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SFN Celebrates New Year with NC State Magazine Feature

HAPPY NEW YEAR! This entry will remain posted near the top for a couple of days…so, if you are visiting the site for the first time or if you are a frequent visitor please don’t ignore all of the entries below. For example, VAWolf logged an awesome statistical post that follows this. We just wanted […]

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Praise for Mario, J-Co

We have recently run some nice entries on Mario Williams. On Christmas Day, the Houston Chronicle‘s John McClain added to Mario’s praise with an article that (gasp!) focused on facts and statistics to support his point. You can read the article that compares Mario to other current (and past) defensive ends in the NFL by […]

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RIP Tab Thacker

N&O Story GoPack’s Tim Peeler Remembers Tab Thacker A mountain of a man, the 1984 NCAA heavyweight champion stood 6-5 and weighed roughly 450 pounds. I say “roughly” because there were only a couple of places where Thacker could weigh-in, and he usually just waited until the NCAA wrestling championships every year to step on […]

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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 […]

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