I changed my mind and decided to make a short entry whenever I update the RPI graph. State’s win on Saturday moved State to #26 in the RPI Ranking. (Real life is about interfere with my free time, so the updates may be sporadic for the next week or so.) 1/15/06 Update RPI Trivia for […]
SFN Stuff
The Ultimate Media Conundrum
You know, it’s too bad the New England Patriots and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish can’t play each other. It would be fun to watch the TV foofs’ heads explode trying to decide who to cheer for. I’ve come to expect poor quality, unprofessional work from Phil Simms. But the nonstop Patriot ass-kissing from Jim […]
More RPI Fun
Thanks to a thread started by grantwolf, I was able to graph State’s RPI ranking starting in early December. Obviously the important thing is where you finish, not where you start: Graph of 2006 RPI Ranking I’ll try to update the graph linked here though this blog entry won’t move to the top when I […]
Quoting Wednesday
The N&O’s ACC Blog continues to impress me. I thought that I would just hit some quotable highlights from what’s over there right now for the archive: ===> Dave Braine is retiring as Athletics Director at Georgia Tech. I’ve always respected what Braine was able to do in Atlanta. Consider this…just in the 2004-2005 Athletics […]
A Strange View
For years, my mother would save articles from the Charlotte Observer’s sports section to show me how unevenly they covered State and UNC. Her “favorite” writer to shout about was Ron Green (Sr.) and his commentaries. My mom eventually reached the breaking point and cancelled her subscription. So I haven’t heard or thought much about […]
Quote: UNC BBall Standards
“This is North Carolina Basketball – high standards yield high expectations…they never reconfigure when it comes to the expectation to win” November 4, 2005 Fox Sports Basketball Preview
Quote: No Swagger in Sendek
“(N.C. State coach) Herb Sendek has the hangdog look of a coach whose idea of a perfect basketball game is sometimes 1-nil. There is no hint of joy in his wan facade, no sense of elation. His is the look of a person who carries the burden of too many tough losses of the past. […]
DeLong: Sendek’s Historical Inconsistency
John DeLong of the Winston-Salem Journal had a great column previewing the State-Carolina game today. Lots of quotes in it need to be shared and saved: So, today we get to find out how good N.C. State’s basketball team really is. N.C. State will face rival North Carolina at the Smith Center this afternoon, in […]
Clt Obs Follows N&O’s Lead
I told you earlier in the week about the News & Observer’s new sports blog. For the record — this thing is really, really good. Heck, it’s GREAT. The N&O and JP Giglio deserve tons of credit for putting this this blog together and keeping it so dynamic. Th blog has quickly become a key […]
Leitao: ‘No Excuse Program’
He’s going to need more than just the attitude to raise Virginia’s struggling program out of the bottom tier of the ACC…but, it is nice to see this. “If our mentality is, ‘Hey, we only lost by a few tonight and that’s a good thing,’ that’s not where I’m trying to go with this program. […]
