ESPN’s Heather Dinich has been running a series on the ACC teams called “Hope and Concern”. She penned her entry on the Wolfpack on June 30th and it can be seen by clickling here. Biggest reason for hope — Quarterbacks Unlike coach Tom O’Brien’s first two seasons in Raleigh, there’s no question who the starting […]
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N&O highlights Wolfpack’s attrition issues
We’ve recently been busier than normal and therefore haven’t had the opportunity to cover nearly as much as we would have liked. But, one topic that we have done an admirable job of highlighting is the impact/problem of attrition and injuries related to this year’s NC State football team. Back in September we highlighted the […]
NC State down to 46 scholarship players not counting kickers
This column has been provided by a guest author Todd Lion. After viewing the post yesterday describing NC State’s injury woes and last week’s entry discussing the high rate of attrition from Amato’s last two classes, I thought it would be worth it to examine who is available to play instead of focusing on those […]
State to battle Pirates without NINE injured starters (Updated for attrition 10am)
Tom O’Brien discussed injuries today in his press conference. So, NC State will enter Saturday’s game without the services of our best tight end and his back-up; our starting running back and his back-up; our best defensive tackle; our best wide receiver; our most experienced wide receiver; our most experienced offensive linemen; and our two […]
41% attrition rate from 2005 & 2006 classes
Here is a good article from Rob Daniels of the Greensboro News & Record that provides some statistical insight into what we all know and are feeling – NC State’s football program is depleted of depth and currently undergoing a major rebuilding project. Hopefully our fans have begun to realize that we are in a […]
