We wanted to make sure that you good folks knew about the newest developments on PJ Hairston’s excellent adventure to Durham and had a place to voice your thoughts on the matter. You can refresh a little by reading this quick piece… UNC’s top scorer P.J. Hairston charged with possession of marijuana (USAToday.com) According to [...]
State Soccer Stuns in Semis \ Falls in Championship Game
Sunday Update The run is over and the drought continues as the Wolfpack soccer team was shut out by the Virginia Cavaliers, 1-0, in today’s ACC Championship game. State’s soccer team last appeared in the Championship game and won a title in the 1990 season. A third of the Wolfpack’s team this season – that [...]
NC State Beats UNC on Penalty Kicks to Advance in ACC Tourney!
#20 NC State won a crucial 1st round matchup versus #2 UNC in the first round of the ACC Men’s Soccer Championship in Cary, NC. In brutal weather conditions, the teams played two regulations and two sudden death overtimes without scoring a goal. In the shootout, senior NC State goalkeeper Christopher Widman of Greensboro, NC [...]
NC State News – 11/12 (updated with football game article)
-Wake game story from Winston-Salem Journal “I would be surprised if our guys see North Carolina State as anything but a really good football team in the ACC — and you’d better go play if you’re going to win,” Grobe said yesterday. “I don’t think it’s going to be the trap game in the sense [...]
Non-Revenue Sports Update; Kerrigan steps down(updated)
Here is an update on how State’s non-revenue sports are doing so far this school year plus a few other tidbits at the bottom. Men’s Cross Country • Finished 2nd in the ACC Championships • State has finished at least 3rd in the ACC for the past 20 years, including finishing 1st or 2nd in [...]
Tarantini gaffe costs soccer team ACC victory (updated Wed am)
The NC State soccer team has forfeited their only ACC victory this season over Boston College because they used an ineligible player. The information was out last week, however there is no explanation to be found on the NC State official website. The game story still has us winning, but the game has been changed [...]
S6: George Tarantini Would Fire George Tarantini (Updated 10am)
Historical SFN soccer entry for background In the middle of football season we can’t just ignore the other sports in which our program is currently struggling …so, we thought we would throw some love towards “Section Six” for their poignant reasoning. So, from the coach himself, there are no excuses for not making the NCAAs, [...]
“Next Year” – Fowler’s 9th – shaping up to be sadly similar to past
If you visit regularly visit SFN then you know how to search our archives to find any of our many articles on the current position of NC State’s poorly performing Athletics Department. But, if you need some quick help you can click here for just a sampling of some entries that might be of interest [...]
Talk About Timing! Right on Cue
“They’ say that timing is everything and we had a couple of items that couldn’t have been more appropriately timed. (1) First comes the Greensboro News & Record trumpeting a song that you have heard ad nauseum this year. On the day after someone actually took the time to crunch the numbers and generate some [...]
PP: ‘Pack Soccer, A Commitment to Disaster’
As we piggy-back this entry from just a couple of weeks ago that was written when NC State had ZERO conference wins in fall sports, it is time for our annual mention of just how poorly the NC State soccer programs are being managed (or, just how wonderful the programs are being mis-managed). Just last [...]