If you read between the lines, it looks like the Big East, which is still smarting from three of its members joining the ACC, is getting a little desperate when it comes to its position in the landscape of college football. And the reality of college sports is that it is football that drives change, […]
Official Results of 1989 NCAA Investigation into NC State Basketball
FOR RELEASE: December 12, 1989, Immediately CONTACT: S. David Berst, NCAA Assistant Executive Director for Enforcement NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY INFRACTIONS REPORT by the NCAA Committee on Infractions MISSION, KANSAS This report is organized as follows: I. Introduction. II. Violations of NCAA legislation, as determined by committee. III. Committee on Infractions penalties. I. Introduction. The […]
Peeler: NC State’s Matt Hill Has Perhaps Best-Ever Year in College Golf
Sophomore Matt Hill had a spectacular year by any measure: eight tournament wins, including the NCAA title. In the July edition of Triangle Golf Today, writer Tim Peeler lays out a compelling case for it being the best ever year by a collegiate golfer: Hill won six straight events to end the year, capping his […]
NCAA Selection Committee Stopping “Finishing Strong” Emphasis
The NCAA is changing the rules for the criteria used to select at-large teams for the NCAA Tournament. Until now, the Committee has placed an emphasis on how a team finished the year moreso than how it started — which effectively dimished the value of the bulk of the out-of-conference slates for most teams. From […]
Only 12% Of State Fans Dislike Krzyzewski
In a Public Policy Polling release, some interesting numbers come to light regarding North Carolina fans and their likes and dislikes in terms of college athletics. NC State is the second in popularity in NC, with 19% of respondents labeling themselves as Wolfpack fan. Nearly twice as many respondents, 37% identified as Tar Heel faithful, […]
The Kind Of Leader NC State Needs
Without any question, the wake of the Easley scandal at NC State has left an impression that the storied university’s former leaders ran the school at the whim of the corrupt state patronage system that makes the government of North Carolina more closely resemble a Banana Dictatorship rather than the values of the vast majority […]
Some Wednesday Notes…
I’m sure that most all of us are ready to get back to talking about sports, considering the tumultuous events of the past week here at NC State. That in mind, here’s some stuff that’s been rattling around the college sports scene: Is BC Getting It’s Own “Chris Weinke?” Without doubt, the roster at BC […]
O’Brien Working Hard To Manage Expectations
As the Wolfpack Caravan winds its way around the state, one thing that is clear is that fans are excited about the upcoming football season and that a large number of them are predicting big things for the 2009 edition of NC State football. You can see that in the poll here at SFN, where […]
SFN Reader Spacewolf: From the Brickyard to the Planets
These days, as it has been throughout the proud history of the American space program, you will find NC State alumni in key roles, and we here at Statefans Nation have one amongst us: Spacewolf. Recently, I had the chance to do an email interview with him, where he told me about his job and […]
Wilson to Play for Coastal Plains League’s Gastonia This Summer
Russell Wilson won’t have a lot of time off from sports this summer, as the Gastonia Grizzlies signed the Wolfpack star to play for their team for part of their year. Wilson will play with Robert Jeroszko from College of Charleston, Matt Thielepape from Winthrop University, Eric Valdez from Indiana State, Â and Greg Van Horn […]
