Ivan Maisel at ESPN.com has listed his 2006 College Football Top 25 after taking closer looks at the programs’ through spring football). Some random comments: (1) Ohio State Buckeyes – OSU @ Texas in mid-September will be even bigger this season (2) Oklahoma Sooners – If NC State’s overall schedule was this weak, our fans […]
NCS Football
Rivers Getting Pub
Now that Drew Brees is in New Orleans, Philip Rivers will be taking the reigns as the starting quarterback for the San Diego Chargers. (Related link from San Diego regarding the start of the Rivers era) A new era has begun. “I always hoped it was going to be right here,�? Rivers said yesterday. “Now […]
Football Construction Pics
You can click here for tons of pictures (in chronological order) of Carter-Finley’s most recent capital project.
Kudos for ACC Football
From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: The ACC had its best overall television numbers ever in 2005. According to a summary released by the league, it was the top-rated conference on ESPN. The ACC, in fact, had three of ESPN’s top five regular-season games. The Florida State-Miami game on Labor Day night was ABC’s highest-rated regular-season game […]
Philip Rivers Video
Not that good.
ACC Spring Football Update
ESPN ran its detailed annual look at spring football practices last week. You can all of their ACC comments by clicking here. The NC State section is included in the comments below.
Falling Behind Carolina
We don’t link to The Robesonian very often. But, why not give the other set a bone or two? (You will know that things have gotten really bad here when we drive traffic toward’s the Asheville Citizen-Times; that is so bad that we won’t even hotlink the name of the newspaper here). The Robesonian proclaims […]
Glenn Details the Academic Issue
Dave Glenn had a nice update today on his blog that focused on some of the “Hidden Factors” of Lee Fowler’s search for a new basketball coach. The issue of academic standards were discussed at length in both Rick Barnes and John Calipari’s discussions with NC State. (You know, the Rick Barnes conversations that didn’t […]
Six Wolfpackers Drafted
It was a nice weekend for NC State to receive some positive PR!!! Six Wolfpackers were selected in the two-day NFL Draft over the weekend, and two others signed free agency contracts on Sunday. The Wolfpacker’s Draft Tracker highlights State’s six draft picks over the weekend. Heck, even Torry Holt got into the swing of […]
Ignorance is No Defense
(Sent by TigerFan) I don’t fault USC for Reggie Bush’s stupidity. The superstar made a mistake and someone’s going to have to pay for it. Unfortunately, as is often the case, those that pay for it are not the ones that committed the crime. The media is already going soft on this one intimating that […]
