With the heat wave that has been in the Raleigh area as well as most places in the Southeast over the last week or so, it brought up another area where a major drought is occurring. Now that baseball is down to the College World Series, all conference tournaments have been completed in all sports […]
College Football
Benchmark Tom O’Brien: Version 2.0 (11:45PM Update)
Those who have been with us longer than a year may recall last season an article was published titled “Benchmark Tom O’Brien: The Race to Perceived Success“. Â There is some good discussion on our message boards regarding Tom O’Brien’s trajectory as a program builder and why he is a good asset for our athletic department. […]
An example of Institutional Control
Bob Stoops’ Sooners have been one of the most dominant programs of this millenium. But while several of Oklahoma’s contemporaries — Southern Cal with Reggie Bush, Auburn with Cam Newton, and most recently Ohio State with Tyrelle Pryor — have been mired in scandal in recent years, Stoops’ program has avoided major NCAA scrutiny, largely […]
NCAA investigating Tyrelle Pryor
On the heels — certainly no pun intended there — of Jim Tressel’s resignation yesterday amid scandal, it is now being reported by The Columbus Dispatch that Tyrelle Pryor and others are being investigated by the NCAA to determine whether or not they received improper benefits from local car dealerships (link): The NCAA and the […]
CFN looks at the Pack
CFN takes a look at the Pack. This seems to be a fairly good overview. They point out that Greene is the key to the offense and TOB has always liked a strong running game. I did take exception to this statement Key game: Nov. 5 vs. North Carolina. Coming off what figures to be […]
UNC QBs in the NFL…or the Lack Thereof
Over the weekend during the NFL draft, there was some discussion and questions on SFN’s Twitter account about UNC quarterbacks in the NFL. Thanks to Pro Football Reference (all the stats in this entry are based on stats from this site) I was able to shed some light on the situation which actually ended up […]
Spring Game coverage/discussion
Here are stories from the News and Observer and WRAL covering the Spring game. WRAL has some video also. Apparently the defense looked excellent. Those of you who were able to go, you can use the comments section of this entry to discuss your observations. Check out the waterfalls in this picture of Carter-Finley from today. UNC-CH’s “official crowd […]
Weslye, revisited
Sometimes God has a way of showing you that he is paying attention. This is one of those times. I have a new nickname for Weslye Saunders. Woeful Wes. The past year has been rather tough for Saunders. In fact, it has been flat out deplorable. Going into the 2010 college football season, the former […]
Maryland vs NC State – final rankings support need for computerized selection system
NC State finished the 2010 college football season ranked #25 in both the final Associated Press and USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll. The Wolfpack finished the season 9-4 after scoring more points against (then ranked #22) West Virginia than the Mountaineers had allowed all season en route to a 23-7 win in the Champs Sports Bowl. […]
TOB crushed his ‘magic number’
Long time readers know that we love to follow the world of coaching moves from the expectations fans apply to their coaches to the way Athletics Directors deal with situations all the way through to the annual coaching carousel of firings and hirings. I also like to take snapshots of people who will go ‘on […]
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