’11 Football

Wednesday Woolgathering

November 9, 2011 NC STATE BASKETBALL J.P. GIGLIO (N&O) Wolfpack’s Gottfried becomes teacher, preacher The same pejorative words and damning phrases kept coming up when Mark Gottfried asked about the N.C. State men’s basketball program he inherited. “Selfish,” “didn’t play hard,” “didn’t play together,” – this is what the Wolfpack’s new coach heard about his […]

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Tuesday Tidbits

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 […]

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The Flagship Sunk by Moo U (Again)

Thoughts & Observations: *THE University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill sure isn’t acting like The Flagship it’s supposed to be, especially after losing (again) to lowly Moo U, which does little more for the Old North State than produce diploma-less farmers (but rest easy, the Carolina Way is as reliable as ever). *Old MacDonald […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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