Andrew Jones at FoxSportsCarolina.com had this article the other day about Glennon having his chance to shine without sharing any spotlight. Mike Glennon spent his first three football seasons at N.C. State patiently playing behind stat-sheet-stuffing quarterback Russell Wilson. An Elite 11 signal caller in high school, Glennon was getting a bit antsy toward the [...]
Continue reading...May 17, 2012
In the biggest series of the year, the 13th ranked Wolfpack heads to Tallahassee looking to prove they belong as they take on the #1 ranked Seminoles of Florida State. The Wolfpack comes into the weekend having won five consecutive weekend series, while the ‘Noles dropped 2 of 3 against Clemson last weekend en route [...]
Continue reading...May 17, 2012
Da Bears Link The Bears weren’t able to add help at defensive tackle during the draft, so they found some on the street. An NFL source told the Tribune the team agreed to terms Thursday night with John McCargo, a former first-round draft pick of the Bills, and DeMario Pressley, former teammates at North Carolina [...]
Continue reading...May 16, 2012
In their regular season home finale, Wolfpack Baseball took care of business against UNC-G Tuesday night at Doak Field in Raleigh, topping the Spartans 7-0. The win improved the Pack’s record to 37-13 on the season (25-4 at home). State now hits the road to Tallahassee for its final three games of the season against [...]
Continue reading...May 15, 2012
It is a sad day for NC State as Wynnewood (Pa.) Friends’ Central’s Amile Jefferson pulled a fast one and this afternoon publicly announced his intentions to attend Duke University this afternoon. Rivals.com ranks Jefferson as the #7 power forward and #36 overall player in the class of 2012. He holds similar rankings between #20 [...]
Continue reading...May 15, 2012
In the past week, the News and Observer has dropped the academic bomb on the University of North Carolina. An investigation into the African and Afro-American studies classes from 2007-2011 showed the following: There were 686 enrollments for the 54 suspect classes. Of those, football players accounted for 246 of the enrollments, or 36 percent, [...]
Continue reading...May 14, 2012
WRAL link. Excerpts: Orange County District Attorney Jim Woodall was so concerned by the report on the Department of African and Afro-American Studies at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that he has asked the State Bureau of Investigation to take up the case. and An internal UNC investigation of department courses between [...]
Continue reading...May 14, 2012
6’6″ guard Ralston Turner has announced that he has decided to transfer from LSU to the Wolfpack. The rising Junior averaged 9.3 PPG for the Tigers last season (12.3 as a freshman) and had recently been granted his release to explore other options in light of the coaching change in Baton Rouge. Turner brings athleticism [...]
Continue reading...May 14, 2012
The line-up for the ACC-Big 10 Challenge were announced this afternoon, confirming some speculation regarding projected match-ups – particularly that NC State will travel to Ann Arbor to battle the (projected) Top 20 ranked, Michigan Wolverines. ESPN says the event will be highlighted by UNC at Indiana and outlines the entire schedule in this link. [...]
Continue reading...May 14, 2012
Seems that this time there really is fire beneath the smoke coming from blogs and message boards: Florida State is not happy with its current situation in the Atlantic Coast Conference, something that had been rumored for years. Even worse, there is some very real sentiment in Tallahassee to leave the ACC – possibly making [...]
Continue reading...May 14, 2012
Wolfpack Baseball dropped game three against Virginia Tech on Sunday by a score of 6-4, but still managed to take the weekend series in Blacksburg. In an ugly game three (for Wolfpack fans, at least) State could muster only four base hits on the day, while Pack pitching found itself constantly trying to work out [...]
Continue reading...May 13, 2012
Philip Rivers gave the commencement speech at graduation on Saturday at PNC Arena. If you have some time and haven’t seen it yet, give a listen to his words for the class of 2012 in this video from WRAL. Thought it was cool that he brought his oldest daughter with him since she’s the only [...]
Continue reading...May 13, 2012
If Shaun Draughn and his vaseline wasn’t enough to perpetuate UNC-CH student stereotypes a few years ago, we give you this video that you cannot miss! (Hat tip to this thread on the SFN message forums.)
Continue reading...May 13, 2012
Hopefully you are one of the more than 6,000 people that follow SFN on Twitter!! If for some reason you are missing our NC State-related tweets, then you may not have seen the news last night that we passed along — Amile Jefferson is set to make his college decision. Amile Jefferson will make his [...]
Continue reading...May 11, 2012
After enjoying some home cooking on an extended homestand (10-1), Wolfpack Baseball hits the road to Blacksburg, Va. this weekend to take on Virginia Tech for a three game weekend series. The Pack currently sits at 34-12 on the year (16-8, 2nd Atlantic) and is riding a 10 game win streak. The Pack has outscored [...]
Continue reading...May 11, 2012
NC State will play home and home series with the other three teams that comprise the top of the projected ACC standings next season – North Carolina, Duke and Florida State. Hopefully the Wolfpack will do that with the services of a fourth McDonalds All-American (link). Great blog post of interest linked here from ESPN’s [...]
Continue reading...May 11, 2012
I don’t want to displace this update on the severe academic fraud (and recent arrests) related to UNC-CH athletics…but… …CBS’ Jon Rothstein just tweeted the following: About three weeks ago, SFN felt very good about the NC State’s chances to land Jefferson; but the buzz got a little quiet for a while. I can’t help [...]
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May 18, 2012
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