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Alums and Fans Under 25 Have Never Seen Glory. Will They Live Long Enough To Ever See It?

In the wake of yet another disappointing basketball season with yet another lackluster ACC Tournament one-and-done, I got to thinking about some of the current students, younger alumni and fans of NC State — and how much I feel sorry for them because they have rarely if ever gotten to feel the absolute joys that […]

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On the Cheap: NC State’s Athletic Budget vs. the ACC

Sometimes it helps to see things in black and white, spreadsheet style.  From Forbes.com, here’s a listing of ACC school athletic department budgets and the salaries of each Athletic Director: ================= ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE ================= ————————————————————— Athletic Yrs at No. of Dept. Guaranteed School Director School Teams Budget Base ————————————————————— Georgia Tech Dan Radakovich 3 […]

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Amid woes, comparing behaviors that feed NC State’s failures become more clear

Here’s an article that you just can’t ignore – Amid woes, U.Va. AD needs to act Before we get going here… please allow me to remind you that the University of Virginia has one of the best overall Athletics programs in the entire country. It isn’t like they struggle as a department nor as a […]

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Media Watch: The Pulse Of The Wolfpack Fanbase; CNNSi Cheerleader of the Week

A couple of interesting things in the media for you: Dessert before dinner: we don’t often talk about the cheerleading or dance squad teams here at SFN, but these folks work hard to represent NC State well, and in the case of the cheerleading team, are former national champions.  In short, there’s a lot more […]

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State selling tickets in Birmingham; Fowler fails to capitalize on a media opportunity

The News & Observer reports that… N.C. State’s ticket office has sold about 5,500 of its allotment of 10,000 seats for the Papajohns.com Bowl, State assistant athletics director Brian Kelly said Thursday. Remember that these are only tickets sold officially through the Wolfpack Club. I usually suggest obtaining tickets from the WPC for bowl games; […]

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