Glennon and Lucas named team captains (WFMY Greensboro): NC State’s football squad officially reported to camp on Monday evening, and one of the first orders of business was to elect captains. The team voted to elect quarterback Mike Glennon to represent the offense and linebacker Sterling Lucas to represent the defense. “Being elected by their […]
’12 Football
News & Notes from first football practice
Some of the most interesting items of the day did not come from what was happening on the field, but which Wolfpackers were NOT on the field. There were some very notable absences today. There were some notable additions, namely safety Tim Buckley, a Penn State transfer, but also some significant absences. Running back Mustafa […]
Mike Glennon Learns From Big Brother
Found this great piece, N.C. State’s Mike Glennon learns from brother’s experience at Virginia Tech, by David Teel from the Daily Press in Hampton Roads, Va. which I thought deserved its own attention: No matter that Wilson was surrounded by superior weapons — State had no Montee Ball in the backfield — and threw for fewer […]
A Response to Stokan
Chick-fil-A Bowl President and N.C. State graduate Gary Stokan called out State fans on 99.9 today for to-date lackluster sales to the State-Tennessee game (WRAL): The source of his frustration is the lackluster ticket sales for the season-opener, against a prime opponent, after he reached out to them specifically. “I’ll be brutally honest, as an […]
Busy summer Monday
There is more news for a Monday morning in the middle of the summer than one could imagine. The UNC athletics and academic scandal, Penn State and the NCAA, pre-season basketball and football articles, and yesterday’s ACC Kickoff creates a TON of items available for discussion. Really the big news of the day from an […]
Football Hits
As we await football season, Luke DeCock has a few “areas of interest” around the Triangle and ACC (N&O, highlighted by the following: The ACC season will kick off Aug. 31 when N.C. State faces Tennessee in Atlanta, but for fans, college football gets going in earnest this week, with the annual Pigskin Preview on […]
Wolfpack Football Q&A
The Orange & White has a little Q&A Session with Raleigh’s N&O JP Giglio about 2012 NC State football. Here is a portion of it. Q: Who is the one player who is totally indispensable to the Wolfpack, the guy State couldn’t do without in case of an injury? A: State would be sunk without […]
2012-2013 bowl schedule released — predict NC State’s bowl
Link to complete college football bowl schedule Of particular interest: Military presented by Northrop Grumman Dec. 27 / 3 p.m. Washington, D.C. ACC vs. Army ESPN Belk Dec. 27 / 6:30 p.m. Charlotte, N.C. ACC vs. Big East ESPN AdvoCare V100 Independence Dec. 28 / 2 p.m. Shreveport, La. ACC vs. SEC ESPN Russell Athletic […]
Dinich: State football hope and concern
Video link to ESPN. Dinich says our hope is in the O-Line and our concern is with the linebackers, which is a fair assesment. Some highlights: Offensive Line: *4 of 5 starters return, led by seniors Wentz and Mattes. *96 combined career starts *Average weight 312 lbs Linebackers *Replacing all 3 starters *Young, inexperienced group […]
ESPN: Wolfpack represents UNC-CH’s ‘bowl game’
Pre-season football chatter will play a major role in most of the summer talk here at SFN. Wanted to thank the folks at ESPN for accurately identifying UNC’s most important game of the 2012 football season as the annual match-up with NC State. Linked here. Why it is important Bragging rights. Pride. An 0-5 record […]
