More post-season accolades for NC State’s freshman quarterback came out today. Russell Wilson Named ACC Rookie of the Year Russell Wilson officially found out today what most people already knew, that he was the ACC rookie of the year. Wilson is also the offensive rookie of the year and the voting was not even close. […]
Rivals: If ND Fires Weis, Irish Might Make a Run At TOB (Updated 7pm)
Final Update: Irisheyes.com, the Scout Notre Dame football franchise, reports that Charlie Weis is set to return for 2009. The discussion below is not for nothing, however, as the fact is that Tom O’Brien will become a person of interest for bigger programs looking to improve their coaching situation. While O’Brien has said that NC […]
Russell Wilson Is All-ACC First Team QB
The Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association has named their 2008 All ACC Football team. Russell Wilson wins First Team QB honors Willie Young gets Honorable Mention at DE Nate Irving gets Honorable Mention at LB T.J. Graham received Honorable Mention for Special Teams The rest of the list can be found here.
Some Hoops Recruiting News
A Pack commit squared off Saturday against a player NC State would love to get… Lorenzo Brown scored 19 points and dished out eight assists but Centennial fell to No. 16 South Atlanta 88-77 Saturday at the Elite 8 Thanksgiving Hardwood Classic. In that game, undecided player Derrick Favors scored 29 points, nabbed 12 rebounds and […]
“Gung Ho” – It Means Work Together
This Edition of NC State Football Has Turned Into a Solid Team. While the attention and much of the credit for NC State’s football renaissance in the past month rightfully goes to Russell Wilson, the simple truth of it is that this is a team that has come together and is working as one. That’s […]
Statefans Nation Stats for 2008
UPDATE: We just upgraded the site to the current version of WordPress. Someone asked me the other day just how popular this site is, and I responded that SFN sees over 3 million page views from over 1 million unique visitors per year. They scoffed. I laughed, because it’s just the facts: 1,379,634 visits from […]
Some Quick Miami Hits
Hurricanes to use three new starters on defense Saturday “The defense has only three interceptions this season. ”They’ve had their breakdowns,” Shannon said. “They’ve done some good things and they’ve done some bad things. . . . You have to address things and go from there.” Miami Playing for Champs Bowl in Orlando Saturday “Interviews […]
Let The Record Show…
After this, I promise I will let the UNC game go for the year, but I got this little gem in email a while ago and wanted to post it for posterity here: Click on the photo for full size if you want to save it.
Cutcliffe: This Might Be O’Brien’s Only Year to Chirp (Updated 2:15pm, Grobe’s Comment)
With all due respect to the Duke football program, I found this little gem laugh-out-loud funny: “If I were Tom O’Brien, I’d be saying that,†Cutcliffe said. “This might be the only year he can ever chirp like that. When you’ve got chirping right, you better chirp. Thing is, if there’s any football program in […]
Mike Paulus Did Not Want To Compete, So Russell Wilson Came To State
Bob Lee Swagger, a UNC blogger of note, had this little tidbit about Russell Wilson and his interest in playing football for UNC prior to his commitment to the Wolfpack: “I don’t follow “recruiting” as a life passion but several who do passed on this little tidbit. Two years ago Russell Wilson was a highly […]
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