I will be honest here – I am so inured to the culture of corruption, and Monty Python’s Black Knight caliber of willful and idiotic denial…I didn’t think anything UNC scandal related could shock me anymore. Then I read this, and you should as well: Prepare to be disgusted. Horrific doesn’t even begin to describe [...]
Opening Day for Pack Baseball is here!
The much anticipated Wolfpack Baseball 2013 campaign gets underway today at Doak Field at 3pm when the Pack opens up a three game set vs the Mountaineers of Appalachian State. For those who haven’t been following along, the Wolfpack is ranked #8 to begin the season and has been tabbed by some publications as the [...]
The Relevancy of Irrelevancy – Is Lack Of Athletic Success Limiting The University?
Some of the comments on the recent Monday Morning entry got me to thinking about the possible effects of our lack of athletic success on the university as a whole. I have to believe that athletics is a big component of the marketing and identity of a university (and you can make a fair case [...]
Saturday Stuff
I’m still licking wounds and dealing with depression from Thursday and I just want to turn my attention forward. So, we are NOT going to re-hash all of the post-mortems from Thursday night. The Wolfpack should have no problem heading into the Pitt game on September 26th with a little rust worked off the machine [...]
Stat of the Day: Sagarin Strength of Schedule ratings (2000-2008)
Grading the CBB Coaching Hires
If you follow our blog then you recognize that we enjoy following the football and basketball “coaching carousels”. After (former NC State assistant) Buzz Peterson finally accepted the App State job we thought it was the right time to review this year’s coaching carousel. Before the season began, FoxSports.com listed these 12 coaches as ‘coaches [...]
Football is coming…
Friday Basketball Bytes
=======> Congratulations to Sean Miller and Xavier! In just 4 years he has already taken Xavier to a place in the NCAA Tournament where his former boss at NC State couldn’t achieve in a decade. It’s kind of hard to blame the strength of Duke and Carolina for our failure to succeed in anything outside [...]
NC State 23 App State 10 (Updated 9/4, 11am)
A more detailed wrap-up is forthcoming. I couldn’t be in the stadium tonight, so I will leave the heavy analysis for a blogger who was there. Since we are mad at the N&O, and merely annoyed with ESPN, we will link their recap. That said, it doesn’t take being in the stadium to be concerned [...]