First half recap…there was much punting. And the roughing the kicker penalty we all knew we would get. BC needs to start going for 2 every time. Daniel Evans completes 50% of his passes instead of Stone’s 40%, but the end result is similar. Take it from here in the comments.
Rank the ACC Hot Seats
Remember when all the football coaches in the ACC were hot commodities? Seems like a million years ago. Anyway, more than half of the ACC’s 12 head coaches face varying levels of grumbling. How do you rank them? Here’s my list, from hottest seat to (relatively) coolest: Coker, Groh, Bunting, Amato, Friedgen, Gailey, Roof.
Updated: Amato’s Remarks Go National
Perhaps this will stretch out into a three day story. In any event, we check in at #5 in ESPN.com’s “Bottom 10”. I must admit that the logo (wolf wearing gaudy sunglasses) is pretty clever. Think that is bad? Try this one on for size. Fresno State head coach Pat Hill ripped into Amato yesterday. […]
Amato Plants Foot in Mouth…Again
Before moving onto semi-serious business, make sure you read Cardiff Giant’s interview with Tommy Hunt. Priceless stuff. No doubt most of you have read about Chuck Amato’s latest testy exchange with the media. And in all fairness, it does seem like there was a certain amount of “badgering” involved. Still, what in God’s name could […]
NC State 23 App State 10 (Updated 9/4, 11am)
A more detailed wrap-up is forthcoming. I couldn’t be in the stadium tonight, so I will leave the heavy analysis for a blogger who was there. Since we are mad at the N&O, and merely annoyed with ESPN, we will link their recap. That said, it doesn’t take being in the stadium to be concerned […]
Pano Celebrates!
In the “Greece Celebrates” sidebar of ESPN.com’s recap of Team USA’s most recent “stunning” upset, we find this nugget from former NC State cult figure/icon Pano: “This is the biggest thing we’ve ever done,” former Greek star Panayiotis Fasoulas said. “The Americans are the most talented players but we have a better team. Right now […]
Grade Chuck Amato
As Chuck enters what could be a pivotal Year Seven – how do you grade Chuck’s tenure? Consider all aspects of his reign, from on-field results to program building. In my view, he did a great job coming in and building the program. But three below reasonable expectation seasons in a row drop his grade […]
A Few Months Too Late
Remember this name (not the one in the headline, but the departing head man)? In case you have forgotten, here a few SFN posts that addressed the Monty boomlet (along with a much less concrete scenario involving Larry Brown): Link #1, Link #2, Link #3 (although this does not mention Monty by name, our “leniency” […]
Another Hurricane Game?
Hat tip to our friend Beowolf – who is wondering whether we will get a repeat of a very soggy opening night in 1999. I was there, and damn, was it ever wet. Of course, it was one thing to sit through a monsoon to watch a game against the rival Gamecocks, and quite another […]
Yet Another Reason to Hate ESPN
Hey, it’s bad enough that the TV network has dumbed down SportsCenter to the point of near unwatchability (if that’s a real word). But as I clicked around ESPN.com this morning to get baseball and football boxscores, I noticed several banner ads offering “the ultimate UNC ticket package.” I guess that based on the urls […]
