NC STATE FOOTBALL CFN.com CFN’s Take: NC State vs. Miami Why NC State Might Win: As impressive as the win was last week, it can’t erase the fact that Miami remains a raw and very erratic program. The defense has been particularly shoddy, a situation complicated by an injury to starting LB Denzel Perryman and […]
’12 Football
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 […]
Monday Musings
NC STATE FOOTBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) Depleted Wolfpack breeze past The Citadel 52-14 After running back Shadrach Thornton scored his first touchdown on the first drive of the game, N.C. State coach Tom O’Brien tried to keep the freshman from getting too over-hyped about the fast start. “It’s going to be a long night,” O’Brien […]
GAMEDAY HEADLINES (The Citadel Edition)
NC STATE FOOTBALL GoPack.com Pack Tries to Take Away The Citadel’s Options Try as they might, non-option teams have a very difficult time simulating the speed and efficiency of the offense in practice, thus, giving The Bulldogs yet another edge they might not possess otherwise. If NC State does a good job of defending The […]
SFN: The real stories of the David Amerson situation
Yesterday, a ‘story’ – and I use the description of ‘story’ very loosely – hit the interwebs regarding David Amerson and ‘contact’ with an agent, namely former NC State wide receiver – and I use the description of ‘wide receiver’ very loosely – Eric Leak. This link will take you to a thread discussing the […]
Friday Farrago
NC STATE FOOTBALL CFN.com CFN’s Take: NC State vs. The Citadel Why NC State Might Win: The Citadel is a different animal, but the Pack D has played well since Week 1, allowing just seven points in each of the last two games. The Bulldogs’ bigger concern will be containing an ACC offense. They don’t […]
Thursday Compendium
NC STATE FOOTBALL Joe Giglio (N&O) N.C. State’s only option against The Citadel: Tackle the player, not the ball The Citadel (3-0) is off to its best start since 1992 with wins over the Mountaineers, Georgia Southern and Charleston Southern. A switch to the triple option has paid off for the Bulldogs and coach Kevin […]
NC State Football By The Numbers – Post South Alabama Edition
Here are the football season stats and rankings after the South Alabama win. Quick note, for those that read these each week, I may not have time next week to run the post Citadel game stats. Team Statistics Offense Points Per Game: 20.7 (ACC Rank: 11, Nat’l Rank: 100) High: 31 Low: 10 Rushing Yards: […]
Wednesday Woolgathering
NC STATE FOOTBALL Brett Friedlander (starnewsonline.com) O’Brien: No regrets about burning Stocker’s redshirt Although his decision became a hot topic of conversation among fans on the internet and members of the media in the press box at Carter-Finley Stadium, O’Brien said he never thought twice about sending Stocker out onto the field instead of walkon […]
Tuesday Tidbits
NC STATE FOOTBALL Matt Carter (TheWolfpacker.com) Monday morning quarterbacking Three things that did not work: 1. Second half offense Whether it was because State became very vanilla on offense in the second half or because the offense just didn’t play well, the Pack was held to a meager field goal in the final 30 minutes. […]
