“But none of that explains how State came so close to a great season and finished so far from one. The fault ultimately must lie not on the field but off it. This was a season that slipped away on the sidelines.” Ned Barnett of the News & Observer Late November, 2003 Some interesting comments […]
Sad Stats
Numerous times over the last few weeks SFN has highlighted some of the sad stats that underscore just how bad NC State’s offense has been since Marc Trestman arrived in Raleigh last year. (Link to Trestman x3) Most of these stats have been a consolidation of results of (almost) two years of performance and resemble […]
What Happened, Chuck? (Updated 11/12)
State is close again but Clemson knocks the Wolfpack out of any of Chuck Amato’s ridiculous bowl dreams (ahhh, Boise in December) and the losing streak continues. That is now FIVE IN A ROW with the opportunity to drop two more to our most heated rivals – UNC-CH and East Carolina. (Link to Sunday morning’s […]
CUTigers Paints Perfect Pack Picture
If you are looking for a preview of today’s game then we ask you to click here What we have in this entry is a link to a FANTASTIC commentary about NC State Football and Lee Fowler from CUTigers.com. (Wouldn’t it be cool if some in the NC State online media community would choose to […]
Lowe Era Begins with Tough Win Over Wofford
NC State 92 Wofford 88 Boxscore | N&O Recap | Season Beginning Entry Quite a few things happened to night to further signal the transition from the Herb Sendek era to the Sidney Lowe era: (1) State scored 92 points for the game and is averaging 86 points per game in our three outings thusfar […]
OTR: Lowe Era Begins Tonight With “5 Pack”
The Sidney Lowe era begins in Raleigh tonight!!!! It is no secret that Coach Lowe has been dealt quite a tough hand in his first year of collegiate coaching. The Wolfpack is thin. Very thin. A YOUNG starting five of Engin Atsur (Sr); Courtney Fells (So); Gavin Grant (Jr); Brandon Costner (Fr); and Ben McCauley […]
Bill Simmons Back Tracks on Bush v Mario Williams
Bill Simmons is probably one of SFN’s favorite writers. We are about the same age, grew up at the same time etc. His “13 Levels of Losing” is a MUST read for all NC State fans. That said, he jumped the gun on the Mario Williams/Reggie Bush debate like many of his friends in the […]
Reality Stranger than Art
I couldn’t believe this article when I saw it today. Unbelievable. Definitely worth noting here on the blog. CEREDO, W.Va. (AP) – A plane carrying the Marshall football team to Saturday’s game at East Carolina was evacuated Friday after smoke was reported in an engine, emergency officials said. About 200 people, including players, coaches and […]
November 11 TV Schedule
This has already been an interesting week in college football with Rutgers upset of Louisville. While many people will surely jump on the Rutgers bandwagon now, it’s simply not going to happen. Even if Rutgers wins at West Virginia, which is highly unlikely, they won’t, and shouldn’t, make the National Title Game. Greg Schiano should […]
Football vs Clemson
VaWolf has already posted a fantastic preview for the Wolfpack’s vist to Death Valley this weekend. You can’t miss this kind of great work that definitely deserves elevation to the top of the blog on a Friday before a game. (Link) The following quote from the comments section of VaWolf’s entry summarizes the current mood […]
