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Brian Taylor will commit to Wolfpack
The current position of NC State’s football recruiting remains a hot topic amongst Wolfpackers as evidenced by some of the questions that Jeff took from callers during SFN’s appearance on Taylor Zarzour’s radio program this Tuesday. Jeff chose to promote patience through February before judging the class, citing (1) a reduced number of scholarships available [...]
Continue reading...Offering A Helping Hand
2. August 2010
I don’t know how, but I missed this little nugget from the NCAA this past January: The Division I Legislative Council voted Wednesday to limit the practice of “over-signing” prospective football student-athletes to National Letters of Intent, a strategy employed by some coaches that had the potential of leaving some recruits without a scholarship. Proposal [...]
Continue reading...ESPN’s Joe Schad: NCAA Investigation Into UNC Concerns Agents
16. July 2010
Joe Schad, ESPN’s senior college football writer, has been updating what he discovers about the NCAA’s visit to UNC via his Twitter feed. Here’s his feed, newest from the top: UNC DL Marvin Austin was asked why he was seen driving the vehicle of 49er Kentwan Balmer and if he stayed at Balmer’s apartment about [...]
Continue reading...FEB ’10: Black Santa accused by recruit of illegal payments in Chapel Hill
15. July 2010
In the wake of major news that the NCAA is currently investigating the University of North Carolina’s football program, we thought it would be an appropriate time to highlight a major thread from our message boards from February of this year. (And, also promote this as a reason why we ask you to bookmark our [...]
Continue reading...BREAKING NEWS: NCAA INVESTIGATING UNC FOOTBALL
15. July 2010
Obviously, much much more to come on this breaking story: UNC is under NCAA investigation for its football program. While not much regarding the substance of this investigation has yet come to light, for some time, murmurs have surrounded the Carolina football program and the practices of some of its coaches. Apparently, these are not [...]
Continue reading...WRAL Is Really Dropping The Ball As The Internet Police
7. May 2010
A couple of weeks ago we highlighted some apparent recruiting violations committed by UConn students in this post. In the entry we focused on the disconnect between WRAL’s omission of coverage of substantial recruiting issues at UConn when compared to their historical coverage of making monstrous mountains out of molehills when NC State fans “FaceBook’d” [...]
Continue reading...National Signing Day Open Post (With TOB Video)
3. February 2010
The annual race between grown men to get the signatures of 17 and 18 year old boys is officially over and NC State has added 23 players to the fold for the 2010 class. Most of the attention around players on National Signing Day is based on ratings. Coaches and fans “seeing stars” will do [...]
Continue reading...Mustafa Greene commits to NC State
28. January 2010
Based on news from several recruiting outlets, it looks like three-star running back Mustafa Greene(Columbia, SC), has committed to NC State for 2010. The No. 43 running back in the 2010 class according to Scout.com, Greene made his official visit to NC State a couple weeks back. Greene ran for more than 1,300 yards and finished with [...]
Continue reading...Sammy Batten: ‘You have to give the edge to NC State’
28. January 2010
As football recruiting for 2010 comes down the home stretch and National Signing Day (Feb. 3) approaches, schools in North Carolina and elsewhere are scrambling to try and wrap up commitments from those recruits still trying to make decisions. Sammy Batten, from the ACC Sports Journal, broke down recruiting in the state Wednesday and declared [...]
Continue reading...TBJ Reports NCSU lags behind on recruiting spending
7. December 2009
It’s really no surprise to most of us here at Statefans that the Triangle Business Journal’s Chris Baysden is reporting that NC State spends much less on recruiting than our rivals down the road. In football the difference is simply (and sadly) astronomical. Here is a link to Mr. Baysden’s article: link. The report sets [...]
Continue reading...INJURIES IN CHAPEL HILL – THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM NO MORE
19. September 2009
A few weeks ago we discussed UNC Football’s sudden and previously unexplained bout with Stunted Growth Syndrome. If you didn’t get a chance to read it, please take time to do so. The links are summarized, but the meat of the stories linked are quite informative beyond the blurbs. Essentially for the last three years [...]
Continue reading...Audie Cole Gets Front Page Treatment
9. August 2009
Ken Tysiac has a nice writeup this morning: It’s no secret that N.C. State was most effective late last season when a healthy Irving and defensive end Willie Young rushed the quarterback from opposite sides. Opponents had to slide their protection toward one of those players. If N.C. State schemed correctly, that meant a running [...]
Continue reading...Sunday Stuff – July 12th
12. July 2009
====> Please no Lorenzo Brown comments in this entry. Once we get over our devastation we will post its own entry. ====> Stud outside linebacker, Kendall Moore, of Southeast Raleigh choose Notre Dame over NC State this weekend. (Link to the story) This one hurts, as Moore would have been a fantastic complement [...]
Continue reading...Football recruiting keeps on rolling
27. June 2009
After a big start to the week with wide receiver Tony Creecy’s commitment, the NC State football staff hasn’t taken their foot off the pedal. Yesterday, the N&O printed an article discussing this very topic with “NCSU builds on success”. N.C. State’s success in football recruiting this spring and summer was a factor in the [...]
Continue reading...Tony Creecy Commits to Wolfpack (Updated 10:15am)
22. June 2009
The momentum Coach Tom O’Brien has built behind this year’s recruiting class continues as Tony Creecy – another of the state’s top prospects – has committed to play football at NC State. Southern Durham wide receiver Tony Creecy has committed to N.C. State, according to NCPreps.com. The 6-foot, 196-pound Creecy runs a 4.5 forty yard [...]
Continue reading...Carr adds NC State to the mix
28. May 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...SoCar Coach Says He Games Recruiting Rankings
26. May 2009
Brad Lawing, the South Carolina defensive line coach and former UNC-CH recruiting coordinator, says that recruiting rankings and sites are a scam. “I can take a three-star and make him a four-star, and I can take a four-star and make him a three- or two-star with the contacts I have. That’s how ridiculous recruiting on [...]
Continue reading...More Immediate DL Help On the Way?
30. April 2009
If this Athens Banner-Herald article is correct, the defensive line for the 2009 and 2010 Wolfpack will soon get even tougher: Lemon, who has attended Georgia Military College after being booted off the team at Georgia and suspended by the university, expects to continue his football career at North Carolina State this fall, according to [...]
Continue reading...ChltObs: 2009 Top 25 NC HS Football players
19. April 2009
Charlotte Observer ran a list of the Top 25 high school football recruits in the state of North Carolina today. (Link) It’s nice to see our big man sitting on top of the heap. 1. Robert Crisp Chapel Hill, 6-8, 300, OL: Committed to N.C. State and a top-30 national recruit. Had more than 30 [...]
Continue reading...NC State Football Gets A Big Commitment (Updated 9:45am)
7. April 2009
NC State received verbal commitments from Chapel Hill’s Rob Crisp and Pete Singer tonight. Crisp is a 6’8”, 280 lb OT from Chapel Hill High School who is ranked as the state of North Carolina’s top prospect and one of the top 100 players in the country. His offer list was larger than 30 different [...]
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21. August 2010
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