Dave Tompkins, Grantland: Prior to the Pack turning a 30-foot airball into the most memorable on-court bear-hug hunt of all time and sports, I only knew State through David Thompson. The first player to be certified as “Skywalker,” Thompson acquired a nice Embers song in his name while helping the Wolfpack to a title in […]
State 3-0, atop ACC
The media acts surprised by this. Never mind it was that same media — not State fans — that over-hyped this State team in the preseason and then just as quickly soured on us after we were blown out by Oklahoma State in Puerto Rico in mid-November and then over-matched on the road against the […]
Dan Dakich on Mark Thomas Show
Dan Dakich was on the Mark Thomas (99.9 The Fan) show today and, we learned two things: he really likes Karl Hess a lot, and he doesn’t care if State fans and players dislike him. We also learned that, based on his response, Dakich clearly doesn’t know Hess was in fact reprimanded by the ACC […]
The Jimmy V Legacy
I originally published “Laugh. Think. Cry.” in 2009, but it seems especially fitting to link it today, as State prepares to face Connecticut tonight at Madison Square Garden in the annual Jimmy V Classic. Having been written in 2009, before The Carolina Way was finally revealed as the giant lie we State fans have always […]
ACC adds Louisville
Per Pat Forde at Yahoo!, Mike & Mike on ESPN and WRAL, et al, the ACC has approved the addition of Louisville for 2014. Others lobbied, but the consensus seems to be that the ACC could always add UConn and Cincinnati later. There are now more former Big East members (6) than charter members (5) […]
Thanksgiving Day Expansion Thoughts
This is a popular topic on the forums, so just a few more thoughts to kick around on Thanksgiving Day evening. This is a topic, along with a variety of others, being discussed on the SFN Forums. SFN wishes you a great Thanksgiving Weekend! Reportedly, Virginia Tech President Charles Steger told John Swofford the SEC […]
Sunday Expansion Thoughts
I’ve long-believed expansion/re-alignment wouldn’t end until there were four 14- or 16-team superconferences controlling the football universe, i.e., TV/BCS revenue. The proliferation of college football on TV over the past 20 years has shifted the landscape such that traditional cultural and geographical alliances simply don’t matter, and conference names have little to do with affiliated […]
No Sleep ’til Atlanta
Quacko decided it was best for us to move across the aisle to some empty seats, partly for more legroom but mostly because the Jayhawks around us would soon become very annoyed. It was his fault we were even in St. Louis, and we both knew as we worked out the plans, only minutes after […]
November Looms (Corrected)
Someone hacked my account last week. Those who know me well know I’m just not the reasonable, positive type, like the misguided fool who wrote under my byline tried to be. I understand the point he was trying to make (as idiotic as it indeed was). Essentially, due to the inherent, imbalanced power structure, managing […]
November Looms
Many of us have been discussing the Carolina loss and what it means for this season and TOB’s future. Please don’t mistake me for a staunch TOB supporter, but after giving it some thought, I’m not ready to fire him just yet. I’m willing to see how November plays out first because at 5-3 (2-2), […]
