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Nate Irving Is Slow, Plus Other Items
-- Terrell Manning expects State's defense will be fine without Nate Irving: "I think we can be better," Manning said. "Our secondary has grown intensely, just overwhelmingly they have grown up. They’ve been playing together for a while now. As everybody knows, sometimes it was a question...
Nate Irving Could Be Denver's Starter At MLB In 2011
Well, assuming the league and the players get this lockout business sorted out, anyway. The Broncos liked Nate so much that they had him at the top of their MLB rankings. As GM Brian Xanders told Mile High Report: Some of these guys were first or second ranked guys overall at their own position,...
Nate Irving Plays In The Senior Bowl Tomorrow
It's a big week for Nate Irving, who is down in Alabama practicing for Saturday afternoon's Senior Bowl (4 PM on the NFL Network). I've seen more positive reports throughout the week than I have negative ones, so he may be working his way up a few draft boards. He even got a shout out from former...
Bowl Ticket Sales Update, Plus Other Items
-- According to this report from the N&O, State's bowl ticket sales have topped 8,500, and that number does not include purchases made through Ticketmaster or directly through the bowl. Including those other sources, NC State fans have probably accounted for at least 10,000 tickets. That's...
4 Out Of 5 Stat Nerds Agree: You Can Take Your Ballot And Shove It Up Your Butkus
Nate Irving is going to be honored by the College Football Performance Awards during the basketball game on Saturday. Unlike most awards, this one is based entirely on quantitative analysis. Science! The CFPA awards recipients exclusively using objective scientific rankings based upon...
Bryan, Irving Earn First Team All-ACC Honors
All-ACC football teams announced. Tyrod Taylor edged Russell Wilson for first-team honors by two points. I'm not surprised the vote was so close. Owen Spencer made the second team along with Wilson, while Jake Vermiglio and J.R. Sweezy (Bong Club!) earned honorable mentions.
Bring On The Fortnight Of Terror; State Takes Care Of Wake, 38-3
Box Score Plays Total Yds Yds/Play Yds/Carry* Yds/PassAtt NCSU 61 387 6.3 3.7 8.4 WFU 58 188 3.2 3.1 6.0 (Yds/carry stats are sack adjusted.) If it was Russell Wilson's last game at Carter-Finley Stadium, he went out in fine fashion: 24-35, 300 yards, two passing touchdowns, two rushing...
BC Week: Final Impressions
1.) Center Nate Richman (probable) and left guard Emmett Cleary (questionable) are nursing leg injuries. The Eagles are allowing three sacks per game, the worst average in the ACC. The ground game has been held under 100 yards and 3 yards per carry by every I-A team they've played, and not...
Georgia Tech Game Grades -- Free Honey For Everyone
Offense When Russell Wilson brings his A-game, this part is pretty easy. We had some protection issues early on--a miscommunication and/or botched assignment resulted in a linebacker coming untouched from the blind side--and we bogged down in the red zone a few times. But when you average 6.5...
Status Of Vermiglio, Kuhn, And Sweezy Won't Be Known Until Saturday
In a completely predictable turn of events, Tom O'Brien revealed today that he's not going to reveal anything about the Bong Club until game time: "I may know before," he said with a chuckle in his voice, "but I’m not telling you until Saturday." Read: "I already know but I'm not telling...
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