We thought that we would start the week off with some fun items of non-NC State interest. All of the following links are from Deadspin in recent days. And all are pretty good in their own way. Riot: UMass Students find reason to riot Oregon Ducks new football helmets: It might save some money just […]
Pack Gets Lackluster Win (Updated 10 am)
Well, the one benefit to staying inside wrapping Christmas presents was the opportunity to listen to the Pack’s 80-65 win over Mount St. Mary’s. Hopefully, it was just an exam-related hangover, because the Pack was mostly sloppy and ineffective. State’s transition defense sucked, and the defensive rebounding (against an undersized and poor rebounding team) was […]
Reflections on the Coaching Search
I’ve toyed around with the idea of pointing out some silly comments swirling around after State hired Tom O’Brien, but normal-life, Christmas, and an emergency at work kept getting in the way. I had about decided to let the stupidity drift off into the sunset, but Bob Lipper’s column on a quiet Saturday morning changed […]
Checking in on State’s BBall Recruits
Since NC State signee, Johnny Thomas, will be playing tonight at North Raleigh Christian Academy (7pm) then we thought that we would quickly touch upon the performance of some of the high school players that have committed to join the Wolfpack in the past. We’d like to offer a hearty thank you to Dan for […]
National Committee of Abject Absurdity
You can always count on the NCAA for a solid dozen or so absurd ‘rulings’ each year. This week we have another one on which to ruminate. This blog entry is fantastic. I love the fact that committee member Patrick Nero is in charge of telling women what offends them. Especially while he and his […]
Some TOB Follow-Up
As some of the better bloggers out there reflect on last football season there continues to be a lot of Tom O’Brien news to make sure we don’t ignore over the last day or so. I think that Pack Pride has been doing a good job of breaking down certain aspects of the TOB hiring. […]
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Roundball Check-in
Basketball season is hitting its stride…and once exams are over then the season will be moving ahead at full steam. If you haven’t had the opportunity to watch a lot of games to this point in the season then Dave Sez can help catch you up on some observations. NC State is currently 6-2 with […]
Morgan Wootten Article
We have been on a bit of an unannounced hiatus the last few days. Sorry…lots going on. We ran across this old article over the summer when doing some googling for Sidney Lowe and thought that it would be nice to have an entry dedicated to legendary coach, Morgan Wootten and the NC State-DeMatha connection.
850TheBuzz: Coaching Search Winners and Losers
A nice entry from 850TheBuzz. Replacing coaches in college sports in this area is equal to a presidential election. It warrants front page attention and constant chatter on the radio because who gets hired determines the direction of a program like no other event. It’s time to look back on the searches and the coverage, […]
