Wow!!! It is amazing what happens when you combine leadership, vision, accountability, talent, hardwork, and incredible fan support: Today, the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics released the 2012 Directors’ Cup standings. In that national metric, which recognizes all-sports success in collegiate athletics, the Wolfpack stands at 37th – it’s highest mark in six […]
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1st NC State Hall of Fame class announced
Yesterday, Athletic Director Debbie Yow announced the Inaugural Hall of Fame class for the NC State Hall of Fame. The inductees are: I don’t have any real qualms with the first class. Obviously, some of the names were locks like Thompson, Case, Yow, and Brown. All inductees are deserving of being a part of this […]
Good year for the revenue sports…but
This year has been a good year if you are part of Wolfpack Nation. A bowl win, Men’s Sweet 16, and a Super Regional all occurred this year. Only Baylor and Florida could say the same thing. This is the best set of results for the major sports in one single academic year in a […]
N.C. State’s athletic future looks bright
Stumbled upon this great puff piece while doing research for baseball articles. Haven’t seen it linked elsewhere and wanted to get it up for anyone that hasn’t seen it yet. Just a little something to get you excited about next school year’s potential, and keep you excited thru the long college sports black hole of […]
N&O features Yow & her novel approach of accountability
It was a good weekend for NC State in the local media. The headline in Saturday’s morning’s News & Observer proclaimed that academic fraud was found at UNC-Chapel Hill (shocker!) and the feature story of Sunday’s sports section was, “Yow’s challenge: Put N.C. State athletic department on top” (Link). After taking over as athletic director […]
NC State signs deal with Adidas
GoPack.com reports NC State has signed a deal with Adidas. I am not sure what to think about this. I have heard that Nike will never sign NCSU because of the whole Jimmy V travesty so that might not even be an option but Adidas has always seemed like the “runner up” in the shoe […]
Yow Raising The Bar On Non-Revenue Expectations
As many are aware, recently Debbie Yow had to fire Coach Carter Jordan, the 8-season coach of our wrestling team. There has been a lot of discussion on our forums about the issue, but many are still unaware of what is going on in the non-revenue world of NC State athletics. The following comes from my university-centric […]
Tournament Factoids Part 4: Universal Truths
Some time ago I wrote a brief entry outlining a few factoids about NC State’s history in post-season, post-conference tournament play. When you look at the rich history and tradition NC State has, it becomes quickly apparent that a quick-and-dirty review of NC State’s tournament past really doesn’t do NC State’s basketball program justice. NC State […]
Tournament Factoids Part 3: A Generation-Long Rebuild
Some time ago I wrote a brief entry outlining a few factoids about NC State’s history in post-season, post-conference tournament play. When you look at the rich history and tradition NC State has, it becomes quickly apparent that a quick-and-dirty review of NC State’s tournament past really doesn’t do NC State’s basketball program justice. NC State […]
Debbie Yow setting the standard
Some great discussion to send you into the weekend with. We’ve been talking about Debbie Yow’s policy to hand out anonymous surveys to student athletes prior to the high profile scandals running rampant through the world of college sports. Has to make you feel good to have such a great representative of this University and […]
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