August 25, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF: 9 DAYS JP Giglio (N&O) Wolfpack receptive to possibilities Regardless of which players emerge as Glennon’s favorites, the group will have a different look than last year’s. Spencer, Davis and Williams were all 6-foot-3 or taller. Only Flowers is listed at that height among this year’s […]
Wednesday Woolgathering
August 24, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF: 10 DAYS Matt Carter (TheWolfpacker.com) Tuesday Practice Report: O’Brien talks Sweezy injury NC State had its fourth and final preseason scrimmage last Sunday, and the focus of the work was to get a long look at the young players, particularly the true freshmen. “We gave a […]
Tuesday Tidbits
August 23, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF: 11 DAYS Akula Wolf (BackingthePack.com) Welcome To The Forefront During Rivers’ senior year State averaged 6.6 yards per play, chewed up defenses and spit them out without mercy–that was a hell of a storm, and a hell of a thing to match. Glennon’s task isn’t nearly […]
Monday Musings – Pack loses 4th starter to injury
August 22, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL COUNTDOWN: 12 days JP Giglio (N&O) Wolfpack loses 4th starter to injury Injury issues are piling up for N.C. State’s football team. Standout defensive tackle J.R. Sweezy will miss at least the first five games after undergoing surgery for a foot fracture on Sunday, according to the school. He […]
Friday Farrago
August 19, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL CHIP ALEXANDER (N&O) Pack’s Kuhn, Sweezy worlds apart Most know of Kuhn’s unusual story, of how he and his father, Wolfgang, came to the U.S. from Germany in 2006, visiting colleges, looking for a place to play. Kuhn didn’t have a recruiting resume. He had size and a DVD […]
The U Thursday WebRun (UPDATED 1:30PM)
CAULTON TUDOR (N&O) Miami could become dead ACC weight At a time when UNC’s football program is in the NCAA’s on-deck circle and various other conference programs have been sanctioned, the potential mushroom cloud in Miami will be as bad for business as imaging. The whole idea of bringing aboard Miami in 2004 was to […]
Thursday Compendium
August 18, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL Chip Alexander (N&O) Wolff and Bishop lead the Pack At first glance, Bishop and Wolff seemingly have little in common. Bishop is from Boca Raton, Fla., a tiny spot in Palm Beach County, and played at Boca Raton High. Wolff is from Raeford, a product of Hoke County High. […]
Wednesday Woolgathering
August 17, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL CHIP ALEXANDER (N&O) Wolfpack offense still lagging N.C. State coach Tom O’Brien gave out some dismal offensive statistics Tuesday after the Wolfpack’s third preseason football scrimmage. The offense had four passes intercepted and allowed seven sacks. There were 15 tackles for loss by the defense, which limited the offense […]
Tuesday Tidbits
August 16, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL Ryan Tice (TheWolfpacker.com) Mon. practice report: O’Brien talks individuals How’s the precision of the offensive line? It’s better now. It was good, [Duran] Christophe went down and it got bad. It’s starting to get better. You only get better when you get cohesion. I think they took a little […]
Monday Musings
For dozens of more detailed conversations about the following articles and a lot more, we encourage you to please click through to our message forums and dive a little deeper into items that are of more interest to you. Thanks! August 15, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL Brett Friedlander (WilmingtonStarNews) State’s O’Brien would like to scrimmage […]
