Just happened to run across this entry from February 2005. It just felt weird. Check it out.
Flashback
SFN Impact Update
Some of the nice comments from our readers in this entry from Tuesday prompted today’s quick reflective note. Bank in July we gave you an update of how our blog had exploded during the year and shared some of our statistics with you. You can see our comments by clicking here. Today we thought that […]
SFN: What A Year (thusfar)!!!
Excerpt: “In the first seven months of the year, SFN has attracted almost 150,000 different visitors from around the world, generating just under 8 million hits and 2.5 million different page views of unique SFN material. We couldn’t be more proud of the breadth and depth of our growing reach considering that we are just […]
April 18, 1996 – Sendek Announced as Coach
Herb Sendek was announced as NC State’s 5th Head Basketball Coach of the ACC-era. State begins Sendek era New Wolfpack coach is serious about his work Author: A.J. Carr Staff Writer The News & Observer April 18, 1996 RALEIGH – Herb Sendek is young, the youngest basketball coach in the ACC. At 33, he even […]
10 Years Ago Today – Herb Sendek Hired
Ten years ago today, the news broke that after an exhaustive search, Todd Turner and NC State was hiring Herb Sendek of Miami of Ohio to lead the Wolfpack’s basketball program. Turner didn’t last much longer. Too many people act like “nobody ever warmed up to Sendek”. Ken Tysiac of the Charlotte Observer made almost […]
InfoPack: Ten Years Ago Today
In the middle of LAST YEAR’S NCAA Tournament, my wife and I moved into a new house. During our move… I came across a bunch of old “State stuff” in some boxes that had been taped up and not opened in years. My curiousity got the best of me so I ripped into one of […]
63 Greatest Games in NCAA Tournament History
Each March, the air becomes full of lists, “look backs” and NCAA nostalgia. Last year we highlighted that NC State dominates one writer’s All-Time Comeback List. This year, we add to the mix NC State’s presence in the 63 Greatest Tournament Games ever played with 3 of the top 34 games. One game that I […]
Wolfpack Dominates Comeback List
I’ve got tons of old entries that I began during the past 9 months but never posted. As we work our way up to the start of football season, I will work to just “dump” them onto the site for future use. We will start with this article from the Las Vegas Sun that took […]
CFN’s 2005 ACC Football Preview
CollegeFootballNews.com has unveiled their 2005 ACC Football predictions. Link In summary: Atlantic Division (1) Florida State (2) Boston College (3Tie) Clemson, Maryland, NC State, Wake Forest Coastal Division (1) Miami (2) Virginia Tech (3) Georgia Tech (4) Virginia (5) North Carolina (6) Duke NC State’s participation in CFN’s predicted four-way tie is understandable and doesn’t […]
Football Facilities Arm Race…in High School
Pigskin Priorities “Looking six stories down from the VIP-ready “Texas Room” to a field made of the same brand of artificial turf on which the Dallas Cowboys play, Ken Purcell declares, “This is probably the best high school football stadium in the country. I’m not making any apologies.” Purcell, Denton Independent School District’s athletics director, […]
