Link to SI’s ACC predictions. SI projects State to put together and abysmal 3-9 overall record and 1-7 in the ACC Additionally, the publication ranks the entire country and provides a 5-minute preseason guide at this link. Of interest are the following: (1) Ohio State (2) Notre Dame (3) Texas (4) LSU (5) USC (12) […]
Proud to Just Know the Man
Chuck Amato brought a special guest in to speak to the NC State Football team. This link will take you to some information about an amazing man. Now…on to an amazing story of “small world”. You see, Clebe McCLary’s daughter lived in the apartment in front of mine at 52 Magnolia (on Duraleigh Road in […]
More CTC From DG
As a follow-up to his previous entry that we discussed here, David Glenn has more from his conversation with Chuck Amato here. “Let me tell you how close (things can be in college football). All this stuff is close. If Jamie Barnette was redshirted, when I got here (in 2000) he would have been a […]
Amato Still Needs a Title (?)
Less than 24 hours after I wrote this piece, Frank Dascenzo of the Herald Sun helps support my point (just a little bit) with a few stray statements in his article this morning, “Amato still needs a title. Don’t get me wrong, I am not offering a huge complaint here. The article is full of […]
Can State Elevate?
3 Things to look for in the ACC. The following comments are so spot on. Can anyone rise from the ACC’s vast middle class and make a run at the title? Virginia, Maryland, Clemson, Georgia Tech, NC State, North Carolina, Boston College … no league has more pretty-good-not-great teams year after year. Despite losing QB […]
Looking for a Sleeper?
Some nice little pieces have hit the internet today about sleepers and underdogs for the upcoming college football season. Clemson was one of my “sleeper picks” for the year in November of LAST YEAR. But, far too many folks have caught onto the Tigers ‘set up’ for the season. This piece suggests that Louisville, Pittburgh, […]
Amato Justified in Recent Media Frustration
I have iTunes set up on my computer to download podcasts of which I am interested. One of my favorite podcasts is 850 The Buzz / 620 The Bull’s daily dose of the best interviews and conversations on their stations in a given day. These podcasts usually run anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour […]
(Insert School Here) Dreams Only One Hire Away
I ran across this piece tonight on CBS Sportsline and just had to highlight it. (Don’t worry…it isn’t a Greg Doyel article). (Link) OK, Nebraska. No excuses. Just go make the hire. Don’t assume Kansas and Texas are too far ahead to catch in the Big 12. They’re not. Don’t assume a football school can’t […]
BBall Scheduling Talk
Since we were talking football scheduling on Tuesday, I figured that we might as well also take care of some basketball scheduling. BJD beat me to the topic of scheduling back in May, so I wanted to piggyback his thoughts before NC State released the 2006-2007 Basketball Schedule. New Director of Basketball Operations, Quentin Jackson […]
State vs Gamecocks Series Close
Those of you that just can’t breath air without making sure that NC State has the toughest football schedule in all of America are one step closer to getting your wish. The Charlotte Observer is reporting an update on some things that we discussed last month about NC State’s future football schedule. (Link). If the […]
