By now, everyone in the SFN community is aware that Kevin Keatts is our new men’s basketball head coach. Obviously, only time will reveal if Keatts proves a great hire. But today — without being privy to the details — the optics on this suggest Keatts is a solid hire. If nothing else, credit Yow […]
Gottfried Fired (Officially)
NC State formally announces that Mark Gottfried will not be back after coaching out the season pic.twitter.com/rk18cElQGK — Mark Armstrong (@ArmstrongABC11) February 16, 2017 As much as I do enjoy a good firing, the fact Gottfried will finish the season — I’ll let y’all speculate why — gives me no confidence our current leadership has […]
Villanova Delivers Justice
What a beautiful morning. This isn’t about State fans being ecstatic that Carolina lost on the second greatest buzzer beater ever. No, this morning is all about the reckoning. Considering that, last summer, just hours before its response to the NOA was due, and after more than two decades of institutional academic fraud, The Flagship […]
Beyond the bye, into The Abyss
If — after that miserable showing in Blacksburg — you’re looking past the bye week for some kind of promise for this season, then I envy your naïveté. For those of you seeing promise in the 3-0 Wake win at Boston College, just remember that Pitt beat Virginia Tech 10-7 last week. After the desperately-needed […]
The Reckoning
The Carolina Way has proved to be exactly what every State fan has told you for years it is: a giant, hollow lie. For every State fan who endured the self-imposed — it’s important to note that, unlike The Flagship, we held ourselves accountable after the NCAA, SBI and Poole Commission found only “minor” infractions […]
Into the Abyss: Winston-Salem, NC.
Look, it’s simply impossible to over-exaggerate just how much a House of Horrors Groves Stadium BB&T Field has been for N.C. State. Every odd year folks start throwing around the “no way we lose to Wake Forest this year.” But every odd year we go to the abyss called Winston-Salem and play impossibly dreadful, and […]
SEC Concerned about Declining Student Attendance
I originally saw this tweeted by Stewart Mandel (@slmandel). To the chagrin of local radio personalities, State — vs. Louisiana Tech on Labor Day Saturday, at noon, with a heat index in mid-90s — isn’t the only program with attendance concerns. Interesting read about the SEC’s concern in the recent trend showing declining student attendance […]
He was in.
The reasonable among us aren’t arguing that line judge Richard Misner’s blown call cost State the game — we knew we’d have to keep scoring to win that game. But it’s entirely fair to say it shifted the momentum of a tight, hard-fought game squarely into Clemson’s favor. This is all hypothetical, of course, but […]
UNC-USC to play in Charlotte in 2015
The two Carolinas will open the 2015 season in Charlotte. Congratulations to them for getting it right. I personally think this is great for both fan bases and also the region. I’ve long-believed an annual series between State and South Carolina in Charlotte — like a much inferior Red River Rivalry or Cocktail Party — […]
Media selects Howell, Zo, CJL, TJW All ACC
Richard Howell was deservedly named 1st Team All ACC; Lorenzo Brown, 2nd; C.J. Leslie, 3rd. Howell was a beast this season, averaging 12.7 points and 10.6 rebounds per game; he led the ACC in boards. Brown led the ACC with 7.0 assists per game and also contributed 12.5 points per game; he likely would’ve been […]
