In this decade where “all time greatestâ€? seems to be the descriptive phrase of choice for many college football analysts, it should come as no surprise that everyone is jumping on the “spreadâ€? bandwagon. However, is it really that new or that great? The goal of the spread is to spread the defense over the […]
’06 Football
Amato on “Hot Seat” Talk
Here’s the write-up in the N&O. Excerpt: When asked after practice Monday if he felt like he was on a “hot seat” in his seventh season, Amato quickly replied, “Why should I? No. Why should I?” Amato noted all the improvements to a renovated Carter-Finley Stadium, noting, “That wasn’t there five, six years ago.” Then […]
TSN – Pack 9 Slots Better Than SI Predicts
As I promised in this thread discussing SI’s predictions, I received my college football season preview from The Sporting News, and we can now compare their take on the 2006-07 Wolfpack. It’s not good, but a little better. TSN picks NC State 5th in the Atlantic, and #58 overall (no record given). In 10 categories […]
SI: Pack to go 1-7 in ACC
Link to SI’s ACC predictions. SI projects State to put together and abysmal 3-9 overall record and 1-7 in the ACC Additionally, the publication ranks the entire country and provides a 5-minute preseason guide at this link. Of interest are the following: (1) Ohio State (2) Notre Dame (3) Texas (4) LSU (5) USC (12) […]
Focus on Defensive End
This morning’s News & Observer chose to focus on NC State’s defensive end position. “It appears athletically we are as deep as we’ve been in a long time,” Stroud said. “Guys are so close ability-wise, we will be playing a lot of those guys. We’ll have nickel and dime guys who play in passing situations […]
Who Can Win It All in 2006?
A few weeks back, I posted on the relationship between recruiting rankings and championship teams going back several years. With that in mind, its time to take a look at who’s poised for a championship season in 2006. In 2005, Texas and USC were the clear favorites start to finish. They had the three most […]
Can State Elevate?
3 Things to look for in the ACC. The following comments are so spot on. Can anyone rise from the ACC’s vast middle class and make a run at the title? Virginia, Maryland, Clemson, Georgia Tech, NC State, North Carolina, Boston College … no league has more pretty-good-not-great teams year after year. Despite losing QB […]
Camp Amato is Insightful Piece
We often give Pack Pride and the Wolfpacker grief for not having the balls to share non-propagandist opinions on their websites. Although their “Premium” subscriptions can provide some decent insight into practices and roster/personel developments, these websites’ unwillingness or inability to provide honest, accurate, and insightful analysis on important issues in WolfpackNation can be quite […]
First Football Practice Reports Trickle In 8/5 (Updated 8/6)
An article full of nothing useful at gopack.com. Can we have Annabelle back? Here are the highlights: With the offense in red, the defense in white and the quarterbacks in dressed in black, the team began to flex while John Deraney and the other kickers punted to Darrell Blackman and a few others. Deraney in […]
ACC Reviews Bowl Order
Looks like the “Boston College” rule is now official in the ACC: you can now comment on the article fter Boston College finished 9-3 in its first season in the ACC last season and ended up playing Boise State in the MPC Computers Bowl in not-so-balmy Boise, the ACC spent the offseason reviewing how its […]
