10:00 PM UPDATE WRAL is now confirming that Debbie Yow will become NC State’s next AD. ORIGINAL POST About four hours ago we hit our message forums and Twitter account guiding you that something was breaking in the search for NC State’s Athletics Director. Around 8:25 pm this evening, the N&O’s Joe Giglio posted a […]
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AD search narrows, six left standing
Obviously there is much more to this story than the reports out tonight, but tonight’s development is still worth discussing, even if it’s briefly. Multiple sources confirmed to Jeff Graveley (WRAL) and others Wednesday that the list of possible AD candidates has been narrowed to six. Nevermind the fact that Chancellor Woodson asked for three […]
Fowler wins SE Athletic Director of the Year
http://www.wralsportsfan.com/ncsu/story/7788889/ This won’t take long. If he’s so damn good at his *^$&#*$($ job, why can’t he get another one? Why was he fired? The SE Athletic Director of the Year Award is now about as credible as the Nobel Peace Prize. I guess now Lee can leave NC State saying he at least won […]
Required Reading: ACCSJ’s Post-Fowler Insight
“No matter what you think about Lee personally, he couldn’t be trusted to run another search for either football or men’s basketball,†a source close to the situation said. “That (2006 search) was an embarrassment for everyone associated with N.C. State, and I think it will remain Lee’s most identifying moment. And that’s just not […]
NC State is Nation’s Fifth Most Profitable Hoops Program
Financial statements of the nation’s 344-odd Division I NCAA teams are out and and NC State’s hoops program is among the nation’s best in terms of profit margin. Looking at the numbers above, you will see that UNC-CH generates almost twice as much revenue as NC State, but that it’s matching expenses are more than […]
Pomeranz: Emails About Fowler Didn’t Make a Difference
In a followup to the Ken Tysiac story from the weekend where the Observers’ headline writer claimed that 29 emails made the difference in the status of Lee Fowler’s job, former Technician sports editor and sometime NC State blogger Jim Pomeranz makes sense of it all and injects some much-needed reality: In reality, the idea […]
Big Fowler Article in the Sunday Observers; headline contradicts information in article
Both the Charlotte Observer and Raleigh’s News & Observer ran a large featured article this morning titled – Fowler’s exit from NC State linked to emails. There is SO MUCH here that I don’t have time to start before heading to church! But, we just had to link it and get the conversation started. (Actually…true […]
So This Is the Way Baseball Season Ends…
…not with a bang, but a whimper. That said, I still tip my cap to the team for a compelling ACC run. You have to imagine that the Pack Nine were physically and emotionally drained after that. And this was always a flawed team, just one that had a well-timed hot streak late. Omaha was […]
Media misses mark on CLC’s top selling collegiate brands
In an all-too-typical move by the mainstream media, ESPN’s Heather Dinich reported today that NC State is not among the 75 top selling brand-name schools licensed by the Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC). Dinich’s blog post read: Other schools ranked among the top 75 universities were: No. 36 Maryland No. 38 Virginia No. 40 Georgia Tech […]
Bill Friday, “Fowler Fan”
Over the weekend, the News & Observer ran a fairly interesting piece about the rising costs of running athletic departments. As is usually the case in such analysis, there’s someone quoted for certain hand-wringing over the “big business” nature of modern college sports. And when a North Carolina media outlet runs such a piece, NC […]
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