Staturday’s victory over Maryland brings a close to the sixth regular season of the Chuck Amato football coaching era. Today’s win should insure that the Wolfpack will play in their fifth bowl of Amato’s six year tenure; only Dick Sheridan coached NC State teams to more bowls when he earned 6 bids in 7 years, […]
Bowl Scenarios Becomes Clearer
Yesterday, we did a big analysis outlining some potential bowl scenarios of ACC teams (with, of course, a primary focus on NC State). Today, it seems that some of the events that we expected have come to fruition and the ACC’s bowl picture seems to be lining up pretty clearly. The key variable now becomes […]
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ACC (& NCSU) Bowl Talk
UPDATED: 11AM Although NC State is not yet eligible with our 5-5 record, Bowl games are going to be a big topic of discussion during the week. The ‘good’ news is — based on the current composition of the ACC’s bowl picture, I honestly think that a Wolfpack win on Saturday could position the program […]
Tuesday Football Babble
After various negative off-the-field ACC Football issues simultaneously hit the national media last week I asked if the ACC was becoming the SEC? Upon further review, I rescind my question. First, take a look at the weekend behavior of the Tennesssee football program after their failed season and the violent spree of an Alabama fan. […]
Boos Rain on Hurricanes in Miami
The crowd at the Orange Bowl started booing their #3 ranked Miami Hurricanes last night in the 3rd quarter of the Canes upset loss to Georgia Tech. The boos were so prominent that the ESPN television crew even made a comment akin to, “Listen to those boos” in the middle of the 4th quarter. Unlike […]
Stetson Observations
Basketball seemed to start well last night for the Wolfpack, but please forgive us if we don’t spend too much time on the weekend’s lineup of Stetson (10-17 & RPI of #255 last year), The Citadel (12-16, #296), and Deleware (11-20, #233). If you are interested, some observations about Friday night can be found by […]
College Football’s Best Rivalries
It is rivalry week in college football, and ESPN’s SportsNation poll is up. Based on the options provided, my rankings are as follows: (1) Army – Navy (2) Alabama – Auburn (3) Ohio State – Michigan (4) Florida State – Miami (5) Texas – Oklahoma (6) Florida – Florida State (7) USC – Notre Dame […]
Is the ACC Becoming the SEC?
WOW!! It’s a bad day for the ACC. If you were to go to one of my favorite sites on the internet right now, Fansblog.com, you would see the following headlines in exact order: Clemson player arrested for simple assault Clemson Football – 11/17/05 Clemson reserve bandit end Cortney Vincent was arrested last week and […]
Who Didn’t See This Coming?
Over the years, many different debates on NC State Message boards have traveled so many tangents that it became hard to remember the original premise & topic. In light of NC State’s historical propensity to hire coaches that seem to struggle to deliver success on par with our peers, and desire to retain these coaches […]
