Please note: most of this entry was written as the game was played and therefore will be read in the current tense. Clemson 28 Maryland 24 A nice, solid Atlantic Coast Conference football game televised on ESPN. Outside of Clemson’s first drive, the first 20 minuts of the game weren’t very well played by either […]
NCS Football
Quote: “Duke doesn’t count”
I just had to share this quote from fomer Florida State player and current Houston Texans rookie, Travis Johnson. In “Rookie Johnson eager to begin dominating” in today’s Houston Chronicle, the Texans #1 draft pick says: “My first college start was against Duke, but that doesn’t count,” I don’t know if we even put in […]
Va Tech @ NC State Achieve Highest ESPN2 Ratings
It was announced on the Mike & Mike radio show this morning that Sunday night’s ACC opener between Virginia Tech and NC State achieved the highest college football viewing ratings in the history of ESPN2, also known as the Vick Network. Ironically, one of NC State and East Carolina’s football games in Charlotte in the […]
Tough First Week for Hayes
Matt Hayes of The Sporting News is easily one of my favorite sports writers in the country. Hayes’ perspective of college football is typically amongst the most insightful and knowledgeable in the country. But, Hayes’ forecasting skills seem to leave a quite a bit to be desired. Last weekend, Hayes went a woeful 1-5 with […]
CFball Announcers Beware the Vick Network
It was a bad weekend to be a college football-related personality on ESPN, ‘The Vick Network”. Generally unpopular analyst, Trev Alberts, was fired on Sunday when he failed to show up for work. This article does a good job explaining the situation. Alberts is/was a highly intelligent analyst whose delivery style generally rubbed the audience […]
ACCeptable Weekend Yields Super Seven, Part II
The Atlantic Coast Conference’s weekend slate may have been highlighted by two big conference games – Virginia Tech @ NC State and Miami at Florida State – but it was the performance of those teams playing out of conference that has yielded the presence of SEVEN conference members in week two’s AP Top 25. The […]
ESPN, The Vick Network
I was at the game on Sunday night and have not yet had the opportunity to watch the telecast on Tivo. However, multiple friends who watched the game at home have mentioned that ESPN’s coverage of Marcus Vick and brother Michael Vick was (conservatively) exhausting and (biasedly) nauseating. On PackPride’s Premium Message Board, a Wolfpacker […]
Opportunity Lost
First, a couple of disclaimers. I’m pretty hung over (all from post-game libations), which explains the delay in posting. Second, I didn’t hear all of Amato’s post-game blather – I had it on in the parking lot, but I was too steamed to pay full attention. But frankly, I didn’t need to hear anything Amato […]
Pivotal Year for Still Popular Amato
The Winston-Salem Journal’s John DeLong set the stage for NC State’s 2005 Football Season as one that is most pivotal for the Wolfpack program and Head Coach, Chuck Amato. As much as I think that Chuck Amato is (as he should be) on extremely strong footing in Raleigh…I do agree with DeLong’s perspective that this […]
Football is here – First Week TV Schedule
The College Football Season is finally here. Below is this week’s TV schedule including game times, networks, and why you should (or shouldn’t) watch the game.
