Note: This entry originally ran on Wednesday but might have gotten lost in all of the work that hit the blog. It makes sense to move it to the top of the blog for Friday. In addition to the dozens of new items available for your review on the main blog, we hope that you […]
Stat of the Day
Conference Title Drought
With the heat wave that has been in the Raleigh area as well as most places in the Southeast over the last week or so, it brought up another area where a major drought is occurring. Now that baseball is down to the College World Series, all conference tournaments have been completed in all sports […]
UNC QBs in the NFL…or the Lack Thereof
Over the weekend during the NFL draft, there was some discussion and questions on SFN’s Twitter account about UNC quarterbacks in the NFL. Thanks to Pro Football Reference (all the stats in this entry are based on stats from this site) I was able to shed some light on the situation which actually ended up […]
Evaluating “Flavor of the Month” Coaches
Every year there are certain teams that get hot during the postseason and become the “Flavor of the Month” (FOTM). What defines a FOTM? Usually they are a mid-major or smaller team, mostly with high tournament seeds, and they’ll usually reach the Sweet 16. Since the coaching search is what’s dominating all discussions I thought […]
My Response to Stupidity
Well let’s start with a recap: First State fans are attacked with a mini-tsunami of ignorant analyses. Then the local media responds to the inane utterances with a little rational discussion based on actual facts. (Yea I know. Hard to believe, huh?) I especially appreciated Al Featherston’s approach of presenting State’s history to defend the […]
Overview of ACC Basketball
The ACC has limped through the first half of the conference schedule. So let’s see if it looks as bad as it feels: We have looked at the NCAAT bubble many times over the last several years. Based on those observations, I’ve developed the following criteria for ranking the teams: IN = RPI <40 and […]
ACC Basketball Update (1-21)
We’re two weeks into the ACC season, so I thought that I would take a look and see how the conference is shaping up since entering league play. But before we get to that, I’m going to make a valiant effort to explain what is going on with the “numbers†used in these updates and […]
NC State Football By The Numbers – Post Bowl Games Edition
Here are the final stats after the bowl win over West Virginia and Auburn’s national championship. Offense Points Per Game: 31.8 (ACC Rank: 3, Nat’l Rank: 32) High: 48 Low: 13 Rushing Yards: 123.3 (ACC Rank: 11, Nat’l Rank: 95) Passing Yards: 281.2 (1, 18) Total Offense: 404.5 (4, 39) Defense Points Per Game: 21.3 […]
2010 Football Numbers
Thanks to choppack1 for putting this together for us. (Click here for link) All stats are national – out of 120 Division 1A teams: Penalties – 4th Total Red Zone trips – 6th Opponent 3rd Down Conversion – 8th (92nd in 2009) TO margin – 26th (2009 114th) Scoring Defense – 30th (2009 – 99th) […]
ACC in the NBA Part 1: Overall Numbers & Talent Dropoff?
Does it seem to you like the talent level in ACC men’s basketball isn’t what it used to be? Didn’t it seem like every team in the early/mid 90s had at least one legitimate NBA player and now there might be a handful in the entire league? There are some reasons why I might think […]
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