RUMOR ALERT: There is a rumor floating around the country that NC State is playing a college football game today! We promise to track it down and let you know what we learn! We say that this is just a rumor since you would never know that the Wolfpack is playing a football game today […]
A Tip for Saturday
As you are aware, the Akron Zips will visit Carter-Finley Stadium on Saturday for a noon kickoff that will be televised (against VPI @ UNC) at noon ET. We have weighed into the inconsiderate and puzzling nature of this scheduling ‘strategy’ in this key entry. (I guess this is a way to keep all you […]
NBC’s Sunday Night Football
NBC will unveil the regular season’s “Sunday Night Football” (Wikipedia Link) this weekend. The game will be preceded by a studio show titled, “Football Night in America” and will feature Bob Costas, Cris Collinsworth, Sterling Sharpe, Jerome Bettis, and Peter King. Andrea Kremer will also contribute to the studio show from the field. The format […]
Tuesday Morning Football Bytes
Off to work, so I just wanted to get a few things up for your viewing pleasure: * The most important item of the entire weekend was the new 3-2-5-e rule supposedly designed to shorten games. I never got this to begin with. Who really cares about shortening games? Honestly. I pay all of that […]
Congratulations Coach Teal!
Tarboro native and lifelong Wolfpacker, Brooks Teal has been selected as one of six national finalists for the American Swimming Coaches National Coach of hte Year. (Link to GoPack announcement). Teal was instrumental in the development and training of arguably the top sprinter in the world, Cullen Jones. Jones swam for four seasons at NC […]
National Preseason Priming Bytes
College Football kicks off TONIGHT with future NC State opponent South Carolina battling Mississippi State (link to preview) on ESPN. With this said…there are SO MANY preseason articles running all over the internet that it is impossible to read them all. We’re going to cover a few preseason items “Bytes” style today. * ACC fans […]
New Depth Chart Reveals Insight
Chuck Amato has released an updated depth chart for the 2006 football team. (Link) I realize that (like all coaches) Coach Amato uses depth charts for motivational ploys and the like; but for the sake of some quick analysis we are going to presume that what has recently been released is legitimate. To set the […]
Tarheels Love Talking about the Pack
Thanks to the Red & White from State for this entry focused on UNC-CH wide receiver, Jesse Holley’s recent illogical comments about NC State’s football schedule. Obsessing about State’s football schedule has become somewhat the norm for senior leaders of the Tarheel’s football program. Just last year, UNC’s quarterback Matt Baker decided to weigh in […]
Talking ACC FBall Coaches & Local Blogs
Today I would like to give a tip of the hat to J.P. Giglio and the N&O’s ACC Now Blog. They have provided some quick stats and analysis focused on the recent performance of ACC Football Coaches compared to the performance of the program in a timeframe prior to their arrival that is identical to […]
FBall Odds
While most people look to the media for rumination and prognostications about sports (SI’s Preseason Comments), I am much more of a “free market” guy. IMHO, there is NO PLACE more accurate and more efficient at predicting and projecting games/seasons as the open market of gambling and gaming odds. This link to the N&O’s Blog […]
