Now that multiple media outlets are reporting that Tom O’Brien will be the next head football coach for State, let’s gather up a few facts on the man. Here is his W/L record at Boston College: Year Win Loss Tie 1997 4 7 0 1998 4 7 0 1999 8 4 0 2000 7 5 […]
Florida or Michigan?
OK, so who should play Ohio State for the BCS Championship? First some rules: 1) Mandatory Required Reading before responding: – Dan Wetzel’s thoughts and summary – Sagarin Rankings 2) No mention of a playoff allowed! 3) Act your age or IQ (whichever is higher) 😉 4) No arguing…state your case and move on. I’ll […]
Aren’t the Internets Terrible?
A hot topic for discussion over the last 10 days or so is sports fans, internet message boards, and their impact on hiring and firing coaches. Let’s take a look at a few of these public comments in chronological order: Bobby Bowden He remained steadfast in his support; Bobby even said he would hire Jeff […]
Missing Person’s Report
ALL POINTS BULLETIN MISSING PERSON’S REPORT – Clemson’s Football Team LAST SEEN – 10/21/06 during demolition of GT CONTACT Tammy Bowden, Clemson SC, with any information As much as I enjoy a good joke at Tammy’s expense, I am actually shaking my head after Clemson’s BCS dreams have evaporated into the ether over the last […]
GT Preview
There is probably no compelling reason to do a GT preview, except for the fact that I started looking at doing one shortly after the FSU game. There are alot of similarities between this year’s GT team and those of the recent past: Reggie Ball and Calvin Johnson are back. So are Chan Gailey and […]
Maryland Preview (Updated with Links)
Lots of football across the country watch today. But, of course we are going to focus on the Wolfpack’s key Atlantic Division battle with the Maryland Terrapins. Several of the writers here enjoy discussing meaningful stats or data analysis like the Rule of 24 and 50. (Combining facts along with making fun of the delusionally […]
Random Football Thoughts
Jeff said that he was giving Daniel Evans one chance to reignite his enthusiasm for FB before the BC game. I guess I’m a little harder to ignite. I was absolutely tickled to death with the BC win…but didn’t expect to do much against FSU. By the final FSU drive in the fourth quarter, I […]
The Meaning of Sublime
I took a course in Romantic poetry last year. It consisted basically of listening to three separate professors prattle on about Keats & Company’s quest for the (capital S) Sublime. I didn’t get it. But Saturday night, when I watched my brother complete a 34-yard dream of a pass with 8.5 seconds left in the […]
Good Job by NCAA
It’s pretty rare that anyone has much good to say about the NCAA, so I want to break the trend….Whoever is in charge of putting the stats from football games on the web does a bang-up job. The team pages are extremely well organized with more numbers right at your fingertips than you will see […]
NCSU Football History 101
Our friends at The Red and White from State ran a poll to gather opinions on which Wolfpack football coach was the best of all time. The final results look like this: – Dick Sheridan…..49% – Lou Holtz………..21% – Chuck Amato……13% – Earle Edwards…..10% Rhetorical Questions: – So who did you vote for and why? […]
