Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that we are under 48 hours (under 36 actually…took me longer to get around to posting this than I thought) until Wolfpack Football kicks off the ’14 campaign and attempts to rid itself of the collective taste left from ’13. With all of the recent rehashing […]
Mike O’Cain
Former NC State head coaches hired, fired in state of Virginia
It’s been an interesting few weeks related to respected former NC State Head Football coaches. First, the Wolfpack’s head man for the last six years, Tom O’Brien, accepted a job at the University of Virginia that saved NC State a million dollars in buyout. It was a GREAT move by the Cavaliers to land TOB […]
Flashback: Playing in a dome
Does anyone remember the last time we played in a dome? One storyline for the Tennessee game is that State doesn’t often play on artificial turf and rarely plays in a dome; it’s probably the same for Tennessee. In the ACC, only Wake Forest and Boston College have field turf, and the only other games […]
Dick Sheridan coaching tree?
Bruce Fowler has been hired as Furman University’s 22nd head football coach. This made me wonder, how big is the Dick Sheridan coaching tree? I listed the person and their most recent position or two. I know I missed people, if you name some others I will add them to the list! Bruce Fowler (Head […]
Benchmark Tom O’Brien: The Race to Perceived Success
First, something for the liberal-arts lovers: “All our knowledge has its roots in our perception.”  -Leonardo da Vinci. I wonder if da Vinci ever tried quantifying perception?  Every college program has coaching dynasties that we view, or perceive, as “good programs”.  To back this up, we have all of the records, stats, and bowl trophies to […]
Cheap Seats Football Retrospective: Part I, The 1990s
Back in March of this year, any column I would’ve written could’ve only been titled “Why I should’ve gone to [insert SEC school here].†As I left Tobacco Road on Glenwood Avenue after watching yet another State basketball season mercifully end – like so many years before it – on the Thursday of the ACC […]
NC State’s Corey Smith missing at sea
Horrible news being reported — Former NC State defensive end and current Detroit Lion, Corey Smith, appears to be one of the NFL players aboard a fishing boat that is missing in the ocean. Link to Tampa article just updated in the last 10 minutes. The Coast Guard is searching for at least two professional […]
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