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Adrian Wilson voted to AP All-Pro team
In the realm of former Wolfpacker news, Arizona Cardinals safety Adrian Wilson has been voted to the Associated Press All-Pro 1st team. This is the first time the nine-year vet has been voted to the All-Pro team and based on his performance during the last few season, it likely won’t be the last. During the 2009 [...]
Continue reading...Big injury update and afternoon football bytes
Monday, September 21, 2009
WRAL: Eugene & Vermiglio not on current two-deep WRAL is reporting that neither Jamelle Eugene nor Jake Vermiglio were ‘listed on the N.C. State depth chart for the Pittsburgh game, which was released by the school Monday afternoon.’ I’m not going to lose any sleep over this yet as: (1) I haven’t seen this two-deep listed on [...]
Continue reading...ACC in the NFL
Thursday, September 10, 2009
We started a thread on the message boards this weekend based on the final weekend of NFL cuts. Today, the N&O provides their annual look at the “ACC in the NFL”. Today, NC State ranks 9th in the ACC with 19 former players currently on NFL rosters. As a point of reference, in October [...]
Continue reading...God’s calendar goes askew – former Wolfpacker lost for the year
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Evidently something has gone askew in the tracking of time here on earth. Despite the current dislocation in time and space, NC State will accept the situation as a near miss; but that doesn’t translate into good news for one of our all-time favorites – Andre Brown – as the former NC State running [...]
Continue reading...Monday Morning Multimedia – Alumni version (Rivers & Tulloch)
Monday, August 10, 2009
(1) San Diego Chargers season preview below. The Chargers are led by last year’s NFL passing efficiency leader, Philip Rivers. Relatedly, you will like this link that ranks PR as one of the NFL’s five “Franchise Quarterbacks”. Video: Countdown to Kickoff: Chargers (2) Elsewhere, you can click here for a ten minute interview of Stephen [...]
Continue reading...Follow-up on Philip
Sunday, August 2, 2009
The third installment of LRM’s fantastic retrospectives hit SFN on Friday and can be seen by clicking here. The piece focused on one of the best college football quarterbacks of all-time – Philip Rivers. Statistically, Philip’s status as the ACC’s greatest quarterback is indisputable. He ranks first in total starts (51), passing yards [...]
Continue reading...Summer NFL Football Notes [Updated 6/1]
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Just some quick summer football notes related to some former Wolfpackers that may be of interest to you. First, you can click here if there are some particular NFL franchises that may require some brushing up. One item I learned from surfing some links is that NC State’s Pat Thomas has been signed by the Buffalo Bills [...]
Continue reading...Torry Holt Signs With Jacksonville
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Former NC State standout and NFL stalwart Torry Holt has signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars for thirteen million dollars over three years. At one time, he’d stated publicly that he would like to play for the Carolina Panthers, but unfortunately either the team had no place for him or they are still paralyzed from [...]
Continue reading...NC State’s Corey Smith missing at sea
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Horrible news being reported — Former NC State defensive end and current Detroit Lion, Corey Smith, appears to be one of the NFL players aboard a fishing boat that is missing in the ocean. Link to Tampa article just updated in the last 10 minutes. The Coast Guard is searching for at least two professional [...]
Continue reading...Another reason for Wolfpackers to love the Houston Texans
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Staying true to our recent NFL theme – we wanted to highlight the news that former NC State linebacker Frank Bush has been promoted to defensive coordinator of the Houston Texans. Bush’s current biography can be seen by clicking here. Bush, 46, was the lone candidate to interview for the job after the Texans’ [...]
Continue reading...Welcome to the Super Bowl, Adrian Wilson (& Steve Keim)
Sunday, January 18, 2009
After an epic back-and-forth NFC title game (with a controversial finish – fairly blatant PI not called on Eagles’ 4th down attempt), Adrian Wilson’s Arizona Cardinals are headed to the Super Bowl. Wilson is the first man interviewed after the game, and hopefully one of our technically proficient bloggers can embed video of the [...]
Continue reading...Mario Williams Loves Wearing Red
Thursday, December 4, 2008
For one home game each year the NFL’s Houston Texans’ deviate from their primary uniform colors of blue and white to wear special ‘Battle Red’ jerseys. In Houston, the game is looked upon with excitement as something different and, in most years, it seems the struggling Texans’ franchise rises to the occassion and submits [...]
Continue reading...J-Co’s amazing one handed – or one headed? – catch
Friday, November 14, 2008
NC State may choose to under-promote our alums currently making major contributions in the National Football League, but we will do our best not to ignore their contributions. Jerricho Cotchery has proven that he is good for at least three or four bigtime highlights each year, and last night’s catch on national television against the Patriots [...]
Continue reading...Your annual Adrian Wilson entry, III
Friday, October 31, 2008
I’m really not kidding about the title of this entry. See last year’s entry and corresponding videos. It really is time for our annual spotlight on Wolfpack great, Adrian Wilson. Since the Arizona Cardinals were in town battling the Carolina Panthers last weekend, this year’s entry is primarily brought to us by this article in last [...]
Continue reading...Our Best Pitch
Thursday, September 25, 2008
The following was submitted to us by our old friend, SMD. The timing of the piece was perfect as Jerricho Cotchery was featured last night in a FANTASTIC piece on ESPN’s television show, E:60. If you didn’t see it, you need to find a replay of it and watch it. It was summed up by [...]
Continue reading...Mario Williams on Cover of ESPN the Magazine
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Want to talk about making an impact in the BIG TIME? I hope that someone from the football program is taking note of this since our embarrassment of a Sports Information Director would never get this. NC State’s Mario Williams was featured on the cover of ESPN’s Magazine 2008 NFL Preview Issue. That stands alone as [...]
Continue reading...Texans Mario Williams proves he is the real No. 1 (Updated)
Friday, August 22, 2008
HOUSTON CHRONICLE: Whenever the Texans and Saints get together, whether for practice or a game, defensive end Mario Williams and running back Reggie Bush will be reminded of how different their careers could have been. We have really enjoyed following Mario’s career and will continue to do so here at SFN. You can click here [...]
Continue reading...Praise for Mario, J-Co
Saturday, December 29, 2007
We have recently run some nice entries on Mario Williams. On Christmas Day, the Houston Chronicle’s John McClain added to Mario’s praise with an article that (gasp!) focused on facts and statistics to support his point. You can read the article that compares Mario to other current (and past) defensive ends in the NFL by [...]
Continue reading...Wearing Red, Williams nabs 3.5 sacks vs Broncos
Friday, December 14, 2007
You can click on this link to see one of Mario’s 3.5 sacks last night. Super Mario is starting to receive praise from media members who had been critical of the former number one pick. Williams is now second in the NFL with 13 sacks on the season. The Texans usually wear what they call their “Battle [...]
Continue reading...Praise For Mario Williams
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
It is really great reading various media members praise Mario Williams: Peter King: Texans got it right; Williams vindicates Houston for risky No. 1 pick in ‘06 SportingNews: Texans’ Williams looks better than ever As a fantastic reminder, Jeff went “On the Record” on SFN before the NFL draft as a response to ESPN’s resident dunce, Skip Bayless. [...]
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