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O’Brien Remains Upbeat, Still Confident In Rebuilding Process
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...Giglio’s Top 25 (Pack at #24)
Sunday, August 23, 2009
We link to lots of J.P.’s stuff, because he’s interesting and fair in his coverage and analysis. Today, we have another reason to link him, as he has NC State as his pre-season #24 team: 24. N.C. State (6-7): If the Pack can figure out the start, you know Tom O’Brien has the closing kick [...]
Continue reading...Giglio: Pack is Pre-Season Atlantic Favorite
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Giglio neatly and concisely summarizes 83% of my thinking on the ACC’s Atlantic Division race. You can make a compelling case against all five other teams, but I think one can make a compelling case against State as favorites, too (basically, I think we are a year away from being a serious title contender). That [...]
Continue reading...SFN is ‘Pulse of the Fan Base’
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
SFN would like to thank the great folks from the ACC Sports Journal for inviting us to partner with them on their weekly ‘Pulse of the Fan Base’. They posted the feature to their website last night and it can be read by clicking here. Over the last 12 months the blog has generated more [...]
Continue reading...Spring Game
Saturday, April 18, 2009
I am out of town, but eager to hear the observations of SFN readers who do attend. Please post your thoughts below. RALEIGH, NC – The Kay Yow Spring Football game drew 21,075 fans on Saturday afternoon to watch the White team win 10-7 over the Red team. The event raised over $28,000 for charity. [...]
Continue reading...South Carolina Football Continues To Be a Soap Opera
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
NC State opens this year against South Carolina, in a game that may well set the tone for the early part of the year: get a win against an SEC opponent to open the season, and the Wolfpack has set the table to possibly go 6-0 in their first half of the year. That in [...]
Continue reading...Alpha: Toney Baker Is 2009 Football’s X-Man
Monday, March 30, 2009
One of the more heralded football recruits in recent memory to make their way to West Raleigh is certainly Toney Baker. The Jamestown, NC player was a consensus All-American, and it was the Army All-Star game on national television that Toney did the hat dance where he ultimately donned the red and white cap with [...]
Continue reading...Spring Football Entry (Updated 1:45pm)
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
So many good things keep hitting that we have to keep adding to this entry. After the misery that was much of basketball season, spring brings renewed hope to NC State fans in the form of the off-season football practices that will lay down much of the foundation of this fall’s squad. 850 The Buzz [...]
Continue reading...Football Tidbits: ACC Spring Football Prospectus, Rutgers Bled Cash To Play In Pizza Bowl
Monday, March 2, 2009
Tidbit 2: Rutgers Loses 184K Going To The Pizza Bowl Rutgers University collected $1.2 million for its trip to the PapaJohns.com Bowl last December. But by the time expenses were paid and the coaching staff given its performance bonuses, the school lost more than $184,000, according to reports filed with the NCAA. While the football [...]
Continue reading...Some Quick Football News: Beck, Clemmons and Geron James Not Returning
Thursday, February 5, 2009
A quick-hitter from the Signing Day presser: [NC State Head Coach Tom] O’Brien said receiver Geron James will transfer and that quarterback Harrison Beck and defensive end Jamaine Clemmons have decided to graduate and not return. He said receiver Donald Bowens had knee surgery Wednesday, and receiver Darrell Davis had shoulder surgery Tuesday. The big [...]
Continue reading...ACC Football Future: NC State (Updated 11:30am)
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
As ESPN.com reviews the Wolfpack’s 2008 Football season in this entry, Dave Glenn says that after an impressive stretch run, Wilson & Pack aim to contend in 2009 With UNC flirting with an ACC championship run this year before fading in November, and with the Tar Heels talking up big plans for another stadium expansion, [...]
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009
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