Welcome to the Super Bowl, Adrian Wilson (& Steve Keim)

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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 touching scene soon.

We do a pretty decent job of following the career of Wilson, so you can view some of our previous Adrian Wilson entries by clicking here.

In addition to Wilson, former Wolfpack offensive lineman Steve Keim is the Director of Player Personnel for the Arizona Cardinals. Considering where the Cardinals were compared to where they have come under Keim, it is pretty obvious that Keim is turning some heads in the league.

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1995 NC State graduate, sufferer of Les and MOC during my entire student tenure. An equal-opportunity objective critic and analyst of Wolfpack sports.

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93 Responses to Welcome to the Super Bowl, Adrian Wilson (& Steve Keim)

  1. Wolf Dog 01/19/2009 at 6:47 PM #

    Alpha Wolf, good stuff! I grew up in Johnston County and Rockingham County and come from a long line of farmers and makers of corn liquor and home (wine) squeezins. I still like my wine sweet and like muscadine wine. We were one of those families that got a permit to use a still for Corn gas additive in the 70s. My dad raced short trakcs through out NC, Fay, cumberland county, wilson, caraway speedway in Asheboro, South Boston, Va, and even Wake County Speedway. Remember him adding some of that stuff in his racing fuel.

    I don’t remember drug store but there was a grocery store on Hillsborough street when I went to State. And there was a little place that had caferteria style food on Hillsborough street when I was there. And believe it or not there was 2 strip clubs and what is now a Mcdonalds was a place that showed porn movies. There was a subway and blimpies also, I had never had a sub till I went to college. Still hooked on them.

  2. BJD95 01/19/2009 at 6:55 PM #

    See, we can all get along and be happy. We just need to forget it’s basketball season and talk about random stuff.

    Warner is a first-ballot HOFer. He’s made 3 Super Bowls now, and won 1 (with a shot at 2). He also did it each time without more than a decent defense. Think he is the first guy to take 2 different franchises to the Super Bowl. Hell, the Cards don’t even have a running game.

  3. wufpup76 01/19/2009 at 7:02 PM #

    The State women are absolutely getting hosed in OT against Duke … You’d think they were playing the Duke men

    (I know not many care, but still …)

    Edit: Duke won 61-58 in overtime … That makes two top 5 teams the Pack women have taken to overtime in the past week

    I hope the men can give as much effort tommorrow night

    And talking about random stuff works for me, too 🙂

  4. Wolf Dog 01/19/2009 at 7:16 PM #

    Peppers had a Pro Bowl year this year 2008. but this stuff started last year, he tanked the 2007 season. He played without passion and not at full speed. Then showed up this year wanting to be traded. He played well cause he had no choice since it was last year of his contract. He has showed him self to a be a spoiled rich boy that wants to get allot richer at this point. He is a great pass rusher but teams have no problem running in his direction, he is average against the run. Peppers knows his advantage is his quickness combined with his speed and those things deminish with age, he turning 30. So he wants to drop back as a linebacker supposedly in a 3-4 system to prolong his playing career since he will not take as many hits and face as many double teams as he ages and is not as fast. Good for him, but what team wants to be his testing ground?

  5. Wulfpack 01/19/2009 at 7:25 PM #

    Wufpup, I was also watching and we got absolutely hosed! Golly, your heart really has to go out to the Lady Wolfpack with all they are going through. They are to be commended for two great performances against two rivals and two of the best teams in the nation. Keep fighting, girls. You are making us proud.

  6. wufpup76 01/19/2009 at 7:29 PM #

    ^Yes, would’ve been really nice to get one of those – if for nothing else to give the girls something to feel good about and be proud of

    I’d imagine it would’ve brought a big smile to Coach Yow’s face, too … Though I’m sure she’s smiling plenty at the type of effort the girls (and Coach Glance and the staff) are giving

    God bless, Coach Yow! Keep fighting!

  7. wufpup76 01/19/2009 at 7:41 PM #

    They just showed a shot of Santonio Holmes in attendance at the Pitt-Syracuse game and his eyes look completely blazed …

    It’s just a guess, but I’d say Santonio hasn’t exactly given up the mary-gi-wanna just yet

    Mary-gi-wanna is bad, m’kay?

  8. Alpha Wolf 01/19/2009 at 7:48 PM #

    I wish Texas would trade Mario Williams for Peppers.

  9. wufpup76 01/19/2009 at 7:56 PM #

    ^Do the Panthers allow State players/grads on their roster?

    (just kidding, just kidding)

  10. Primewolf 01/19/2009 at 8:09 PM #

    If Peckers leaves the Panthers, who will I pull against. Hate to say it, but I am so sick of the carolina blue panther bitches that I haven’t pulled for them lately. May change my tune if Peckers leaves.

  11. Ed89 01/19/2009 at 8:12 PM #

    ^^They’re not the Chapel Hill Bobcats by any stretch, but they’ve yet to draft a Wolfpacker. They don’t need an RB, so I doubt they’ll go after Andre. They could use a TE. Where’s Anthony Hill projected? I’d guess 5 or 6th round – if at all.

  12. choppack1 01/19/2009 at 8:40 PM #

    I’m a Panthers fan who wouldn’t mind seeing Pep go. They’ll miss him, but maybe they’ll actually start trying to do something on D to generate a pass rush.

    I love those Hillsborough Street stories – there used to be an Ed’s Grocery or something and some kind of “Apartment”. When I was at State, those places were long gone, “Central” and “Western” Hillsborough street were in decline, but “Eastern” Hillsborough enjoyed a little spike in interest – went from really not having anything but a subconscious to a Pantana Bob’s, Spike’s, the Cantina, East Village and The Comet. There were lots of bars – but lots of turnover – especially in the Central part of Hillsborough Street – the Lookout changed names a few times, you had Bullwrinkle’s, the 5-0, ACC Tavern, Barry’s – in addition to the last one standing – Mitch’s.

  13. TheCOWDOG 01/19/2009 at 8:52 PM #

    BJD…Warner is not the first QB to take 2 diff teams to SB. That distinction belongs to Craig Morton with Dallas and Denver.

  14. choppack1 01/19/2009 at 9:23 PM #

    Cowdog – maybe he should have said, first “good” QB to take 2 teams to Super Bowls.

  15. highstick 01/19/2009 at 10:13 PM #

    I remember a grocery store on the corner of Hillsborough, right around the corner from the PR back in 63. The Wolves Den also faced Hillsborough and there was a small restaurant there too. Also, the Stag Shop???

    The Apartment was the topless place upstairs near the bowling alley, but that was later when I came back after Army in 1970.

    I remember Kerr Drug being in Cameron Village, but it could have been on Hillsborough also.

    Any of you guys around for the infamous panty raid on St. Mary’s? Can’t remember what really triggered that, but there was a bunch of us that made that trek down Hillsborough. Smart ass girl threw me a danged pair of Tar Heel blue panties out the window! I had those and a garter belt for years!! Keep in mind, we didn’t have any girls to speak of on campus at that time except for ROTC girls!

  16. highstick 01/19/2009 at 10:18 PM #

    I get more than a little ticked off with the Panthers and particularly, the Bobcats with their emphasis on Tarholes. It was really funny last week for Larry Brown to tell the Fatboy May to lose weight or he’d never play again! Now if they’ll trade Felton!

    I’ve suspected Peppers had a spur in his butt last year cause he was basically a “no show” for the entire year. When he stepped it up this year, I also suspected it was to protect his marketability. He appears to be a strange dude, but what can you expect! I don’t see him making it in a 3-4 defense.

  17. BJD95 01/19/2009 at 10:41 PM #

    I miss 80s night at the 5-0 Cafe. Met my wife there.

  18. highstick 01/19/2009 at 10:42 PM #

    At least we all still have the CharGrill!!

  19. TheCOWDOG 01/19/2009 at 11:45 PM #

    The Apartment , my brothers, was ” My Apartment ” take the stair case up, next door to Brothers Pizzaria. Much cooler ladies than the Keg just west of them. Best burger and beer was Red’s next door to Darryl’s. Catered to us jocks and anybody else for that matter.

    PR, most famous fish in a tank. Only market I remember was the Piggly Wiggly across from Dan Allen.

  20. Alpha Wolf 01/20/2009 at 8:34 AM #

    ^ I had a very good friend who worked at My Apartment as a dancer. She’s from the south of France, is 6’0″ and was blessed with man-melting genes that hypnotized college boys and instructed them to hand her dollars bills one right after the other.

    And all of those cliche’s that dancers tell you about them being psychology majors? Well, she actually WAS one and she made enough cash money to pay her way through college, and get this, buy a townhouse at Hunter’s Creek in cash. On top of that save enough to pay her way through the Sorbonne in Paris to finish her doctorate.

    She definitely knew what she was doing. Said she took dance tips from her cat.

  21. GAWolf 01/20/2009 at 8:58 AM #

    I knew Keim in college. We lived two doors down from each other off campus. He was always super nice. He brought Kerry Collins over one night, I believe, before the Brent Road party. Despite Collins’ bad boy reputation at the time he was a nice guy. I enjoyed meeting him. If I’m not mistaken they played high school football together or against each other up in Pennsylvania, and Collins had just started his career with the Panthers. Keim also had another guy with him and I believe it was Boo (?) who played for FSU. Anyway, it’s good to hear Steve is still in football and doing well. He is a friendly guy.

    Two funny stories about Steve include his bulldog getting wicked on our terrible neighbor’s cat (sad more than funny but the guy was a completely angry man who moved into a college neighborhood and then called the cops every night… EVERY NIGHT. The cops even hated him. And the dude’s cats would come in our houses and tear up trash bags, etc.) The other is about Steve’s girlfriend washing her BMW in the parking lot in a bikini: I’d come home from class and would see heads poking out of every window in about every townhouse. Before I turned the corner into the parking lot I could tell Steve’s girl must be washing her car again. College kids are funny.

  22. Sw0rdf1sh 01/20/2009 at 9:34 AM #

    The guy who owned My Apartment was in my parents wedding. I remember as a very little guy being brought into the place, and that probably was the start of my “appreciation” if you will.

    Later, I lived right behind Barry’s II on Chamberlain. Loved the 5-O, The Rathskeller, Gaspacho/Sammy and Beer at Mitch’s.

    Somehow fate got the last laugh as I wasn’t in the Panty Raid generation. I could have really done well with that.

  23. Alpha Wolf 01/20/2009 at 9:56 AM #

    I met a chick at Barry’s II one night after I vouched for her age because she couldn’t find her ID. Didn’t know the girl from Adam.

    Fast forward a couple of years and we were getting married.

  24. Noah 01/20/2009 at 10:19 AM #

    Slightly off topic, but any comments on Julius Peppers’ and the Panthers comments yesterday in the Charlotte Observer?

    I’m perfectly fine with letting Peppers go if they can get a Jared Allen-type deal for him. A first and two more top-100 picks and he can go anywhere he likes.

    The Panthers have a lot of needs and Charles Johnson and Tyler Brayton are fine as starting DEs. I doubt they could address the QB situation that way, but they could get a good DT or linebacker in the first.

    Peppers is in NO way worth $17 million a year.

  25. packalum44 01/20/2009 at 11:48 AM #

    ^ Agreed. Peppers is slightly over-rated and is not a good value. I have no idea why we have not been drafting quarterbacks the last several years. I’ve known since 2003 that Delhomme is not very good. Why didn’t the GM know this?

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