She’s at it again. The woman who originally ranked Carter-Finley Stadium the ACC’s 11th toughest place to play while ranking Kenan Stadium 4th because of its scenic beauty… This place is just the right size, and the picturesque pine trees make this one of the nicest venues in the league. Butch Davis has an amazing […]
Coaches
Wall Street Journal Looks At Coaches’ Pay (w/ NC State mention)
An interesting article popped up on the radar from an unlikely source: the venerable and staid Wall Street Journal. In “Who Pays The College Coach,” author Mark Yost takes a look at Alabama’s Nick Saban, among others (including Coach Kommercial.) When North Carolina State thought it would take at least $2 million to find a […]
Report: Skip Holtz Going To Syracuse
Sunday morning: Michael Bradley from the NFL Network reports that Skip Holtz will be named Syracuse University’s football coach on Monday. Link from Syracuse, NY television station The Wiz of Odds is also covering it Published on 12/05/2008 at 3:35pm There might be trouble on the Pirate ship, as it looks like there’s some substance […]
Report: Notre Dame To Retain Weis
WNDU and Irish Eyes website are reporting tonight that Charlie Weis will return next year. (Links through The Big Lead) We didn’t want to alarm the Wolfpack faithful when we floated this entry earlier in the day; but, as with much of what we report here there was a lot more going on behind the […]
Rivals: If ND Fires Weis, Irish Might Make a Run At TOB (Updated 7pm)
Final Update: Irisheyes.com, the Scout Notre Dame football franchise, reports that Charlie Weis is set to return for 2009. The discussion below is not for nothing, however, as the fact is that Tom O’Brien will become a person of interest for bigger programs looking to improve their coaching situation. While O’Brien has said that NC […]
Holland on Money Matters
I wish this one could be bronzed for the ages. Terry Holland in October 27, 2008’s The Sporting News The administration, with $100 million or more recently invested in facilities and a $50 million annual budget, cannot afford to keep a coach who is not producing a return on that investment. If donors and season-ticket […]
ORLY? (Updated @ 1:20pm)
This sort of thing drives me crazy: unsubstantiated speculation that is 100% paradoxical to reality. From a (supposed) ‘professional journalist’: Fox/Goodman: 65 Things to Watch For This College Season Three ACC coaches — Maryland’s Gary Williams, N.C. State’s Sidney Lowe and Florida State’s Leonard Hamilton — are feeling a little heat to win. My guess […]
Andrew Jones: Butch ‘Davis part II(updated)
Just ask any Tarheel fan and they will be sure to tell you that there is nothing to the story. And, of course, why would anyone ever leave Chapel Hill by their own choosing. (Shhhh…don’t mention Mack Brown). Link to story Tennessee has tabbed North Carolina coach Butch Davis as the leading candidate to replace […]
Tell me again why UT didn’t want to hire Lee Fowler in 2003?
A few months ago we ran the following comments in this entry comparing Lee Fowler to Joe Alleva in light of the LSU Athletics Directorship: Lee Fowler’s interest in other Athletics Director jobs have not been a secret since his arrival in Raleigh in September of 2000. In the seven-plus years of Fowler’s tenure, the […]
ESPN: Tennessee’s Fulmer Stepping Down At End of The Season
The Rumor Mill just got officially interesting for Butch Davis and David Cutcliffe: Â ESPN.com: Sources: Fulmer To Step Down Phillip Fulmer, who a decade ago brought Tennessee its first national championship in 47 years, will not return as the Volunteers’ coach next year, multiple sources told ESPN.com. Questions immediately come to mind: Will Butch Davis […]
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