This rumor started gaining momentum again last night and culminated this morning with a newspaper article from the Dayton Daily News. Here is a link from Pack Pride. It has been known for a while now (here’s an SFN article from April 21) that Mays was gone, but it wasn’t sure where exactly he would […]
Jim Young takes a closer look at the ACC/ESPN TV deal
While it was widely reported Monday that the ACC had reached a new TV deal with ESPN, many of the details of that deal (aside from the money part of the equation) were left somewhat up in the air. As more details of the deal begin to come out during the next few days and […]
ESPN wins bidding war with Fox for ACC rights
Here’s part of the story from TBJ…I’ll have much more on this story, and it’s impact on the conference, later today. ESPN won the TV rights to ACC football and basketball in a bidding competition with Fox Sports that was surprisingly close, industry sources say, and as a result made the conference several million more […]
Think the hype’s bad now? Wait until October
The hype machine regarding NC State basketball has reached a fevered pitch in the last week with every local media outlet running story after story about how expectations for next season are rising and how the Wolfpack should be a contender in the ACC. Based solely on what the roster should look like that’s a […]
ACC’s new TV deal coming within 10 days
It was a busy Thursday evening for several NC State coaches as hundreds of fans packed a Wolfpack Club Caravan at the football practice facility. With the exit of Lee Fowler coming at the end of June and all of the excitement surrounding men’s basketball, the caravan was quite a big draw for local media. […]
Basketball attendance falls in 2009-2010, but Pack remain in top 25
Although NC State’s attendance numbers fell in 2009-2010, the Wolfpack was still able to remain in the top-25 nationally and pull in more than 13,000 fans per contest. Make no mistake, less fans in the seats (even if it’s less than 300 per contest) is a bad thing. But considering the struggles of the basketball […]
Looking back at spring practice
Although it’s often tough to tell what to expect from a team after watching spring practice or a spring game, those things do reveal trends which can impact how teams enter fall practice. Whether it be position battles, injuries or coaching changes (all of which NC State is and will continue to go through), spring […]
Big Ten expansion talk heats up…commissioner says no
11:04 p.m. update WRAL: Big Ten quashes latest expansion rumors Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany e-mailed conference officials Tuesday to stamp out a rumor that four schools had already been offered a chance to join the league. Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith confirmed Tuesday that Delany had quashed a report that the Big Ten had offered expansion […]
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 […]
Purcell expresses interest in AD position
This didn’t take long. Obviously the AD search is just getting started but you have to believe Purcell will be in the mix. Wilmington Star-News Bobby Purcell’s name was already being mentioned as a possible replacement for Lee Fowler even before the N.C. State athletic director announced that he was stepping down on Tuesday. Now that the […]
