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 [...]
Ted Brown missing from Hall of Fame
I REALLY love it when our ‘younger fans’ exhibit a strong grasp on NC State sports history and tradition. So, when this article from Technician ran through my Twitter feed yesterday I was very pleased. Playing in Raleigh under head coach Lou Holtz and the late Bo Rein, the North Carolinian rushed for an ACC [...]
Ted Brown’s record is safe! Harris dismissed from BC
NC State fans no longer need to worry that the record for most rushing yards in Atlantic Coast Conference history could be held by a somewhat nondescript back from a program that has held conference membership for a metaphorical nanosecond rather than our own, Ted Brown. when it was announced today that Boston College’s Montel [...]
Tudor: Ted Brown ACC’s Best RB
In today’s News & Observer, Caulton Tudor profiles his pick for the ACC’s all-time best running back, Ted Brown (link): By the time Brown ended his career with the Pack – a total of 43 games – he had rushed for 4,602 yards and 51 touchdowns, plus 82 pass receptions for another 760 yards. Those [...]
Ted Brown highlights ACC’s 2010 Legends Class
NC State’s 4-time All-ACC running back, Ted Brown, will lead the 2010 ACC Football Championship Legends Class. The group of 12 former gridiron standouts from current ACC schools includes five former players who earned some kind of ACC Player of the Year honors, three members of the ACC’s prestigious 50th Anniversary Football Team, a former [...]
Because Joe McIntosh deserves his own entry
I was going to include a mention of this article in a “Bytes” entry, but I just can’t do that to someone so deserving of some of their own time in the sun. I just ran a search for Joe McIntosh and I have rarely been more embarrassed than when I learned that McIntosh has [...]
1986: V Interview on CBS
Every fan of every school has a cache of moments that are particularly special to them for some reason or another. Because the years of 1980-1985 were so forgettable…1986 came along for me at a time where I was definitely ‘old enough to remember’ while also being somewhat ‘blank’ as it related to NC State [...]