So…I titled my entry for today’s Tar Heel pasting of Maryland as “Wow!”…and then I started writing. As I was writing, I was surfing the internet for URL’s to hotlink in the article and it seems that we have consensus on today’s performance. And, it is not just Tar Heel fans giving props – even […]
ACC Basketball Tips-Off
Since just yesterday we learned that the Atlantic Coast Conference was the best college football conference in 2004, one might think that it would be time to step aside and let another conference have the spotlight for basketball season. But, as we head into the first real weekend of conference cage action, it is clear […]
Sendek’s “Prominence” Evident in ESPN’s Omissions
With two minutes and forty seconds remaining in Saturday’s Carolina-Maryland game, ESPN sideline reporter, Doris Burke, conducted a quick sideline report with NASCAR driver Dale Jarrett. It took less than 30 seconds. Nothing to it. As Burke threw the broadcast back to Brad Nessler and Dick Vitale, she mentioned that Jarrett lived in Hickory, North […]
Sagarin: ACC #1 College Football Conference
The Atlantic Coast Conference is accustomed to holding the top spot in USA Today’s Sagarin Ratings, but that top spot is traditionally reserved for the conference’s basketball prowess. Although NC State may have experienced its worst football season of the Chuck Amato era… the Atlantic Coast Conference ‘s new additions helped the conference flex enough […]
Change Ahead in Wolfpack Basketball
“On his weekly radio show Monday night, NC State basketball coach Herb Sendek offered an unusually blunt assessment of his team as it gets set to open ACC play at Miami this Sunday.” There was a thread started by 1985 Grad on Pack Pride’s Message Boards about the comments. Unfortunetly, the thread degenerated into such […]
Cowboys Interested in Rivers?
A poster on Pack Pride shared that the NFL Channel has reported that the Dallas Cowboys may be interested in former Wolfpack All-American, Philip Rivers. In all likelihood, San Diego ultimately retains Rivers and finds a way to extract value from Drew Brees in a trade. But, the scenario is an interesting one. I have […]
ACC’s Record Streak of Seven Ends
The Atlantic Coast Conference’s record streak of placing seven teams in the AP Top 25 came to an end this week as Virginia fell out of the rankings and NC State plummeted after the Wolfpack’s embarrassing debacle in Madison Square Garden and home-court surrender to mighty West Virginia. The ACC was able to maintain its […]
Amato Issues Statement on Coaching Carousel
A couple of weeks ago, our own Cal asked a simple question — does Chuck Amato need to make a statement? Well….evidentally, the answer Cal’s question was a resounding “YES” as NC State Head Football Coach, Chuck Amato issued a public statement today regarding the departure of his three highest paid assistant coaches. I’ll have […]
BBall Stat of the Day: West Virginia
The Wolfpack’s loss in the RBC Center on Sunday at the hands of a West Virginia basketball program that has wandered aimlessly through the college basketball landscape since the days of Jerry West was another painful pill offerred up by a coach and program that simply cannot establish itself as better than mediocre in non-conference […]
BBall Stat of the Day: Sendek’s Road OOC Records
The following is the year by year detail of NC State’s basketball records in out of conference games played off of the Wolfpack’s home court: 1996-1997 (Year One) Record: 1-1 Nov30 A 67 46 W Memphis State Dec21 A 56 84 L Kansas (ranked) 1997-1998 (Year Two) Record: 1-2 Nov11 N 47 45 W Georgia […]
