I’m not big on all the hype of signing days because a lot of BCS signees never make it to their junior year with the school they signed with…if they even make it to campus. Not to mention you have no idea which ones will actually produce and most of the time it’s a couple […]
College Football
A solution to NC State’s in-state football recruiting struggles?
ESPN The Magazine has undertaken a research project focused on high school football talent and where they attend college. Heather Dinich’s blog entry today at ESPN.com highlights the struggles that NC State and Georgia Tech have had since Chuck Amato left Raleigh. When it comes to keeping top talent at home, Georgia Tech and NC […]
Sunday Feature — Nick Saban & Justin Taylor discussion
Newspapers usually reserve Sunday’s for a large expose on a topic, or interesting features that aren’t usually printed in the weekly newspapers. Since today is Sunday – and since I am still irate about last night’s basketball game – and since Nick Saban is one day removed from these negative comments from the mother of […]
Wednesday Woolgathering
January 25, 2012 NC STATE BASKETBALL Caulton Tudor (N&O) Gottfried keeping it simple in prep for UNC game N.C. State basketball coach Mark Gottfried wants to keep things simple in preparations for his first game against UNC as the Wolfpack’s coach. State (15-5 overall, 4-1 in the ACC) goes to UNC (16-3, 3-1) on Thursday […]
Tuesday Tidbits
January 24, 2012 NC STATE BASKETBALL Caulton Tudor (N&O) Pack-Heels game seems special again It’s been a long time – too long – since a North Carolina vs. N.C. State regular-season basketball felt as special as the one coming Thursday in Chapel Hill. Sure, the ACC is down this season. Sure again, UNC was beaten […]
Monday Musings
January 23, 2012 NC STATE BASKETBALL GoPack.com NC State Tops Miami, 78-73 Scott Wood scored 21 points to lead North Carolina State to a 78-73 victory over Miami on Sunday. The Wolfpack led 55-41 midway through the second half and withstood a late Miami rally. Kenny Kadji’s dunk with 1:44 remaining got the Hurricanes to […]
Josh Sessoms lands Extra Effort Award
In typical TOB recruit fashion, safety prospect Josh Sessoms from Southern Nash High is the latest winner of Tom Suiter’s Extra Effort Award. For those of you like me who played high school sports in NC (or at least all of NC that matters: Raleigh and anything to the east therefrom… I kid Charlottans and […]
Tuesday Tidbits
January 17, 2012 NC STATE BASKETBALL JP GIGLIO (N&O) Back to normal for Leslie, Pack N.C. State will go “back to normal” for Thursday’s game against Boston College, Wolfpack coach Mark Gottfried said. That means a return to the starting lineup for sophomore forward C.J. Leslie. Gottfried benched Leslie for disciplinary reasons, stemming from a […]
ESPN’s Schlabach – 2012 Wolfpack in Top 25
After Alabama’s dominating win over LSU Monday night, college football withdrawal had already begun. Thus, I began reading Mark Schlabach’s Way Too Early Top 25 for the 2012 season. As I finished the Top 15 without seeing Clemson, I started hoping to see NC State somewhere. Lo and behold: 24. NC State Wolfpack: After a […]
Tuesday Tidbits
January 10, 2012 NC STATE BASKETBALL Josh Goodson (WRALSportsfan.com) Gottfried sees Wolfpack potential There has not been much optimism around the North Carolina State University men’s basketball team over the past two decades. But the presence of a new head coach and an ACC-opening victory over Maryland Sunday night ignited a spark of interest. The […]
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