Rivers playing, talking a good game in Chargers’ playoff run
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Vote for Mario
Former NC State star, Mario Williams of the Houston Texans has been nominated for the NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year. This link will take you to the article on the Texans’ website. Click here to vote for Mario You can click here for our most recent entry on Mario and click here for another […]
Chargers, Rivers Advance to AFC Championship
Wow…This guy (or gal) has got to feel even more stupid today than he did when he wrote the following comments just a day after Philip Rivers threw for almost 300 yards and was 12-for-19 for 196 yards and a touchdown (128.6 rating) in the second half of the Chargers’ playoff win against the Tennessee […]
SFN Celebrates New Year with NC State Magazine Feature
HAPPY NEW YEAR! This entry will remain posted near the top for a couple of days…so, if you are visiting the site for the first time or if you are a frequent visitor please don’t ignore all of the entries below. For example, VAWolf logged an awesome statistical post that follows this. We just wanted […]
Former NC State/WVU Player Sean Berton Weighs In On Rich Rodriguez
Sean Berton, who transfered to NC State after Rich Rodriquez was hired at WV, gave his take on Rodriguez in a message board post on Scout.com Hey all… This is your pal Sean Berton… just dropping in to wish you all good luck in the Fiesta Bowl…This will be the first game that I will […]
Praise for Mario, J-Co
We have recently run some nice entries on Mario Williams. On Christmas Day, the Houston Chronicle‘s John McClain added to Mario’s praise with an article that (gasp!) focused on facts and statistics to support his point. You can read the article that compares Mario to other current (and past) defensive ends in the NFL by […]
RIP Tab Thacker
N&O Story GoPack’s Tim Peeler Remembers Tab Thacker A mountain of a man, the 1984 NCAA heavyweight champion stood 6-5 and weighed roughly 450 pounds. I say “roughly†because there were only a couple of places where Thacker could weigh-in, and he usually just waited until the NCAA wrestling championships every year to step on […]
Catching Up With Tremayne Stephens
Charlotte Observer has a really nice article on Tremayne Stephens. Stephens, an incredibly likable person who loves the Wolfpack, is one of those players that you KNOW got the absolute most out of his ability while at NC State as well as in his two years of playing pro football with the San Diego Chargers. […]
Wearing Red, Williams nabs 3.5 sacks vs Broncos
You can click on this link to see one of Mario’s 3.5 sacks last night. Super Mario is starting to receive praise from media members who had been critical of the former number one pick. Williams is now second in the NFL with 13 sacks on the season. The Texans usually wear what they call […]
Praise For Mario Williams
It is really great reading various media members praise Mario Williams: Peter King: Texans got it right; Williams vindicates Houston for risky No. 1 pick in ’06 SportingNews: Texans’ Williams looks better than ever As a fantastic reminder, Jeff went “On the Record” on SFN before the NFL draft as a response to ESPN’s resident […]