I have no read on this year’s tourney, so my picks will likely end up much more accurate than usual. Tis the way it goes. 1. North Carolina Realistic Chance to Win? Absolutely. The Holes have gotten fantastic effort from every man on the roster (since Drew II left the building), and Ol’ Roy is […]
BJD’s 2010-11 All-ACC Basketball Picks
Despite my (largely successful) startegy of avoiding Wolfpack games, I watched some other ACC games. Enough to bore you all with my personal picks for conference honors. Not bored enough? Here are last year’s selctions. Since my viewing hours declined, I “sanity checked” my gut feelings more than usual. I even accepted a handful of […]
ACC Hoops Tidbits (Irving Returns?)
As coaching search season cranks into overdrive, I wanted to take a quick look at some happenings around the league. * I have it on very good authority that Duke’s best player from November/December (given that Nolan Smith is a shoe-in for POY, how f-ing scary is that?), Kyrie Irving, will definitely play in Saturday […]
RIP, Ricky Bell [Updated 2/26]
Sadly, former Wolfpack defensive back Ricky Bell (under Dick Sheridan) has died. Our condolences to his friends and family. Bell joins a sadly too-long list of players from that era (or of even more recent vintage) to have passed away, including Edrick Smith, Corey Smith, Chris Colmer, and Damien Covington. [Feb 26 Update] News & […]
State/Carolina – It Used To Be All That Mattered
Those of you under the age of 30 (or older if you didn’t grow up in North Carolina) may not remember this, but the schoolyard used to segregate itself with this simple binary choice – State or Carolina. That’s it. Things got inevitably more heated during the winter, as UNC fans had a tendency not […]
A Reminder of SFN’s Role
Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen a mini-tsunami of ignorant analysis from the national and regional media. SFN has chronicled same here, here, and here (likely a few others I glossed over). As much as I subscribe to the “don’t feed the media trolls” philosophy, it’s hard to completely ignore such nonsense. It’s gotten […]
My Personal Vision For an Orderly and Civilized Transition
I don’t think it will surprise anyone to hear that Sidney Lowe’s 5th season coaching the North Carolina State Wolfpack will be his last. I honestly don’t think anyone with an IQ above room temperature would dispute that statement. Ordinarily, there would be lots of fire and brimstone when a coach is clearly in the […]
Thinking Super Bowl
It’s a very slow sports viewing weekend…except for the Super Bowl. Packers vs. Steelers in the house Jerry built. I have nothing against the Steelers, and really admire Mike Tomlin (though Ben Roethlisberger is more than a little creepy, in a Lenny from “Of Mice and Men” way). But I will be pulling hard for […]
P.S. – Basketball Team Lost Again
Not that it will surprise any of you, any more than it did the subdued crowd in Raleigh. The Hokies lead pretty much from start to finish, and close out a 77-69. Here’s the ESPN recap, if interested in a few of the sorry details. Like most of you, I’m much more interested in coaching […]
State/Wake ACC Opener Open Thread (Live Blog)
I hear tell that we play basketball today. I’m picking my kids up at the airport at 3:00, so I probably won’t watch or listen to very much of it. Wake is worse than most of the sub-200 RPI cupcake teams we’ve played the last few weeks, so today is really just an exercise in […]
