8:05pm Update If this website is correct and an 8-4 (5-3 in ACC) Virginia team that NC State handily beat in Charlottesville this year ends up in the Chick-fil-A Bowl….then it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realize that the turd laid by the Wolfpack’s against Boston College ended up costing 7-5 (4-4) NC State […]
College Football
Conference Championship Day
Today is conference championship day. There are a good slate of games to watch. Of course, to hear most media pundits, today’s games don’t matter because the BCS title game is going to be LSU-Alabama (personally I think that is a little premature…I will explain later). Last night, it got started with Oregon getting past […]
Dabo Fires Back at Spurrier
Nice to see another coach who is willing to stand up for his players, coaches, program and university. From Scout.com http://clemson.scout.com/2/1134735.html What about Spurrier’s comment, ‘We ain’t Alabama, we ain’t LSU, but we ain’t Clemson.’ It was kind of a derogatory tone. I wondered if you had a comment on that.Swinney: That’s sad I get […]
Saturday’s Headlines
December 3, 2011 JP GIGLIO (N&O) Pack’s Vandenberg sidelined with shoulder injury N.C. State forward Jordan Vandenberg has missed the past two games with a shoulder injury, Wolfpack coach Mark Gottfried said Friday. Vandenberg, a 7-foot junior, is day-to-day, Gottfried said, but the coach hopes the forward will be able to play against Stanford on […]
Kristi Malzhan… A fit for the Hill
Some really well thought and articulated comments from Mrs. Malzhan from this thread. “22 points? Really… That’s what happened. What, are you serious? He thinks it is so funny that I’m psychotic.” Why don’t you tell us your thoughts about Cam? “I love him. Don’t tell Gus.” “Michael Dyer — I spent a lot of […]
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 […]
Wednesday Woolgathering
November 30, 2011 NC STATE BASKETBALL Akula Wolf (BackingthePack.com) Eric Leak Excommunicated The letter, which was sent Nov. 23 and signed by athletic director Debbie Yow, bars Leak from any contact with current or future N.C. State athletes and from the school’s athletic facilities, specifically for basketball and football. [snip] Leak, 34, is also not […]
Tuesday Tidbits
November 29, 2011 NC STATE BASKETBALL GoPack.com Hoosiers Visit Pack For The ACC-Big Ten Challenge NC STATE-INDIANA, THE SERIES: This will be the third meeting ever between the two programs and the first since 1968. The Hoosiers have won the previous two contests with the Wolfpack. Indiana won the first game 101-97 at Reynolds Coliseum […]
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 […]
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 […]
