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 [...]
Exploring the meaning of Spring Football attendance numbers
Now that all the major schools have finished spring practice schedules and held some version of a spring game (each school does things slightly differently), let’s take a quick look at how fan bases across the state and country represented for their favorite squad. The Sporting News does a good job compiling attendance numbers every [...]
UNC hoping for 20,000 fans Saturday
One year removed from having no more than 2,000 fans at its Spring Game, officials in Chapel Hill are hoping to draw as many as 20,000 for this year’s game. Being on ESPN can’t hurt, but will 20,000 Holes really make it out to Kenan Saturday to watch TJ Yates (and every other UNC QB) [...]
2010 Spring Football Organizational Chart
A little look ahead to 2010 Football
We’ve had some nice entries and conversations on the blog and the message boards with this week-long stretch between Wolfpack Basketball games. So, why not spend a few minutes on some football items? Looking Back, Looking Ahead We are heading into ‘spring practice time’ and ‘The Wolfpacker’ released a lot of good information on the [...]
Wednesday Bytes
CHANGE IS COMING! And we need your help. If you have any computer or creative skills then please click here and think about submitting a new banner for the site as a part of our coming re-design. Thanks so much! While we are discussing the site, we would again like to thank the [...]
Scenes from NC State’s Spring Game
We have already discussed NC State’s spring game in this entry from April. But, in the event that you have more to add or hadn’t seen the following footage from ‘genefoto’ we thought this would be a fine time to share. Also, please do not ignore the community response that we are requesting to help [...]
Spring Game
I am out of town, but eager to hear the observations of SFN readers who do attend. Please post your thoughts below. RALEIGH, NC – The Kay Yow Spring Football game drew 21,075 fans on Saturday afternoon to watch the White team win 10-7 over the Red team. The event raised over $28,000 for charity. [...]
Spring Football Entry (Updated 1:45pm)
So many good things keep hitting that we have to keep adding to this entry. After the misery that was much of basketball season, spring brings renewed hope to NC State fans in the form of the off-season football practices that will lay down much of the foundation of this fall’s squad. 850 The Buzz [...]
Spring Game Doesn’t Provide Much to Discuss
…but we’ll open this entry for people to make mountains out of molehills if they would like. Evidently, it was a ‘thriller’. The statistics can be found here. And, some bullet points focusing on our QB situation can be found here. The Charlotte Observer’s game story shares a little of the only information that I [...]