NC STATE FOOTBALL Luke DeCock (N&O) Yow’s culture change continues N.C. State’s next football coach will be the seventh head coach Debbie Yow has hired in 29 months as athletic director. Some of those coaches left of their own accord and some were fired. Tom O’Brien, unquestionably, was among those fired. That decision to fire […]
Football Recruiting
Commitment! Pack already capitalizing on FSU win [Monday Morning Update]
Yesterday was a special and electric night in Carter-Finley Stadium that won’t be soon forgotten in the annals of NC State history. This morning we are learning that State is already capitalizing on the win as it is being reported that highly recruited wide receiver, Kyrin Priester, has verbally committed to the Wolfpack over Georgia, […]
State offers JUCO Quarterback
It looks like NC State has offered a scholarship to junior college quarterback, Jake Waters. You can view his Twitter by clicking here. Waters is 6’2, 220 pounds and is expected to graduate from Iowa Western this December. It appears Waters only other current offer is from Akron. The Waters offer could be integral for […]
AJC: Paul Johnson’s approach hurting Georgia Tech
Paul Johnson and his tenure at Georgia Tech will always be loosely connected to NC State and Tom O’Brien. In December of 2006 when O’Brien was ultimately hired at NC State, it was generally believed that Johnson was the primary “other candidate” for the job. Since NC State made the decision to go with the […]
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 […]
Raleigh native to transfer home from Penn State
Tom O’Brien strikes first! It makes total sense for this kind of kid to end up in TOB’s program while simultaneously getting back home. NC State head football coach Tom O’Brien has announced that safety Tim Buckley has joined the Wolfpack football program. The Cardinal Gibbons High School graduate, who red-shirted last season at Penn […]
Football recruiting heating up
NC State landed a verbal football commitment today from another true scholar-athlete that represents the kind of ‘Champion’ in the classroom and on the field to which Coach O’Brien often refers. You can click here for more about Marcus Edmund He recently received football scholarship offers from Arizona, Wake Forest, and North Carolina State, and […]
Thursday Compendium
February 2, 2012 NC STATE BASKETBALL JP GIGLIO (N&O) Wood, Leslie help Wolfpack salvage win against Eagles Boston College started the week at No. 229 in the Rating Percentage Index, one spot ahead of Savannah State and one behind Lafayette. That’s not the kind of company N.C. State can afford to keep if it wants […]
National Signing Day (Football Edition)
I’m not big on all the hype of signing days because a lot of BCS signees never make it to their junior year with the school they signed with…if they even make it to campus. Not to mention you have no idea which ones will actually produce and most of the time it’s a couple […]
A solution to NC State’s in-state football recruiting struggles?
ESPN The Magazine has undertaken a research project focused on high school football talent and where they attend college. Heather Dinich’s blog entry today at ESPN.com highlights the struggles that NC State and Georgia Tech have had since Chuck Amato left Raleigh. When it comes to keeping top talent at home, Georgia Tech and NC […]
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