Perhaps the one thing that really divided Wolfpack fans about Chuck Amato was his relationship with the media. Chuck was often brash, arrogant, and rude. Many Wolfpackers saw this as a source of great pride – taking justified potshots at a hostile, pro-UNC media. Others saw this as foolish, silly, and ultimately harmful behavior (whether […]
’07 Football
ACC Football Schedule Rankings
In our big 2007 Football Schedule entry we highlight The Sporting News’ rankings of this year’s ACC football schedules . We said, “It’s not their best work” but didn’t have more time to spend on the topic at the time. Rivals.com also ranked the ACC’s schedule in this well-put-together-entry last week. Their work is crip, […]
2007 Football Schedule Update
Each year we run one entry that serves as our “schedule entry” entry and we update it as time passes and related news (like television schedules) evolve. Most fans usually use the entry as an opportunity to chime in with some preseason predictions. (Just yesterday we updated our evolving ‘basketball schedule’ entry when ESPN announced […]
Way Too Early Bowl Projections (Sun Update below the fold)
This year’s bowl schedule has just recently been solidified, so Fox Sports thought it was a good time to project this year’s bowl games. For a more clear look at this year’s bowl schedule, you can click here. I guess this is what you do in the dead months of the summer. Fox selects: * […]
Schools Take Different Approaches
Schools take different approaches in promoting new coaches Butch Davis has been everywhere for North Carolina this offseason. On a billboard overlooking a busy highway in Burlington, staring back at newspaper readers in a full-page ad, even in streaming video form filling up fans’ e-mailboxes. It’s all part of the Tar Heels’ aggressive attempt to […]
What Went Wrong?
I may have to update my list of Data Analysis Mistakes to include the nuances of summer football speculation. Let’s review some “notable predictions†from the last few off-seasons: – The 2003 defense was going to be just fine, even though 6 or 7 defensive linemen were graduating. The top-10 recruiting class was going to […]
Spring Game Entry (Updated Monday Morn)
We originally posted this entry on Saturday and asked our readers to share their thoughts regarding Saturday’s spring football game. The response from the community has been awesome and our comments section includes a lot of insightful commentary. Attendance for the day was estimated at 15,000 and the format changed from past years. ‘”The atmosphere […]
Red and White From State
Our friends at RAWFS have a really nice article up with a number of links covering the spring football practices. Alpha touches on several things that perfectly matches something that I’m currently working on. If you’ve been wondering why RAWFS hasn’t been putting up entries with their normal frequency, here is a comment lifted from […]
TSN’s Hayes: Pack Football an Instant Contender?
Here’s some good press from my March 19, 2007 hard copy of The Sporting News: I keep seeing early projections that NC State will be among the worst teams in the ACC. Let’s not forget the one thing former coach Chuck Amato did well: recruit. There is talent on that roster, and if the players […]
Football Insight
A few articles are providing a little insight into the Wolfpack’s new football coaching staff that we thought that we would share. * Love reading this – Coach O’Brien Wants to Hear from Former NC State Football Players!. * Future Defense N.C. State’s Mike Archer has gained a reputation as a 3-4 defensive coordinator. Three […]
