Before you read the following comments from this article you should click here to get a feel for what it must be like in Nebraska. Nebraska’s Bill Callahan on Monday apologized to Cornhuskers fans for his coaching performance in the Big 12 championship game. “I was disappointed in everything I did,” Callahan told reporters on […]
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Sidney Lowe’s very familiar philosophy
In today’s News & Observer article on NC State’s loss yesterday on the road against No. 25 Virginia, new Wolfpack Coach Sidney Lowe said something very important. The N&O struck a similar note to Wolfpack fans about the performance of Lowe’s severely undermanned and overlooked squad — that the team played surprisingly well enough to […]
If NC State Is Ever In The Market For A New AD
If NC State is ever in the need of a new AD, keep the name Pete Garcia, in mind. Hopefuly one day we can get rid of Lee Fowler. If you want to read about the anti-Lee, check out this article from the Miami Herald. If there was any doubt what direction the Florida International […]
Aren’t the Internets Terrible?
A hot topic for discussion over the last 10 days or so is sports fans, internet message boards, and their impact on hiring and firing coaches. Let’s take a look at a few of these public comments in chronological order: Bobby Bowden He remained steadfast in his support; Bobby even said he would hire Jeff […]
Flashback: Signing Day 2005
Just happened to run across this entry from February 2005. It just felt weird. Check it out.
More Lowe (or is it “Lower”?)
SFN has been on fire the last couple of days so I encourage you to please spend some time surfing through the recent entries on the blog. When I worked on this piece with some of the other authors yesterday I couldn’t get over my joy of reading what Andy Katz wrote in his INsider […]
Saunders Takes Bias to a New Level
When you expect someone to be incompetent and ultra-biased then it is nearly impossible for that person’s views or actions to cause a surprise. Therefore, when you consider that the N&O’s resident racist (Barry Saunders) found a way to reach new levels of incompetence and bias today then you wonder what is next out there. […]
More on the ESPN2 / Jimmy Dykes Bull*#&^ (Updated 3pm)
Before you read any further, you need to click on this entry that lays the groundwork for comments made here. “Costner, who is 6’9 can shoot threes because he was recruited into Herb Sendek’s system.” * ESPN color analyst, Jimmy Dykes commenting on the secret source of Brandon Costner’s abilities with approximately four minutes to […]
A View from the Cheap Seats
I know why we’ve yet to win a national championship in football. It’s a theory I’ve developed over my many years of watching far too much college football and retaining far too much useless information. While there is nothing scientific about it, I do consider myself a foremost expert on the subject; if only I’d […]
NC State 74 Michigan 67 – Media/Blog Comments (10am)
The N&O calls it a “big win” in their ACC Now Blog. But, more impressively the N&O rose to the opportunity to defend truth and some common-sense in their comments. We were at the game and didn’t have the “joy” of hearing ESPN’s commentors, but evidently they were quite an act. Their comments got their […]
