N.C. Central
Monday, February 25, 2013
Duke / N.C. State / UNC-Chapel Hill / ACC / N.C. Central / Football Duke-State contest, two ECU visits spice up area ACC football slate
Posted by Mike Potter on Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 3:42 PM
The ACC has announced its 2013 football schedule, including a total of 22 home games at the three schools in the Triangle.
State will host UNC at Carter-Finley Stadium on Nov. 2, while the Tar Heels will entertain Duke at Kenan Stadium in the battle for the Victory Bell in their season finale on Nov. 30.
And East Carolina will visit the Triangle twice, visiting the Tar Heels on Sept. 28 and the Wolfpack on Nov. 23.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
UNC-Chapel Hill / ACC / N.C. Central / Women's Basketball / Basketball Ruffin-Pratt, Tar Heels repel NCCU in low-scoring affair
Posted by Mike Potter on Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 2:11 PM
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.
- Photo courtesy UNC athletics
- UNC forward Tierra Ruffin-Pratt
UNC has also hit a run of bad luck, as the Tar Heels have a long injury list. Xylina McDaniel is out for at least this game with a strained hamstring, while Waltiea Rolle will miss the contest with a sprained ankle and freshman Hillary Fuller a sore Achilles tendon. Sophomore forward Whitney Adams gets her first start for UNC.
The Tar Heels will dress only eight players and the Eagles’ seven for the 11 a.m. contest, which UNC coach Sylvia Hatchell said she planned to allow local school groups to attend. And there are several busloads of youngsters in the house.
UNC leads from wire to wire, but wins only 49-21 in the closest game in five matchups in the series.
Saturday, November 17, 2012
N.C. Central / Football Aggies get a very sloppy overtime win over N.C. Central
Posted by Mike Potter on Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 7:27 PM
- Photo by Chris Baird
- A&T's Mike Mayhew picks up yardage after finding a big hole.
N.C. Central is taking on archrival North Carolina A&T in the biggest game of the season for either team. There is no love lost between the MEAC rivals, and both teams come in at 6-4.
A&T is coached by Rod Broadway, the most successful NCCU coach in recent history (33-11 from 2003-06) and likely the only man on the planet who has officially worn the colors of both schools as well as UNC and Duke.
It takes overtime, and the Aggies prevail 22-16 on a day when ineptitude rules on both sides of the ball as well as with the officiating crew.
Friday, November 16, 2012
Duke / N.C. State / UNC-Chapel Hill / ACC / N.C. Central / Football Eagles, Blue Devils, Wolfpack all go for seventh wins Saturday
Posted by Mike Potter on Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 2:32 PM
- File photo by Chris Baird
- NCCU's Arthur Goforth bursts through a hole in the defense.
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.
The Eagles (6-4, 5-2 MEAC) have Saturday’s only home game, and will kick off with historic archrival North Carolina A&T (6-4, 4-3) at 2 p.m.
Both ACC games are at 3:30, with Duke (6-4, 3-3) traveling to Georgia Tech (5-5, 4-3) and N.C. State (6-4, 3-3) going to No. 10 Clemson (9-1, 6-1) in the annual Textile Bowl clash. Duke’s game will be shown on ESPNU, while State-Clemson will be on WTVD.
Saturday, November 10, 2012
N.C. State / UNC-Chapel Hill / ACC / N.C. Central / Football NCSU seeks bowl bid, UNC winning season, NCCU playoff spot
Posted by Mike Potter on Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 2:14 AM
- Photo by Chris Baird
- State QB Mike Glennon prepares to throw as UNC's Shawn Underwood (97) pursues.
Three more will be played today, and two of them are at home.
UNC (6-3, 3-2 ACC) will host Georgia Tech (4-5, 3-3) and its mind-numbing ground attack at 12:30 at Kenan Stadium, with the Tar Heels having a chance to clinch a winning season with a Homecoming victory. The game will be shown on WRAL.
N.C. Central (6-3, 5-1 MEAC) will continue its now long-shot quests for the MEAC title and an NCAA Division I-FCS playoff berth as the Eagles take on Florida A&M (3-6, 3-3) in a 3 p.m. contest.
And at 3:30 p.m. at Carter-Finley Stadium, N.C. State (5-4, 2-3) takes on old rival Wake Forest (5-4, 3-4) with bowl eligibility on the line for both teams. The game will be shown on FOX Sports Carolinas.
Duke (6-4, 3-3) is idle until a trip to Georgia Tech next week.
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Duke / N.C. State / ACC / N.C. Central / Football Wolfpack, Eagles, Blue Devils all have big home games today
Posted by Mike Potter on Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 2:50 AM
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. The game will be shown on WRAL.
- File photo by Chris Baird
- Duke's Conner Vernon looks for daylight against Florida International.
Then at 2 p.m. N.C. Central (5-3, 4-1 MEAC) will host Delaware State (5-3, 4-1) for homecoming as the Eagles look to clinch their first winning season in five years.
And at 7 Duke (6-3, 3-2 ACC) will entertain No. 10 Clemson (7-1, 4-1) as the Blue Devils look to clinch their first winning season since 1994 and keep their hopes for a Coastal Division championship in good shape. The game will be shown on ESPN2.
UNC (6-3, 3-2) is idle.
It has been a great year for Triangle fans to attend area games, as the local Division I teams are a combined 15-0 at home.
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Duke / N.C. State / UNC-Chapel Hill / ACC / N.C. Central / Football Wolfpack in Chapel Hill today while Durham teams head to Florida
Posted by Mike Potter on Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 2:33 AM
It’s the highest profile football game played in the Triangle each season, and it means plenty to everyone involved.
- File photo by Chris Baird
- UNC's Eric Ebron looks for running room as Duke's Lee Butler pursues.
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. The contest will be shown on WRAL.
The Triangle’s other two Division I teams are both headed to Florida for possible season-making games as well. Duke (6-2, 3-1) will visit No. 11 Florida State (7-1, 4-1) at Doak Campbell Stadium in a 3:30 game to be shown on ESPNU, while N.C. Central (5-2, 4-0 MEAC) will visit Bethune-Cookman (5-2, 4-0) at 4 in a contest that will determine first place in the MEAC.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
N.C. Central / Football Huge plays on defense, special teams lift Eagles in TV game
Posted by Mike Potter on Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 11:39 PM
- Photo by Chris Baird
- NCCU's Arthur Goforth bursts through a hole in the Hampton defense.
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 (4-2, 3-0), which is tied atop the MEAC and ranked as high as No. 8 in Black College polls, will take on a traditionally powerful Hampton team that is struggling this season at 1-4 (1-2, MEAC).
It’s the first game at O’Kelly-Riddick for the Eagles since their season-opening 54-31 win over Fayetteville State.
Hampton has won eight straight in the series, with the last NCCU win in 1983 when both teams were in the CIAA.
The Eagles get a huge night from their defense, especially in a three-touchdown third quarter as they blast the Pirates 37-20.
Duke / N.C. State / UNC-Chapel Hill / ACC / N.C. Central / Football NCCU vs. Hampton, State at Maryland, Victory Bell game all on ESPNU
Posted by Mike Potter on Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:53 AM
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. All three games involving area teams will be shown live on ESPNU.
Then on Saturday one of the area’s biggest games of the year comes a little early. After N.C. State (4-2, 1-1 ACC) visits Maryland (4-2, 2-0) for a 3:30 matchup, Duke (5-2, 2-1) takes on UNC (5-2, 2-1) at 7 p.m. in the annual battle for the Victory Bell.
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Duke / UNC-Chapel Hill / ACC / N.C. Central / Football Duke could earn bowl today; NCCU, UNC have big road games
Posted by Mike Potter on Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 1:44 AM
- File photo by Chris Baird
- Duke's Josh Snead carries as NCCU's Rickie Hubbard (21) and C.J. Moore (46) pursue the play.
Today, we get to see what three of them can do for an encore. And they’ll have to do it on the road.
Duke (5-1, 2-0 ACC), which demolished Virginia 42-17 with a big second half, will go to one of the tougher arenas in the ACC when the Blue Devils visit Virginia Tech at 12:30 in a game to be shown on WRAL.
N.C. Central (3-2, 2-0 MEAC), which crushed South Carolina State 40-10 in the Circle City Classic, will get its credentials tested as it travels to Morgan State (3-2, 2-0) for a 1 p.m. showdown.
And UNC (4-2, 1-1 ACC), which drubbed Virginia Tech 48-34, visits resurgent ACC Coastal Division leader Miami (4-2, 3-0) at 2:30 in a game to be shown on ESPNU.
N.C. State (4-2, 1-1), coming off its shocking 17-16 win at then-No. 3 Florida State, is idle.
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