Duke football is dealing with a near-epidemic case of Swine Flu, and to date there isn’t much you can do to avoid a random H1N1 attack. You could obviously help your odds a bit by wearing a mask to work, confining yourself to a bubble, and/or canceling your vacation to that third-world-country paradise resort. But […]
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Former Wolfpack defensive star killed in tragic drunk driving accident
A second former NC State defensive star from the last decade has lost his life just a few months after current NFL player, Corey Smith’s life tragically ended in a boating accident off the coast of Florida. The N&O is reporting that former NC State linebacker, Edrick Smith was killed in car crash in Charlotte […]
God’s calendar goes askew – former Wolfpacker lost for the year
Evidently something has gone askew in the tracking of time here on earth. Despite the current dislocation in time and space, NC State will accept the situation as a near miss; but that doesn’t translate into good news for one of our all-time favorites – Andre Brown – as the former NC State running back […]
Tuesday talk: Is the secondary already toast? [Updated 11:35am]
Background entry: More Concern than Hope Yesterday marked not only the first day of practice, but also the one-month mark until the Wolfpack kicks off the entire 2009 College Football season on ESPN against South Carolina. Unfortunately, practice started with some bad news as we all learned that safety Jimmual Simmons is no longer with […]
…and it continues – Donald Bowens still out [Updated w/ LB news]
Updated Entry – July 30, 2009 Pretty significant news coming out of Greensboro this morning and Ken Tysiac got it up on ACCNow in short order. Coach O’Brien is talking Nate Irving and our linebacker play – and Dwayne Maddox is going to be given the first shot at replacing Nate Irving. If Maddox can […]
File this away for the future
Not going to open this can of worms today…but, definitely wanted to highlight something from this article that is related to a HUGE undiscussed issue within the NC State Athletics Department. I’m just going to throw this quote out there so I have it filed for a future entry and to generate any discussion that […]
More concern than hope (Updated 7/7)
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 […]
And so it begins – Nate Irving Injured in Car Accident
Within hours of the Charlotte/News & Observer going to press with their selection that NC State would win the 2009 ACC Atlantic Division Football Championship, the Wolfpack’s all-conference junior linebacker Nate Irving was injured in a car accident. Irving was injured on Saturday night and is currently in the Wake Med Trauma Center with non-life […]
Andrew Jones: Russell Wilson Should Drop Football
Columnist Andrew Jones is of the opinion that it is in Freshman All-American QB Russell Wilson’s best interests to drop football and concentrate on baseball exclusively: He is just 5-foot-10, and with three football injuries on his 2008 resume, focusing just on baseball might be a wise decision for his future. Practice begins in a few […]
Russell Wilson Won’t Need Surgery
Good news on the football (and baseball) front via GoPack.com: [NCSU QB Russell] Wilson, a first-team All-ACC performer, suffered a tear of his posterior cruciate ligament late in the second quarter [of the Papa John’s Pizza Bowl] and did not return to action after halftime. He had passed for 186 yards and a touchdown and […]
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