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TOB – Winning Respect of Local Media?

Perhaps the one thing that really divided Wolfpack fans about Chuck Amato was his relationship with the media. Chuck was often brash, arrogant, and rude. Many Wolfpackers saw this as a source of great pride – taking justified potshots at a hostile, pro-UNC media. Others saw this as foolish, silly, and ultimately harmful behavior (whether [...]

TOB: FBall Coaching Rankings Shine

In recent years, Sports Illustrated’s Stewart Mandel made quite a name for himself with his rankings of the best – and the WORST – college football coaches. Perhaps NC State fans followed Mandel’s rankings a little closer than other schools because of the presence of our own Chuck Amato. In June of 2005, Mandel listed [...]

Red and White From State

Our friends at RAWFS have a really nice article up with a number of links covering the spring football practices. Alpha touches on several things that perfectly matches something that I’m currently working on. If you’ve been wondering why RAWFS hasn’t been putting up entries with their normal frequency, here is a comment lifted from [...]

TSN’s Hayes: Pack Football an Instant Contender?

Here’s some good press from my March 19, 2007 hard copy of The Sporting News: I keep seeing early projections that NC State will be among the worst teams in the ACC. Let’s not forget the one thing former coach Chuck Amato did well: recruit. There is talent on that roster, and if the players [...]

Tom O’Brien & Dick Sheridan Get Together For Coaching Clinic

“It made sense to have Coach Sheridan come back here,” O’Brien said. “He had tremendous success. He did a lot for this university. He did a lot for the players. “One of the things I found when I started to do some of the Wolfpack Club events during the winter was the tremendous respect and [...]

Why Not Some Football?

Even though it is ACC Tournament week, we thought that we shouldn’t lose sight of the football program in light of a nice piece in the Richmond Times Dispatch this weekend. This article focuses on Tom O’Brien and NC State football. O’Brien sat down for an interview in which he marveled at the passion and [...]

SFN Garners #2

StateFansNation experienced quite a year of growth and popularity in 2006. Included in our growth was a significant amount of public recognition, most recently evidenced by our #2 finish in the ACC category in the College Football Bloggers Awards. Link to story State Fans Nation is one of the most vibrant, interactive communities on the [...]

TOB Praise Continues

The precision in which NC State’s football coaching search was executed provided a stark contrast to the execution of the basketball search. Of course, that is because the University hired a consultant to do the work in the aftermath of Lee Fowler’s debacle earlier in the year. The consultant truly did a super job in [...]

TOB – Landing Recruits From Germany

Here’s the press release – maybe one of our enterprising readers can post a translation in the comments below.

High Praise for TOB

Trev Alberts is no longer on the Vick Network (explanation link here), but that doesn’t mean that he no longer analyzes college football. In this piece on CSTV, Alberts followed up some of his previous praise for NC State Head Football Coach, Tom O’Brien with some big compliments. A reader wrote to Alberts, “I think [...]

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TOB – Winning Respect of Local Media?

TOB: FBall Coaching Rankings Shine

Red and White From State

TSN’s Hayes: Pack Football an Instant Contender?

Tom O’Brien & Dick Sheridan Get Together For Coaching Clinic

Why Not Some Football?

SFN Garners #2

TOB Praise Continues

TOB – Landing Recruits From Germany

High Praise for TOB

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