The ESPN crew has become a disgusting band of self-promoting carnies? When was it exactly that “all-timeâ€? became the ubiquitous companion to the word great? As many of you who have read this website over the course of the 2005 football season know, I don’t have much patience for USC dogma. But before anyone questions […]
CLT OBS Headline Writer Struggles with Common Sense
The headline of today’s Meineke Car Care Bowl section of the Charlotte Observer reads: “Sales slow for Pack and…who?” Link Look at that again. “SLOW” ticket sales. SLOW ticket sales “for (the) Pack”. Oh my God. Is this a joke that missed the mark? Talk about living up to the stereotype of being out of […]
Live Bowl Blogging – Friday
The streets of Charlotte have been increasingly buzzing with activity this afternoon. A home-made band brass band has been entertaining passers-by at the corner of Tryon and Trade Streets since lunch time. The number of Bulls fans are much more prominent around their hotel (Omni) than they have been until today. A significant portion of […]
‘Opportunistic’ Weekend
With NC State’s football team participating in its 5th bowl in 6 years, and the basketball team hosting the #12 ranked team in the country over the next 24 hours, many would deem the weekend a “BIG ONE” from an athletics perspective. As much as I wish it were the case, I am going to […]
Tarheels Garner Schedule Awards
As I look out my window at the hotel that is currently home to NC State football team in Charlotte, I can’t help be get a little excited about the Wolfpack’s 5th bowl appearance in the last 6 seasons in Saturday’s Meineke Car Care Bowl (more comments can be found here). Despite my excitement about […]
ESPN: Brown Changes Attitude
Anyone who has read any of my internet babble over the last 10 years knows that I do not hold Mack Brown in very high regard along a lot of fronts — one of the primary ones being coaching. I ran across this article on ESPN.com and thought it was interesting enough to share. A […]
12/29/05: Thursday Bytes
FOOTBALL ====> Morning Update from Charlotte The South Florida Bulls loaded three buses in front of their hotel on Tryon Street this morning and pulled away at 8:15am for a morning workout. Both the Bulls and the Wolfpack will attend the Richard Petty Driving Experience this afternoon. As we suggested yesterday, the Bulls’ afternoon practice […]
Glaxo Tournament
I went to the Glaxo tournament to watch the signees and recruits. Here are some of my observations… Dan Werner Looks like an Evtimov clone. He has a great basketball body and decent athletic ability. He has vey good shooting form and is an excellent passer. He will contribute immediately. Larry Davis He is a […]
Bowling for Improvement
The Atlantic Coast Conference’s bowl system has been a point of significant contention recently. The selection process is set to change , but maybe Commissioner Swofford and crew can work on a few things related to the operations of the bowls with whom the conference has agreements. We’ve recenlty heard some things from folks familiar […]
Bowl Blogging in Charlotte
Members of the South Florida Bulls spent the morning exploring the shops and the buildings in Uptown Charlotte today. Their buses pulled out of the Omni @ the corner of Trade and Tryon around 1pm to take the team to practice at Providence Day School. The Wolfpack have reportedly been practicing at Country Day School […]
