Amato’s after practice comments lasted all of 15 seconds on Tuesday. You can listen to them via a link from PackPride.com
Good Tramain Hall Read
The Wolfpacker has posted a good Q&A with Tramain Hall. He answers a lot of the questions that most NC State fans are wondering heading into August.
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Mandel: Amato Most Overrated
Sports Illustrated’s Stewart Mandel lists Chan Gailey as his worst coach in college football and Chuck Amato as the most overated. The backlash around his listings were followed-up in this article.
NC State Off Notre Dame’s Schedule
The (Notre Dame vs) Boston College series, set to resume in 2007 after a two-year hiatus, will likely truncate before the next decade rolls around. (ND’s) penciled-in 2009-10 series with North Carolina State has been erased. But home-and-homes with Oklahoma and Arizona State in the 2010s have been preserved.
Pack to Battle Pirates
Today’s News & Observer shares the news that we already knew — NC State and East Carolina will be doing more battle on the gridiron in the coming years. “NCSU senior associate athletics director David Horning confirmed that State will play the Pirates in Raleigh in 2007 and 2013 and in Greenville in 2010 and […]
Hodge & McCants Barb as Julius Climbs
Old ‘friends’ Julius Hodge and Rashad McCants traded barbs at their Charlotte Bobcats workouts. McCants said he’ll be drafted between 12th and 17th, although he believes he should go higher. He said the perception that he’s difficult to coach may be harming his reputation. “Meanwhile, Hodge’s stock has risen, and Bickerstaff believes he’ll be a […]
UCF Drops NC State From ’06 & ’07 Football Schedule
The Golden Knights will buy themselves out of three games in 2006 and another in 2007. Georgia, South Carolina and NC State will drop off the ’06 schedule, UCF officials confirmed. And NC State, which was scheduled to come to Orlando in ’06, also will have its ’07 game bought out.
Koren Robinson in Trouble Again
Koren Robinson has been charged with DUI and reckless driving following a May 6 incident in Medina, perhaps foreshadowing the troubled receiver’s release from the Seattle Seahawks.
Hodge Has Great NYC Workout In Front Of Scouts
From Chad Ford, who is in NYC watching player workouts, has a report on ESPN.com Insider (which is well worth the money) about Hodge’s 5/24 workout. If NBA folks somehow had forgotten about Julius Hodge during his four stellar years at North Carolina State, they got a great reminder of the good and the bad […]