Love it. Read into it what you will…but Murphy’s comments are pretty spot on. This is from ACC Sports Journal’s website: “(The NCSU football search) was done professionally, and it was done quietly. The consultant did the work, Lee (Fowler) kept it quiet, and no one was tracking my airplane on the internet. … I […]
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Julius Hodge Gets First Start For Denver
LOS ANGELES – The snow was falling in Bismarck, N.D., and Julius Hodge was channeling his inner-Rocky Balboa. Seeking every edge in his conditioning, Hodge braced against the cold and started running laps around the budget hotel where he and the Colorado 14ers of the NBA Development League were housed for three days last week. […]
Q&A With Sidney Lowe
On the eve/morning (depeding on when you read this) of Sidney Lowe’s first ACC game in the RBC Center the ACC.com shares with us a “Q&A with Sidney Lowe“: Q: What is it like to be back at NC State? It means everything to me. This is my home. I love NC State; I’ve always […]
A Word About Saturday / TOB Staff Coming into view (Updated 4:30pm)
As NC State’s Basketball team gears up for a key home game against Boston College, Tom O’Brien’s coaching staff may be come together. * We discussed TOB’s staff in this entry earlier in the week. The N&O followed up with the following today: Although O’Brien has not officially announced new staff additions, those from his […]
NYJ & NCS
Good news, bad news for NC State and the New York Jets. Former Wolfpack safety Andre Maddox was released from the Jets practice squad this week. Additionally, Jets’ wide receiver Jerricho Cotchery earned an honor on USA Today’s 15th annual All-Joe Team of “NFL’s ‘grunts’ whose work doesn’t often show up in statistics but is […]
AP: Cowher to call it quits on Friday
Link While Cowher would be resigning with one season left on his contract, there is no indication he would retire from pro football. He said recently he is not close to being burned out, and still likes coaching and dealing with players. Cowher is the NFL’s longest-tenured coach with his current team; Tennessee’s Jeff Fisher, […]
Two-Sport Standouts
This piece at ESPN snuck through during the holiday season and we wanted to make sure that it didn’t go totally ignored. ESPN’s Pat Forde used Jeff Sagarin’s ratings over a five-year period to come up with a ranking of the two-sport schools over the last five years. The results are interesting. NC State logged […]
Mandel: NC State is ‘That Kind of Place’
Just your average, Wolfpack-promoting entry here. This one is brought on by CNNSI’s College Football writer, Stewart Mandel. Mandel runs a ‘mailbag’ column every now and then and this week he was asked the following by Mike E. in Ringwood, N.J.: It strikes me as curious: Why would Tom O’Brien leave BC for an intradivision […]
Mario Impresses
We just talked about Philip Rivers’ great performance on Sunday, so it is only fair that we follow-up the entry with a little bit on Mario Williams, who forced a fumble and was involved on five tackles during the Texans first (EVER) win over the Indianapolis Colts. Williams has played solidly throughout the entire season. […]
Philip Rivers Leads the Chargers Comeback
GREAT video of the Chargers’ comeback on Sunday led by Philip Rivers. Click here Relatedly, the Washington Post ran this article within the past week analyzing the Chargers-Giants trade that brought Rivers to San Diego. In the spring of 2004, while holding the top pick in the NFL draft, Smith was rejected by the obvious […]
