Similar to this entry last week, there are quite a few of relevant stories out there that many Wolfpackers probably have a lot of interest in discussing. We will number these items so that you can reference which nugget to which you are referring in your comments. (1) The Big Ten Network (Link) You read […]
SFN Stuff
Winn: NCS an Offseason Basketball Loser
Sports Illustrated‘s Luke Winn has chosen to jump on the Greg Dickhead wagon as it relates to NC State Basketball. This week, Winn listed the Top 5 winners and the Top 5 losers of the basketball offseason in this piece at CNNSI. He chose to list NC State as the 4th biggest loser of the […]
Cedric Talk
Cedric Simmons is working his way up the NBA draft’s pecking order and is proving that his decision to leave school after his sophomore year was probably a good one. (Link to Fox Sports story.) Simmons, who could very well be playing himself into the lottery, is one of the more intriguing frontline players in […]
No Alabama in Best FBall States?
If you have premium access at ESPN, you can see Bruce Feldman’s Blog entry for May 31st that ranks the Top 10 “Football States” by clicking here. Feldman (includes commentary on each state and) ranks the Top 10 “Football States” as follows: (1) Texas (2) Florida (3) California (4) Ohio (5) Pennsylvania (6) Louisiana (7) […]
Bonner: Blue Chip Recruiting
“When you are a school like NC State, maybe you can’t recruit all the blue chip guys in the United States. Maybe those guys are going to places like Duke or North Carolina or Connecticut or UCLA or Kentucky. And so the foreign soil is a good place to go to get some guys to […]
Dick Doyel’s Days Numbered?
We make no secret of our distaste for the malcontent known as Gregg Doyel. (Link) We often even go so far as to beg Wolfpackers not to feed the troll. But, the following was recently brought to our attention and we couldn’t ignore it. From Doyel’s May 3rd Mailbag comments : From: Mike Sims I […]
Pack Baseball in N&O, not CHLT
Seven ACC baseball teams made the 64-team NCAA tournament field announced Monday, with North Carolina one of four regional hosts from the league and N.C. State the No. 2 seed at the Austin, Texas, regional. Special thanks to News & Observer for sharing with the world that both Carolina and State made the NCAA Baseball […]
Towe: ‘The Whole Thing is Here’
“It is just incredbile what is here now… …It has to be one of the best jobs in the country… …there is no reason here why we shouldn’t be one of the top teams in the country. I don’t know how soon that is going to happen. I hope that it happens soon. We certainly […]
ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 Shuffles College Football on-air talent
Lots of changes to ABC & ESPN’s on air annoucers for this season. You will enjoy this link discussing some of this in much more detail.
Carter-Finley’s Best, Part I
Tim Peeler has neat piece up on GoPack.com. (Link) I’m looking for a little help. To help celebrate the 40th anniversary of Carter-Finley Stadium, the athletics department is looking to identify the top seven games ever played at NC State’s home football stadium. After we have identified the top 20 candidates, we’re going to conduct […]
