Those of you that just can’t breath air without making sure that NC State has the toughest football schedule in all of America are one step closer to getting your wish. The Charlotte Observer is reporting an update on some things that we discussed last month about NC State’s future football schedule. (Link). If the […]
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Tarheel Football Recruiting Not All Roses
A lot has been made of UNC-CH’s recent football recruiting ‘prowess’ on internet message boards and recruiting sites. Most of that is probably warranted since the Heel seem to be putting together a very nice class (from their perspective). Of course, StateFansNation has plenty to say about the way John Bunting runs his program and […]
ACC Reviews Bowl Order
Looks like the “Boston College” rule is now official in the ACC: you can now comment on the article fter Boston College finished 9-3 in its first season in the ACC last season and ended up playing Boise State in the MPC Computers Bowl in not-so-balmy Boise, the ACC spent the offseason reviewing how its […]
ACC Football Webruns Everywhere
Time flies except when you are waiting for football season. So, we’ve decided to quickly link up to quite a few ACC-webruns out there that will definitely serve your reading pleasure. * The N&O’s great “ACC Now” blog is kicking into gear with some preseason focus on football after a little hiatus. (Link) * ACC […]
N&O Embarrasses TSN’s Mike Farrell
Score one for accuracy in reporting!!! We’re laughing all the way to the fact-checker on this one. A few weeks ago, The Sporting News’ Mike Farrell penned a blog entry whose accuracy and analysis/conclusions we destroyed in this entry that is well worth the read. Despite the fact that 100% of Chuck Amato’s seven verbal […]
Junkie Stuff
These links will be for ‘sports junkies’ only. You know who you are! * This is a link that VaWolf will love. Anyone interested in a football poll statistical analysis will love it. This article that examines the most overrated college football teams in history (from CollegeFootballNews) is highly related to the topic. Pardon us […]
Hayes: Ranking the ACC Football Stadiums
Great minds do think a lot. Yesterday, Dave Sez ran a piece on a topic that we also had started and were holding in our drafts box and waiting for the “slow days” of late July and August to use. We even had the link to Fansblog in our entry. Now that we are last […]
Another Bad Day for Tarheel Police Blotter
With this news as our backdrop (all just from just ONE DAY last week), new news has surfaced this week that indicates that it is obvious that the Athletics program at UNC-Chapel Hill has completely lost control! Therefore, we are all ‘shocked’ that we haven’t seen any extreme columns from everyone’s favorite authority on these […]
Whitlock: Rivers to Bomb
ESPN’s Jason Whitlock has listed 10 NFL “Truths”.(Link) We thought that it would be a good idea to chronicle his comments. 8. Phillip Rivers is going to bomb in San Diego. It’s never a good idea to try to develop an inexperienced, weak-armed quarterback with a receiving corps led by a 36-year-old, well-past-his-prime receiver not […]
Sports Fanatic or Just NC State?
With football season still about 6 weeks away, I thought it might be interesting to take the pulse of SFN’s readership. Do you consider yourself a “sports guy/gal” in general, or are you only really interested in NC State? Personally, I just love sports (although I certainly follow NC State sports with several extra degrees […]