The streets of Charlotte have been increasingly buzzing with activity this afternoon. A home-made band brass band has been entertaining passers-by at the corner of Tryon and Trade Streets since lunch time. The number of Bulls fans are much more prominent around their hotel (Omni) than they have been until today. A significant portion of […]
‘Opportunistic’ Weekend
With NC State’s football team participating in its 5th bowl in 6 years, and the basketball team hosting the #12 ranked team in the country over the next 24 hours, many would deem the weekend a “BIG ONE” from an athletics perspective. As much as I wish it were the case, I am going to […]
Tarheels Garner Schedule Awards
As I look out my window at the hotel that is currently home to NC State football team in Charlotte, I can’t help be get a little excited about the Wolfpack’s 5th bowl appearance in the last 6 seasons in Saturday’s Meineke Car Care Bowl (more comments can be found here). Despite my excitement about […]
ESPN: Brown Changes Attitude
Anyone who has read any of my internet babble over the last 10 years knows that I do not hold Mack Brown in very high regard along a lot of fronts — one of the primary ones being coaching. I ran across this article on ESPN.com and thought it was interesting enough to share. A […]
12/29/05: Thursday Bytes
FOOTBALL ====> Morning Update from Charlotte The South Florida Bulls loaded three buses in front of their hotel on Tryon Street this morning and pulled away at 8:15am for a morning workout. Both the Bulls and the Wolfpack will attend the Richard Petty Driving Experience this afternoon. As we suggested yesterday, the Bulls’ afternoon practice […]
Bowling for Improvement
The Atlantic Coast Conference’s bowl system has been a point of significant contention recently. The selection process is set to change , but maybe Commissioner Swofford and crew can work on a few things related to the operations of the bowls with whom the conference has agreements. We’ve recenlty heard some things from folks familiar […]
Bowl Blogging in Charlotte
Members of the South Florida Bulls spent the morning exploring the shops and the buildings in Uptown Charlotte today. Their buses pulled out of the Omni @ the corner of Trade and Tryon around 1pm to take the team to practice at Providence Day School. The Wolfpack have reportedly been practicing at Country Day School […]
Byting Miami Quotes
I didn’t have the opportunity to listen to the commentators during the State-Alabama game last week because I was watching the game at Amedeo’s. But, I did make note of some quotes that the Fox Basketball crew shared during the Miami game that I had not logged yet and thought that I would throw on […]
Pack Not off National Radar
A month ago, we highlighted Clark Kellogg’s projected Sweet 16 for 2006. If you visit Yahoo Sports’ College Basketball front page today, you will see a picture of Ilian Evtimov and Cedric Simmons and a mention that NC State may not have made Clark’s list, but the Pack is not off the radar. I know […]
Miami: Second Half Blogging
* That’s the way that playing a mid-tier ACC opponent should go when playing at home. Herb Sendek now has a 40-33 record in Raleigh in ACC games. * Efficient offensive execution in the second half helped the Pack compensate for one of our less attractive defensive efforts. * I’d like to thank Mike Gminski […]
