1. Florida 2. LSU 3. Ohio State 4. Southern Cal 5. Louisville 6. Michigan 7. Wisconsin 8. Auburn 9. Boise State 10. Arkansas 10. West Virginia 12. Oklahoma 13. Texas 14. Wake Forest 15. Tennessee 16. Georgia 17. Rutgers 18. California 19. BYU 20. Virginia Tech 21. Notre Dame 22. Penn State 22. Boston College […]
’06 Football
Interesting Pack Gossip From Annapolis Paper
Here’s some Pack-related stuff from this article regarding Paul Johnson’s extension to stay at Navy. Key excerpt: Johnson had been considered a leading candidate to replace Chuck Amato at N.C. State. Sources told The Capital that Chuck Neinas, a coaching headhunter working on behalf of the Wolfpack, contacted Johnson on Sunday to gauge his interest […]
Florida or Michigan?
OK, so who should play Ohio State for the BCS Championship? First some rules: 1) Mandatory Required Reading before responding: – Dan Wetzel’s thoughts and summary – Sagarin Rankings 2) No mention of a playoff allowed! 3) Act your age or IQ (whichever is higher) 😉 4) No arguing…state your case and move on. I’ll […]
You Can’t Say We Didn’t Warn You…
In the spirit of looking back to prior SFN football/Amato posts, I remembered this “State of Wolfpack Football” entry from last February. Jeff and I spent a considerable amount of time sifting through information and framing the wording to be informative (but not unfair or unsubstantiated), and re-reading it in the wake of Amato’s dismissal, […]
Official: Wolfpack Releases Chuck Amato (Updated 9:22pm)
The News & Observer is reporting that a public statement regarding the future of N.C. State football coach Chuck Amato’s will be announced tonight, but at this point there is little reason to wait. The NC State Football team was called for a team meeting tonight at 9pm at the Murphy Center to be officially […]
Damn. Sorry About This.
Take a look back at this entry from January 26, 2006 and tell us what your pre-season football thoughts were when the 2006 schedule was announced. The following are a few comments that we made at the time: * A seven-win or six-win season in 2006 will indicate the program has AT BEST stalled. Less […]
ECU Fallout Articles
Andre Brown vows to return to Wolfpack| Amato on staying at State: ‘Why not?’| Chuck Amato quotes Support Dwindling For Amato | Pack Pride Recap
Party like it’s 1959
NC State’s loss to East Carolina was the Wolfpack’s seventh in a row. That’s a level of awfulness that hasn’t happened in Raleigh since 1959. There’s only one way to mark this momentous occasion, folks. We gotta do it in song form. Hit it, Coach! (Tonight I’m gonna party like it’s) 1959By Chucked Amato I […]
Open Thread – Amato’s (Probable) Last Game
Feel free to ruminate on tonight’s action, or the end of the Amato era in general (best and worst moments of the era, etc.). From what I have pieced together, I am 97% certain that Amato has already been informed of his pending termination. There is no evidence of support from any corner of the […]
3pm Football Update: Amato This Is A Season Of Inches
2pm Every Monday two NC State players and Coach Amato have a press conference. A local beat reporter just sent us the following via blackberry: •NC State Press teleconference threatened to be cut short if any questions were asking about the NC State coaching situation. •Press asked not to ask any questions regarding “hypothetical” questions […]
