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re: Looks like Philip Rivers to NCST is happening

Posted on 10/30/26 at 10:27 pm to
Posted by saintsfan22
baton rouge
Member since May 2006
81994 posts
Posted on 10/30/26 at 10:27 pm to
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If Indiana can do it so can North Carolina State.

Cignetti was working his way up through the college coaching ranks for 40 years before he got to Indiana. Rivers has been a high school coach for 5 years.
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Even North Carolina hired a former NFL HC.

Basically the same as 4A high school football
Posted by dupergreenie
Member since May 2014
10496 posts
Posted on 10/30/26 at 10:34 pm to
I'm not saying anything other than i miss our HC dunking on UAB. And I don't hate UAB in any sense....
Posted by Saint Alfonzo
Member since Jan 2019
31774 posts
Posted on 10/31/26 at 7:00 am to
As a Giants fan, I sometimes wonder what that team would have been like with Rivers at quarterback instead of Eli. Rivers was a pretty damn good qb for a long time and his attitude/personality would have played well in the Big Apple.
Posted by Boodis Man
Member since Sep 2020
8906 posts
Posted on 10/31/26 at 7:42 am to
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His son is a stud and committed there.


So its going to be another Colorado situation with prime/shadeur.

This has disaster written all over it dont do it NC state
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
487754 posts
Posted on 10/31/26 at 7:48 am to
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So its going to be another Colorado situation with prime/shadeur.

His son was committed long before he became an option

And Rivers had a succession of potential elite QB sons, unlike Deion

Also, Deion isn't exactly smart.

College football (and then possibly the NFL) is about to be dominated by QBs with the last name Rivers and Manning for the next 20+ years.
Posted by PBnJ
in your lunchbox
Member since Aug 2009
2841 posts
Posted on 10/31/26 at 7:51 am to
That’s about the most exciting hire they could get, should be interesting to see if it can up their ability to attract talent.
Posted by BZ504
Texas
Member since Oct 2005
14950 posts
Posted on 10/31/26 at 7:51 am to
Rivers seems like a bad hire, but it is NC State, so they’d accept 8-4 or 9-3 type seasons. The former coach should have been after the Vandy game.
Posted by HailToTheChiz
Back in Auburn
Member since Aug 2010
55455 posts
Posted on 10/31/26 at 8:01 am to
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He will be a great hire


Doubtful
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
487754 posts
Posted on 10/31/26 at 8:01 am to
I will assume it's a bad hire, but I didn't hear his pitch.

Supposedly when he interviewed with the Bills this offseason he just showed up with a notebook
Posted by Boodis Man
Member since Sep 2020
8906 posts
Posted on 10/31/26 at 10:44 am to
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His son was committed long before he became an option

And Rivers had a succession of potential elite QB sons, unlike Deion

Also, Deion isn't exactly smart.





Rivers doesn't strike me as an intelligent guy either after hearing him speak. he sounds like he lives in a trailer park.
Posted by TheOcean
#honeyfriedchicken
Member since Aug 2004
47208 posts
Posted on 10/31/26 at 11:07 am to
High IQ

Lunch pale

Gritty

With how many kids he has they'll have a QB for the next 100 years
Posted by High C
viewing the fall....
Member since Nov 2012
63313 posts
Posted on 10/31/26 at 11:11 am to
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Feels like Deion 2.0


Oooo, will there be watches?
Posted by usc6158
Member since Feb 2008
39605 posts
Posted on 10/31/26 at 11:36 am to
There’s a not insignificant portion of the USC fanbase who wants to hire Carson Palmer who has been a high school for coach 2 years.
Posted by GeauxPanthers2
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Member since Dec 2024
3595 posts
Posted on 11/2/26 at 8:57 am to
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He will be a great hire

Amost zero chance it works out well
Posted by Geauxldilocks
Member since Aug 2018
6862 posts
Posted on 11/2/26 at 10:10 am to
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And Rivers had a succession of potential elite QB sons, unlike Deion


He only has 2 younger sons and 1 of them is 2.
Posted by RGT
Member since Aug 2024
3283 posts
Posted on 11/2/26 at 11:28 am to
For a major college to hire a HS coach is incompetence.ND did that back in the day and it almost tanked the program.
Posted by sportsaddit68
Hammond
Member since Sep 2008
6676 posts
Posted on 11/2/26 at 11:45 am to
All 34 of his kids are going to either be rostered, ball boys, water girls, etc. Wife will finally get a decent night sleep when the entire family goes to an away game.

Posted by Geauxldilocks
Member since Aug 2018
6862 posts
Posted on 11/2/26 at 11:46 am to
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For a major college to hire a HS coach is incompetence.ND did that back in the day and it almost tanked the program.


It’s a far different game from Gerry Faust days at ND.

You have to inspire the donor class and the HC is as much fundraiser as Coach. Reading the NC St boards they are all in to pony up if Rivers gets the job.
Posted by AcadiaParishTiger
Member since Nov 2023
257 posts
Posted on 11/2/26 at 11:52 am to
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Biggest misconception. The top schools are all offering in the same ballpark.


Possible. But LSU recently lost the #1 WR in the nation (from Louisiana) to Florida primarily due to money.

I would think LSU historically and currently with Kiffen have a better player development pitch.
Posted by Deadmanshand
Member since Jun 2026
725 posts
Posted on 11/2/26 at 11:56 am to
Too wholesome for today's college game...
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