NC STATE FOOTBALL Associated Press N.C. State’s Glennon Next Up For Seminoles Pass Rush The Seminoles (5-0, 2-0) have the league’s best defense and feature its two top pass rushers in defensive ends Cornellius Carradine and Bjoern Werner, who already have 13½ sacks between them. Florida State’s defense ranks first across the board in the […]
Monday Musings
NC STATE ATHLETICS GoPack.com Wolfpack Volleyball Keeps Rolling, Tops Clemson 3-1 Third-year NC State volleyball coach Bryan Bunn recorded the 400th victory as a head coach and the Wolfpack concluded its 13-match homestand by winning its 10th consecutive contest on Saturday, beating Clemson 3-1 at Reynolds Coliseum. Junior middle blocker Brie Merriwether had a career-high […]
Friday Farrago
NC STATE FOOTBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) Pack’s trip to Miami a game, but no longer a homecoming “There are great players in North Carolina, but the state of Florida has the numbers,” Amato said during practice for the Gator Bowl in December 2002. A lot has changed under O’Brien. The Florida connection consists of safety […]
Thursday Compendium
NC STATE FOOTBALL CFN.com CFN’s Take: NC State vs. Miami Why NC State Might Win: As impressive as the win was last week, it can’t erase the fact that Miami remains a raw and very erratic program. The defense has been particularly shoddy, a situation complicated by an injury to starting LB Denzel Perryman and […]
Tuesday Tidbits
NC STATE FOOTBALL GoPack.com Program Spotlight: Brandon Barnes Not only does senior Brandon Barnes serve as a running back for the NC State football team, but he also serves as the barber for some of the guys on the team as well. A native of Bunn, N.C., Barnes started cutting his own hair while he […]
Monday Musings
NC STATE FOOTBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) Depleted Wolfpack breeze past The Citadel 52-14 After running back Shadrach Thornton scored his first touchdown on the first drive of the game, N.C. State coach Tom O’Brien tried to keep the freshman from getting too over-hyped about the fast start. “It’s going to be a long night,” O’Brien […]
GAMEDAY HEADLINES (The Citadel Edition)
NC STATE FOOTBALL GoPack.com Pack Tries to Take Away The Citadel’s Options Try as they might, non-option teams have a very difficult time simulating the speed and efficiency of the offense in practice, thus, giving The Bulldogs yet another edge they might not possess otherwise. If NC State does a good job of defending The […]
Friday Farrago
NC STATE FOOTBALL CFN.com CFN’s Take: NC State vs. The Citadel Why NC State Might Win: The Citadel is a different animal, but the Pack D has played well since Week 1, allowing just seven points in each of the last two games. The Bulldogs’ bigger concern will be containing an ACC offense. They don’t […]
Thursday Compendium
NC STATE FOOTBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) N.C. State’s only option against The Citadel: Tackle the player, not the ball The Citadel (3-0) is off to its best start since 1992 with wins over the Mountaineers, Georgia Southern and Charleston Southern. A switch to the triple option has paid off for the Bulldogs and coach Kevin […]
Wednesday Woolgathering
NC STATE FOOTBALL Brett Friedlander (starnewsonline.com) O’Brien: No regrets about burning Stocker’s redshirt Although his decision became a hot topic of conversation among fans on the internet and members of the media in the press box at Carter-Finley Stadium, O’Brien said he never thought twice about sending Stocker out onto the field instead of walkon […]
