N.C. Central: Triangle Offense, Indy Week

Duke-State contest, two ECU visits spice up area ACC football slate

Mike Potter — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:42:58 -0500

The ACC has announced its 2013 football schedule, including a total of 22 home games at the three schools in the Triangle.

Duke will have a pair of home games at Wallace Wade Stadium against Triangle rivals, taking on N.C. State on Nov. 9 in the teams’ first meeting since 2009. The Blue Devils will also host N.C. Central in the third Bull City Gridiron Classic on Aug. 31.…

Ruffin-Pratt, Tar Heels repel NCCU in low-scoring affair

Mike Potter — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:11:18 -0500

CARMICHAEL ARENA/CHAPEL HILL It’s the first game matching Triangle Division I basketball teams this season, and on paper it’s a serious mismatch.

No. 19 UNC (8-1) is hosting its annual game against N.C. Central (0-10), and the Eagles are going through some tough times under first-year coach Vanessa Taylor.…

Aggies get a very sloppy overtime win over N.C. Central

Mike Potter — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 19:27:00 -0500

O’KELLY-RIDDICK STADIUM/DURHAM Years ago this was an annual meeting on Thanksgiving Day. And later it was known as the “Aggie-Eagle Classic.”

N.C. Central is taking on archrival North Carolina A&T in the biggest game of the season for either team.…

Eagles, Blue Devils, Wolfpack all go for seventh wins Saturday

Mike Potter — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:32:02 -0500

There are just two Saturdays left in the Triangle’s college football season, and by all accounts it will have been a pretty good year no matter how it ends.

UNC, despite all its off-the-field troubles, guaranteed itself a winning season (7-4, 4-3 ACC) to start the Larry Fedora era on the heels of Thursday night’s resounding 37-13 win at Virginia.

The other two local ACC teams are both bowl-bound, while N.C. Central has guaranteed itself a winning season heading into its probable finale tomorrow.…

NCSU seeks bowl bid, UNC winning season, NCCU playoff spot

Mike Potter — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 02:14:59 -0500

We’re well into November now, and amazingly every Division I program in the Triangle is still playing meaningful football games.

Three more will be played today, and two of them are at home.…

Wolfpack, Eagles, Blue Devils all have big home games today

Mike Potter — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 02:50:00 -0400

The best collective college football season in the Triangle in quite a few years continues today, and all three teams who will play are at home.

N.C. State (5-3, 2-2 ACC) will host Virginia (2-6, 0-4) at 12:30 p.m., as the Wolfpack looks to gain bowl eligibility for the third straight season.…

Wolfpack in Chapel Hill today while Durham teams head to Florida

Mike Potter — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 02:33:01 -0400

It’s the highest profile football game played in the Triangle each season, and it means plenty to everyone involved.

Today at 12:30 UNC (5-3, 2-2 ACC) will take on archrival N.C. State (5-2, 2-1) at Kenan Stadium in hopes of ending some recent miseries against the Wolfpack.…

Huge plays on defense, special teams lift Eagles in TV game

Mike Potter — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 23:39:30 -0400

O’KELLY-RIDDICK STADIUM/RALEIGH N.C. Central is off to its best start since the Eagles began playing a real Division I FCS schedule.

And Henry Frazier’s club gets a showcase on national TV — read ESPNU, where every Division I team in the Triangle will appear this week — tonight.…

NCCU vs. Hampton, State at Maryland, Victory Bell game all on ESPNU

Mike Potter — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 00:53:00 -0400

The Triangle’s most interesting college football season in years seems to get better as the wins pile up.

And this weekend, which gets jump-started a little early tonight, is no exception.…

Duke could earn bowl today; NCCU, UNC have big road games

Mike Potter — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 01:44:38 -0400

The college football teams in the Triangle had one of their best collective days in the history of the sport last Saturday.

Today, we get to see what three of them can do for an encore.…

Triangle football's incredibly awesome day: was it for real?

Mike Potter — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 14:13:00 -0400

OK, it was only one day.

More precisely, a stretch of less than 12 hours.…

Massive day in Triangle college football, most especially for Duke

Mike Potter — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 01:45:00 -0400

Today is going to be one of the biggest days in Triangle college football in a very long time.

All three local ACC teams are at pivotal points in their seasons, and all three have plenty to gain as they host conference opponents.…

Tar Heels home today while State, Duke get huge road tests

Mike Potter — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 01:39:13 -0400

It’s Week 5 of the college season, and although a lot of football has been played it’s still very unclear how Triangle campaigns are going to pan out.

Today’s road games for Duke and N.C. State may begin to give a clearer indication.

Only one local team is at home and that’s UNC (2-2), which will host first-time foe Idaho (0-4) at 3:30 p.m. at Kenan Stadium.…

UNC hosts East Carolina on a day all Triangle teams are favored

Mike Potter — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 00:51:17 -0400

All three Triangle ACC football teams are home today, and the schedule includes one of the state’s traditional biggest games of the season.

UNC (1-2) will try to bounce back from two straight losses as the Tar Heels host East Carolina (2-1) at Kenan Stadium in a 3:30 p.m. contest to be shown on ESPNU.…

Renfree's arm, big returns lead Duke in blowout of NCCU

Mike Potter — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 23:49:30 -0400

WALLACE WADE STADIUM/DURHAM It’s the second edition of the Bull City Gridiron Classic, with new crosstown rivals Duke and N.C. Central squaring off on a perfect night for football.

The Blue Devils won the first meeting 49-14 in 2009, and the teams are set to play in four of the next five years with the exception being 2014.…

Bull City Classic tonight; Wolfpack comes home while UNC travels

Mike Potter — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 00:20:33 -0400

It’s party time in Durham tonight.

New cross-town rivals Duke and N.C. Central will meet for just the second time on the football field at 7 p.m. in the Bull City Gridiron Classic.

And because they signed a contract to extend the series earlier this week, it’s the first of many more to come.…

It's bad news for NCCU, as Elon bounces back strong

Mike Potter — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 22:48:57 -0400

RHODES STADIUM/ELON N.C. Central and Elon renew their series on a damp Saturday night in a game some call an annual measuring stick for both teams.

Both the MEAC member Eagles (1-0) and the Southern Conference member Phoenix (0-1) are playing their only Division I-FCS non-conference game of the season.…

It's road-trip time for area teams, but UNC and NCCU won't go far

Mike Potter — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 02:42:28 -0400

It’s Week 2 of the college football season, and unfortunately for Triangle-area fans all the local Division I teams are on the road today.

Fortunately for road-trippers, a couple of them are not too far away.…

Ready or not, Triangle Division I college football starts tonight

Mike Potter — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 01:31:29 -0400

The Triangle’s college football season will start with a bang this weekend, with one game tonight followed by a trio of home contests on Saturday.

The one receiving the most national attention will be N.C. State’s appearance in a Chick-Fil-A Kickoff Game, with the Wolfpack taking on Tennessee at 7:30 tonight in the Georgia Dome.…

Coaches laugh it up, wax poetic at Thursday's annual Pigskin Preview

Mike Potter — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 16:14:14 -0400

EMBASSY SUITES/CARY It’s the largest event of its kind in the nation, this Tenth Annual Pigskin Preview of the Bill Dooley Triangle/East Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame.

And of course it helps that there are five Division I football programs between Orange and Pitt counties.…

Shegog, Gross lead Tar Heels to easy win over scrappy Eagles

Mike Potter — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:13:00 -0500

CARMICHAEL ARENA/CHAPEL HILL UNC takes the court against an MEAC opponent for the second straight day, this time with local rival N.C. Central coming to visit.

The No. 24 Tar Heels (9-2) had a lot of fun Thursday afternoon in a 74-21 rout of Savannah State, as both Laura Broomfield and Waltiea Rolle came back to help Chay Shegog give UNC one of the nation’s most imposing frontcourts.…

Bill Dooley Pigskin Preview lifts lid on optimistic Triangle/East Fab Five

Mike Potter — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:34:16 -0400

(Disclaimer: while I am not a full-time employee of N.C. Central University, I have been paid by the university to write feature stories for the athletics website — nccueaglepride.com — on a regular basis for the past year.)

WASHINGTON DUKE INN/DURHAM Bill Dooley says this event is the biggest of its kind in the South.

And there’s no reason to doubt the Ol’ Trench Fighter, the legendary former coach at UNC, Wake Forest and Virginia Tech on that one.…

Tar Heels beat NCCU in women's play 97-40

Mike Potter — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 21:39:12 -0500

Good evening, sports fans.

Since I'm working on a part-time contract basis for NCCU sports information, it would have been an obvious conflict of interest for me to cover the Eagles' women's basketball game at No. 8 UNC tonight.…

N.C. Central football coach Mose Rison fired, replaced by assistant Darryl Bullock

David Fellerath — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:48:30 -0400

This season's drama in local college football coaching circles has been focused on UNC's Butch Davis and his ability to keep the support of university administrators, trustees and boosters amid multiple scandals.

But the first head coach to lose a job this year is N.C. Central's Mose Rison.…

NCCU triumphs against rival N.C. A&T in jam-packed “Classic”

Sean Donohue — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 22:43:55 -0400

O'KELLY-RIDDICK STADIUM/DURHAM The field rages with excitement as the fierce Aggie-Eagle rivalry meets for the 82nd time in gridiron history. N.C. Central longs for revenge after the teams' last meeting in October of last year where North Carolina A&T took the game 23-17.…