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 [...]
NFL Draft Open Thread
One of my favorite nights of the year is upon us – first round coverage of the NFL draft. Although we will have to wait until the weekend to hear Nate Irving’s name called, there’s still plenty of interesting things going on. We’ve been talking about the Panthers’ likely (and stupid) decision to draft Cam [...]
Kiper fallout related to the UNC scandals and increasing national scrutiny of Butch (Day 91)
I don’t have a lot of time tonight, but I am going to pass along a few things. First, some quick “dot connecting” that grew out of the big Sports Illustrated piece that hit yesterday. One interesting passage from that article dealt with “NFL draft guru” Mel Kiper. He is the annoying guy with the “Lego man” [...]
Add the New England Patriots to list of favs to follow
The NFL Draft is over and the pundits will slice and dice the moves of all 32 NFL franchises for the coming weeks. One organization that is receiving relatively high marks for their draft is the New England Patriots. That is good news for NC State fans as the moves around the draft elevated the [...]
Baker, Young hope for improved stock following Pro Day
How fast can you run 40 yards? How high can you jump? How many times can you push 225 lbs. off your chest? NFL Scouting is a numbers game. Whether or not those numbers have any impact on who can actually play football is anybody’s guess, but every NFL team relies on a select few [...]
Andre Brown: The steal of the NFL Draft?
Most of us were a little surprised when Andre Brown fell to the 4th round of this year’s NFL Draft. But, with that fall also comes a set of expectations that may be easier to reach on a relative basis. Brown is already turning heads in New York. (Link) The more I hear about Brown, [...]
Hill & Brown drafted in the 4th round
ACCNow’s entry – Link Anthony Hill The Texans’ complemented their current pass-catching tight end (Owen Daniels) with Anthony Hill who was considered by some to be the best blocking TE in the draft. Hill joins Wolfpacker Mario Williams on an improving club who went 8-8 in one of the toughest divisions in football. The Texans [...]
NFL Draft Entry – Andre Brown looks to the future (Updated 4:15pm)
You can use this entry as your open NFL Draft entry today. Andre Brown clearly projects to be the highest Wolfpacker to be drafted this year. For a retrospective, you can click here to peruse our archives of past entries with some Andre Brown mentions. Dave Glenn has an interview with Brown that you can [...]
Brandon Tate Doesn’t Test Positive at UNC, Tests Positive for Smoking Weed in NFL
Wide receivers Percy Harvin and Brandon Tate tested positive for marijuana during February’s NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis, two sources told FOXSports.com. Wow. All of those years in Chapel Hill and he just now starts using weed? So, Hakeem Nicks matriculates towards graduation with an intelligence barely high enough to make him intellectually functional on [...]
Brown Turning Heads at Senior Bowl Practices
Looks like Andre Brown is starting to get noticed in the run-up to the Senior Bowl: Wednesday Practice Notes: Brown had a very solid afternoon. He ran well inside the tackles, hitting the holes with authority. Also showed good speed getting to the edge and picking up some yardage outside the hash marks. As for [...]