4/12/2009 1:11:14 AM

I along with about 8 folks will be at the Spring Game...I think it will send a great signal to our players, coaches to send a BOLD statement this year and atleast get around 10,000...


I mean UNC got around 500...I want our numbers to knock them out of the water???


SO here's the question..CAN WE???

4/12/2009 2:38:23 AM

itll be a lot more than 500, you can sleep easy now

4/12/2009 3:42:05 AM

they need to promote it more... if you build it, they will come

4/12/2009 9:55:05 AM

Plus if we have a shit load of people that means more $$ to the Kay Yow cancer fund! I mean who cant shell out one dollar ???

4/12/2009 1:16:47 PM

Quote :

"On Mike Glennon's progress “He's progressing well – he had a nice day out there today and he continues to learn. Every day there is something new that he does learn, the good thing about him is once he sees it he has it and he doesn't make the same mistake twice"

soooo your saying hes not harrison beck, eh? how sad

[Edited on April 12, 2009 at 8:21 PM. Reason : .]

4/12/2009 8:20:46 PM

shit, didn't we break 10,000 last year? I remember it looking pretty full.

4/12/2009 9:24:44 PM

I think it was 14,500 or so last year. I can't remember if it was this year or last (probably both), but we had more people at our spring game than all of the other NC D-IA schools (WF, DU, UNC, & ECU) combined. Remember TOB citing it a couple of times to prove how our fans are the best in the state?

We had 18k or so one year, and 17,500 another back when Amato was here. It's not a stretch to say that we could come close to 20k during a spring with as much optimism as the fan base has going into this season. The last time we had this much optimism was probably the spring prior to Rivers' senior season, and back then spring games weren't as popular as they are now.

4/12/2009 11:28:23 PM

10K would be a disgrace. If we don't hit 20 I'll be upset, and we should be shooting for 25,000.

4/13/2009 12:12:27 AM

clemson drew 24,000 saturday for the orange & white game.

that would be a sweet # in carter finley, especially with Kay Yow donations

4/13/2009 10:33:51 AM

I bet we'll draw ~18k. 20k seems a bit much for us.

4/13/2009 10:37:17 AM

weather looks favorable. I am driving down from Norfolk. Should be fun.

4/13/2009 10:46:33 AM

Just wanted to post this for page 11...

Quote :

"Scrimmage stats via PP. We either have an amazing passing game or a horrible secondary. I think more the former. OFFENSE PASSING Russell Wilson (half a scrimmage; not injury-related): 9-of-11, 78 yards Mike Glennon: 16-of-19, 143 yards, 1 touchdown RUSHING Toney Baker: 8 carries, 19 yards James Washington: 8 carries, 15 yards RECEIVING Toney Baker: 6 catches, 68 yards Jay Smith: 4 catches, 37 yards KICKING Josh Czajkowski: 3 FGs made (52, 43, 23) DEFENSE Audie Cole: 8 tackles, 1 sack for 9 yards Nate Irving: 5 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss"

Although the rushing numbers weren't phenomenal, Baker's receiving yards and yards per catch are quite encouraging. I'm so frickin' stoked for football season. The spring game will be a nice fix, but it's going to make May-August crawl that much slower. I :heart: Wolfpack Football.

4/13/2009 11:06:02 AM

this is what i don't understand...if you can get close to 60K for games, with people wanting to go of course who can't afford it, you'd imagine that number would be something like at least 100K people in driving distance who would want to go (im sure more), then why only get 20K for a weekend that's not even close to another holiday? And isn't admission only like... FREE (except for the 1$ donation)?

plus you market
schmoozing with the players and coaches
lucky fans getting to sit in the luxury boxes
tours of the football complex, weight rooms, all that stuff.

i'd get rides for kids over at the fairground and turn this into an NC State football weekend.

Bring back the former players, make them schmooze with the crowd. I'm tired of mediocre shit! anything less than 40K ought to be viewed as a marketing EPIC FAIL.

4/13/2009 11:07:48 AM

i'll be there

with my fiancee's 8 year old sister in tow

she's excited - we have taught her well

4/13/2009 11:14:44 AM

Quote :

"then why only get 20K for a weekend that's not even close to another holiday?"

because it's a scrimmage

what more do you need

it'd be great if we could fill CF for a scrimmage but let's be real here - it ain't happening any time soon.

4/13/2009 11:34:50 AM

lol I just read Jim Leavitt ran a 5.72 40 at the USF spring game.

4/13/2009 12:09:00 PM

the coach? that's not bad for a 52 year old.

4/13/2009 12:18:21 PM

yeah the coach. this is off topic but I was over on the BC board looking around and it looks like people aren't buy season tickets for them this year. is there a place to see acc football attendance for each team? I'll keep looking around myself in the meantime.

Like this, but for last season.
http://web1.ncaa.org/d1mfb/2007/Internet/attendance/IA_AVGATTENDANCE.pdf

changing the link to 2008 yields
http://web1.ncaa.org/d1mfb/2008/Internet/attendance/IA_AVGATTENDANCE.pdf

It looks like it was never updated after the season was over




[Edited on April 13, 2009 at 12:29 PM. Reason : df]

4/13/2009 12:23:53 PM

Quote :

"because it's a scrimmage"

That's the attitude among fans im talking about; "just a scrimmage". It's our team. There's going to be alot of recruits there. Who would you wanna play for, fans that are serious about football or a bunch of pansy wine-and-cheese douche's?

All it would take is some marketing, a little bit of word of mouth, busing in people if you must...get that place rocking...make it a totally festive atmosphere.

4/13/2009 3:05:56 PM

Have you ever been to a spring game in the past?

4/13/2009 3:11:10 PM

i don't live in NC anymore. I did go way back in the sheridan days.

4/13/2009 4:02:06 PM

those .pdf attendance figures must be wrong. it has unc above us on both.

::::Official PDF FILE CREDIBILITY WATCH::::

4/13/2009 4:06:17 PM

VISUAL ESTIMATION


it's complete bullshit don't worry.

4/13/2009 4:27:42 PM

the shiny aluminum in kenan is like a house of mirrors. it makes one fan look like 1,000.

4/13/2009 4:43:02 PM

Does anyone know when season tickets go on sale? Gopack has been down for a while.

4/13/2009 7:53:08 PM

tomorrow, April 15th

4/14/2009 9:17:14 AM

[Edited on April 14, 2009 at 9:17 AM. Reason : .]

4/14/2009 9:17:14 AM

Dang I hate that I'm going to miss this... I have been on the West Coast for a few days now and I was flipping through the tv channels with a friend from Texas when I saw NCSU versus Southern Miss (c. 1990ish) on tv. I think it was the bowl game when Brett Favre played against us...

Anyways, my friend was impressed although he went to UT Austin.

4/14/2009 10:39:30 AM

Their % of capacity is lower on both however.

4/14/2009 11:16:12 AM

Weekend weather is looking nice. Where's the spring game thread?

Saturday, gates @ 9, game @1. $1 for Yow.

(live on 99.9fm)

4/14/2009 11:02:27 PM

why did they have to schedule this on my mom's birthday?

4/14/2009 11:05:32 PM

^Bring your mom to the game as a birthday present

4/14/2009 11:27:43 PM

yeah bring her to the game for her bday present!

4/15/2009 12:33:17 AM

yeah I'm sure thats on the top of the list for a 50 something indian woman

4/15/2009 9:38:28 AM

The Neck......
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/acc/0-5-58/NC-State-s-O-Brien-reflects-on-third-spring-in-Raleigh.html

4/15/2009 11:23:12 AM

Quote :

"One of the things I wanted to ask you is what you're looking for out of the spring game, if there are any areas you'll be playing particular attention to?"

Quality proofreading there, Heather. I do like TOB's tone in this interview though ... just a quiet confidence about him that's awesome.

[Edited on April 15, 2009 at 12:11 PM. Reason : ]

4/15/2009 12:10:40 PM

I particularly liked the part about repairing bridges that Amato's regime destroyed.

4/15/2009 12:49:21 PM

TOB is awesome

4/15/2009 1:18:26 PM

Quote :

"Gamecock quarterback Stephen Garcia spent the first half of the game with the Garnet squad, amassing 135 yards and a touchdown on a 12-of-19 passing day before switching to the Black team and throwing another score to cement his place as the unquestioned starter for next season as the Garnet team rolled to a 30-14 win"

if this is the case, which certainly seems to be, I can honestly say that I am not intimidated by any stretch of the imagination.

Week 1 should be, and will be, a Wolfpack ass whooping of the gamecocks, hands down.

and after that Spurrier will still bitch about the ACC being weak. (not our fault your shitty school's academic standards can't match those of the ACC you butthole)

4/15/2009 1:23:28 PM

Me, my dad, and my brother will be going. My pop is so amped he wants to tailgate. Also planning on being at every football game this year, home and away. Would love to see 20k there on saturday.

4/15/2009 1:32:08 PM

Wilson isn't missing any football practices is he? I thought he has to come to all of the practices since he's on a football scholarship and has only been held out in order to not push him too much in regards to his knee?

4/15/2009 8:45:30 PM

^I'm pretty sure he has been at all of them. I know he's definitely been at the two scrimmages. (Left one early to go to Duke for baseball).

4/15/2009 9:39:59 PM

I will be there sat!

4/15/2009 9:44:39 PM

i'm pretty sure he has missed practices.

4/16/2009 12:15:22 AM

Russell Wilson, that Samoan dude whom I cant remember, Tony Baker, our wide out, re-vamped offensive line and our Middle Line backers are all going to have break out seasons....


WOLF!!!!

4/16/2009 3:11:03 AM

^ I believe the Samoan in question is Nathan Mageo.

4/16/2009 7:41:16 AM

4/16/2009 8:38:01 AM

^looks like a chunky mark sanchez

4/16/2009 11:50:10 AM

post49

4/16/2009 12:25:55 PM