Getting ready for the Brackman project, I had put together a “soundslide” show together on the NCSU football program. It was meant to be a proof-of-concept only to explore the feasibility of using this with Brack and not be shown publically. But we decided, why not use this anyway for football and put it on gopack.com? The “why not” part came after a couple of tough losses to UNC and ECU and departure of Coach Amato. Even though we did not go forward, and the show is very much incomplete, I decided to post it on my personal site because there were a lot of great moment to remember in Wolfpack football that shouldn’t be forgotten. As this was a test case, it was put together with a demo of the Soundslides software program so sorry for the “demo” marks

As one of the team photographers for NC State, I have the great fortune of having behind-the-scenes access. I have seen some of my colleagues do some great photography in the locker room as players prep for the game, taping their wrist etc, and post game celebrating. My good friends Jeff Camarati and Joe Bray at UNC have done the like for the Tar Heels and I wanted to do the same for the Wolfpack. A few weeks ago I talked with my boss, NC State media relations director Annabelle Vaughn about doing some post game photos in the locker room. But on this night, we both decided this wasn’t the night as this game seemed lost at 10-15. Post game photos of a team on the losing side aren’t always as exciting obviously. I’m thinking “Well, FSU is coming up and Amato seems to always have their number”. OK, no problem. Less than 2 weeks, we’ll do some locker room and post game stuff. Then the clock strikes 46 seconds and NC State has possession again on their 28th. Read the rest of this entry »

“Unfortunately, we were the guinea pigs that had to suffer going to a bowl that people didn’t think we deserved to go to….Fortunately, the ACC is changing things so it won’t happen again.” — Boston College guard Josh Beekman (source ESPN)

Last year, Boston College’s football program had to be thinking whether or not joining the ACC was in their best interests after being banished to the blue field of the MPC Bowl in Boise despite a 9-3 overall and 5-3 league play. After that experience, BC’s next order of business was to place a call to Greensboro and suggest changes in bowl placement that may have already been on league official’s minds.

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