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SFN: What A Year (thusfar)!!!
Excerpt: “In the first seven months of the year, SFN has attracted almost 150,000 different visitors from around the world, generating just under 8 million hits and 2.5 million different page views of unique SFN material. We couldn’t be more proud of the breadth and depth of our growing reach considering that we are just […]
Cowher TV Feature
Bill Cowher is being featured on “Aaron’s Football Saturdays in the South” that is running in syndication on local channels throughout the south this weekend. (Link) The show is produced by “Lincoln Financial Sports” which is the old Jefferson-Pilot Sports. (Lincoln Financial Group bought Greensboro-based Jefferson-Pilot months ago). Super Bowl Champ Bill Cowher, NC State […]
NFL Notes: Mario, Manny, McCargo & More
Give The News & Observer some credit for doing a good job of following the Wolfpack’s “6 Pack” of draftees. The N&O ran this summary of 2006 Wolfpack football alums as NFL training camps are opening. Mario Williams earned rave reviews in Houston during his first NFL practice. (Link) The Houston Texans’ No. 1 draft […]
Fascinating Idea (Update @ Noon – New Football League
In the same vein of mixing sports and business and The Big 12 Network comes a new football league that are going to be connected to, and play at college campuses. We’ve heard rumblings about folks at NC State being a little fearful of having a little too much debt connected to renovations at Carter-Finley […]
Whitlock: Rivers to Bomb
ESPN’s Jason Whitlock has listed 10 NFL “Truths”.(Link) We thought that it would be a good idea to chronicle his comments. 8. Phillip Rivers is going to bomb in San Diego. It’s never a good idea to try to develop an inexperienced, weak-armed quarterback with a receiving corps led by a 36-year-old, well-past-his-prime receiver not […]
Rivers Already Setting Record
Lots of talk out there about Philip Rivers starting for the San Diego Chargers this year. Exciting stuff. Here is an interesting factoid that is neither positive or negative when you consider that most teams with pro-bowl quarterbacks don’t typically have top 5 picks…nor do they typically draft quarterbacks. Fewest Pass Attempts in First 2 […]
Tuesday Topics
* First, a quick tip of the hat to Section Six who threw together a couple of quick hits that are enjoyable and alleviate our need to come up with more here. (Link) * Q: What player will NC State’s defense miss the most this season? A: Linebacker, Stephen Tulloch. Congratulations to Tulloch for signing […]
Friday Football Bytes
Some real quick football hits for your Friday afternoon: * Related, Back From Vacation Football Bytes in case you missed them. * Former NC State WR, Brian Clark is featured in this nice article on DenverBroncos.com. The work ethic came from his mother. The fanaticism about tape study — which is quite palatable to the […]
Don’t Forget Nate
With all of the talk about Cedric Simmons’ and the NBA Draft last week, many Wolfpackers ignored the fact that Nate McMillan‘s Portland Trail Blazers were The talk of the draft! When the dust had settled on the draft, the Blazers looked like a brand new franchise and had most media pundits – like USA […]
