Numerous times over the last few weeks SFN has highlighted some of the sad stats that underscore just how bad NC State’s offense has been since Marc Trestman arrived in Raleigh last year. (Link to Trestman x3) Most of these stats have been a consolidation of results of (almost) two years of performance and resemble […]
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OTR: Lowe Era Begins Tonight With “5 Pack”
The Sidney Lowe era begins in Raleigh tonight!!!! It is no secret that Coach Lowe has been dealt quite a tough hand in his first year of collegiate coaching. The Wolfpack is thin. Very thin. A YOUNG starting five of Engin Atsur (Sr); Courtney Fells (So); Gavin Grant (Jr); Brandon Costner (Fr); and Ben McCauley […]
Bill Simmons Back Tracks on Bush v Mario Williams
Bill Simmons is probably one of SFN’s favorite writers. We are about the same age, grew up at the same time etc. His “13 Levels of Losing” is a MUST read for all NC State fans. That said, he jumped the gun on the Mario Williams/Reggie Bush debate like many of his friends in the […]
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 […]
Rumor Alert: State to Play Basketball Tonight! (Updated 2:15pm)
Did you ever think that you would see and NC State website proclaiming “Thank God for the N&O!” “The Wolfpack plays its first preseason exhibition game under coach Sidney Lowe and it could be a test. Northern State, a Division II school in Aberdeen, S.D., finished 27-6 last season and returns three starters. The Wolves, […]
Just For Argument’s Sake
Since we ran our kind of “Just For Argument’s Sake” related to Bill Cowher in this entry, ESPN’s article today was worth sharing with you. Three interesting items related to college football coaches are included in the piece that was very interesting. The crux of the second item is included below: Many of us have […]
Vitale & SI: ‘Give Sendek Some Time’
The broken record continues at State… …that is Arizona State now! Last week Sports Illustrated ran an (old favorite) article titled “Playing Catch-up” that focused on Herb Sendek’s current situation at Arizona State. (Two Notes: (1) We know about the “Dare to Believe” video and we promise that we will have more on it in […]
Learn the Rules Before You Commentate A Game
You need to click this link and read some of the comments and follow some of the links related to ACC Television broadcasts. The trainwreck that is Lincoln Financial television coverage continues to provide sad entertainment for us each week. With just over 12 minutes to go in the 4th quarter today, NC State’s John […]
Maryland Preview (Updated with Links)
Lots of football across the country watch today. But, of course we are going to focus on the Wolfpack’s key Atlantic Division battle with the Maryland Terrapins. Several of the writers here enjoy discussing meaningful stats or data analysis like the Rule of 24 and 50. (Combining facts along with making fun of the delusionally […]
Rule of 24 and 50
“24” The N&O’s ACC Now Blog has done some fantastic research on a topic that we have discussed a few times here at SFN. In fact, just earlier this week we ran a piece named “23 is still less than 24” as a follow-up to this great entry from last week. Both entries lay the […]
