NC STATE FOOTBALL GoPack.com Chandler Steps into New Role at Left Tackle Some say the most important position on the Pack’s offensive line is the left tackle, having to protect the blindside for QB Mike Glennon. Last week at Connecticut, the Pack had to make an adjustment at that position as Week 1 starter Rob […]
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ACC to welcome Notre Dame as partial-member (UPDATED 12PM)
Noon Update: Dan Wetzel explains some details (Yahoo!): Even though the football team isn’t joining the ACC, that program is affected by the news as well. The Irish will play five games every year against ACC opponents, the conference said. Notre Dame will join the ACC as soon as it can exit the Big East, […]
Karl Hess to return to ACC officiating
I must admit that this news is a big surprise to me. I genuinely expected Hess to be omitted from the ACC’s officiating roster this season and probably forever. Regardless of this news, I would still be shocked if NC State saw Hess next season. But, the ACC has ‘shocked’ us before. If the truth […]
Directors’ Cup Final Standings – 2012
The final 2011-2012 Directors’ Cup standings are out for Debbie Yow’s second year as Athletic Director at NC State. SFN has already posted an entry and now we’ll take a little closer look at some of the numbers. And as a quick clarification, despite the new playoff system on the way, in this article a […]
ESPN: ACC Summer Shootaround
ESPN ran their annual summer basketball features this week that are just a little more than the one-sentence-type-stuff the media usually generates. You can click here for their ‘Summer Shootaround’. What is the conference’s #1 offseason storyline? 1. Expectations at NC State: The last time the ACC media picked the Wolfpack to finish first in […]
Good year for the revenue sports…but
This year has been a good year if you are part of Wolfpack Nation. A bowl win, Men’s Sweet 16, and a Super Regional all occurred this year. Only Baylor and Florida could say the same thing. This is the best set of results for the major sports in one single academic year in a […]
Rodon Masterful, But Silent Bats Doom Pack
Carlos Rodon, recently named ACC Freshman of the Year and ACC Pitcher of the Year, showed a capacity crowd in Greensboro precisely why he was deserving of those accolades. On Saturday night Rodon had what was arguably his best outing of the year, going 9.0 complete shutout innings, giving up only four hits and striking […]
ACCT Update – Pack Stays Alive with Miami Win
[Update] – Miami Downs Wake: The Miami Hurricanes overcame another adventure from their bullpen tonight to down Wake Forest, 6-3. Let’s take a look at what that Miami win does to our Pool B “needs”…. Wake (Eliminated from contention) Carolina (Eliminated from contention) Miami: Must hope for a Carolina win tomorrow. State: Must beat Carolina […]
SFN & Wolken offer fix to college athletics through football realignment
Over the last few years I have been a staunch CRITIC of most hypothetical proposals for a college football playoff based on the holes that existed in the specifics, logistics, and massive unintended consequences of most proposals when laid against the backdrop of real world constraints and reality. Whether by design or by ‘luck’, college […]
Future of the ACC?
Take a good look at that ACC logo and the logos of the schools surrounding it. It will likely be changing again soon, one way or another. Will the ACC even survive? A few weeks ago, news came out that the commissioners of the conferences making up the current BCS had agreed in principle to […]
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