Backing The Pack

Photo by Nicholas Faulkner/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Robert Anae is out as NC State’s offensive coordinator after two seasons, and he will be replaced by quarterbacks coach Kurt Roper. The school also announced Monday that Gavin Locklear is the new tight ends coach. The change at offensive coordinator has felt necessary for a while now, and the performance in the … [Read more...] about NC State fires Robert Anae, promotes Kurt Roper to offensive coordinator

Photo by Nicholas Faulkner/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images From one A&M to another. Appreciate KC not going and doing anything crazy like transferring to UNC. Former NC State star wide receiver KC Concepcion has committed to Texas A&M, a source tells @CBSSports/@247Sports.Had ranked as one of the top uncommitted players in the transfer … [Read more...] about KC Concepcion lands at Texas A&M

Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images NC State and East Carolina square off in Annapolis, MD, in the 2024 Military Bowl at 5:45pm EST on Saturday afternoon. Series notes per gopack.com: NC State has faced East Carolina, a team located just 83 miles down Highway 264, 32 times in a series that dates back to 1970 and holds the overall series lead, 19-13. The two squads … [Read more...] about Military Bowl open thread: NC State vs East Carolina

Photo by Timothy Nwachukwu/Getty Images If the game tonight looked familiar that’s because we’ve seen it a time or three, and I guess there’s no good explanation for expecting otherwise. NC State has made a habit out of creating its own problems this season, and found plenty of ways to do that again in the Military Bowl. The offense didn’t punt in the first half but … [Read more...] about NC State finds another way to come up short in 26-21 Military Bowl loss to ECU

Sam Navarro-Imagn Images Jim Larranaga is no longer Miami’s head basketball coach, the inevitable result of the last year-plus struggle that program has endured. Miami was in the Final Four a couple years back, but after a 4-8 start to this season, with a team clearly dead on arrival, Jim Larranaga is on his way. He says he’s tired. Jim Larrañaga on why he’s stepping … [Read more...] about There are a lot of ways to opt out