3:00pm Update from SFN BJD’s entry here is fantastic, and has generated some of the best comments we’ve had on the blog in a while (as has the other basketball entries over the last 24 hours). With this said, we wanted to pass along this link from the N&O as emphasis/support for BJD’s entry. Check […]
Calling All Wolfpack Marines
As a commenter pointed out to us last offseason, Tom O’Brien’s first rivalry game with UNC just happens to fall on the Marine Corps’ “birthday.” You will also remember that at the most recent athletics’ banquet, Coach O’Brien pledged that the football team would stand next year as a unit that beat Carolina. Given the […]
Rivalry Week – An Opponent’s Perspective
Earlier, this year, I asked a friend of mine to write a guest post outlining his perspective of the State/Carolina rivalry. Some background – he is an avid ACC historian and trivia king (rivals our own noah on those fronts), a “friend of the blog,” and the only “football first” UNC fan that I have […]
Live Blogging the Red/White Game
What to watch today: 1) Forty Minute Farnold. Naturally, this is obvious. He should matched up opposite Marques Johnson, which will be doubly interesting. 2) Will Sid break up the troika of Hickson, McCauley, and Costner? I still expect all 3 to start, but maybe not at the outset. In the scrimmage format, it might […]
SI’s Luke Winn – Great Wolfpack Hoops Preview
Yes, indeed – another national columnist is drinking the Sidney Lowe Kool-Aid. You definitely need to read the whole thing, but here’s a taste: Amid all the veterans — Grant, the lone senior, plus returning starters Costner, Courtney Fells and Ben McCauley — a big kid is wearing No. 1 and looking like the most […]
Putting the Blame Where It Lies
Harsh, but spot-on. The source is really surprising, but apparently nobody in the Triangle market had the stones to call it like it is. One simply indisputable fact about N.C. State football became obvious this week. After spending the team’s bye week giving the third team (mainly expected-redshirt freshman, low-value scholarship athletes and walk-ons) as […]
Nice Tracy Smith Article/Interview
Link to Tim Peeler article (and make sure to click the video link, too). We at SFN expect Tracy Smith to play a very important role this season (5-10 minutes of energetic rebounding, with the ability to step up and provide more when fouls and injuries strike). He sounds like a kid who really bleeds […]
Some Blog Love For the Wolfpack Frontcourt
According to collegehoops.net, the Pack’s is the best in the land: 1. North Carolina State (Brandon Costner, Ben McCauley, Gavin Grant, J.J. Hickson, Tracy Smith): Just like Washington State in the backcourt section, it’s odd to see NC State at the top of any rankings. However, it’s tough to find a team that has a […]
Louisville Pre-Game Pessimistic Thoughts
OK, I had a bad feeling last week – and the actual game met those low expectations. Today, I perhaps feel a little bit worse, as the Pack squares off against an even better offense, and a highly pissed opponent. Let’s look at ESPN.com’s preview, shall we? Louisville ranks 1st in offense (626.8 ypg), while […]
State/Clemson Live Blogging
11:55: Here we go, folks. 15 minutes from kickoff. I just finished delivering my last set of sold tickets (the hot and muggy conditions made me feel better about the family’s grounded status), and I don’t feel any more optimistic than last night. Still, I’m wearing the hat that is 1-0 (bought prior to the […]
