I will be honest here – I am so inured to the culture of corruption, and Monty Python’s Black Knight caliber of willful and idiotic denial…I didn’t think anything UNC scandal related could shock me anymore. Then I read this, and you should as well: Prepare to be disgusted. Horrific doesn’t even begin to describe [...]
Sports Illustrated Preview: Pack #25
Two weeks from right now hopefully we’re all waking up happy about the previous night’s score. SI.com: Three years ago, NC State’s secondary was in shambles. His hand forced by injuries and departures, coach Tom O’Brien plugged a pair of first-year players in at safety: true freshman Brandan Bishop and redshirt freshman Earl Wolff. Another [...]
A Response to Stokan
Chick-fil-A Bowl President and N.C. State graduate Gary Stokan called out State fans on 99.9 today for to-date lackluster sales to the State-Tennessee game (WRAL): The source of his frustration is the lackluster ticket sales for the season-opener, against a prime opponent, after he reached out to them specifically. “I’ll be brutally honest, as an [...]
A solution to NC State’s in-state football recruiting struggles?
ESPN The Magazine has undertaken a research project focused on high school football talent and where they attend college. Heather Dinich’s blog entry today at ESPN.com highlights the struggles that NC State and Georgia Tech have had since Chuck Amato left Raleigh. When it comes to keeping top talent at home, Georgia Tech and NC [...]
Q & A with TurtleDroppings.com
Chris over at Maryland fan blog TurtleDroppings.com contacted SFN this week about exchanging a Q & A about Saturday’s season finale. We were glad to oblige. Below are the SFN questions (bold) that Chris answered (unedited). Go here to see the questions SFN answered for Chris. Talk about those uniforms. The uniforms have been an [...]
Sunday Links
Well, that was fun. It was one of those perfect North Carolina November days, the atmosphere inside Carter-Finley was great, and that team we saw could’ve competed with anyone in the nation yesterday. But it was also mind-numbingly frustrating after last week’s trip to Chestnut Hill. Where on earth has yesterday’s team been? Yesterday’s win [...]
Tuesday Links
Short week before State’s Thursday visit to Cincinnati. TOB taking his team to his hometown (WRAL). Manning will miss the game (N&O). Cincinnati looks to “return the favor” after losing in Raleigh last year (Cincinnati.com). 10 things you may not know (and may not care) about Zach Collaros (Cincinnati.com). Just like Alpha Wolf said Sunday [...]
Pack beat Jaguars 35-13
GoPack: Mike Glennon’s career-high four touchdowns on 17-of-20 passing torched the South Alabama secondary and lifted NC State to a 35-13 win Saturday night at Carter-Finley Stadium. Glennon’s .860 completion percentage represents the highest single game total since Philip Rivers notched a .866 against Western Carolina in 2003. Taylor Gentry and T.J. Graham were the [...]
State Football Stat of the Day
Last week I laid out State’s roadmap to Charlotte on December 4th. Today, I’ll add this one: Beat Carolina a fifth consecutive year. In the 116-year history of the rivalry (100 games), State has only beaten Carolina five consecutive seasons exactly once: Dick Sheridan won five straight between 1988-92.
The Roadmap to Charlotte
There seems to be a lot of confidence from the SFN faithful that we’ll cruise to a 10-win season in Tom O’Brien’s fifth season. I’ve been a State fan far too long to be that optimistic, especially considering we’ve got to figure out how to successfully traverse at least a couple of our regular obstacles. [...]