Hopefully, a voice mail is being left in the NC State football office right now – “Hey, Chuck, this is Jim Oblinger. It’s been awhile since we got together – could you meet me for breakfast on Monday? Oh yeah, please ask Lee if he can join us, too.” There is no reason to even […]
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Triangle Race To Futility
As the football season mercifully winds down, all 3 Triangle football programs are racing towards their place in school history – futility wise, that is. Since Duke, UNC and NC State all play at least one game against each other in the next 2 weeks (and for Duke and UNC, 2 games), someone is going […]
Never Forget (Updated)
With Chuck Amato’s ass sitting squarely on the hot seat for most fans, it is an interesting exercise to think back to the impact of one, unbelievable, unprecendented call just two years ago. Had NC State gotten the win it deserved in Chapel Hill two years ago, the program would have been to six consecutive […]
Talking the Talk: Amato Should Resign with Loss to UNC
Does it feel particularly quiet for the week of State-Carolina? It definitely feels quiet to us. The N&O’s ACCNow Blog has a quick item about the game today in “Talking the Talk”. How else do you explain two straight losses to UNC? Would you argue that UNC has been a better team than N.C. State? […]
CNNSI’s Peter King on Philip Rivers
I think — no, I know — the two most impressive people I watched Sunday were Philip Rivers, in a win, and Drew Brees, in a loss. I remember talking to Phil Simms before the ’04 draft, when I’d come back from doing a story in Raleigh on the North Carolina State quarterback, Rivers, who […]
Barnett: Four Seasons Ago
“But none of that explains how State came so close to a great season and finished so far from one. The fault ultimately must lie not on the field but off it. This was a season that slipped away on the sidelines.” Ned Barnett of the News & Observer Late November, 2003 Some interesting comments […]
What Happened, Chuck? (Updated 11/12)
State is close again but Clemson knocks the Wolfpack out of any of Chuck Amato’s ridiculous bowl dreams (ahhh, Boise in December) and the losing streak continues. That is now FIVE IN A ROW with the opportunity to drop two more to our most heated rivals – UNC-CH and East Carolina. (Link to Sunday morning’s […]
CUTigers Paints Perfect Pack Picture
If you are looking for a preview of today’s game then we ask you to click here What we have in this entry is a link to a FANTASTIC commentary about NC State Football and Lee Fowler from CUTigers.com. (Wouldn’t it be cool if some in the NC State online media community would choose to […]
SFN Impact Update
Some of the nice comments from our readers in this entry from Tuesday prompted today’s quick reflective note. Bank in July we gave you an update of how our blog had exploded during the year and shared some of our statistics with you. You can see our comments by clicking here. Today we thought that […]
Point of Comparison
One key item I use to identify a well-coached team is situational awareness and execution. Today, I saw the perfect microcosm of what kind of smart, disciplined football I want to see – and it made NC State’s end of half/game management (BC miracle notwithstanding) look abyssmal by comparison. Maryland makes a first down at […]
