News is kind of slow this week, so StateFansNation will take a few minutes to ponder a few obvious scheduling opportunities raised by the forthcoming 12th game. It’s important to strike while the iron is hot, since everybody’s newfound scheduling flexibility won’t last long. Both from a fan interest standpoint and from a practical standpoint […]
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More Thoughts on Football Scheduling
We are already into May of 2005, with football season a mere four months away – yet the long-running daytime soap drama that is NC State’s non-conference football scheduling continues, as we previously discussed here. In more generally applicable news, by now you’ve all heard about the NCAA and chief pinhead Myles Brand allowing a […]
Two Good Reads
The Wolfpack took 2 of 3 on the diamond from Carolina this weekend. That is always nice. We’re going to have some good stuff this week related to State & Carolina, as well some insight into the assistant basketball coaching position and discussions on the ever-evolving 2005 football schedule. In the meantime…I’ve gathered a couple […]
ACC Postseason Football Talk
As we look toward the 2005 Football Season and are in the middle of a scheduling snafu with Temple, I thought that it may be interesting to highlight some offseason news on the ACC Championship and Bowl schedule. ===> ACC Championship Game: The ACC’s first ever college football championship game, which will be aired on […]
Chip Alexander Update On The Temple Game
It is hard to believe that Chip Alexander could get hold of Lee Fowler (since Lee is so media shy) but he did, and here is an update on the Temple game fiasco. Also here is one aspect of the story you will want to follow. The Temple contract says $250,000 for a buyout, unless […]
Football Game With Temple Is In Jeopardy
Word around the Murphy Football Center is that Temple wants to drop NC State from their 2005 football schedule. You can read all of the details in this article.
Tudor: Good QB = Good Record
“The Wolfpack will be good, just as it was a year ago. But good doesn’t always mean successful. A good Wolfpack team in ’04 finished 5-6 because the offensive line was hurt and lean and the quarterbacks were not good enough to overcome that one problem. The defense was good enough to win nine or […]
Saturday’s Spring Game
NC State held its annual Spring Football game on Saturday. Intra-squad scrimmages in any sport are very difficult to watch because you are constantly asking yourself questions like, “Did the offense do poorly/well because the defense is good/bad…or vice-versa? I first learned this lesson in the mid to late 80’s when Teviin Binns went off […]
Good News: The Emergence of DeMario Pressley
After discussing the dearth of information from the football team’s spring practice, Tim Peeler has a nice piece on GoPack.com AND, Chuck Amato gave a long interview on 1090-AM. A transcript of the interview has been posted here. Emergence of DeMario Pressley? Peeler’s piece included an interesting blurb… “The coach, who will enter his sixth […]
Confirmed: Pack’s Opener Moved to Sunday Night
As I mentioned last week, it has now become official that NC State’s 2005 Football Season will begin one day later than planned. The Wolfpack’s season opener with the defending ACC Champions, Virginia Tech, will kickoff at 7:15pm ET so that it can be nationally televised on ESPN2. As you recall, State handed the Hokies […]
