A new era of basketball (and attitude) kicked off last Friday as practice began for the 2006-2007 basketball season on the heels of JJ Hickson’s big commitment to the Wolfpack. We are going to hit some quick items of interest today: * The News & Observer has a photo slideshow and audio of the Wolfpack’s […]
Diversion: The Big Picture
Just a quick tip of the hat to “The Big Picture“ We’ve enjoyed a couple of their entries this week and thought that we’d shoot you over there for some perusing. Today’s “Stuart Scottization of ESPN” is one with which we can agree. And the ranking of the best recent sports brawls is the kind […]
23 Continues to be Less than 24
Did you know that NC State has NOT SCORED a point on the first drive of a game or the first drive of a half this season? In this entry from last Friday (By the way – we were on fire last Friday; I hope that you continue to visit us multiple times during the […]
Noon, Noon, Noon & Announcing (Updated 2:35pm)
Noon Kickoffs After losing to both Akron and Wake Forest in our only noon kickoffs of the season, NC State has been scheduled for the noon kickoff slot (on miserable Raycom/Lincoln Financial) for the next two weeks. Link to comprehensive schedule and link to an entry about the inconvenient nature of the Akron scheduling (as […]
Littlepage: Groh to Return Next Season
Larry Coker and John Bunting may be gone next year, but it sounds as though Virginia’s Al Groh will probably return for another season in Charlottesville. (Link) The Washington Post said: The growing number of fans wishing for Al Groh to be dismissed as the coach of the Virginia football team will have to wait […]
Don’t Make Dumb Bets
Oh my gosh. Tip of the hat to Fansblog.com
Record Day for Wolfpackers in the NFL
I was having a conversation with my buddy at Carter-Finley on Saturday when we started talking about Sunday’s match-ups in the NFL. My buddy commented that “the NFL and Sunday’s takeson a real different feel for me now that we have so many former Wolfpackers playing so prominently on Sundays”. Yesterday did nothing to prove […]
scUM of the ACC
Couple quick links on the Miami/FIU brawl. Article from the Miami Herald. Video from ESPN.com On a strange note, Pete Garcia who was the Asst AD at Miami, was named the AD at FIU this week. Link to follow-up from The Sporting News that needed to be archived.
Daniel Evans Suffers Mild Concussion
EVANS HAS MILD CONCUSSION: N.C. State quarterback Daniel Evans suffered a mild concussion during the final drive of the game, his father, Wolfpack radio analyst Johnny Evans, said. Evans said Daniel is “expected to be just fine” but noted that team physicians will monitor his son’s progress closely before allowing him to engage in contact. […]
Wake Forest 25, NC State 23
On a beautiful day for football in Raleigh, Wake Forest kicks 3 50 yarders to down the Wolfpack. Couple Saturday afternoon thoughts for the blog: -Great day for football. Noon games stink. -Late arriving crowd, got into the game in the 2nd quarter. -You would think a TD saving safety would be a good thing. […]
