I will be honest here – I am so inured to the culture of corruption, and Monty Python’s Black Knight caliber of willful and idiotic denial…I didn’t think anything UNC scandal related could shock me anymore. Then I read this, and you should as well: Prepare to be disgusted. Horrific doesn’t even begin to describe [...]
Summer NFL Football Notes [Updated 6/1]
Just some quick summer football notes related to some former Wolfpackers that may be of interest to you. First, you can click here if there are some particular NFL franchises that may require some brushing up. One item I learned from surfing some links is that NC State’s Pat Thomas has been signed by the [...]
Matt Hill = National Champion
Congratulations 2009 NCAA Golf Champion, Matt Hill. This title caps one of the greatest runs by an NC State athlete in the university’s history. Hill previously won 7 tournament titles this year including the ACC and NCAA Regional titles. Hill is the first North Carolina State player to win the individual championship. Past medalists include [...]
Carr adds NC State to the mix
Gainsville, GA safety Daunte Carr has added NC State to his final four. We are in the mix with Wake Forest, Stanford, and UCLA. The reason I find this so worthy is the reason behind Carr’s list: academics. ESPN reports that Carr wants to major in biomedical engineering and pre-medicine, the former being a large [...]
Book your room now: Wolfpack to play Tennessee in Atlanta
… in 2012. From the N&O: N.C. State is set to open the 2012 football season against Tennessee in Atlanta. UNC is trying to work out a deal to open the 2010 season in the Georgia Dome against an SEC team. The Atlanta Sports Council and ESPN teamed up to organize the Chick-fil-A College Kickoff [...]
O’Brien Working Hard To Manage Expectations
As the Wolfpack Caravan winds its way around the state, one thing that is clear is that fans are excited about the upcoming football season and that a large number of them are predicting big things for the 2009 edition of NC State football. You can see that in the poll here at SFN, where [...]
College Basketball Notes
ESPN has two pieces of note this morning. First, the NCAA alleges that Derrick Rose might not have taken his own SAT (if one reads between the lines). It sounds like the only punishment being discussed is vacating Rose’s Final Four, but even that would suck for Memphis, a program whose best days are behind [...]
SFN Reader Spacewolf: From the Brickyard to the Planets
These days, as it has been throughout the proud history of the American space program, you will find NC State alumni in key roles, and we here at Statefans Nation have one amongst us: Spacewolf. Recently, I had the chance to do an email interview with him, where he told me about his job and [...]
Wednesday Morning Bytes
You aren’t looking below the features! But, we expected it. Yesterday we linked a couple of entries below the three top features – Russell Wilson and Polling – that didn’t seem to attract many views. I’m guilty, too. I missed it. It will just be something to get accustomed to. We told you in last [...]
Wilson to Play for Coastal Plains League’s Gastonia This Summer
Russell Wilson won’t have a lot of time off from sports this summer, as the Gastonia Grizzlies signed the Wolfpack star to play for their team for part of their year. Wilson will play with Robert Jeroszko from College of Charleston, Matt Thielepape from Winthrop University, Eric Valdez from Indiana State, and Greg Van Horn [...]