NC STATE FOOTBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) N.C State escapes Maryland with 20-18 win The “Maryland Hex,” the road blahs and another letdown after a big win, all seemed to be wiped away with one kick by N.C. State on Saturday at Byrd Stadium. A two-point lead, with 32 seconds and 75 yards to go, seemed […]
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Friday Farrago
NC STATE FOOTBALL GoPack.com Thursday Football Notebook NC STATE VS. MARYLAND In the 100+year gridiron series between NC State and Maryland, the overall record stands just where it did when the series started: all tied up. The all-time series, which dates back to 1909, has resulted in 32 wins for the Wolfpack, 32 wins for […]
Thursday Compendium
NC STATE BASKETBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) Wolfpack’s Gottfried saw ACC top spot coming N.C. State coach Mark Gottfried saw this coming. For the first time in 37 years, the media picked the Wolfpack to win the ACC on Wednesday at Operation Basketball. Junior forward C.J. Leslie was picked as the preseason ACC player of the […]
Pack picked #6 in USA Today Top 25 Coaches Poll
How many years did we have to listen to the basketball “experts” tell us we cannot compete with Duke and UNC? Thank you to Debbie Yow who saw our potential and did something about it. HMM, I wonder how many apologies we will see? Full story here No. 6: North Carolina State. Points: 581. Previous […]
Wednesday Woolgathering
NC STATE FOOTBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) O’Brien, Pack want to end ‘roller coaster’ trend If there’s one thing N.C. State coach Tom O’Brien knows, it’s his team can bounce back after a tough loss. But life after big wins? Prosperity has created a different set of problems for the Wolfpack, which had a week off […]
Tuesday Tidbits
NC STATE BASKETBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) ACC coaches pick Pack in preseason basketball vote The ACC basketball coaches really like N.C. State. In their first preseason vote ever, the ACC coaches picked the Wolfpack to win the conference this season, voted junior forward C.J. Leslie the preseason player of the year and guard Rodney Purvis […]
NC State picked as ACC preseason favorite
Expectations getting high but rightfully so in my opinion. I feel NCSU has the best guard, forward and shooter in the conference. The ACC coaches feel the same way. Full story here With four starters back and three McDonald’s All-Americans added to the mix, N.C. State is getting the most offseason buzz of any ACC […]
Monday Musings
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 […]
Is Pack Basketball Ready for its Closeup?
This is a question that I, and I’m sure many of you, have been wondering about. The foundation of the NC State basketball program is no doubt in better shape than it’s been in quite a while, and it seems the Pack is poised to take that next step. But are some of the preseason […]
NC State starts season #3 in Sports Illustrated’s power rankings
The excitement officially begins in less than three hours! So, it is fitting that SI’s power rankings just came out. CLEARLY Sports Illustrated doesn’t know what Lee Fowler, Jim Oblinger, Herb Sendek, Jeff Goodman, Gary Parrish, and the rest of the world knows — it is impossible to win at NC State!! Right? You can […]
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