Short week before State’s Thursday visit to Cincinnati. TOB taking his team to his hometown (WRAL). Manning will miss the game (N&O). Cincinnati looks to “return the favor” after losing in Raleigh last year (Cincinnati.com). 10 things you may not know (and may not care) about Zach Collaros (Cincinnati.com). Just like Alpha Wolf said Sunday […]
NC State Football
Pack beat Jaguars 35-13
GoPack: Mike Glennon’s career-high four touchdowns on 17-of-20 passing torched the South Alabama secondary and lifted NC State to a 35-13 win Saturday night at Carter-Finley Stadium. Glennon’s .860 completion percentage represents the highest single game total since Philip Rivers notched a .866 against Western Carolina in 2003. Taylor Gentry and T.J. Graham were the […]
State Football Stat of the Day
Last week I laid out State’s roadmap to Charlotte on December 4th. Today, I’ll add this one: Beat Carolina a fifth consecutive year. In the 116-year history of the rivalry (100 games), State has only beaten Carolina five consecutive seasons exactly once: Dick Sheridan won five straight between 1988-92.
The Roadmap to Charlotte
There seems to be a lot of confidence from the SFN faithful that we’ll cruise to a 10-win season in Tom O’Brien’s fifth season. I’ve been a State fan far too long to be that optimistic, especially considering we’ve got to figure out how to successfully traverse at least a couple of our regular obstacles. […]
TOB Gives First Adult Perspective to UNC’s Problems
WRAL’s sports blog has condensed TOB’s latest radio show and his thoughts on UNC’s woes in a recent post which can be found here. “I pray that it’s not a systematic problem. I don’t buy that ‘everybody does it’ routine. You don’t have to be that way. I think it all comes down to the […]
Conference Expansion…again?
I wrote last November about the absurdity of the most recent series of conference re-alignments and expansion. Conference realignment and expansion is in no way a recent, or revolutionary, concept. College football over the decades has remained about as steady as the Hatteras shoreline. The trend of several small, regional conferences towards a few elite […]
Wolfpack 4-0!
State defeats Georgia Tech 45-28 to move to 4-0 (1-0). It’s the NC State Way. Box Score Just for fun: Shout aloud to the men who will play the game to win We’re behind you, keep fighting for State— Hold that line, hold ’em fast, We’ll reach victory at last We’re behind you, keep fighting […]
Benchmark Tom O’Brien: The Race to Perceived Success
First, something for the liberal-arts lovers: “All our knowledge has its roots in our perception.”  -Leonardo da Vinci. I wonder if da Vinci ever tried quantifying perception?  Every college program has coaching dynasties that we view, or perceive, as “good programs”.  To back this up, we have all of the records, stats, and bowl trophies to […]
A Bold But Logical Plan to Fix Football
As I mentioned in the comments of Derek’s recent column, I think there’s really only one way to approach the 2010 football season. Well, only one way that doesn’t involve a great deal of “wishcasting.” And as I am quite fond of saying – “hope” is not a strategy. I think certain things about NC […]
Glennon’s wait is over, starting Tuesday
He’s got it all – exceptional height, above-average arm strength, solid decision-making abilities and a winner’s mentality. Mike Glennon had all that down when he came to NC State two years ago. Patience might not have been high on the list. It is now. The highly-recruited, highly-decorated quarterback from Westfield High School in Chantilly, VA was supposed […]
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