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Thursday Compendium

January 19, 2012 NC STATE BASKETBALL Akula Wolf (BackingthePack.com) Previewing The Boston College Eagles I’m curious about the biggest year-to-year dropoffs in offensive efficiency, because this Boston College team has to be up there. Steve Donahue inherited a group of experienced well-coached offensive players in his first season, led by Reggie Jackson. Biko Paris came [...]

Thursday…the day before Friday

October 27, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL Brett Friedlander (starnewsonline.com) What exactly happened to Tobias Palmer on Saturday? Two questions immediately sprung to mind the moment it was announced that N.C. State wide receiver Tobias Palmer had suffered a concussion during pregame warmups at Virginia on Saturday. The first was: How does anybody suffer a concussion [...]

Friday Farrago

October 7, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL The Sports Xchange TSX: Sweezy’s Return A Plus – The Wolfpack has avoided a three-game losing streak only in one season (2010) over the past five years. In order to prevent such a streak this year, the Wolfpack must win Saturday against visiting Central Michigan. “I told the guys [...]

Wednesday Woolgathering

September 28, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL Brett Friedlander (starnewsonline.com) Wolfpack waiting for reinforcements, but can they arrive in time? The good news is that Sweezy (broken foot), Rieskamp (shoulder), Slay (ankle) and several others – including linebacker Terrell Manning (knee) and running back Mustafa Greene (broken foot) – are all expected back on the field [...]

Friday Farrago

September 16, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL Ryan Tice (TheWolfpacker.com) Game slowing for Mike Glennon The most noticeable thing for Glennon between his first two college starts was how the game began to slow down against Wake Forest, although the ACC opponents offered a stiffer test than Liberty, members of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). “I [...]

Thursday Compendium

September 15, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL Matt Carter (TheWolfpacker.com) Audie Cole trying to stop bad habits Fifth-year senior linebacker Audie Cole admits that he did not enjoy looking at the film from the Wake Forest game. The Pack lost 34-27 after the defense struggled to contain the Demon Deacons’ offense. “We didn’t look good on [...]

Tuesday Tidbits

September 13, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL J.P. GIGLIO (N&O) Pack back to basics, work on defense Instead of ordering a dose of Bear Bryant’s “Junction Boys” gridiron justice, N.C. State coach Tom O’Brien decided to give his football players a day off the field after its deflating 34-27 loss at Wake Forest on Saturday. No [...]

Friday Farrago

September 2, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF: 1 DAY!!! J.P. GIGLIO (N&O) Pack’s Glennon will let his play do the talking Mike Glennon gets it. You want to compare him to Russell Wilson, that’s fine. N.C. State’s new quarterback understands it’s unavoidable, given the success Wilson enjoyed with the Wolfpack and the way [...]