Tuesday’s Houston Chronicle teased me with an NBA draft projection that predicted NC State’s Julius Hodge would be drafted #27 by the Houston Rockets. Instead, all of Hodge’s hard work and strong pre-draft performances boosted him up the first round to #20, where he was selected by the up-and-coming Denver Nuggets. Ironically… ===> “The Jules […]
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Mandel: Amato Most Overrated
Sports Illustrated’s Stewart Mandel lists Chan Gailey as his worst coach in college football and Chuck Amato as the most overated. The backlash around his listings were followed-up in this article.
OOC Fball $$$; New ? for Fowler
Back in March of this year, I responded to an (alleged) request by PackPride.com to submit some questions for Lee Fowler to answer. It was a heavily viewed entry and the “Top 10 questions for Lee Fowler” can be found by clicking here. I figure that over time, new questions will arise and old ones […]
NC State Off Notre Dame’s Schedule
The (Notre Dame vs) Boston College series, set to resume in 2007 after a two-year hiatus, will likely truncate before the next decade rolls around. (ND’s) penciled-in 2009-10 series with North Carolina State has been erased. But home-and-homes with Oklahoma and Arizona State in the 2010s have been preserved.
Recruiting Analyst Bias
In the spirit of trying to stay current on interesting topics in college athletics, we run across The Mess that is Tom Lemming.
Floyd: The 5 Year Standard
“In college ball, it’s just known by everybody that (if you haven’t succeeded) you have your bags packed in five years” – Tim Floyd of Fox Sports Radio University of Southern California Head Basketball Coach
Pack to Battle Pirates
Today’s News & Observer shares the news that we already knew — NC State and East Carolina will be doing more battle on the gridiron in the coming years. “NCSU senior associate athletics director David Horning confirmed that State will play the Pirates in Raleigh in 2007 and 2013 and in Greenville in 2010 and […]
Bunting Sounds Fowleresque
From the ACC Area Sports Journal: “Our defense has really made major strides over the spring. We have a chance to be really good. I’ve challenged them. We’ve been in the hundreds (statistically) three straight years. It’s time to get below that this year. In order to win week to week, you’ve got to have […]
Football Links of Interest
Just some random college football links of interest that became overdue during our last couple of weeks of hiatus: ===> Let’s start with one of my favorite magazines, The Sporting News. TSN not only asks, “Is it football season yet?”…but, they also offer Wolfpackers a nice bone to chomp when they pick us as one […]
