We tried to set a nice vibe yesterday before our former Wolfpackers took the field for the NFL games and we couldn’t be more pleased with how Philip Rivers and Jerricho Cotchery responded. PR had a super game leading the Chargers to their second consecutive route. Rivers was 25 of 35 for 235 yards and […]
NC State
Something Nice for Sunday
After the USM debacle – there are plenty of entries for you to peruse below this one – we thought that we would try to focus on something half-way positive for Sunday. It is NFL Sunday and one of the only good things in Wolfpack football is the increased presence of NC State players in […]
Terry Holland Comments In the N&O
We meant to link this up on Thursday morning but forgot. It is a really nice read from one of our favorite ADs, Terry Holland. This last comment really stood out. Holland said it bothered him that N.C. State would travel to play C-USA team Southern Miss this weekend while “depressed” eastern North Carolina would […]
Congratulations Soccer Team!
NC State 3 (#1) UNC-CH 1 * The teams have tied in three of their past seven meetings, but N.C. State last beat UNC in 1997, also by a 3-1 score. * For the first time since 1997 State wins the conference opener. Wolfpack Stuns Top Rated Tarheels Seven of Soccer America’s top eight teams […]
18 Former Wolfpackers Make NFL Rosters
We criticize the whole mechanism over there a lot, but thanks goes out to GoPack for sharing this with us. Link to article We expected Marcus Hudson to make the 49ers squad because of his versatility…but Oliver Hoyte’s addition to the Cowboys is wonderful! * If you ever really want to follow Wolfpackers in the […]
ACC Football Prospectus
The ACC’s annual football prospectus has been released and is available for your download (into Adobe files) at this link. For years, most of the Sports Information Departments in the Atlantic Coast Conference have digitized their annual media guides and make them available to the public on their official websites (Like GoPack.com). Unfortunately, something like […]
Congratulations Coach Teal!
Tarboro native and lifelong Wolfpacker, Brooks Teal has been selected as one of six national finalists for the American Swimming Coaches National Coach of hte Year. (Link to GoPack announcement). Teal was instrumental in the development and training of arguably the top sprinter in the world, Cullen Jones. Jones swam for four seasons at NC […]
Pano Celebrates!
In the “Greece Celebrates” sidebar of ESPN.com’s recap of Team USA’s most recent “stunning” upset, we find this nugget from former NC State cult figure/icon Pano: “This is the biggest thing we’ve ever done,” former Greek star Panayiotis Fasoulas said. “The Americans are the most talented players but we have a better team. Right now […]
CLC Licensing Rankings
Link to interesting information. The University of Texas at Austin made collegiate licensing history in 2006 by generating the most royalties ever by a college or university. Last year, UT was ranked third in the final year-end tally. This marks the first year the University of Texas at Austin has been ranked #1 in the […]
Grade Chuck Amato
As Chuck enters what could be a pivotal Year Seven – how do you grade Chuck’s tenure? Consider all aspects of his reign, from on-field results to program building. In my view, he did a great job coming in and building the program. But three below reasonable expectation seasons in a row drop his grade […]
