NC STATE BASKETBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) Basketball recruiting: N.C. State, Gottfried have ‘street cred’ with top player Mark Gottfried only knows one way to recruit: identify the best players and go after them. Hard. If that means recruiting in the same circles as North Carolina, Duke, Kentucky and Kansas, so be it. “I’m not going […]
Friday Farrago
NC STATE BASKETBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) N.C. State basketball: Getting stops will dictate how far season goes N.C. State played its best basketball in March and N.C. State played its best defense in March. This was not a coincidence and it’s not lost on the Wolfpack. “We’re always going to be able to score,” senior […]
Friday Farrago
NC STATE BASKETBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) History in the remaking Tommy Burleson is an optimist. One of the stars of N.C. State’s 1974 national title team, Burleson understands just how good the Wolfpack can be in basketball. Maybe it was the nostalgia, or a tinge of wishful thinking, but Burleson left the alumni reunion at […]
Friday Farrago
NC STATE FOOTBALL Omega Wolf (Backingthepack.com) First and Foremost: Opening Quarter Doomed Pack and Heels in Losses My old man used to say that you can’t win a game in the first half, but you can lose one. N. C. State and North Carolina have both demonstrated the truth of this old saw on the […]
Wednesday Woolgathering
NC STATE FOOTBALL R. Cory Smith (N&O) Pack’s Burris eager for first Carolina Showdown Growing up, it was The Game in a household that bleeds Wolfpack red. Now, N.C. State redshirt freshman defensive back Juston Burris can’t believe he actually gets to play in it. “This was the biggest game in my house growing up,†[…]
Tuesday Tidbits
NC STATE FOOTBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) Wolfpack gets set for UNC back Gio Bernard There’s no need to explain to N.C. State the value of North Carolina running back Gio Bernard. The Wolfpack defense knows the best way to beat the Tar Heels is to hold Bernard in check. That’s what happened last year when […]
Monday Musings
NC STATE FOOTBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) N.C State escapes Maryland with 20-18 win The “Maryland Hex,” the road blahs and another letdown after a big win, all seemed to be wiped away with one kick by N.C. State on Saturday at Byrd Stadium. A two-point lead, with 32 seconds and 75 yards to go, seemed […]
Friday Farrago
NC STATE FOOTBALL GoPack.com Thursday Football Notebook NC STATE VS. MARYLAND In the 100+year gridiron series between NC State and Maryland, the overall record stands just where it did when the series started: all tied up. The all-time series, which dates back to 1909, has resulted in 32 wins for the Wolfpack, 32 wins for […]
Thursday Compendium
NC STATE BASKETBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) Wolfpack’s Gottfried saw ACC top spot coming N.C. State coach Mark Gottfried saw this coming. For the first time in 37 years, the media picked the Wolfpack to win the ACC on Wednesday at Operation Basketball. Junior forward C.J. Leslie was picked as the preseason ACC player of the […]
Wednesday Woolgathering
NC STATE FOOTBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) O’Brien, Pack want to end ‘roller coaster’ trend If there’s one thing N.C. State coach Tom O’Brien knows, it’s his team can bounce back after a tough loss. But life after big wins? Prosperity has created a different set of problems for the Wolfpack, which had a week off […]
