NC State reportedly interviewed Russell Wilson for head coaching job

Yesterday, Adam Schefter reported that the man from a whole Pack of Badgers, Russell Wilson, interviewed for the head coaching job at NC State. This was such a bizarre piece of news that I checked like five times to make sure I wasn’t getting fooled by one of those impersonator accounts on Twitter.

There doesn’t seem to be much to this, at least judging from the non-reaction on the NC State end of it, but even so, what would be the point of interviewing Russell Wilson at all? The only idea more risky than hiring a football celebrity with no college coaching experience is hiring a football celebrity with no coaching experience whatsoever.

Just an odd development. Did Bill Cowher do this? Is…