NC State, Adidas emails made public. More about uniforms than Dennis Smith

NC State released their first batch of emails between them and Adidas to the public.

This was from a public records request in regards to the federal investigation which stated that Dennis Smith Jr received money from an agent.

NC State has been transparent and up-front about the entire investigations and has been working with authorities on the case. Part of that transparency is the release of these emails without a fight.

You can read about the release a little more in this article from WRAL.

So, what everyone is wondering is ‘What is in these emails?’

Well, if you search through it, there is no mention of Dennis Smith at all. Now, this is only the first batch, so there is likely to be more releases, but as of now, no Smith.

What was in the email was a lot of Dave Doeren weighing in on uniform choices. The guys at Backing the Pack found some pretty interesting nuggets about it. Here are a few things we learned …

• Dave Doeren is very involved in uniform design and selection. He also likes to recommend dates for them to be worn.
• NC State almost wore throwback jerseys vs. Notre Dame, but Adidas wasn’t able to execute the older design with how newer jerseys are structured
• Doeren isn’t a fan of the stripe down the side of the leg
• The ‘Our State’ campaign was canceled after Doeren’s first season for a ‘variety of reasons’

Make sure you check out their whole piece to get full context.

And, that’s where we stand. We’ll let you know what’s found in the next drop, but it’s very unlikely that the officials at NC State were communicating about Dennis Smith Jr (in a capacity that any federal investigation would be interested in). We are, however, always excited to get a peek behind the curtain of  NC State’s deal (and communications) with Adidas