November 8, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL GoPack.com Pack Resets, Refocuses Two days after adding a fifth-straight win over rival North Carolina, NC State head coach Tom O’Brien spent much of Monday’s press conference underlining his team’s need to reset and prepare for a difficult road test at Boston College. Though the Wolfpack’s recent win caused […]
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Monday Musings
November 7, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL J.P. GIGLIO (N&O) Wolfpack savors satisfying win N.C. State’s locker room after Saturday’s 13-0 win against North Carolina was as loud as quarterback Mike Glennon, a fourth-year junior, can remember it ever being. Even coach Tom O’Brien gave the jubilant players an “extra hour,” along with their normally allotted […]
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 […]
Friday Farrago
October 28, 2011 UNC FALLOUT KEN TYSIAC (N&O) NCAA to hear UNC’s defense today Baddour will be one of six representatives of UNC at the hearing, where the committee members are judge and jury. “Mostly everyone asks good, probing questions,” said Michael Buckner, a lawyer who represents schools under NCAA investigation. (He is not associated […]
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 […]
John Blake speaks
John Blake spoke to Andy Staples in an interview the other day. Staples, who works for SI.com, wrote an article around the ex-UNC coach detailing Blake’s thoughts about what has happened in the UNC scandal. The Case against John Blake John Blake couldn’t imagine a more brutal professional experience than getting fired from his dream […]
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 […]
Wednesday Woolgathering
October 26, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL GoPack.com Cole Named Semifinalist for Butkus Award NC State linebacker Audie Cole was named a semifinalist for the 2011 Butkus Award today. The Butkus Award, in its 27th year, is annually given to the nation’s top linebacker. Jacey Zembal (thewolfpacker.com) Steven Howard pushing hard, already has degree Howard knows […]
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