http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/ncsu/story/738440.html

snapshot:

RALEIGH - And then there was one.
Jamelle Eugene always wanted to be the starting tailback at N.C. State. But not by a process of elimination, not because of injuries to Toney Baker and Andre Brown.

"With any competitor, you always want to beat somebody out of their job or earn the spot based on your performance," Eugene said in an interview. "When somebody gets hurt and that's the way you take it, it's difficult.

"But you've got to move on. Andre and Toney are like brothers, but you've got to grab the torch and keep running."

In the Pack's opener against Central Florida, Baker was the starter, but injured a knee late in the game. Just like that, the junior was out for the season.



nice read

10/16/2007 11:57:20 AM

he looked pretty impressive last week

10/16/2007 12:03:23 PM

Quote :

"Eugene said his teammates like the Hurricane nickname. The receivers, he said, assign a category to his play after a game. "I think it got to as high as a 5 (against FSU) and it was a pretty steady 4," he said. "I want to get to a 5 and stay there." "

haha

10/16/2007 1:13:17 PM

well, I hope he's off the charts in greenville this saturday.

10/16/2007 1:35:23 PM

Something along the lines of this would be nice:

10/16/2007 1:54:04 PM

^if Eugene does well and helps lead us to a victory over ECU, someone might be able to photoshop that to say Hurricane Eugene the game's date, and have a pic of Jamelle situated in the eye of the hurricane. it might look pretty neat.

10/16/2007 2:56:29 PM

i will do that if we win

10/16/2007 5:07:11 PM

Eugene's making most of big chance
Patience and persistence fuel Pack tailback's rise

RALEIGH --A lot of 7-year-olds dream of playing in the NFL while they watch football.

The dream dies as they stuff their faces with chips or cheese curls and spend Sundays on the couch. Jamelle Eugene, N.C. State's tailback, was different.

He saw NFL players on TV doing resistance training, dragging heavy tires behind them as they ran. Soon he was outside with a rope around his waist, dragging patio furniture across the backyard because he wanted to play football one day.

He followed the blue-collar example set by his parents, Paul and Yolanda, a delivery truck driver and beautician.

"Sometimes you have to work harder than other people to get what you want," Eugene said.

Sometimes you have to be patient, too. Eugene arrived at N.C. State in 2005 as the sixth tailback on the depth chart behind Reggie Davis, Darrell Blackman, Bobby Washington, Toney Baker and Andre Brown.

Davis moved to linebacker, and Blackman moved to receiver. Washington transferred. Earlier this season, Baker and Brown suffered injuries that made Eugene the starter.

"He had the talent and he had the ability," said N.C. State coach Tom O'Brien. "He just had to have the forum to show it."

Pulling his weight

The first time N.C. State center Luke Lathan saw Eugene in the weight room, he couldn't believe it.At 5-foot-91/2 and 195 pounds, Eugene squats as much weight as some linemen. He is the product of strength coach Sam Dollar's intense Naples (Fla.) High program that had players doing full lifting workouts during the season. Eugene, who calls Dollar a genius, chose N.C. State over South Florida after an expected Alabama scholarship offer failed to materialize.

For one day during optional seven-on-seven workouts before his freshman year, Eugene tried cornerback because N.C. State's backfield was so crowded.

But then-coach Chuck Amato kept him on offense. Eugene started coach Tom O'Brien's first season as the third-down back.

Then Baker tore a knee ligament in the opener against Central Florida. Brown broke a foot in the sixth game, against Florida State.

As a second-grader, Eugene had decided he wanted to play football or basketball or be a scientist. He soon dropped scientist from his list and decided on football out of concern his height would be an impediment in basketball.

He finally got his big chance as a sophomore at N.C. State.

Tough little guy

Toward the end of Eugene's first start, a Virginia defender complimented him. "You're tougher than I thought," Eugene said the player told him.

Last week, Eugene cut back inside on a stretch play and collided with free safety Deunta Williams, one of North Carolina's strongest tacklers. The blow knocked Williams backward.

"Everybody thinks that because I'm 195 pounds, that I just can't bring the wood," Eugene said. "But I have strength."

He saw green and sprinted to the end zone to complete a 5-yard run, one of three touchdowns in a 159-yard rushing performance.

He has 524 rushing yards over the past five games and has been a key factor in N.C. State's four-game winning streak.

The Wolfpack (5-5, 3-3 ACC) can become bowl eligible with a win Saturday at Wake Forest (6-4, 4-3). Despite 32 carries and six catches last week, Eugene said he wasn't hurting the next day and remains fresh for Wake Forest.

"A lot of dudes would be sore," he said. "I know a lot of guys who weren't given the ball as much who were sore."

http://www.charlotte.com/colleges/story/364954.html

[Edited on November 16, 2007 at 3:23 PM. Reason : I NEED TO GET ON THAT PHOTOSHOP]

11/16/2007 3:23:30 PM

post picture of JE here so i can photoshop him on that hurricane picture

11/16/2007 3:24:13 PM

11/16/2007 3:39:12 PM

[Edited on November 16, 2007 at 4:08 PM. Reason : .]

11/16/2007 4:03:25 PM

hahahah nice

fucker is making a beeline straight to winston salem



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Oops just realized I posted baker up there on the second one
[Edited on November 16, 2007 at 4:50 PM. Reason : asdf]

[Edited on November 16, 2007 at 4:58 PM. Reason : asd]

11/16/2007 4:34:35 PM

lol. I think Winston Salem is a little further to the west.

11/16/2007 4:37:29 PM

yeah he's headed to the actual town of Wake Forest...OLD SCHOOL

11/16/2007 4:45:15 PM

haha i'm a dumbass



[Edited on November 16, 2007 at 4:46 PM. Reason : i should be banned from sports talk for that one]

11/16/2007 4:45:48 PM

ahahahahahahah

oh man, 10/10.

11/16/2007 4:48:17 PM

Ha ha Hurricane Eugene is headed up Capital Blvd to play at the Baptist College.





[Edited on November 16, 2007 at 4:53 PM. Reason : e]

11/16/2007 4:53:47 PM

okay now he's heading to the right city

11/16/2007 4:54:32 PM

A little too far but that'll do.

11/16/2007 5:03:13 PM

Hickory Demon Deacons

11/16/2007 5:05:41 PM

^ lol

11/16/2007 5:35:37 PM

GET A MAP

11/16/2007 5:45:09 PM

GIMME THE MAP, SCOTT.

11/16/2007 5:48:35 PM

hahahahha, lmao......

11/16/2007 6:02:18 PM

BULLETIN
HURRICANE EUGENE ADVISORY NUMBER 12
NAT'L WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
600 PM AST FRI NOV 16 2007

......EUGENE JUST OVER RALEIGH NC....

A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA PEIDMONT, MORE SPECIFICALLY WINSTON-SALEM AND THE FORSYTH COUNTY AREA

AT 600 PM EDT THE CENTER OF HURRICANE EUGENE WAS LOCATED TWO MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN RALEIGH. STORM IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ITS WESTWARD PATH AT 30 MPH FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. FORECAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO CATEGORY 5 STRENGTH THE CLOSER IS COMES TO THE FORSYTH COUNTY AREA.

WAKE FOREST FANS ARE ADVISED TO TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!! ANY FANS WHO HAPPEN TO WITNESS THIS EVENT WITHOUT PROPER SHELTER ARE IN SHEER DANGER. FANS SHOULD EXPECT A STUNNED DEFENSE, 150 YARDS ON THE GROUND, AND AN L IN THE LOSS COLUMN.

NC STATE FANS ARE ADVISED TO PACK THE HOUSE, WEAR RED, AND BRING THE NOISE!

NEXT ADVISORY AT 400 PM SAT NOV 17 2007

11/16/2007 6:02:27 PM

Quote :

"okay now he's heading to the right city"

yeah, but he's gonna arrive well before the game starts

11/16/2007 6:57:51 PM

Quote :

"BULLETIN HURRICANE EUGENE ADVISORY NUMBER 12 NAT'L WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 600 PM AST FRI NOV 16 2007 ......EUGENE JUST OVER RALEIGH NC.... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA PEIDMONT, MORE SPECIFICALLY WINSTON-SALEM AND THE FORSYTH COUNTY AREA AT 600 PM EDT THE CENTER OF HURRICANE EUGENE WAS LOCATED TWO MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN RALEIGH. STORM IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ITS WESTWARD PATH AT 30 MPH FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. FORECAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO CATEGORY 5 STRENGTH THE CLOSER IS COMES TO THE FORSYTH COUNTY AREA. WAKE FOREST FANS ARE ADVISED TO TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!! ANY FANS WHO HAPPEN TO WITNESS THIS EVENT WITHOUT PROPER SHELTER ARE IN SHEER DANGER. FANS SHOULD EXPECT A STUNNED DEFENSE, 150 YARDS ON THE GROUND, AND AN L IN THE LOSS COLUMN. NC STATE FANS ARE ADVISED TO PACK THE HOUSE, WEAR RED, AND BRING THE NOISE! NEXT ADVISORY AT 400 PM SAT NOV 17 2007 "

hahah gg mr meteorology major

i can almost hear that monotone automated radio voice guy

11/16/2007 7:02:46 PM

I knew I was good for somethin'

11/16/2007 7:08:08 PM

holy fuck did i get the game time wrong too?

i give up

[Edited on November 16, 2007 at 9:18 PM. Reason : i can't get my mind off of the noon game track]

11/16/2007 9:13:07 PM

haha. He wants to get there early so he can do more damage.

11/16/2007 9:28:21 PM

[quote]"BULLETIN
HURRICANE EUGENE ADVISORY NUMBER 12
NAT'L WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
600 PM AST FRI NOV 16 2007

......EUGENE JUST OVER RALEIGH NC....

A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA PEIDMONT, MORE SPECIFICALLY WINSTON-SALEM AND THE FORSYTH COUNTY AREA

AT 600 PM EDT THE CENTER OF HURRICANE EUGENE WAS LOCATED TWO MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN RALEIGH. STORM IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ITS WESTWARD PATH AT 30 MPH FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. FORECAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO CATEGORY 5 STRENGTH THE CLOSER IS COMES TO THE FORSYTH COUNTY AREA.

WAKE FOREST FANS ARE ADVISED TO TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!! ANY FANS WHO HAPPEN TO WITNESS THIS EVENT WITHOUT PROPER SHELTER ARE IN SHEER DANGER. FANS SHOULD EXPECT A STUNNED DEFENSE, 150 YARDS ON THE GROUND, AND AN L IN THE LOSS COLUMN.

NC STATE FANS ARE ADVISED TO PACK THE HOUSE, WEAR RED, AND BRING THE NOISE!

NEXT ADVISORY AT 400 PM SAT NOV 17 2007"[quote]

Dude, Austin, that is awesome, but you forgot the lat/lon coordinates

[Edited on November 16, 2007 at 9:58 PM. Reason : ""].

[Edited on November 16, 2007 at 10:26 PM. Reason : .]

11/16/2007 9:57:44 PM

welp, the approaching Bible storm front causes Hurricane Eugene to fizzle into slight breeze.

11/17/2007 8:06:32 PM

^

sometimes I dont understand the playcalling at all


I mean wat?

11/17/2007 8:14:16 PM

7 rushing attempts in the first half. Are you kidding me?

11/17/2007 8:22:04 PM

i think eugene must have been on double-secret probation for something


that is my theory

11/17/2007 8:36:00 PM