First Day of Practice is complete and there were a handful of articles detailing it. Here’s a few: JP Giglio gives a recap of the day, Pack, Glennon back to practice field. Mike Glennon’s first August practice as N.C. State’s starting quarterback wasn’t much different than one in April. Glennon, a fourth-year junior, did have […]
On The Clock: Thorp
Ken Tysiac pens an article today in the N&O, Thorp targeted online by upset UNC fans. Nine days before the start of football practice, Thorp fired Davis, explaining that allegations of nine major NCAA violations that included academic fraud have eroded the university’s reputation. Fans who were disappointed with Davis’ dismissal responded by creating fireholdenthorp.com. […]
The Don (Curtis) of UNC Football
This was originally written over Father’s Day weekend but due to everything that came out last Monday and Tuesday this would have been lost in all the noise. I want to say thanks to the other SFN writers who helped in creating this piece. Last Thursday (6/16) and Friday (6/17) there was a huge deluge of data related to the ongoing […]
Is Roy afraid to travel to Wisconsin?
Adam Mertz at Madison.com caught up with former University of Wisconsin Athletic Director Pat Richter for his thoughts on the upcoming ACC/B10 Challenge matchup between Wisconsin/UNC. I’ll let you decide where Richter stands on the game. (emphasis is mine in bold) UW men’s basketball: For Richter, timing of Tar Heels matchup reeks of Roy Former […]
Poll Translation
In yesterday’s N&O, Ken Tysiac penned an article about a Public Policy poll suggesting that Wolfpack fans are apathetic about Gottfried. Now I’m not a professional pollster but I have reviewed enough of them to know there are several variables that go into a poll to produce the results: sample size, target group, what questions are […]
Evaluating “Flavor of the Month” Coaches
Every year there are certain teams that get hot during the postseason and become the “Flavor of the Month” (FOTM). What defines a FOTM? Usually they are a mid-major or smaller team, mostly with high tournament seeds, and they’ll usually reach the Sweet 16. Since the coaching search is what’s dominating all discussions I thought […]
NC State vs Maryland by the numbers
NOTE: The records used remove the results of the game played by said team and the opponent (i.e. NCSU beat FSU, so FSU’s ACC record is changed from 6-2 to 6-1. NCSU loss to VT, so VT’s ACC record is changed from 8-0 to 7-0). This balances out the records since teams that had bad […]
Final Weekend in the ACC AET Index Games (Week 13)
If you are new to the ACC AET Index please refer back to the first article of the year 2010 ACC AET Index for a quick education in the numbers. Week 9 article is also good to review to understand why I’ve included a new version of the AET Index that I believe is a more accurate […]
Another BIG week in the ACC AET Index Games (Week 12)
NOTE: I’ve done enough of these weekly articles on both the message boards on main page that I’m not going to keep covering everything again. If you are new to the ACC AET Index please refer back to the first article of the year 2010 ACC AET Index for a quick education in the numbers.  Week 9 […]
HUGE week in the ACC AET Index Games (Week 10)
This is a HUGE week in ACC football. It’s the first time this year where all 12 teams will be playing conference games on the same weekend. This also marks the beginning of 3 consecutive weeks of 6 acc games. Most of all though, this week’s matchups not only could begin the separation of contenders […]
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