Quarterback Marcus Vick was dismissed from Virginia Tech’s football team Friday due to “a cumulative effect of legal infractions and unsportsmanlike play,” according to a release from Tech’s athletic department. In addition to being dismissed from the team, Vick, a Newport News Warwick High graduate, has more legal trouble to deal with later this month. […]
The Vick Saga Continues
If I told you that I was an engineer and you looked at my screen name, it wouldn’t take much to figure out that I work with a bunch of VT grads. The Vick stomp has been a water-cooler topic this week and here are a few of the comments: – Several said that he […]
Bowl Trends & Trivia
Congratulations to Mack Brown and all of the coaches at Texas. They finally amassed enough talent to overcome their coaching deficiencies. More importantly, the events of this week should end the media’s love-fest with USC and the Vick brothers. Does this mean more coverage for Brady Quinn’s sister? Anyway, here are some fun facts to […]
A Look Back at the Bubble
Hopefully, NC State fans will view the bubble discussions for the NCAA tournament selection this year with mild curiosity instead of intense emotional interest. However, I thought it might be interesting to see what kind of trends could be detected from selections made in the recent past. According to any number of articles that are […]
NEZ & GW Pictures
An unexpected opportunity to see the GW game got me into Raleigh on Friday afternoon. I stopped by the Murphy Center to see the progress on the NEZ and found that the Field House is gone and all that is left is a hole. Construction projects rarely finish on the original schedule, but I can […]
A Christmas Story
A lot of people talk about feeling stressed out at Christmas time. That’s too bad because if you can just relax a little and roll with the punches, it’s a great time of year. My wife on the other hand often complains (loud and long) about how much stuff has to be done and how […]
Respect?
Often when polls are discussed by NC State fans, the issue of “respectâ€? is brought up…usually in the context of “We are not getting any respectâ€?. This statement was probably said more during the 2004 season than any other. That year, a number of ACC teams behind State in the conference standings were actually ranked […]
Finishing Strong
Among the many things that I see on NC State message boards after ugly “preseason” losses are statements like: – State often lays a few eggs early in the year. – State starts slow but always finishes the year strong. So I decided to see if these statements are grounded in reality or wishful thinking: […]
Being Competitive – A Real Example
There are two words (and all of their derivations) that I’ve come to hate over the last year or so…â€?expectâ€? and “competeâ€?. These two words are certainly not complicated to spell, pronounce, or use in normal conversation. However when they are used on sports message boards, the meanings can become nearly incomprehensible and stretched beyond […]
RPI and the ACC
Now that we’ve seen what the RPI rankings of Final Four teams look like, let’s look to see how various ACC coaches have done with respect to the RPI rankings and head-to-head comparisons. Notes: – For simplicity, I will only look at those coaches who have taken their team to the NCAA tournament at least […]
