Who won? Wake Forest Demon Deacons destroyed Presbyterian 51-7. Why? Wake Forest is an FBS ACC team and Presbyterian might be the worst team in FCS. Wake Forest High School probably would beat the Blue Hose. GIF: via GIPHY What people are talking about? Not much. Wake took care of business against a trash team. What… Read more »
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College Football Week 1: NC School Betting Picks
We made it. We have our first look at one of our NC schools tonight as Presbyterian visits Wake Forest. If you missed it, we gave some general tips on betting, who to bet and when not to bet earlier in the week with our annual gambling primer. Each week we will break down the… Read more »
College Football Betting: 2017 NC Schools Edition
The college football season begin last Saturday with a few meh games as an appetizer. ACC play begins this coming Thursday night with Wake Forest hosting Presbyterian. This means college football betting season begins. We focus on the 3 triangle schools and the other NC schools as many of you should when it comes to betting. … Read more »
ESPN ranks NC college football fans by happiness
Offseason content is (thank God) finally wrapping up across the college football media world, and while we’re all sick of most of it, ESPN put together a ranking of college football programs by fan happiness. Happiness, of course, is completely subjective, but here’s the breakdown of the methodology they used for the poll. Here’s how… Read more »
From the North Cack Stacks: Best of NC Sports Media August 9-16
Another week in the books, check out what I found this past week…. – I really loved this piece from the guys at Section 328 that captures what could have been if the Hurricanes had signed Sergei Fedorov in 1998 with a conversation between Peter Karmanos and Jim Rutherford. – The Proehl family has many… Read more »
Who’s the best football coach in the Big 4?
You’ll never hear anyone lauding the Big 4 of Duke, North Carolina, NC State and Wake as football powerhouses, but it’s impossible to ignore that we’re in a pretty good spot here locally. Much like the ACC as a whole, coaching talent and stability have led to a sharp increase in success on the field…. Read more »
From the North Cack Stacks: Best of NC Sports Media August 2-9
It has been a fairly quiet week in the sports world leading up to the NFL preseason starting tonight. Here are a couple of my favorite pieces from the past week… – First, I really enjoyed this piece from Dan Collins from the Winston Salem Journal on Dickie Hemric right after his passing last week…. Read more »
From the North Cack Stacks: The Best in NC Sports Media June 28-July 5
Around this time of year, sports hit a slow patch. However, here are some good pieces I found last week around the holiday weekend……. – NASCAR is something that North Carolinians cherish and cannot do without. Countless drivers have NC roots and connections, but one stands above all: Richard Petty. This memoir from Ed Hardin… Read more »