AUGUST 6, 2011 WOLFPACK FOOTBALL Akula Wolf (BackingthePack.com) K’Hadree Hooker Commits To NC State Hooker is a 6-2, 280 pound defensive tackle and a longtime NC State lean. He made his college choice official tonight: GoPack.com Opening STATEment: Episode 2 DAY 3 Thursday saw the Wolfpack don shoulder pads for the first time this season, […]
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Friday Findings
August 5th, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL: Jacey Zembal (TheWolfpacker): Thursday Practice Report: Front 4 getting challenged The NC State defense has the goal of getting more pressure from its front four this season and become less reliant on blitzing. The Wolfpack went from 24 sacks in the 2009 season to 42 last year, an impressive […]
ACC Football Kickoff Quick Hits
The 2011 ACC Football Kickoff is ongoing in Pinehurst. Here are some quick tidbits: *The media picked Florida State and Virginia Tech to repeat as Atlantic and Coastal champions, respectively (TheACC.com), and picked State to finish third in the Atlantic (GoPack.com). *Redshirt sophomore cornerback Jarvis Byrd will miss the season with a torn ACL (WRAL.com). […]
Directors’ Cup Final Standings – 2011
The final 2010-2011 Directors’ Cup standings are out for Debbie Yow’s first year as Athletic Director at NC State. Last Year – 2010 For comparison, let’s first take a quick look at NC State’s performance in last year’s standings. NC State finished 89th in the final 2009-2010 standings, which ranked last in the ACC and […]
Benchmark Tom O’Brien: Version 2.0 (11:45PM Update)
Those who have been with us longer than a year may recall last season an article was published titled “Benchmark Tom O’Brien: The Race to Perceived Success“. Â There is some good discussion on our message boards regarding Tom O’Brien’s trajectory as a program builder and why he is a good asset for our athletic department. […]
ACC Baseball Tournament
NC State, following a three game sweep of Boston College, is heading into the 2011 ACC Baseball Tournament on a 5 game winning streak and is playing their best baseball of the year. The Wolfpack are the 7th seed in the tournament. Here is the setup of the tournament: Pool A 1. Virginia 4. North […]
2011 ACC/Big Ten Challenge Lineup Revealed (3:30 Update)
The increasingly ludicruously-named Big Ten fields a full slate of twelve this year, so Wake gets to play. Hooray for the Deacs and Cornhuskers. NC State will make an intriguing visit to Bloomington to face host Tom Crean’s Indiana Hoosiers. An unlikely (but possible, since the game is in Raleigh) Pack victory would no doubt […]
Another Look at Basketball Recruiting
Let’s put the full disclosure up front—-I’m not a star gazer and I frequently laugh at those who are. But with that being said, I was really surprised by a piece DU put up several months ago about the recruiting of top-ranked high school players. Among the things that I’ve learned over the years is […]
UNC QBs in the NFL…or the Lack Thereof
Over the weekend during the NFL draft, there was some discussion and questions on SFN’s Twitter account about UNC quarterbacks in the NFL. Thanks to Pro Football Reference (all the stats in this entry are based on stats from this site) I was able to shed some light on the situation which actually ended up […]
*yawn* Duke vs Carolina for ACC Championship
The Clemson Tigers held a ten point lead at the start of the second half of Saturday’s ACC semi-final against UNC-Chapel Hill. It was then that StateFansNation tweeted the following: Poor Clemson. They actually know what is getting ready to happen to them. It’s happened dozens of times in the past. Like clockwork, it began […]
