WRAL: If there’s one prevailing assumption about NC State’s 2014 football team, it’s that the Wolfpack will be much better on offense with transfer quarterback Jacoby Brissett at the wheel. … “We have a good quarterback, and that’s not to take anything from Brandon Mitchell or Pete Thomas,” senior running back Tony Creecy said Sunday […]
ACC Media Days: Swofford “State of the ACC”
Tidbits from Day 1, where Swofford led off with his “State of the ACC” address. John Swofford: @theACC became the second conference to win the nat'l champ and a second BCS bowl last year. The SEC did it four times 98-13. — Aaron Brenner (@Aaron_Brenner) July 20, 2014 Swofford: "We as a conference are strongly […]
NCSU Football Asst’s Heroics
OK, so maybe heroics is overstating it a tiny bit. But then again…maybe not. As it turns out, the young girl whom coaches Dave Huxtable and Frisman Jackson stopped to help out of her overturned vehicle Tuesday (just after she had rolled it due to texting while driving apparently) was safely seat belted in and […]
Yow: “Stay focused” after Directors’ Cup Slide
Miami Herald: N.C. State had risen in the Directors’ Cup standings in each of her first three years to inch closer to her goal of top-25 status, but the school slid after a bumpy year that included a three-win football season as well as a baseball season that fell far short of the public goal […]
Basketball off-season notes
This week Mark Gottfried met with the media and discussed several items about the upcoming year. Here are some of the items that I found to be most interesting: 1. Referring to life after last year’s ACC Player of the Year T.J. Warren became a lottery pick: “Our team is probably going to be much […]
Rodon, ChiSox agree to terms
Carlos Rodon has inked a deal with the Chicago White Sox today. For the past 24+ hours, it had been rumored from multiple sources that Rodon either already had signed, or was on his way to Chicago to sign, a deal with a signing bonus estimated at $6.45M. But the finalized deal/negotiations did not occur […]
Miscellaneous Football
Niklas Sade is on the Lou Groza Watch List (GoPack.com). Patrick Stevens previews 2014 NC State football (Syracuse.com): Three preseason questions 1. Is there any star power here? It was only slightly harder to beat Florida State last year than it was to name 10 N.C. State players. The Wolfpack was the ACC’s most anonymous […]
Pack lands top recruit over the holiday
Georgia High School football star Quentez Johnson is a 6’3, 330 pound three-star rated defensive lineman that was pursued heavily by Miami, Tennessee, Oregon and other top programs. Over the holiday he announced that Raleigh, North Carolina is going to be his home for the next four to five years. For the next 4 years […]
NCAA to Reopen UNC-CH Investigation
It is being reported that the NCAA has provided UNC-CH with a verbal notice of inquiry today, notifying the school of its plans to reopen its 2011 investigation into academic irregularities. NCAA Reopening Academic Case (InsideCarolina.com) UNC-CH athletic director Bubba Cunningham has issued the following statement: “The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has […]
Caleb Martin undergoes surgery
Let’s keep this summertime news of basketball going… Brett Friedlander of the Wilmington Star News is reporting that Incoming Wolfpack freshman Caleb Martin undergoes surgery. Caleb Martin is the higher rated of the twin 6-foot-6 swingmen that will join the N.C. State basketball team next season. But after undergoing surgery to repair a foot injury […]
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