Yes, I’m fully aware that this title is merely a thinly veiled rip-off. Apologies to Mel “How about that?” Allen. At least I didn’t steal his theme music….yet. – OK, so a week ago, Wolfpack Baseball was coming off a less than dazzling road trip, during which they saw their conference mark drop two games […]
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Pitt begins ACC play at NC State
NC State opens ACC league play by hosting the Pitt Panthers’ first ever conference game today at noon. The game will be televised on local ACC stations and ESPN3 with Mike Hogewood and Cory Alexander calling the game. (I will NEVER complain about Mike Hogewood again after the Fran Fraschilla and Jimmy Dykes debacle of […]
Pitt & Syracuse to join ACC on Sunday? Texas next? [Updated 3:35pm]
It appears that the ACC is being proactive and will be one of the superconferences. Pittsburgh and Syracuse have submitted applications to join the ACC. The Atlantic Coast Conference has been approached by at least 10 schools about possible membership, a group that includes the Big East’s Pitt and Syracuse, both of which have tendered […]
Pitt provides pivot point for Pack program (Updated 10am)
Make no mistake about it…today’s Wolfpack win over the favorite to win the Big East Championship marked a legitimate turning point for Coach Tom O’Brien and the NC State football program. We posted this previous comment as the game ended, so we were very pleased to see that we were on the same page with […]
Comprehensive (But Scattered) Thoughts on the Pitt Game
When I think about today’s game, I recall the first glimpse of light at the end of the tunnel. I had been going to NC State football games my whole life (in fact, one of my earliest memories is of the eerie silence settling over C-F when Penn State beat us on a last second […]
Pitt beat writer says NC State crowd won’t be a factor
Finally, the game is almost here. Paul Zeise is the Pitt beat writer for the Post-Gazette and recently did a chat about this week’s Pitt/NC State matchup. Here are his comments about the impact of crowds at Carter Finley stadium: Well I suppose Bob Smizik might have been there for that game (the 1988 Pitt […]
Big injury update and afternoon football bytes
WRAL: Eugene & Vermiglio not on current two-deep WRAL is reporting that neither Jamelle Eugene nor Jake Vermiglio were ‘listed on the N.C. State depth chart for the Pittsburgh game, which was released by the school Monday afternoon.’ I’m not going to lose any sleep over this yet as: (1) I haven’t seen this two-deep […]
Friday Football Bytes: Riley Skinner > Russell Wilson?
Just a ton of football this week as practice hit high gear. As opposed to taking the time linking to all of the different items out there I am going to just turn your attention to Yet Another… as well as Backing the Pack. Both of these blogs have done a good job of maintaining […]
Game Times Annouced For First Three FBall Games (Sat Update)
Thursday, Sept. 3 South Carolina @ N.C. State, 7:00 pm on ESPN Saturday, Sept. 12 Murray State @ N.C. State, 6:00 pm Saturday, Sept. 19 Gardner-Webb @ N.C. State, 6:00 pm For more related to this topic you should click here for an interesting entry regarding some related items of the Wolfpack’s schedule. Additionally, the […]
1986: V Interview on CBS
Every fan of every school has a cache of moments that are particularly special to them for some reason or another. Because the years of 1980-1985 were so forgettable…1986 came along for me at a time where I was definitely ‘old enough to remember’ while also being somewhat ‘blank’ as it related to NC State […]
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