nc-state-football Stories - Backing The Pack
Checking In On The Preseason Predictions
I predicted the outcome of all 12 games back in August before every defensive tackle in the tri-city area hurt something, and I'm sure it all looks incredibly prescient-- If you caught the end of R&R podcast #11, you heard me pronounce the Jim Grobe era of mystical effectiveness over. No more...
NC State Sells Out Bowl Ticket Allotment
Good work, everyone! Over 17,000 tickets have been purchased through NC State: NC State was selected to play in the Belk Bowl on Sunday, Dec. 4. On Thursday, Dec. 8, Wolfpack officials requested a block of 4,000 additional tickets from the bowl to fulfill orders placed in those first four days....
David Amerson Denied Thorpe Award
Welp. LSU cornerback Morris Claiborne has won the 2011 Jim Thorpe Award, which goes annually to the nation's top defensive back. The news was announced Thursday night at a college football awards show in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. It may take 15 INTs to win this award at NC State, David. I'd be...
College Football Awards Air Thursday Night
Just a quick reminder: David Amerson is a finalist for the Thorpe Award, which is given to the nation's "most outstanding" defensive back. The winner of that award, along with a bunch of others, will be announced during an awards show airing on ESPN at 9:00 p.m. ET Thursday.Here's a release from...
David Amerson Is Better Than Tyrann Mathieu
At video game football. ESPN anchor Dari Nowkhah: For the record, David Amerson playing with #OhioState won EA Sports title over Tyrann Mathieu playing as #Alabama, 10-0 This counts as much as the Harris Poll, right?
Ranking The Belk Bowl
Let's see how well regarded the Belk Bowl matchup is among various media members. We'll start with SB Nation's Spencer Hall: 34. Belk Bowl: NC State vs. Louisville. It is only appropriate that a bowl game involving Tom O'Brien would make me think of shopping for sensible, unfashionable, and...
2011 Bowl Swag List
Here is the list of things the various bowl games will be giving to participants, and as usual, it runs the gamut from pointless to really nice. Belk Bowl participants get about $400 bucks to spend at a local Belk: Belk Bowl Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte Tuesday, Dec. 27, 8 p.m., ESPN...
Belk Bowl 2011: Tom O'Brien Explains How To Pronounce 'Louisville'
NC State officials along with a Belk Bowl rep met with the media this afternoon to discuss the team's forthcoming trip to Charlotte. AD Debbie Yow said she was pleased with the way the team rallied in the second half of the season: "It is important that we establish some continuity in terms of...
NC State Will Play Louisville In The Belk Bowl, According To Report
According to a report from the News/Charlotte Observer, NC State will be traveling to Charlotte this holiday season to play in the ever-changing Belk Tire & Muffler Bowl. I had no idea they had an automotive department. N.C. State will face Louisville in the Belk Bowl at Charlotte's Bank of...
Football Strength & Conditioning Coach Todd Rice Resigns
Initially reported yesterday and later confirmed, news that strength and conditioning coach Todd Rice would be pursuing "other professional opportunities." Rice spent ten years as Tom O'Brien's S&C guy: Rice recently completed his fifth season serving as the Director of Strength and Conditioning...
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