A couple of weeks ago we highlighted some apparent recruiting violations committed by UConn students in this post. In the entry we focused on the disconnect between WRAL’s omission of coverage of substantial recruiting issues at UConn when compared to their historical coverage of making monstrous mountains out of molehills when NC State fans “FaceBook’d” […]
Football Recruiting
National Signing Day Open Post (With TOB Video)
The annual race between grown men to get the signatures of 17 and 18 year old boys is officially over and NC State has added 23 players to the fold for the 2010 class. Most of the attention around players on National Signing Day is based on ratings. Coaches and fans “seeing stars” will do […]
Mustafa Greene commits to NC State
Based on news from several recruiting outlets, it looks like three-star running back Mustafa Greene(Columbia, SC), has committed to NC State for 2010. The No. 43 running back in the 2010 class according to Scout.com, Greene made his official visit to NC State a couple weeks back. Greene ran for more than 1,300 yards and finished with […]
Sammy Batten: ‘You have to give the edge to NC State’
As football recruiting for 2010 comes down the home stretch and National Signing Day (Feb. 3) approaches, schools in North Carolina and elsewhere are scrambling to try and wrap up commitments from those recruits still trying to make decisions. Sammy Batten, from the ACC Sports Journal, broke down recruiting in the state Wednesday and declared […]
TBJ Reports NCSU lags behind on recruiting spending
It’s really no surprise to most of us here at Statefans that the Triangle Business Journal’s Chris Baysden is reporting that NC State spends much less on recruiting than our rivals down the road. In football the difference is simply (and sadly) astronomical. Here is a link to Mr. Baysden’s article: link. The report sets […]
INJURIES IN CHAPEL HILL – THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM NO MORE
A few weeks ago we discussed UNC Football’s sudden and previously unexplained bout with Stunted Growth Syndrome. If you didn’t get a chance to read it, please take time to do so. The links are summarized, but the meat of the stories linked are quite informative beyond the blurbs. Essentially for the last three years […]
Audie Cole Gets Front Page Treatment
Ken Tysiac has a nice writeup this morning: It’s no secret that N.C. State was most effective late last season when a healthy Irving and defensive end Willie Young rushed the quarterback from opposite sides. Opponents had to slide their protection toward one of those players. If N.C. State schemed correctly, that meant a running […]
Sunday Stuff – July 12th
====> Please no Lorenzo Brown comments in this entry. Once we get over our devastation we will post its own entry. ====> Stud outside linebacker, Kendall Moore, of Southeast Raleigh choose Notre Dame over NC State this weekend. (Link to the story) This one hurts, as Moore would have been a fantastic complement […]
Football recruiting keeps on rolling
After a big start to the week with wide receiver Tony Creecy’s commitment, the NC State football staff hasn’t taken their foot off the pedal. Yesterday, the N&O printed an article discussing this very topic with “NCSU builds on success”. N.C. State’s success in football recruiting this spring and summer was a factor in the […]
Tony Creecy Commits to Wolfpack (Updated 10:15am)
The momentum Coach Tom O’Brien has built behind this year’s recruiting class continues as Tony Creecy – another of the state’s top prospects – has committed to play football at NC State. Southern Durham wide receiver Tony Creecy has committed to N.C. State, according to NCPreps.com. The 6-foot, 196-pound Creecy runs a 4.5 forty yard […]
