I’m not looking to re-hash anything…just looking to chronicle something so that it isn’t forgotten. (So, there is no reason to turn on the comments of this entry). On Tuesday, News & Observer ran an article that focused primarily on Sidney Lowe. At the bottom of the article, the N&O quickly touched on a re-cap […]
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DeCourcy’s Good Piece – State Not Doing it Right
Mike DeCourcy of the The Sporting News helped the national media save a little face on Tuesday when he ran a piece called N.C. State isn’t doing this hiring thing right. So much that has been written recently from survey-course-journalists who were educated on MTV and Nintendo has been so far beyond the realm of […]
Fowler Announces “All-Star” Search Committee
RALEIGH, NC (AP) North Carolina State University Director of Athletics Lee Fowler announced today the creation of an “All-Star Search Committee” to find a replacement for departed basketball coach Herb Sendek. Fowler announced that the committee was “yet another example” of what he called “great advice” from former Wolfpack basketball coach Les Robinson, whom Fowler […]
Falling Behind Carolina
We don’t link to The Robesonian very often. But, why not give the other set a bone or two? (You will know that things have gotten really bad here when we drive traffic toward’s the Asheville Citizen-Times; that is so bad that we won’t even hotlink the name of the newspaper here). The Robesonian proclaims […]
Poor Beilein Will Continue to Impact State’s Search
If there is a victim in the NC State coaching search that isn’t the NC State fanbase, then it is John Beilein. Poor Beilein took the gamble of getting all the way down the aisle with Lee Fowler only to be bent over before the honeymoon even got started. Don’t misunderstand us – SFN isn’t […]
Six Wolfpackers Drafted
It was a nice weekend for NC State to receive some positive PR!!! Six Wolfpackers were selected in the two-day NFL Draft over the weekend, and two others signed free agency contracts on Sunday. The Wolfpacker’s Draft Tracker highlights State’s six draft picks over the weekend. Heck, even Torry Holt got into the swing of […]
Super For Mario!
NC State’s Mario Williams signed a deal with the Houston Texans to become the #1 overall pick today’s NFL Draft. Houston Chronicle story News & Observer story Charlotte Observer story Mario is the first #1 NFL overall pick in the history of the Atlantic Coast Conference. NC State’s Roman Gabriel was the Oakland Raiders #1 […]
Give Coach Whittenburg His Shot — Let’s Not “Pass” on This “Longshot”
Dereck Whittenburg is Wolfpack through and through. If there’s one thing Wolfpack fans agree upon in this coaching search, it’s this. Some fans, however, fear that Coach Whittenburg’s candidacy is based on that fact alone. Let’s put that fear to rest right away: it’s not. What it is to Whittenburg’s candidacy I will get to […]
The Tale Of Lee Fowler
Bravely bold Lee Fowler Rode forth from NC State! “I’ll find a top coach!” he cried. Oh brave Lee Fowler! He was not at all afraid To be spurned in nasty ways. Brave, brave, brave, brave Lee Fowler! He’d allowed our program, To be mashed into a pulp. Fans that had their eyes gouged out, […]
OTR – Mario Williams
In our “On the Record” entries we ask that you go “on the record” regarding certain topics and questions. We haven’t had time to give the NFL draft much coverage in the last couple of weeks. In this time period, Mario Williams’ stock has shot through the roof as evidenced by the fact that the […]
