NC STATE BASKETBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) Gottfried’s goal is Wolfpack playing in April Mark Gottfried spent his first 18 months on the job trying to mute expectations for N.C. State’s basketball program. The brakes the second-year coach usually pumps fell right off the bandwagon Friday night at “Primetime with the Pack.” Gottfried made a grand […]
Pro Sports
RIP, Beano
The sport of football has lost two ‘old-timey’ legends over the last 24 hours. Yesterday former Detroit Lions all-star turned Webster’s father, Alex Karras passed away. Today we lost legendary media personality, Beano Cook. (Link) Beano Cook, a longtime staple of the Pittsburgh sports scene and an ESPN college football studio commentator since 1986, has […]
Monday Musings
NC STATE FOOTBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) Five key plays ignited N.C. State’s upset of No. 3 FSU The celebratory music blaring in Carter-Finley Stadium late Saturday night drowned out what N.C. State coach Tom O’Brien was trying to tell the ESPN2 audience after the Wolfpack’s upset of third-ranked Florida State. The words to the song […]
Greg Little continues to exemplify ‘Carolina Class’
Pictured above: A treasure trove of goodies for Greg Little while he was on scholarship at UNC-CH. Little originally committed to play football at Notre Dame but surprised the world by unexpectedly signing with UNC-CH on signing day. Character matters Link We can’t play a guy that’s going to drop footballs,” said Shurmur. And Shurmur’s […]
Tuesday Tidbits
NC STATE FOOTBALL GoPack.com Program Spotlight: Brandon Barnes Not only does senior Brandon Barnes serve as a running back for the NC State football team, but he also serves as the barber for some of the guys on the team as well. A native of Bunn, N.C., Barnes started cutting his own hair while he […]
Are you ready for some (NFL) football!?!?
The 2012 National Football League season kicks off tonight from MetLife Stadium when the Dallas Cowboys travel to do battle with the New York Giants. (Link) The Giants’ roster actually features three former NC State Wolfpackers, tied with the Seattle Seahawks for the most in the NFL. Markus Kuhn who was drafted in the seventh-round […]
Cole & Graham shine in head to head NFL match-up
Last week, it was Nate Irving whose star shone bright on the big stage of the Denver Broncos. (Link) This week, another former Wolfpack linebacker made some huge waves with his NFL preseason effort. Audie scored TWO touchdowns on TWO different interceptions in the fourth quarter! Additionally, Cole’s classmate at NC State, TJ Graham, caught […]
Chicago Bears sign two former Wolfpack football players
Da Bears Link The Bears weren’t able to add help at defensive tackle during the draft, so they found some on the street. An NFL source told the Tribune the team agreed to terms Thursday night with John McCargo, a former first-round draft pick of the Bills, and DeMario Pressley, former teammates at North Carolina […]
The Coach Who Won’t Coach
Great article from Sports Illustrated on Bill Cowher for some easy reading on a Monday evening. Maybe it is the jaw, that wonderful jutting jaw of Bill Cowher, that keeps everyone from believing him. There is no way around it: This is a jaw that belongs on the sideline of football games. Snow complements it. […]
Friday Farrago
September 16, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL Ryan Tice (TheWolfpacker.com) Game slowing for Mike Glennon The most noticeable thing for Glennon between his first two college starts was how the game began to slow down against Wake Forest, although the ACC opponents offered a stiffer test than Liberty, members of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). “I […]
