That’s right Wolfpack fans, it’s almost time for the kickoff of the season against the Vols. Let’s look at some headlines as we lead up to Friday’s game. NC STATE FOOTBALL JP Giglio (N&O) David Amerson: N.C. State’s pickoff artist Who is Amerson? Statistically, Amerson put together one of the best seasons in college football […]
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Directors’ Cup Final Standings – 2012
The final 2011-2012 Directors’ Cup standings are out for Debbie Yow’s second year as Athletic Director at NC State. SFN has already posted an entry and now we’ll take a little closer look at some of the numbers. And as a quick clarification, despite the new playoff system on the way, in this article a […]
Florida State bans players from Twitter
A couple of of weeks ago SFN posted this thread on our message forums that discussed some pretty disturbing tweets from some Florida State football players. (We can’t put everything on the blog, so I hope that you also surf our message forums for a more robust coverage of relevant topics each day.) With those […]
Yow 1, Twerps -7
Brett Friedlander (starnewsonline.com) has a nice piece about the improvements Debbie Yow has made at NC State but more importantly her vision and plan for making those improvements. There’s also a nice dig at the Twerps who are in a financial mess. While Maryland cuts sports, N.C. State looks forward with optimism under Yow It’s […]
ACC in the MLB – Part II
ACC in the MLB – Part II In this installment, we look at the 2012 MLB Draft and recent draft history of ACC teams, as well as some other stuff, including how the 2012 draft affects the Pack’s incoming baseball recruiting class. After a very brief and quiet discussion in the comments section of our […]
ACC in the MLB
With the recent positive changes in the NC State Athletics Dept., some of the recent baseball entries had some brief mentions in the comments sections about a “leveling of the playing field†with regard to budgets and recruiting. I had wanted to put together something about recent recruiting results/class rankings of the ACC baseball programs, […]
Pack Baseball Survives Elimination Sunday
They may have taken the long route to the championship game, but Wolfpack Baseball will face off against the Vanderbilt Commodores again tomorrow night at 7pm, this time for the Raleigh Regional crown and a chance to punch their ticket to Gainesville. On a day when ACC teams were dropping like flies, the Pack found […]
Rodon Masterful, But Silent Bats Doom Pack
Carlos Rodon, recently named ACC Freshman of the Year and ACC Pitcher of the Year, showed a capacity crowd in Greensboro precisely why he was deserving of those accolades. On Saturday night Rodon had what was arguably his best outing of the year, going 9.0 complete shutout innings, giving up only four hits and striking […]
ACCT Update – Pack Stays Alive with Miami Win
[Update] – Miami Downs Wake: The Miami Hurricanes overcame another adventure from their bullpen tonight to down Wake Forest, 6-3. Let’s take a look at what that Miami win does to our Pool B “needs”…. Wake (Eliminated from contention) Carolina (Eliminated from contention) Miami: Must hope for a Carolina win tomorrow. State: Must beat Carolina […]
ACC Baseball Tournament Preview
Wolfpack Baseball rolls into Greensboro this week for the 2012 ACC Baseball Tournament. The 15th ranked Wolfpack finished the regular season 38-15 overall, 19-11 in the ACC. State’s current RPI is #10. The Tournament The eight participating teams are seeded and have been split into two pools. Each team will play every other team […]
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