nc-state-football Stories - Backing The Pack
Former Colorado State QB Pete Thomas Transfers To NC State
Pete Thomas started 21 games for Colorado State in two seasons, but he was not happy about the coaching change made by CSU after the 2011 season and decided to look elsewhere: "I sat down with Coach McElwain a few times and had a good talk with him, but in the end, I decided this was the right...
Audie Cole And T.J. Graham Off To Good Start At Senior Bowl
Scouts and NFL-associated persons of varied repute talked about their impressions of the first day of the Senior Bowl practices, and both Audie Cole and T.J. Graham made some positive impressions. (Though Graham did have his share of drops, according to this account from the Philadelphia Eagles...
Jon Tenuta Named Associate Head Coach For Defense
On Wednesday afternoon, NC State announced the deal that helped linebackers coach Jon Tenuta change his mind about making a move to Illinois. Tenuta gets a fancy new title as well as a contract extension (through 2014) and a raise to $400k annually. The statement from Tom O'Brien: "Jon has played...
Audie Cole Reportedly Selected To Play In Senior Bowl
A tip of the cap to Brett Friedlander for pointing out this report in Audie Cole's hometown newspaper: Monroe graduate Audie Cole has completed his football career at North Carolina State, but he will have one last hurrah. Cole has been chosen to play in the Senior Bowl Jan. 28 in Mobile, Ala. The...
Jon Tenuta Will Stay At NC State
On Tuesday, the University of Illinois announced the addition of three coaches to Tim Beckman's staff, including Jon Tenuta. On Wednesday, Tenuta released a statement announcing that he will stay at NC State. His full statement is up at the Illinois athletics site. "...my family comes first and I...
The Year Of David Amerson Part II
Amerson's picks from the UNC game and beyond, after the jump. UNC: Boston College: Clemson: Louisville:
NC State Wins The Belk Bowl, 31-24
It's funny how things work out in the NC State universe sometimes. You expect a close, low scoring game and the next thing you know it's 31-10 and then it's 31-24 and then how the hell did this crap happen this is some crap. But it was too little too late for Louisville, despite their kickoff...
Tom O'Brien Still Can't Help But Drop A Flagship Reference
It's Belk Bowl eve, hooray!, and Tom O'Brien met with the media in Charlotte on Monday to talk about how far NC State has come in the last couple of months, what they have to do to beat Louisville, and, oh yeah... "It's a game here in our state. We are the state university, not to be confused with...
Football Finishes Up Practice In Raleigh
NC State will head to Charlotte on Thursday in preparation for the Belk Bowl next Tuesday; while still in Raleigh, they've been working on how to handle Louisville's pistol action. "No. 1, you have to recognize the formation," O'Brien said. "You have to recognize who's in the game and you have to...
Louisville Looks Forward To Hostile Bowl Crowd
NC State's Belk Bowl ticket sales are well north of 20,000, which ain't exactly a stunner, while Louisville's sales are down around 10,000 according to this Courier-Journal article. And thanks to Coach "We Should Have Had More Than Three Guys On The All-Conference Team" and his incredibly...
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