Do you live in the Raleigh area? Do you have plans for tonight? If you answered yes, and then no, you should check in at Reynolds Coliseum tonight to watch Campbell take on NC State in men’s basketball. Yeah, I know it is Campbell, and the Pack is likely to win by 20+ points, [...]
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The annual tradition of schools losing money just to send teams to bowl games continues throughout the holidays. UNC played like they didnt want to be there (neither did many fans) at the Independence Bowl. NC State’s win over Louisville put the ACC at 1-1, so far. So what sports stories, events, games, scandals and other happenings stick out in your mind from 2011? There are plenty of things to choose from, here are some of the headliners from the Big 3, the ACC, and outside the ACC. That is the thing with sports and being a sports fan, there is always something happening… from theacc.com Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner John Swofford announced today that beginning in the 2012-13 season the league will play an 18-game conference schedule in men’s and women’s basketball. “Our member institutions have been talking about this increase for awhile and knowing our league will be expanding to 14 in the future, we’ve decided to [...]
So what happened this weekend… Tim Tebow Robert Griffin III won the Heisman Trophy…nice speech The UNC Men’s Soccer Team won the 2011 National Championship Duke’s Ryan Kelly is dating Bill Cowher’s daughter NC State 56, NC Central 50 North Carolina is 5, Duke 7 in the latest AP Basketball poll Xavier [...] UNC officially announced Larry Fedora as their new head coach today. Contract details from ACC Now. –Fedora and UNC agreed on a 7-year deal. Five-year deals are usually standard for a new coach but Fedora received an extra two because UNC placed itself on two years of probation amid the NCAA investigation into [...] UPDATE: Tar Heel Fan blog is saying that Fedora will be introduced as the Tar Heels’ next head football coach at a 1 PM press conference on Friday According to ESPN’s Joe Schad also here and here, Larry Fedora has agreed to become UNC’s next head football coach. Fedora’s deal is subject to approval by North Carolina [...] ???????? UPDATE: NBC Sports/ College Football Talk is reporting that Fedora has accepted UNC job and announcement will be made later today. The UNC football coaching search has been pretty quiet overall. The rumors have swirled about Boise State’s Chris Peterson and Auburn’s OC Gus Malzahn. The latest talk is Southern Mississippi coach [...]
Sports Illustrated honors coaches Mike Krzyzewski and Pat Summitt as 2011 Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year. Do my eyes deceive me?? For the first time, the ACC has been the recipient of an at-large selection to a BCS Bowl. Virginia Tech has been selected to go to the Sugar Bowl vs. Michigan. Do the Hokies have a resume worthy of BCS consideration? Not particularly. Should [...] |
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