Dave Doeren won his first road game as head coach of NC State and the Wolfpack snapped a 6 game road losing streak with a convincing performance in Tampa vs South Florida. It was one of of those games where most everything actually goes right and you hear the phrase, “its the first time since […]
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NC State Wolfpack at South Florida Bulls Preview
ROAD TRIP!!!!! The Wolfpack take to the road for their first away game of the season against the Bulls of South Florida. They must have their own Mason-Dixon Line in Florida to consider Tampa “South”. It was probably a transplanted yankee who decided on that but really, who cares right? Before we get into learning […]
ACC Football Heavyweight Championship
A while back I ran across a site with an interesting premise for an alternative national championship for college football, what if the winner of the very first college football game between Rutgers and Princeton in 1869 was awarded the college football heavyweight championship belt? Then the whole poll system and rankings wouldn’t matter, whoever […]
NC State Football By The Numbers – Post ODU Edition
Here are the stats and national rankings after the latest come from behind victory against ODU Team Stats – ACC & National Rank in Parentheses Offense Scoring Offense: 35.0 (8, 52) Total Offense: 479.5 (4, 41) Rushing Offense: 207.5 (6, 47) Passing Offense: 272.0 (4, 51) Passing Efficiency: 158.26 (3, 29) Interceptions Thrown: 1 (8, […]
Doeren “Surprised by Poor Tackling”
WRAL: Doeren said Monday he was surprised by his team’s poor tackling in the win against Old Dominion. That means the preparation for this weekend’s trip to South Florida will include a big focus on the most basic part of playing defense. Doeren says he was surprised by his team’s tackling in the last game […]
State 46, ODU 34
Once again, it took State a while to get going. But after trailing 21-18 at the half, State put up 28 second-half points and in the end, made enough defensive stops to move to 2-0. Box Score (ESPN< WRAL: Moving on to NC State, who also needed late-game magic to overcome Old Dominion Saturday, 46-34, […]
#Gameday: Pack in Black
It’s Gameday! pic.twitter.com/bWIRiYrSg8 — SB Nation (@SBNation) September 6, 2014 It is GAMEDAY, but it doesn’t feel like it this afternoon. Every game in which I seem to have any real interest is not actually scheduled until tonight — which, of course means that those games will generally overlap with where I will physically […]
NC State vs. Old Dominion Preview
Where: Carter-Finley Stadium (Raleigh, NC) Kickoff: 6:00 pm TV: ESPN3 This is Old Dominion’s first year as an FBS program and they’ve hitched their wagon to Conference USA. Strangely enough ODU mothballed their program back in 1940 and only resurrected it 5 years ago in 2009. ODU’s Head Coach is Bobby Wilder, who’s in his […]
NC State Football By The Numbers – Post Georgia Southern Edition
Here are the stats and national rankings after the come from behind victory against Georgia Southern Team Stats – ACC & National Rank in Parentheses Offense Scoring Offense: 24.0 (10, 83) Total Offense: 464.0 (7, 53) Rushing Offense: 173.0 (7, 63) Passing Offense: 291.0 (3, 37) Passing Efficiency: 150.86 (6, 47) Interceptions Thrown: 1 (6, […]
State Unveils All-Black Uniforms for Old Dominion
All-black has been the rage for several years (although lately the trend seems to be all-white, which in LRM’s opinion has always been our sharpest look). Today, State unveiled its Adidas all-black “Techfit” uniform set for Old Dominion. All. Black. Everything. @PackFootball unveils new alternate #PackinBlack TECHFIT uniforms. #teamadidas #STATEment pic.twitter.com/z65uCKzRU4 — adidas Football US […]