Depth chart posted here and Tom O’Brien held his first ‘weekly press conference’ this afternoon. There is some bad news and some good news. Let’s start with the bad news because…well…because we are NC State fans: * Reserve linebacker, Sterling Lucas, will miss the 2011 season. On one hand, this stinks a lot. The Wolfpack […]
’11 Football
Monday Musings
August 29, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF: 5 DAYS!!! Bob Sutton (ACCSports.com) Countdown To Kickoff: N.C. State Sammy Baton (Fayetteville Observer) N.C. State’s Mike Glennon ready for Pack spotlight Matt Carter (TheWolfpacker.com) Niklas Sade relished chance to kick right away Some freshmen may shy away from jumping right into the pressures of major […]
Fauria’s Five – for 2010 or 2011?
So…ESPN has this video where some guy named Christian Fauria picks his top five teams in the ACC for 2011. You can see the 4 minute and 45 second video by clicking here. I just watched the video and found Fauria’s comments to be ‘interesting’ in light of the fact that he is supposed to […]
Friday Farrago
August 26, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF: 8 DAYS!!! Chip Alexander (N&O) Pack’s Overgaard leads team in GPA N.C. State’s Mikel Overgaard doesn’t have the fastest 40-yard dash time on the Wolfpack football team. He doesn’t lead the Pack in the bench press or any other weight-room category. What Overgaard does have is […]
The Roadmap to Charlotte
There seems to be a lot of confidence from the SFN faithful that we’ll cruise to a 10-win season in Tom O’Brien’s fifth season. I’ve been a State fan far too long to be that optimistic, especially considering we’ve got to figure out how to successfully traverse at least a couple of our regular obstacles. […]
Thursday Compendium
August 25, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF: 9 DAYS JP Giglio (N&O) Wolfpack receptive to possibilities Regardless of which players emerge as Glennon’s favorites, the group will have a different look than last year’s. Spencer, Davis and Williams were all 6-foot-3 or taller. Only Flowers is listed at that height among this year’s […]
TOB Gives First Adult Perspective to UNC’s Problems
WRAL’s sports blog has condensed TOB’s latest radio show and his thoughts on UNC’s woes in a recent post which can be found here. “I pray that it’s not a systematic problem. I don’t buy that ‘everybody does it’ routine. You don’t have to be that way. I think it all comes down to the […]
Wednesday Woolgathering
August 24, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF: 10 DAYS Matt Carter (TheWolfpacker.com) Tuesday Practice Report: O’Brien talks Sweezy injury NC State had its fourth and final preseason scrimmage last Sunday, and the focus of the work was to get a long look at the young players, particularly the true freshmen. “We gave a […]
Tuesday Tidbits
August 23, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF: 11 DAYS Akula Wolf (BackingthePack.com) Welcome To The Forefront During Rivers’ senior year State averaged 6.6 yards per play, chewed up defenses and spit them out without mercy–that was a hell of a storm, and a hell of a thing to match. Glennon’s task isn’t nearly […]
Monday Musings – Pack loses 4th starter to injury
August 22, 2011 NC STATE FOOTBALL COUNTDOWN: 12 days JP Giglio (N&O) Wolfpack loses 4th starter to injury Injury issues are piling up for N.C. State’s football team. Standout defensive tackle J.R. Sweezy will miss at least the first five games after undergoing surgery for a foot fracture on Sunday, according to the school. He […]
