A more detailed wrap-up is forthcoming. I couldn’t be in the stadium tonight, so I will leave the heavy analysis for a blogger who was there. Since we are mad at the N&O, and merely annoyed with ESPN, we will link their recap. That said, it doesn’t take being in the stadium to be concerned […]
’06 Football
Are You Ready for Some Football? (Bytes Updated @ 9:30am)
Use this link to RAWFS as a gateway to a more detailed and interesting look at football posters throughout the country. Quick Gameday Brock’s Bytes * Gameday preview at Pack Pride and quick comments from 850 The Buzz * We’ve already weighed in with our prediction for today. (Link) * The N&O caused a lot […]
Preseason Poll
Logic doesn’t justify a preseason poll. Polls should not be based solely on factors such as last year’s record, returning players, coaches, schedule (for some pollsters), programs history, and certainly not on media hype. A poll must include on the field performance. Unfortunately, a preseason poll doesn’t allow that. Most people would probably agree that […]
Grade Chuck Amato
As Chuck enters what could be a pivotal Year Seven – how do you grade Chuck’s tenure? Consider all aspects of his reign, from on-field results to program building. In my view, he did a great job coming in and building the program. But three below reasonable expectation seasons in a row drop his grade […]
Daily ACC News Updates?
As we have noted before, StateFansNation does not aim to be a true “news site.” However, with the college football season getting ready to begin, our readers might be interested in a recommendation – ACC Basketblog. Despite the hoops-centric name, they do a very solid job of linking news from across the ACC football landscape. […]
Opening Weekend TV Schedule
Download our Week One Game Watching Guide This looks like the best opening schedule in quite a while. Last year, we were excited about Boise State versus Georgia – how sad. This year we have Cal vs. Tennessee; an improved Arkansas vs. a USC team looking to replace Leinart & Bush, and an incredibly over-rated […]
Best & Worst of ACC Football
Link to Wilmington Star article. As “bad” as NC State’s schedule is supposed to be this year…it is interesting that we aren’t playing a game that is projected to be bad enough to skip when compared to so many other teams games.
Tailgating Policy, Part I
SFN will have a lot more to say on this quickly boiling topic later. For now, I will direct you to this excellent, thorough piece from our blogging friends at RAWFS. In short, I think this is the worst kind of administrative nonsense – a solution in search of a problem. I’ve been going to […]
New Depth Chart Reveals Insight
Chuck Amato has released an updated depth chart for the 2006 football team. (Link) I realize that (like all coaches) Coach Amato uses depth charts for motivational ploys and the like; but for the sake of some quick analysis we are going to presume that what has recently been released is legitimate. To set the […]
Preview 2006 – Mid Majors
Last year the Mid Majors were addressed here on multiple occasions; however, it appears that neither the voters from the AP or the Coach’s poll read this site since this year the preseason polls have 13 different Mid Major teams receiving votes. Not surprisingly, West Virginia, Louisville*, and TCU are the top three, and the […]
