Image: An unidentified NC State lineman demonstrates the fine art of pass protection. Many of you may recall the series of articles I posted in the preseason ranking the offensive line units of the Amato Era. The verdict is in, and I can say, unequivocally, that this year’s offensive line is indeed the worst of […]
’06 Football
ECU 2 NC State 0 / Wake Wins “State Championship”
East Carolina East Carolina defeated Southern Mississippi tonight in Hattiesburg. That gives the Pirates a 2-0 record against teams that have defeated NC State this season – Southern Miss and Virginia. Less than one and a half years ago, ECU was easily one of the ten worst football programs in all of America. Almost immediately […]
Painful: UVA 14, NC State 7 (Updated 4:20pm)
Boxscore | Recap | Drive Chart Quick Thoughts: • Is Amato on the hot seat? Could he survive a loss to UNC and/or ECU? • Pack musters a measley 7 points after laying ANOTHER goose-egg for the entire first half. • For the year, NC State has managed 12 combined points in the first quarter […]
Week 9 TV Schedule
Things are a lot more interesting in the ACC after VPI’s win over Clemson. That should give every team in the Atlantic at least a mathematical chance at the title. In the Coastal, the Ga Tech/Miami game is huge. If Tech wins, they should be uncatchable in the Coastal. Nationally, its a slow week highlighted […]
Future FBall Gametimes Set
NC State’s streak of noon starting times will mercifully be broken in the first weekend in November as Georgia Tech’s visit to Carter-Finley has been scheduled for a 7pm kickoff with television coverage to be provided by ESPNU. (Link) Additionally, the November 25th game vs East Carolina is currently scheduled for 1pm with no television […]
State’s O Scores 13 vs ACC’s #11 Defense
No 50th win for NC State’s Chuck Amato today (Live Blog and reader comments here); and no magic number 24 for NC State’s Marc Trestman today. (Click here for key background on this topic). Trestman’s offense laid a goose egg in the first half of Saturday’s game at Maryland and managed to generate some late […]
Live Blogging
We are going to use this entry to make some random comments during today’s game, but we won’t be doing a full-out “Live Blog”. Our friends at Section Six are running a Live Blog for the State-Maryland game. You can click here for a direct link to his comments. Don’t forget to check into our […]
Maryland Preview (Updated with Links)
Lots of football across the country watch today. But, of course we are going to focus on the Wolfpack’s key Atlantic Division battle with the Maryland Terrapins. Several of the writers here enjoy discussing meaningful stats or data analysis like the Rule of 24 and 50. (Combining facts along with making fun of the delusionally […]
Week 8 Poll
1. Ohio State 2. Michigan 3. Southern Cal 3. Florida 5. Auburn 6. Texas 7. Tennessee 8. West Virginia 9. LSU 10. Louisville 11. California 11. Clemson 11. Notre Dame 14. Georgia Tech 15. Arkansas 16. Nebraska 17. Oklahoma 18. Boston College 19. Wisconsin 20. Rutgers 21. Wake Forest 21. Oregon 23. Florida State 24. […]
23 Continues to be Less than 24
Did you know that NC State has NOT SCORED a point on the first drive of a game or the first drive of a half this season? In this entry from last Friday (By the way – we were on fire last Friday; I hope that you continue to visit us multiple times during the […]
