I wanted to understand what a flagrant foul was after the call against Scott Wood last night so I pulled up a copy of the NCAA rules. Which can be found at http://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/BR11.pdf It is 184 pages long. 184 pages. Maybe I am hopelessly naive but how is it possible that a game 7 year […]
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Thursday Compendium
December 1, 2011 NC STATE BASKETBALL JP GIGLIO (N&O) Wolfpack falters against Hoosiers N.C. State and Indiana turned the RBC Center into a time machine on Wednesday night. Both proud programs have seen their national standing usurped by in-state rivals, but the only ACC-Big Ten Challenge matchup between two teams with multiple national titles felt […]
Monday Musings
November 28, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL Brett Friedlander (starnewsonline.com) Bryan comes up big in final home game for Wolfpack Bryan’s most satisfying moment came with 2:18 remaining on a third-and-seven play with 2:18 remaining. Finding himself wide open after a beautiful play fake by Glennon, Bryan grabbed a pass and walked into the end zone […]
NC State, the Rejected Stone
So I have a personal blog called “RejectedStones” that is primarily a Christian devotional site. On Twitter I received a few messages from Alex Johnson who has been a supporter of my site since before he arrived in Raleigh. Naturally, this got me thinking about both my blog and our basketball team. Something then dawned […]
Wednesday Woolgathering
November 9, 2011 NC STATE BASKETBALL J.P. GIGLIO (N&O) Wolfpack’s Gottfried becomes teacher, preacher The same pejorative words and damning phrases kept coming up when Mark Gottfried asked about the N.C. State men’s basketball program he inherited. “Selfish,” “didn’t play hard,” “didn’t play together,” – this is what the Wolfpack’s new coach heard about his […]
Friday Farrago
November 4, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL RIVALRY WEEK Akula Wolf (BackingthePack.com) Everett Withers Is Waving The Flagship Now, say what you will about the ill-considered focus on academics. Admittedly there’s just a slight tinge of irony attached to the phrase “educational environment,” what with that NCAA stuff and the tutor/nanny deal, but give Withers an […]
NCSU vs. UNC – The past decade
As we get closer to Saturday’s game against UNC-Chapel Hill, let’s first take a step back and look back at some of the previous games in the rivalry. The rivalry stands with UNC-Chapel Hill having a 63-31-6 overall record against the Wolfpack. Now, all Wal-Mart fans will let you know that this is all that […]
Thursday Compendium
November 3, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL RIVALRY WEEK JP GIGLIO (N&O) Withers spices Heel-Pack rivalry North Carolina interim football coach Everett Withers added some heat to Saturday’s game against N.C. State with some verbal jabs at the Wolfpack during a radio interview Wednesday. Withers, who has openly embraced the importance of the rivalry to the […]
Thursday…the day before Friday
October 27, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL Brett Friedlander (starnewsonline.com) What exactly happened to Tobias Palmer on Saturday? Two questions immediately sprung to mind the moment it was announced that N.C. State wide receiver Tobias Palmer had suffered a concussion during pregame warmups at Virginia on Saturday. The first was: How does anybody suffer a concussion […]
NCAA Football Scandals, Penalty Analysis – Part II
This is a follow up article to my original analysis of NCAA football penalties through the years. Â Although I had planned to get this out earlier, life has intervened. Â In the end, though, it’s perhaps instructive to look one more time just ahead of UNX’s pre-Halloween date with the NCAA. In this analysis, I will […]
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