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Stat of the Day
Another by the numbers, UNC-CH
VAWolf has already nailed a fantastic entry on the numbers related to Saturday’s game. But, WRAL had a nice little video of interest that we are linking here.
UNC – By the Numbers
Let’s look at some objective evidence to see if we can figure out why Vegas has the Heels as a 12.5 point favorite. Here are a few tables summarizing the national rankings to see how the two offenses match up against the two defenses: I first started looking at the relevant stats when one of […]
Next year’s 12th football game
At the risk of over-stating the obvious – next year is a very important year for the NC State Football program and every single leader with any type of influence over the direction of the football program. Unless the Wolfpack can string together four consecutive wins to close out the 2008 season, the program is […]
Key Stat of the Day
Number of bad decisions by Russell Wilson – zero.
Tarheels seek elusive road victory tonight
UNC-Chapel Hill’s overhyped 2008 football team travels to Rutgers tonight to battle the Scarlet Knights on ESPN. Although the ACC needs any and every win that we can get…the Tarheels really need this one in order to give them a As the News & Observer highlighted earlier in the week – Carolina hasn’t won a […]
Hoping to keep the dominance alive
The last time that NC State and South Carolina played each other in football, the Wolfpack won. The last time that NC State and South Carolina played each other in basketball, the Wolfpack won. The last time that NC State and South Carolina played each other in baseball, the Wolfpack won. Tonight the Wolfpack tries […]
Don’t Forget the Defense
I’m sure that come Thursday night/Friday morning, Russell Wilson and State’s offense will fill up a lot of message board posts (regardless of the results on the field). And that’s OK, but let’s not forget about the poor performances from State’s defense last year. Ken Tysiac summarized the 2007 defense several weeks ago (and I […]
Stat of the Day – BBall SOS
Did you know that the average out of conference strength of the schedule for the past six college basketball national champions is 150?
The State of State Part Five – ACC Rankings (Bar Graphs Galore)
How do NC State’s ACC winning percentages and conference finishes compare to the other schools in the conference during Lee Fowler’s tenure as AD from 2000-01 to 2007-08? Below are winning percentage statistics in ACC play for the 13 sports that have win/loss records and average finish for the 8 sports that do not have […]