What a guy! (Link) The kid is every coach and fan’s dream. So he cannot lie. He is not one of those players who will insist a victory is all that matters. Not now. Not with so many victories to go. Additional link to something that you may have missed during Thanksgiving.
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A Good Looking ESPN the Magazine Cover
Can’t beat this (unless it is Cowher in a NC State hat)
CNNSI’s Peter King on Philip Rivers
I think — no, I know — the two most impressive people I watched Sunday were Philip Rivers, in a win, and Drew Brees, in a loss. I remember talking to Phil Simms before the ’04 draft, when I’d come back from doing a story in Raleigh on the North Carolina State quarterback, Rivers, who […]
Bill Simmons Back Tracks on Bush v Mario Williams
Bill Simmons is probably one of SFN’s favorite writers. We are about the same age, grew up at the same time etc. His “13 Levels of Losing” is a MUST read for all NC State fans. That said, he jumped the gun on the Mario Williams/Reggie Bush debate like many of his friends in the […]
SFN Impact Update
Some of the nice comments from our readers in this entry from Tuesday prompted today’s quick reflective note. Bank in July we gave you an update of how our blog had exploded during the year and shared some of our statistics with you. You can see our comments by clicking here. Today we thought that […]
Checking in on Mario (&, of course, Reggie Bush)
We might as well turn some attention to Mario Williams tonight while we are talking about the success of some other Wolfpackers in the NFL. ESPN’s Seth Wickersham checked in on improving Mario Williams in his Insider Blog today. If you have ESPN Premium access then you will enjoy the detailed read that ends with […]
Holt & J-Co on ESPN
ESPN ran the Top 10 plays of the first half of the NFL season tonight. Ranked around #4 or #5 was Tory Holt’s incredible catch for a touchdown vs the Seattle Seahawks earlier in the season. While showing the clip, Stuart Scott asked – “Was it really better than Jerricho Cotchery’s?” – referring to J-Co’s […]
Truth & Rumor: Cowher in Light Blue? (Key Update @ 2:30pm)
From Sports Illustrated through the Philadelphia Daily News: “A few folks in Pittsburgh think Bill Cowher is ready to walk away from the Steelers and could resurface at one of those Carolina schools, because his children are older and his wife is from down that way.” Let’s play the “what if” game for a moment. […]
Mario Improving
Mario Williams earned his second sack of the season this weekend in the Texans throbbing of the Jacksonville Jaguars. Mario also recovered a fumble and was in on other tackles. Williams now has 2.5 sacks for the year. Hall of Famer and the greatest player in the history of the game, Reggie Bush, has one […]
