October 25, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL J.P. GIGLIO (N&O) Pack builds morale It only counts as one ACC win, one baby step closer to a bowl game, but N.C. State’s trip to Virginia yielded something more important. N.C. State’s 28-14 win against the Cavaliers on Saturday gave Wolfpack players the kind of confidence it had […]
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Monday Musings
October 24, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL Ryan Tice (TheWolfpacker.com) Quick hits from N.C. State’s win over Virginia Hello, Bryan Underwood Redshirt freshman receiver Bryan Underwood entered today’s game with five catches. Due to Tobais Palmer missing the game with a concussion suffered during pregame warm-ups and a first-half suspension for T.J. Graham, somebody had to […]
Thursday Compendium
October 20, 2011 NC STATE BASKETBALL Matt Carter (TheWolfpacker.com) ACC Operation Basketball Notebook I Different style at practice At first glance, basketball practices at NC State seem to be a little more intense under head coach Mark Gottfried, and junior wing Scott Wood has the scar to prove it. He received four stitches on his […]
Thursday Compendium: Basketball Edition
October 13, 2011 NC STATE BASKETBALL EDWARD G. ROBINSON III (N&O) Pack’s outlook a mystery Thus far, players said, they’re pleased with the uptempo, UCLA-style offense that Gottfried – a former Bruins assistant – has installed in limited workouts. “I like that he’s going to let us play this fast-pace game,” Leslie said. N.C. State […]
Wednesday Woolgathering
October 12, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL Akula Wolf (BackingthePack.com) Mike Archer Forgot How To Coordinate Again As the defense struggles to stop anybody with a pulse (though I don’t love their odds against a team of zombies either), it’s no surprise that Mike Archer is back in the crosshairs. I hope he was able to […]
Great scoop on ACC expansion
In ‘Power move by the ACC’ the Boston Globe constructs a must read that details a lot of interesting a insight into the developments of the Atlantic Coast Conference’s expansion in recent years. The piece highlights Boston College’s opposition to including the University of Connecticut in the most recent round of expansion. I never thought […]
Thursday Compendium
October 6, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL PackPride.com TELECONFERENCE: Tom O’Brien Quotes What were some of the things that you thought your defense did particularly well and particularly not well against Georgia Tech last weekend? Well, I think we gave up — when you look at how they were throwing the football and they were averaging […]
Gameday News
October 1, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL JP GIGLIO (N&O) Fordham cleared to play for Pack N.C. State’s offensive line, which struggled against Cincinnati, will be deeper with the addition of guard/center Cameron Fordham. The LSU transfer was cleared Friday by the NCAA to play in Saturday’s game against No. 21 Georgia Tech. Fordham, who was […]
Gottfried speaks…and I continue to like what I hear
Luke DeCock gives us the following from this entry today. N.C. State is close to a home-and-home series with Kansas, new basketball coach Mark Gottfried told the Raleigh Sports Club on Wednesday. The Wolfpack would go to Lawrence in December 2012, with Kansas coming to the RBC Center in December 2013. Gottfried said the contract […]
Yow on Expansion
WRAL: N.C. State however never had a shot at the SEC according to Yow. “We’re not a part of that conversation. As a founding member of the ACC I can’t envision being anything else. Our focus needs to be doing our part as one athletic program to strengthen overall, the ACC.” Yow then put it […]
