Although Russell says he is coming back to play in the fall even after being drafted in the 4th round of Major League Baseball’s Draft, it may be time for Tom O’Brien to dust off his Contingency Plan. After all, professional athletes NEVER posture and use leverage to get the maximum salary they can pull… […]
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Remember – The Hard Work is Just Beginning
Now that a few days have passed, and the initial euphoria is starting to wear off – let’s put everything into perspective. Chancellor Randy Woodson is off to a great start. And by removing a clear, absolute impediment to athletic success (Lee Fowler), he is giving us a fantastic opportunity to move forward. But we […]
In case you missed it, Tom O’Brien is on the hot seat
In more football news, apparently Tom O’Brien is on the hot seat. Thanks to 99.9 FM’s Joe Ovies for bringing this to my attention this morning via Twitter. O’Brien’s ‘rebuilding’ window is closing fast Three seasons ago, Tom O’Brien surprised more than a few people by jumping abruptly from Boston College to N.C. State. At […]
DG talks to TOB
It is Super Bowl Sunday (good luck, DeMario Pressley), so let’s use this opportunity to turn away from the trainwreck that we all call ‘NC State Basketball’ and take a little look at football season. Dave Glenn had a nice 12 minute interview with Coach Tom O’Brien to which you can listen by clicking here. […]
NC State 28, UNC 27 (Updated at 9:45am)
With 16 scholarship players out and two more defensive starters hurt during the game, the Wolfpack looked like longer shots than the oddsmakers’ mere touchdown. – WSJ.com ESPN2’s Todd McShay and Robert Smith had nice things to say about the Wolfpack and the win in their post-game comments…and, I appreciate them focusing on the winners […]
O’Brien Talks About End of First Half Clock Management (Updated 9pm)
The comments that follow are related to the atrocious clock management at the end of the first half of yesterday’s loss at Florida State. As WV Wolf highlighted in comments: Donald Bowens gets tackled with about 30 seconds left in the half. Russell Wilson gets the play from the sideline at 22 seconds. Ball is […]
O’Brien Stands By Mike Archer, Blames Players (As Usual)
Photo Courtesy of photo1nc on SFN Flickr stream Tom O’Brien is nothing if not steady, apparently to a fault sometimes.  During his entire tenure at NC State, he has blamed his players for failing to execute – even in a win – and stood by his coaches. Thursday, he was back at it: “Mike’s been […]
O’Brien Remains Upbeat, Still Confident In Rebuilding Process
Despite back-to-back woodshed-whoopings, not to mention an increasing chorus of fans howling across the Wolfpack Nation for heads to roll on his staff, Tom O’Brien says that he is still confident in the growth process of the Wolfpack program under his leadership and that he does not believe that it is time to write off […]
Boston College 52 NC State 20
Photo courtesy of News & Observer/Ethan Hyman. Link to N&O Photo Gallery. We are just going to turn the The Live Blog into the post-game entry for two reasons: (1) I can’t emotionally deal with putting together a post game entry and (2) BJD’s comments in the live blog and the comments from the community […]
Pitt provides pivot point for Pack program (Updated 10am)
Make no mistake about it…today’s Wolfpack win over the favorite to win the Big East Championship marked a legitimate turning point for Coach Tom O’Brien and the NC State football program. We posted this previous comment as the game ended, so we were very pleased to see that we were on the same page with […]
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