NC State’s Mario Williams signed a deal with the Houston Texans to become the #1 overall pick today’s NFL Draft. Houston Chronicle story News & Observer story Charlotte Observer story Mario is the first #1 NFL overall pick in the history of the Atlantic Coast Conference. NC State’s Roman Gabriel was the Oakland Raiders #1 […]
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OTR – Mario Williams
In our “On the Record” entries we ask that you go “on the record” regarding certain topics and questions. We haven’t had time to give the NFL draft much coverage in the last couple of weeks. In this time period, Mario Williams’ stock has shot through the roof as evidenced by the fact that the […]
Quote: We Compete with Carolina & Duke Every Day
On Tuesday, April 11, 2006, the Fayetteville Oberver ran a story that inlcuded the following quote that we failed to highlight at the time. It deserves attention and we wanted to chronicle the quote: “Everybody comes out and says, ‘You’re Carolina’s and Duke’s little brother and you can’t compete with those guys.’ Ya know what? […]
Momentary Football Diversion
From nfl.com: This pre-draft season has been very revealing when it comes to certain players, and if I were in a draft room this week, there are a few players I would jump up for and defend off the things I have learned about them over the past four months. The first question on my […]
Re: Haith…The ACC Problem?
You really need to read the previous entry from earlier today before reading my comments. The Atlantic Coast Conference has traditionally had a “gentlemen’s agreement” that league members would not poach coaches from each other’s programs. The conference office has traditionally played a role in maintaining order around this issue. Therefore, SFN can foresee the […]
Want to Help SFN Become More Popular?
As you can tell by the explosion of comments in the last couple of weeks SFN is growing rapidly and gaining a large following of NC State fans. We appreciate all the kind words we have received about the site. If you have been enjoying and appreciating the site, we would like to ask that […]
How Coaches Are Paid
“Money” is going to be discussed ad nauseum during the NC State coaching search. Unfortunately, like so many other topics, many people who don’t have a damn clue how the world really works are not going to be short on proclamations regarding the financial position of the NC State Athletics Department. Our goal today is […]
What Would Warren Buffet Say About Sendek/State?
I am reading a book entitled “The Warren Buffett Wayâ€? by Robert G Hagstrom Jr. Warren Buffett is the greatest investor in the history of the stock market. I firmly believe to be the best, you learn from the best and so I am currently learning from the best investor ever. I have learned Buffett […]
So What Is Your Take on Football This Year
Chuck Amato held a press conferenceon Friday. I didn’t see anything very newsworthy. The Greensboro News & Record says that “Stone lodged atop quarterback depth chart“, but who else would it be? The following is a link to NC State’s 2006 Football Schedule and a previous conversation. Have you made any observations during spring practice […]
Cowhers won’t settle in Raleigh just yet
Cowher is in town this weekend speaking to a HS coaching clinic at the Murphy Center. Word around NC State is that he used Wendell Murphy’s plane to get here. While saying he will definitely return as Steelers coach next year, Cowher, 48, and his wife, Kaye, plan to spend more time in Raleigh and […]
