When things get tough at work, I have a friend that likes to say “Don’t tell me what you can’t do, tell me what you CAN do to help out.†I don’t know why it took me so long to connect that phrase with the steady stream of excuses flowing out of Chapel Hill over […]
UNC Scandal
Tuesday Tidbits
AUGUST 9, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL JP Giglio (N&O) Pack shows fight N.C. State coach Tom O’Brien was vague with the details about Monday’s scrimmage at Carter-Finley Stadium, the first of training camp, but he was impressed with the team’s enthusiasm and his new quarterback. “There’s good competition right now, especially between the offense and […]
Monday Musings
August 8, 2011 It’s a light news cycle from over the weekend so here’s what I was able to dig up. NC STATE FOOTBALL David Glenn (ACC Sports Journal) David Glenn Chats With Audie Cole, August 8 David Glenn recently caught up with N.C. State linebacker Audie Cole at the ACC Football Kickoff. Their interview […]
“Blue Zone” donors considering legal action!
In what might be the funniest development yet in this glorious slow-motion train wreck, it looks like a group of pro-Butch “Blue Zone” donors are suing!  Free details are scarce at this time, but scandal maven/raconteur Bob Lee summarizes this development in his new Rimshots feature:  If you haven’t heard yet, you soon will. A cabal of angry […]
Sunday Samplings
August 7, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL JP Giglio (N&O) ACC’s Atlantic Division has plenty to prove Everyone’s a winner in July. The unproven quarterback will be the Next Big Thing, the young offensive linemen will mesh by Columbus Day and the only way your team could possibly lose is to the No. 1 team in […]
Saturday Shortcuts
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, […]
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 […]
MooU and the N&O allies?
About six weeks ago I argued that as the vaunted “Carolina Way” has been widely and publicly deconstructed, “the average Carolina fan has responded not with outrage but instead with passive indifference.” And today, Duke Basketball Report (the enemy of my enemy is my friend) compiled a few of the more classic responses on FireHoldenThorp.com, […]
More UNC-CH Honor Court questions have arrove
 Stemming from the recent break-in at the UNC Honor Court, this recent piece from reese campus talks about the break-in suspect and fills in some details about the alleged crime. Perhaps more interesting in the linked article is the discussion of additional apparent irregularities in the Honor Court’s treatment of UNC-CH athletes. Read closely and you might […]
Thursday Tidbits
NC STATE FOOTBALL: Matt Carter of TheWolfpacker.com Wed. practice report: Frosh kickers mature A popular topic of conversation surrounding NC State football this preseason will be the kicking game because of the three true freshmen that are expected to handle the punting, kicking and special teams duties. Wil Baumann will boot the punts, Niklas Sade […]
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