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NCAA Football Scandals, Penalty Analysis – Part II
This is a follow up article to my original analysis of NCAA football penalties through the years. Â Although I had planned to get this out earlier, life has intervened. Â In the end, though, it’s perhaps instructive to look one more time just ahead of UNX’s pre-Halloween date with the NCAA. In this analysis, I will […]
Changes coming at ACC Sports Journal
I just got my latest ACC Sports Journal and in the letter from Editor Dave Glenn he announces that major changes are coming to to the magazine that has been around for 35 years. It sounds like new investors and/owners are coming and Glenn’s role will be reduced and he will focus on his other […]
You Said I Couldn’t Yell
As we mourn the passing of Lorenzo Charles, the great memories of the 1983 title run are flooding my mind. That was such a special time and I’m so glad to have experienced it. With that in mind, I posted the following as a note for all my friends on Facebook and thought it was […]
Why State Fans Care
Two decades ago, us State fans suffered the indignity of investigations into Jim Valvano’s basketball program by the NCAA, Poole Commission and even the SBI, as well as a vitriolic assault by the local media and Board of Governors. (Click here for a must read that integrates nicely into today’s entry.) As a result of […]
Evaluating “Flavor of the Month” Coaches
Every year there are certain teams that get hot during the postseason and become the “Flavor of the Month” (FOTM). What defines a FOTM? Usually they are a mid-major or smaller team, mostly with high tournament seeds, and they’ll usually reach the Sweet 16. Since the coaching search is what’s dominating all discussions I thought […]
Local media rushes to defend NC State against national hacks
Many props to long-time ACC sportswriters Al Featherson and Brett Friedlander for their latest columns that will be linked towards the end of this entry Also, our local radio guys like Dave Glenn, Joe Ovies, and Adam Gold have defended us all week as well. Maybe from now on the hosts won’t waste time on […]
Seth Davis & SFN address NC State fans
Dear NC State fans, Don’t you feel smarter and significantly more special being condescended to by a Duke graduate of the ilk of Seth Davis? Now that you’ve seen the video once…go back and watch it again with some cynicism and a more discerning eye. Is it me, or does Seth’s comments of our history […]
Composition analysis of UNC’s Board of Governors
Before we get going, I strongly suggest that you ‘set the table’ for today’s entry by reading this fantastic piece that should be mandatory of every taxpayer in the state of North Carolina. If there is one thing the current athletic cheating and academic fraud scandal at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill […]
The Spartan Way > The Carolina Way
In doing some research to help out VAWolf82 in his recent entry I found a compliance document on academic fraud from Michigan State that can be found here. At the bottom of page 1 and top of page 2 the document lists the NCAA rules on academic fraud discussed in VAWolf82’s entry. But the interesting […]
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