Congratulations to NC State sophomore golfer Albin Choi, who completed a dominant three day showing on Saturday by shooting a 3 under 68 in the final round of the Ann Arbor NCAA Golf Regional. Choi’s three day tournament total of 203 (-10) was good enough for a three stroke victory in the regional and qualifies [...]
Pack Baseball – Tallahassee Finale Saturday
After splitting the first two games of their weekend series against Florida State, Wolfpack Baseball looks to end its regular season on a high note Saturday at 1pm with a win in Tallahassee against the top ranked Seminoles in game three. While next week’s ACC Tournament is all but set, there is still plenty to [...]
Future of the ACC?
Take a good look at that ACC logo and the logos of the schools surrounding it. It will likely be changing again soon, one way or another. Will the ACC even survive? A few weeks ago, news came out that the commissioners of the conferences making up the current BCS had agreed in principle to [...]
Glennon searching for wins, recognition
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 [...]
Wolfpack Baseball @ FSU – Series Thread
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 [...]
Chicago Bears sign two former Wolfpack football players
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 [...]
Pack Baseball Dispatches UNC-G, FSU On Deck
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 [...]
Amile Jefferson to….Duke (rumors & analysis) [Updated at 5:05pm]
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 [...]
Roy Williams, 3 percent, and Swahili
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, [...]
UPDATED: Orange County DA asks SBI to probe UNC-CH academic scandal
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 [...]