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 & Other
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 […]
Remember – The Hard Work is Just Beginning
Now that a few days have passed, and the initial euphoria is starting to wear off – let’s put everything into perspective. Chancellor Randy Woodson is off to a great start. And by removing a clear, absolute impediment to athletic success (Lee Fowler), he is giving us a fantastic opportunity to move forward. But we […]
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 […]
WRAL Is Really Dropping The Ball As The Internet Police
A couple of weeks ago we highlighted some apparent recruiting violations committed by UConn students in this post. In the entry we focused on the disconnect between WRAL’s omission of coverage of substantial recruiting issues at UConn when compared to their historical coverage of making monstrous mountains out of molehills when NC State fans “FaceBook’d” […]
Report: Wear Brothers to Transfer from Carolina
This week keeps getting better. (Link) According to a report in the Long Beach Press-Telegram David and Travis Wear are set to leave the University of North Carolina. The two Wears each averaged about 10 minutes per game in their freshman seasons. The Wear’s father told Frank Burlison of the Long Beach Press-Telegram that he […]
