Backing The Pack, a N.C. State Wolfpack community

In some non-Gottfried news, here are some scheduling notes for football and basketball that popped up Wednesday: -- The football program has agreed to a home-and-home series with Old Dominion...

Box Score Plays Total Yds Yds/Play Yds/Carry* Yds/PassAtt NCSU 62 322 5.2 0.44 8.7 Cincy 80 503 6.3 5.5 7.7 (Yds/carry stats are calculated after removing sacks from the equation.) Yep, 0.44 yards...

-- Wolfpack deflated in Cincinnati loss. -- NCSU-Cincinnati Observations. How bad did it get last night for the defense? At one point in the second quarter, with end A.J. Ferguson out with a knee...

NC State dropped its first serious non-conference test, and the flaws on display portend some very bad things.

  Time: 8:00 PM EasternTV: ESPN Up and at them.

Final thoughts on tonight's game.

Matt Opper runs SBN's Cincinnati Bearcats blog, Down The Drive. Below he's answered a few of my questions, and over at his site I've answered a few of his.   1.) It's hard sometimes to know...

Cincinnati's offensive talent was never in doubt, and this season, they've rediscovered good fortune.

-- Thursday's a homecoming for Tom O'Brien and several assistant coaches and players. --  Last year's loss to NC State sent UC reeling; Butch Jones thinks State was the best team they played in...

NC State lost another defensive starter to injury.