record’ with your Wolfpack perspectives and knowledge. State opens the season tomorrow with an extremely difficult task on the road at Clemson (we’ve got your pre-game discussion) And, the schedule doesn’t necessarily get THAT much easier. You can view the imbalanced nature [...]
Continue reading...SFN Bowl Projections (12/3 Update)
2. December 2008
It’s been a crazy 48 hours in the world of ‘Bowl Tracking’, but some developments over the last few hours have opened visibility to a likely scenario of how NC State ultimately could play in the EagleBank Bowl in Washington, DC despite the news from yesterday that such a bid was unlikely. We have been [...]
Continue reading...SFN Celebrates New Year with NC State Magazine Feature
2. January 2008
HAPPY NEW YEAR! This entry will remain posted near the top for a couple of days…so, if you are visiting the site for the first time or if you are a frequent visitor please don’t ignore all of the entries below. For example, VAWolf logged an awesome statistical post that follows this. We just wanted [...]
Continue reading...Predict the Games
13. August 2007
These are only my guesses, but now is as good a time as any to make them. Remember, these are predictions, not hopes or best case scenarios. I wouldn’t be shocked by anything between 4 and 7 regular season wins. Feel free to add your own in the comments. Game 1: vs. Central Florida (Win; [...]
Continue reading...OTR: 18 Game Conference Schedule?
17. May 2007
If you haven’t been under a rock this week then you know that the biggest issue discussed by the Atlantic Coast Conference – quickly becoming the “can’t leave well enough alone crowd” – at the annual meeting was the issue of how many games should comprise the annual basketball schedule. Up for debate – should [...]
Continue reading...Hokie Hope
19. April 2007
Virginia Tech suffered a horrific tragedy Monday, and NC State decided to offer a symbolic tribute to the Hokies. Above Carter-Finley Football Stadium, a lone maroon flag with the words Virginia Tech in orange waves. We are Virginia Tech. We are sad today, and we will be sad for quite a while. We are not [...]
Continue reading...SFN Garners #2
6. February 2007
StateFansNation experienced quite a year of growth and popularity in 2006. Included in our growth was a significant amount of public recognition, most recently evidenced by our #2 finish in the ACC category in the College Football Bloggers Awards. Link to story State Fans Nation is one of the most vibrant, interactive communities on the [...]
Continue reading...BCS Playoffs: Where you Lose Me EVERY time
15. November 2006
It is that time of year again!! Time to whine about college football’s bowl system and lack of playoffs! I have engaged in dozens of fantastic conversations with friends in recent years regarding the topic of a hypothetical playoff system in college football. You may be surprised to learn that in the past I have [...]
Continue reading...OTR: Lowe Era Begins Tonight With “5 Pack”
10. November 2006
The Sidney Lowe era begins in Raleigh tonight!!!! It is no secret that Coach Lowe has been dealt quite a tough hand in his first year of collegiate coaching. The Wolfpack is thin. Very thin. A YOUNG starting five of Engin Atsur (Sr); Courtney Fells (So); Gavin Grant (Jr); Brandon Costner (Fr); and Ben McCauley [...]
Continue reading...SFN Impact Update
9. November 2006
Some of the nice comments from our readers in this entry from Tuesday prompted today’s quick reflective note. Bank in July we gave you an update of how our blog had exploded during the year and shared some of our statistics with you. You can see our comments by clicking here. Today we thought that [...]
Continue reading...SFN: What A Year (thusfar)!!!
30. July 2006
Excerpt: “In the first seven months of the year, SFN has attracted almost 150,000 different visitors from around the world, generating just under 8 million hits and 2.5 million different page views of unique SFN material. We couldn’t be more proud of the breadth and depth of our growing reach considering that we are just [...]
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31. August 2010
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