Ryan Finley

New year, new team, same old Wolfpack?

September 13, 2024 Ryan Henkel

Heading into the 2024 season, things were expected to be different for the NC State Wolfpack. After years of the Wolfpack knocking on the door of something more, this was the year where it was […]

Hope springs eternal for college teams in NC

April 19, 2023 Shawn Krest

Spring in North Carolina is known for its inconsistency, with bitter cold bringing back memories of winter and sweltering heat foreshadowing the summer to come, often on the same day. Spring is also a time […]

KREST: There’s only one choice for a State-Carolina rivalry prize: Bless Your Heart

November 30, 2022 Shawn Krest

After leading the Wolfpack to a 30-27 double-overtime win over the Tar Heels at Kenan Stadium, NC State quarterback Ben Finley met the media. Coaches and sports information directors held their breaths as he began […]

Cardiac Pack: NC State pulls off upset 2OT win over UNC

November 25, 2022 Ryan Henkel

CHAPEL HILL — NC State had just gotten a hard-fought stop on third down to force rival UNC to try for a field goal. The Wolfpack was up three in double overtime in their biggest […]

UNC late-season slump continues with loss to NC State

November 25, 2022 Shawn Krest

CHAPEL HILL — For the first time since 1992, Mack Brown has lost back-to-back games to NC State. The Tar Heels continued their late-season meltdown, losing in double overtime to the Wolfpack, 30-27. Since clinching […]

Spring practice gives college teams early look at 2020 fall rosters

February 26, 2020 Cory Lavalette

College basketball is rapidly heading toward Selection Sunday and baseball season is just now getting into the swing of things. But for football coaches and fans across the state, the next month is the most […]

Young Wolfpack proved ready in opener

September 4, 2019 Brett Friedlander

RALEIGH — It’s still too early to make any meaningful judgments about the young NC State football team this season. But you can already say this much for coach Dave Doeren’s Wolfpups after one game: […]

UNC battling history, as well as Gamecocks, in season opener

August 30, 2019 Brett Friedlander

When North Carolina and South Carolina play one another in Charlotte on Saturday, it will mark the sixth time in the last 12 years that the Gamecocks have opened a college football season by playing […]

Expectations, new faces mark start of camps

August 7, 2019 Brett Friedlander

Preseason football camps opened at most colleges around the state on Friday. But according to new/old North Carolina coach Mack Brown, who’s been around long enough to know about such things, the real preparations for […]

Wolfpack sticking with pass game despite uncertainty at quarterback

July 24, 2019 Shawn Krest

CHARLOTTE — With Ryan Finley taking snaps at quarterback, the NC State offense wasn’t that hard to plan. Give Finley the chance to make plays with his arm. “Our offense is built to be balanced, […]