Wolfpack Football Media Day WRALSportsfan.com O’Brien: Expectations high for deep NC State NC State head football coach Tom O’Brien knows his team is seasoned and expected to excel. Amerson: Expects foes to look the other way All-American defensive back David Amerson says some opposing quarterbacks might not throw in his direction. Stocker: Ready to fill […]
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N&O: TOB evaluates first scrimmage
N&O: O’Brien enjoyed watching quarterback Mike Glennon throw against the first-team secondary. In 75 plays, the offense scored two touchdowns, both on passes. The defense, which had 27 interceptions last season, picked off two passes in the scrimmage. O’Brien said Glennon and the secondary are improving. “(The secondary) is operating at a high level, which […]
Josh Sessoms lands Extra Effort Award
In typical TOB recruit fashion, safety prospect Josh Sessoms from Southern Nash High is the latest winner of Tom Suiter’s Extra Effort Award. For those of you like me who played high school sports in NC (or at least all of NC that matters: Raleigh and anything to the east therefrom… I kid Charlottans and […]
Is Archer Hitting the Bull’s Eye?
There has been a good bit of discussion on our message boards concerning Defensive Coordinator Mike Archer and his performance at NC State. After hearing about the recent rumors that Jon Tenuta, current LB coach, is heading to accept a position at Illinois, I got to digging deeper into NC State’s defensive statistics. My question […]
NC State vs. Maryland – The Last 10 Years
As Wolfpack fans still savor the sweet victory over 7th ranked Clemson 37-13 on Saturday to end a 7 year losing streak to the Tigers, the team’s focus has now shifted onto the other arch nemesis, Maryland. Forget the crazy Under Armour uniforms. Forget that Ralph Friedgen is no longer coaching the Terrapins. Forget that […]
TOB talk & Zarzour pulls no punches
Earlier in the week SFN highlighted some uncorroborated ‘chatter’ going around the internet related to the job security of NC State Head Football Coach, Tom O’Brien. (Click here) The last couple of days we’ve heard more and more speculation in Wolfpack circles that O’Brien may be given the opportunity to have another year(s) on the […]
TOB ouster speculation begins
A Twitter account called Football Rumor Mill (link) attached to this website posted a few items today that we re-tweeted. Haven’t had time to blog much the last few days — letting our message forums carry the heavy load — but wanted to share the tweets. Multiple sources indicate NC State is likely to dump […]
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 […]
Blind Rage: T-1 Day Till UNC
If you don’t want to see blind, irrational hatred for our esteemed flagship university in the UNC School System, you may want to change the channel. There will be no statistical breakdown of Carolina (I lost the will to write those earlier this season), but there will be a whole mess of hate speech. Please […]
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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