It’s (Not) In The Eyes…
NC State recently approved a new logo design by alumnus Jim Cox, a 1966 graduate. His “Eyes of the Wolf” logo was given its blessing by the university to be sold with its trademarks, even though it will not replace the school’s official mascot, the venerable Tuffy the Wolf. According to a recent article in [...]
Continue reading...The Less Interesting But More Important Coaching Carousel: The Assistants
Friday, December 11, 2009
The annual shuffling of coaches is well underway, of course, with coaches moving up, others moving on and schools scrambling to fill empty slots while their is time to save their recruiting efforts for the year. We aren’t making any changes here at NC State, of course, but the one thing that we as fans should [...]
Continue reading...The Lunatic Fringe “Only Cares About Beating Carolina”
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
The myth of State Fan only caring about beating UNC came back to life today in the News and Observer’s ACC Today blog, this time coming straight from an NC State fan’s mouth: Inside Carolina editor Ben Sherman said that since September, UNC fans’ attention on his independent Tar Heels-devoted site has turned to their own [...]
Continue reading...Wolfpack Offensive Coordinator Bible Has Leukemia (Updated 6:45 am)
Monday, November 23, 2009
Some things are bigger than any sport, and this is one of them: Tom O’Brien has announced that Wolfpack Offensive Coordinator Dana Bible has been diagnosed with leukemia. We here at Statefans Nation wish Coach Bible and his family the very best, with our hopes for his speedy recovery. N.C. State offensive coordinator Dana Bible [...]
Continue reading...Two Virginia Prep Titans Square Off Under Center Saturday in Blacksburg
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Saturday afternoon in Lane Stadium, two of the best-ever Virginia high school QB products will lead their respective teams when NC State visits Virginia Tech. Tyrod Taylor, a Hampton High School graduate, has paced the Hokies this year and has improved a great deal in his third year. He’s become an effective leader for the [...]
Continue reading...Study: It’s More Fun To Lose (Seriously?!!!)
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
A new study from Ohio State shows that sports fans actually have more fun watching games when they feel negative towards their team’s prospects. Seriously. And no, I didn’t find this on The Onion website. Don’t be happy, be worried: Sports fans need dose of negative For sports fans watching their favorite team play, the greatest enjoyment [...]
Continue reading...Tigers Mangle Pack, 43-23
Sunday, November 15, 2009
In a game nowhere near as close as the final score, the Clemson Tigers eviscerated NC State yesterday in Carter-Finley, 43-23. We blogged and had a lot of community input during the game that can be seen by clicking here. Given that Clemson are the Tigers, and tigers of course have claws, perhaps synonyms for “claw” [...]
Continue reading...Pack In The Role of Spoiler This Weekend
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Clemson’s coaches and players don’t want to talk about it, but they are very close to earning a trip to Tampa to play for the ACC title. All they need to do is to beat the Wolfpack this weekend, and if Boston College loses to Virginia, the Tigers can pack their bags for the warm [...]
Continue reading...State Holds Off Terps, 38-31
Saturday, November 7, 2009
The Wolfpack finally broke back into the win column in Carter-Finley this afternoon holding off the Maryland Terrapins, 38-31, in an ‘epic’ shootout for last place in the ACC Atlantic Division. It was another game decided by trying to outscore the opponent, as State’s depleted and hapless defense once again struggled to keep the [...]
Continue reading...Mike Archer Chats With ESPN’s Heather Dinich
Friday, November 6, 2009
“It is what it is.” Mike Archer says those words several times in an interview with ESPN’s Heather Dinich. Why? Why does that happen to you guys? MA: If I knew, I wouldn’t be coaching. I’d be a doctor or a sports psychologist. I’d have your job. … Everyone says it’s a curse. It’s the way it [...]
Continue reading...Pack Pounds St. Pauls In Exhibition Hoops
Friday, November 6, 2009
The ‘09/’10 edition of the Wolfpack opened their hoops slate last night by pounding head coach Sidney Lowe’s alma mater into the Reynolds Coliseum floor, 84-42 in an exhibition game. While it would be somewhat foolish to take too much away from this game – St. Pauls is a D2 school and hardly resembles ACC [...]
Continue reading...Will You Be An “Irrational Kook” Saturday In CFS? (updated)
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Joe Ovies, on WRAL Sports’ Fankind blog has a word or two for fans who are planning to wear a bag over their head Saturday when the Wolfpack takes on the Terps: Go Shove Your Face In a Bag “A few disgruntled NC State message board illuminati are planning to attend this Saturday’s game against Maryland with [...]
Continue reading...O’Brien Stands By Mike Archer, Blames Players (As Usual)
Friday, October 30, 2009
Photo Courtesy of photo1nc on SFN Flickr stream Tom O’Brien is nothing if not steady, apparently to a fault sometimes. During his entire tenure at NC State, he has blamed his players for failing to execute – even in a win – and stood by his coaches. Thursday, he was back at it: “Mike’s been part of [...]
Continue reading...A Player’s Remembrance of Lou Holtz, Bo Rein And NC State Football
Friday, October 23, 2009
This story was originally posted by Cowdog in our forums, but it is simply too good to not be promoted up to the main blog. It’s not often that fans get to hear the stories of the inside workings of their favorite team from the players themselves and in their own voice, but that’s exactly [...]
Continue reading...O’Brien Remains Upbeat, Still Confident In Rebuilding Process
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Despite back-to-back woodshed-whoopings, not to mention an increasing chorus of fans howling across the Wolfpack Nation for heads to roll on his staff, Tom O’Brien says that he is still confident in the growth process of the Wolfpack program under his leadership and that he does not believe that it is time to write off [...]
Continue reading...Mays and Smith Say Some Players on Last Year’s State Team Were Selfish
Monday, October 19, 2009
One of the oldest cliches in sports is that there is no “I” in “team.” Like most cliches, there is a solid kernel of truth in the center, albeit one that becomes so overused the people start looking past it. According to an article on WRALsportsfan.com’s website this morning, there was a lot of “I” [...]
Continue reading...Katz: “NC State Working Back To Good Times”
Friday, October 16, 2009
Sometimes, it’s said, it is hard to see the forest for the trees. That might be the case for NC State’s fans where its hoops program is concerned, at least in the eyes of ESPN college hoops scribe Andy Katz. According to him, the Wolfpack is working their way back to respectability, albeit with a [...]
Continue reading...It’s Time The ACC Admitted Its Mistake – Boston College Shouldn’t Be An ACC Team
Friday, October 9, 2009
The annual bowl rota of the ACC took a major nosedive this week when the conference refused to give the Gator Bowl flexibility in selecting an ACC team to play in their annual game. In place of the Gator Bowl, the Independence Bowl now takes its place. The Independence is in Shreveport, Louisiana, deep in [...]
Continue reading...Pack Must Play Better To Win On The Road Against Wake
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Don’t be fooled into believing that NC State will wolf down a cupcake against a poor team on Saturday in Winston-Salem. Tom O’Brien certainly isn’t, and Pack fans would be wise to believe their coach: State’s upcoming road and conference opener will be anything but an easy win for the favored Red and White. Despite State’s [...]
Continue reading...NC State Erases Racers, 65-7 (w/ Video Highlights)
Saturday, September 12, 2009
In a game not even as close as the final score, the Wolfpack ran completely roughshod over the Division I-AA Murray State Racers this evening in Carter-Finley Stadium. With the first string Wolfpack defense in the game, Murray State was only capable of a single first down in the first half, and have -2 yards [...]
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