Football

Pat Meyer named NC State offensive line coach
[Feb. 27, 2006] Wolfpack head football coach Chuck Amato has announced that Pat Meyer, an 11-year coaching veteran in strength and conditioning, has been named offensive line coach at NC State. Meyer has been on the Wolfpack staff since Amato's first year (2000) and has been the director of strength and conditioning since 2004.

Duke announces football coaching staff changes
[Feb. 13, 2006] Duke head football coach Ted Roof announced on Monday the additions of former Blue Devil lettermen Charles London and Scottie Montgomery to full-time coaching staff positions.

WFU Deacons add 15 on national signing day
[Feb. 2, 2006] Fifteen student-athletes have signed to attend Wake Forest University and play football next season for head coach Jim Grobe and his staff. The balanced recruiting class includes eight players on offense, six players on defense and one specialist.

ACC announces Wake Forest's 2006 football schedule
[Jan. 26, 2006] The Atlantic Coast Conference announced its 2006 football schedule Wednesday. Wake Forest's slate features five teams that participated in bowl games last season, all of which won a postseason game. Four of Wake Forest's 2006 opponents finished the 2005 season ranked in the Associated Press top 25. The Demon Deacons have faced four top 25 opponents in the same year only once in program history -- in 1993.

2006 ACC football schedule is released
[Jan. 25, 2006] The 2006 Atlantic Coast Conference football schedule released today by Commissioner John D. Swofford is comprised of 97 games, including 48 conference match-ups and the second annual ACC Championship Game, Dec. 2, in Jacksonville, Fla., over a span of 14 weeks. Duke, Carolina, NC State and Wake Forest start the season at home on September 2nd.
Also: Chatham Journal ACC Football Photo Galleries

WFU Spring football game scheduled for April 8 at Groves Stadium
[Jan. 20, 2006] Wake Forest’s spring football schedule has been set, including the 2006 Spring Game which will be held at Groves Stadium on Saturday April 8. Wake Forest opens spring drills on Wednesday, March 15 at the team’s on-campus practice facility. Head coach Jim Grobe, who begins his sixth season in Winston-Salem, will put the Demon Deacons through the paces 15 times during late-March and early-April leading up to the Spring Game.

WFU's Plackemeier wins Ray Guy award
[Dec. 8, 2005] Wake Forest senior punter Ryan Plackemeier was selected as the 2005 Ray Guy Award winner at the ESPN/Home Depot College Football Awards Show by the Greater Augusta (Ga.) Sports Council on Thursday night. The award, which began in 2000, goes to the college football’s best punter. Plackemeier is the first punter in the ACC to win the award.

NCSU's Mario Williams named Sports Illustrated All-American
[Dec. 7, 2005] Mario Williams has been named an All-American by Sports Illustrated after an outstanding junior season. Williams, a junior from Richlands, N.C., led the ACC and ranked fourth nationally in sacks with 13, including nine in the last five contests. He helped lead NC State to a convincing win over Maryland to become bowl eligible, notching a school record four sacks in the game.

NC State earns bid to Meineke Car Care Bowl
[Dec. 4, 2005] NC State's football team will go bowling in its home state, as the Wolfpack will face Big East opponent South Florida in the Meineke Car Care Bowl in Charlotte. The game will be played on New Year's Eve at 11 a.m. and will be broadcast on ESPN2 from the Bank of America Stadium.
Also: gopack.com

WFU's Chris Barclay named ACC Player of the Year
[Nov. 30, 2005] Wake Forest senior running back Chris Barclay was selected as the Atlantic Coast Conference’s Player of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year, the league announced Wednesday. Barclay is the fourth Wake Forest player ever to win the award, the first since 1979.

ACC has eight bowl tie-ins for the 2005 season
[Nov. 30, 2005] The ACC has eight teams that are eligible for bowls following the 2005 season: Boston College, Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami, NC State, Virginia and Virginia Tech. The only local ACC team to be bowl eligible is NC State. Carolina, Duke and Wake Forest will be staying hope this bowl season.

NC State Wolfpack is bowl eligible with win over Maryland Terrapins, 20 -14
[Nov. 27, 2005] NC State cornerback Marcus Hudson leaped for an interception, with 34 seconds remaining, to clinch a 20-14 victory against Maryland at Carter-Finley Stadium on Saturday.
Also: Maryland at NC State photo gallery

NC State defeats Middle Tennessee State, 24-3
[Nov. 20, 2005] North Carolina State used a blocked punt and an interception for two easy touchdowns, defeating Middle Tennessee, 24-3, Saturday at Carter-Finley Stadium.
Also: MTSU at NCSU football photo gallery

Awards handed out at WFU football banquet
[Nov. 20, 2005] The Wake Forest football program saluted its senior class and honored several student-athletes with individual awards at its postseason banquet on Sunday night at Bridger Field House.