Mr. Cousins, I know Kentucky is now 16-0 and you are playing on a legit contender for the National Championship with perhaps the best player in the country in John Wall, but look at it this way. If you had come to NC State, you wouldn’t have been in the lane yesterday to get absolutely […]
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Mid-Season ACC Review
As we reach the mid-point of the regular season and move into conference play, I thought it would be interesting to take a little time and look at what has been accomplished thus far in the season. So here is a summary of State’s season to date: RPI Rank – 96 OOC SOS Rank – […]
Urban Meyer to step down amid report he had heart attack during season (Sunday Noon)
Please share updates as you find them. You can also follow some of the developments by clicking here. As usual, we will also follow news and insight from across the “Tweetesphere” that you can follow from our Twitter page. Sunday, 11am Update Meyer will hold a press conference around 4:30pm this afternoon. The Gainesville […]
Butch Davis’ program is “nowhere” in year three
Don’t take my word for it. Listen to one of UNC’s resident motor-mouths, Marvin Austin. In preparation for today’s game, the Charlotte Observer reminded the world how the North Carolina football program is not yet considered ‘elite’ despite two straight seasons of Meineke Car Care Bowl appearances after winning a whopping 66% of their regular […]
‘I was there’ the 2000s edition
Taking inspiration from Deadspin, I thought I would open an entry for the community to discuss the best sporting events they personally attended this decade. The following are the categories: * Best NC State Events * Best non-NC State Events In an attempt to limit brain damage and save some time, I am not going […]
DeCourcy defends common sense
Tracy Smith’s suspension for tonights big game at Arizona is drawing commentary from national personalities. Yesterday, Sporting News’ Mike DeCourcy chimed in with some thoughts about the league’s policy. The key descriptive term here is — ‘absurd’. State your case It’s not a First Amendment issue; it’s a common sense issue: No way should N.C. […]
Officials incorrectly hand Arizona win over Lipscomb
I look so forward to the day that NC State can garner the kind of home court officiating advantage that can literally displace time and space. Check out the following video of the ending of last night’s squeaker in Tucson, Arizona. When I watched the video at live speed and then in slow motion it […]
Apologies – SFN @ UT vs UNC in Big D
Wanted to offer our community a quick apology for our lack of activity recently. I have been traveling in Texas since Wednesday and attended today’s big win by the Longhorns over the Tarheels at Cowboys’ Stadium in Dallas. (Currently stuck at the airport thanks to all the global warming on the east coast) I think […]
ACC Football Transformations Ahead
This is a busy time of year in college athletics as teams prepare for bowl season, basketball hits high gear, recruiting in all sports heats up, and college football coaches jump on and off the coaching carousel at an accelerated pace and ultimately change the fortunes of programs for years to come. Please remember that […]
Recruiting practices take spotlight
Just last week SFN highlighted the difference between local recruiting budgets in this well-received entry. Almost simultaneously, the University of Tennessee’s football program came under scrutiny for the use of its Hostess Program to ‘lure’ recruits to the University. We started talking about the news in real time in this thread on our message boards. […]
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