Last year I did a series of entries with summaries of ACC records and titles(Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5). This year I will be posting entries by sport and at the end of the school year I am planning on doing some overall summaries for the athletic department. I will [...]
A couple of years ago we highlighted various media exercises where Tom O’Brien was garnering praise and high rankings. It may be worth some of your time to do a little surfing. As you can see from some of the previous links, Tom Dienhart was writing for The Sporting News in the past. Today, Dienhart [...]
As ESPN.com reviews the Wolfpack’s 2008 Football season in this entry, Dave Glenn says that after an impressive stretch run, Wilson & Pack aim to contend in 2009 With UNC flirting with an ACC championship run this year before fading in November, and with the Tar Heels talking up big plans for another stadium expansion, [...]
She’s at it again. The woman who originally ranked Carter-Finley Stadium the ACC’s 11th toughest place to play while ranking Kenan Stadium 4th because of its scenic beauty… This place is just the right size, and the picturesque pine trees make this one of the nicest venues in the league. Butch Davis has an amazing [...]
Long article and a good read. When the ACC begins negotiations next year on a new TV contract, the league will be in year six of its move to a 12-team, two-division superconference. In many ways, the strength of that next deal will serve as a referendum on the ACC’s expansion, which added Miami, Virginia [...]
We’ve got some solid football items to digest today. Heather Dinich has ranked the ACC Bowl games in order of most entertaining. The Wolfpack vs the Scarlet Knights is a strong second on the list. It’s interesting a bowl that is not an official ACC Bowl and includes the ACC’s 10th team is ranked so [...]
Some odds and ends to fill the time before the Wolfpack tips against Davidson Saturday and bowl bids are finally settled: The Big Lead: Head to Head, The ACC Beat the SEC This Year We all know the Pac-10’s a joke. And everyone thinks the ACC is a joke. We compiled the season-long stats, and [...]
Folks, stay tuned to this entry, as we’ll be adding updates as they roll in relative to the Wolfpack’s bowl destination. We learned on Monday that NC State was out of the running for one of the nine bowls with ACC ties after the NCAA held a lengthy teleconference with conference and bowl officials to [...]
The Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association has named their 2008 All ACC Football team. Russell Wilson wins First Team QB honors Willie Young gets Honorable Mention at DE Nate Irving gets Honorable Mention at LB T.J. Graham received Honorable Mention for Special Teams The rest of the list can be found here.
You have to hand it to UNC: those guys have unmitigated gall. Before their new chancellor has her first day on the job, and before lame-duck Chancellor Holden Thorp can announce whatever his “blue-ribbon” panel led by led by Hunter Rawlings, president of the Association of American Universities, has come up with, UNC athletic director [...]
This is truly abhorrent. Many folks call The Carolina Way a myth — but it’s not. Believing a myth can be innocent, borne of ignorance. In fact, The Carolina Way is a giant, perpetuated lie that has bred a culture that believes no ethical or moral sacrifice is too great to ensure athletic superiority. The [...]
NC STATE BASKETBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) This season’s Wolfpack cooler, calmer, still hungry Just like last year, the tournament starts in the state of Ohio. Not that Gottfried was particularly interested in a trip down memory lane on Tuesday. “This isn’t last year,” said Gottfried, who has a 7-8 record in eight NCAA tournament trips. [...]
