I’m not even going to bother with any hyperlinks – all over the front page of our humble blog, or pretty much any sports site in the state – you will find copious amounts of material regarding UNC’s highly embarrassing football scandals. Where it ends, nobody knows for sure – but every sane person agrees […]
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2010 ACC Age, Experience, & Talent (AET) Index
The AET Index is a quantifiable look at the each ACC team in 5 different categories: Class Size (Percentage of team that are Jr/Sr) Returning Starters (Percentage of starters that are returning from previous year(s)) Returning Lettermen (Percentage of players who have received a Letter) Depth Chart (Percent of 2-deep players who are Jr/Sr) Talent […]
Benchmark Tom O’Brien: The Race to Perceived Success
First, something for the liberal-arts lovers: “All our knowledge has its roots in our perception.”  -Leonardo da Vinci. I wonder if da Vinci ever tried quantifying perception?  Every college program has coaching dynasties that we view, or perceive, as “good programs”.  To back this up, we have all of the records, stats, and bowl trophies to […]
O’Brien Goes Against Conventional Wisdom With 2-Deep Chart For Wolfpack Opener
NC State kicks off its 2010 football campaign this Saturday evening at Carter-Finley Stadium and there will be some new and to some, some surprising starters and first reserves will be manning key positions for the Pack: To much surprise, running backs Curtis Underwood Jr. and James Washington were nowhere to be found on the […]
TOB vs CMFBD
Joe Giglio has been hard at work compiling a ‘by the numbers’ analysis comparing NC State’s Tom O’Brien with UNC’s Chief *# Butch Davis. The two points I can make for Coach O’Brien are: (1) I am very glad he gets to play Carolina every year! (2) Is there something we can do to get […]
Football Stat of the Day
The CAPITAL SPORTS REPORT blog is becoming a nice source of information and commentary that I enjoy. You can click here for their Twitter page. In this link, the blog takes a quick look at the statistically historical nature of the 2010 NC State football season. I also was appreciative of the respect the author […]
O’Brien v. Lowe
Maybe it’s unfair, but I have routinely compared Sidney Lowe’s performance with Tom O’Brien’s performance, at least within my circle of Wolfpack faithful. The debate can often become colorful and I usually, and admittedly, find myself on the outside looking in on the popular response. Now that we’re more than a few years in to […]
Looking ahead: 2010 Defensive Line
I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m ready to talk football. The basketball hype has gotten to be a little much and there isn’t a lot more to say about Debbie Yow, at least not yet. During the next few weeks leading up to Sept. 4 we’ll be taking a closer look at the […]
Tom O’Brien After Russell Wilson
Although Russell says he is coming back to play in the fall even after being drafted in the 4th round of Major League Baseball’s Draft, it may be time for Tom O’Brien to dust off his Contingency Plan. After all, professional athletes NEVER posture and use leverage to get the maximum salary they can pull… […]
Looking back at spring practice
Although it’s often tough to tell what to expect from a team after watching spring practice or a spring game, those things do reveal trends which can impact how teams enter fall practice. Whether it be position battles, injuries or coaching changes (all of which NC State is and will continue to go through), spring […]
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