yeah, my friend sent me that link since she went to clempson. It was riddled with errors. The pic of lane stadium was clearly from a cell phone, and they spelled Middle (Middlee) and Lubick (Lucick) wrong

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1145292-power-ranking-all-124-college-football-stadiums/page/34

[Edited on April 20, 2012 at 7:27 PM. Reason : link for the new page]

4/20/2012 7:26:28 PM

jesus...can we block Bleacher Report articles from being posted on these forums?

4/20/2012 9:26:42 PM

Sporting news top 25 players:

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"20. CB David Amerson, Jr., N.C. State 2011: 13 INT, 59 tackles. The breakdown: Led the nation in interceptions in 2011, and really developed in run support. A physical corner (6-feet-3, 190 pounds) with elite cover skills in both man and zone schemes. NFL scout says: “I would love to see him put on 10-15 pounds and keep that speed, and become a Pro Bowler for years.”"

4/24/2012 3:15:34 PM

4/25/2012 7:29:52 AM

russell needs more veins

4/25/2012 8:34:32 AM

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"O'Brien: Greene Expected Back By Pack Pride Staff RALEIGH, N.C. -- NC State head coach Tom O'Brien fielded questions from the media today on the ACC's spring teleconference and talked about players such as Mustafa Greene, Rodman Noel, Mike Glennon, and David Amerson. Opening Statement: We finished spring on Saturday. Satisfied with where we ended up this spring. I think the biggest thing for us right now is that we're healthy. We only had two guys not participate, scholarship guys. That is the least amount of injured that we've had coming out of spring. We're looking forward to getting ourselves ready to play a great game against Tennessee. Coach, could you go a little more into the program and what your players benefit from that experience and where you first saw that and thought that could be of help? Well, the program is something that we did two years ago. It was first brought to my attention. It was started up in the New England area, so I had some idea. Learned about Eric, a fellow Naval Academy graduate and what he was trying to do with it. It's all about leadership training and team building. I think it worked very well for us two years ago, so we brought him back and did it Monday night. We were on the field at 8:00 o'clock Monday night. Got off the field a little after 11:30, and were in the pool 4:30 the next morning. He brings basically himself, who is special operations, two other fellow Marine officers, a captain and a major that were special operations, a former NFL player, and they run the team through various drills and various team building exercises. I think it's a great experience for the team. I think they really enjoy it, especially once it's over. What did you come out of spring ball kind of feeling more encouraged about that maybe you were looking to learn about your team in the spring? On the flip side, what do you go into August thinking I didn't see enough of what I wanted to see positively in this regard in the spring, and thinking I hope I can see that in August? Well, I think this is the biggest thing we have to solve in August is the linebacker position. We lost four kids. We planned on losing two. Weren't sure about Manning when he went, and then certainly D.J. Green was a big surprise to us. So not a lot of experience coming back there at all. Have to play a lot of young kids. Hopefully coach Tenuta can get these guys headed in the right direction. The other position on offense is the wide receiver where we lost three kids last year that played a lot of football for us. Those are two key areas that we have so solve. I think we're making progress in some other spots. We spent a lot of time on the offensive and defensive line shuffling guys around. We have experience coming back at those positions, but aren't anywhere near set on who is going to play what position except with Wentz playing center. So those are areas that we have some guys but we kept moving around and kind of happy with where we can be, then the experience with secondary showed up at spring practice with those four kids back there, that three of them are going to be three-year starters, and the other ones, a two-year starter, going into three years, and their experience played out well in spring. For those of us who are old enough to remember his father is an all ACC defensive lineman, is R.J. ready to take that step on the offensive line? We think so. I think he has NFL potential. We've kind of moved him around. He's played about every different spot on the line. He was a right guard, a right tackle and a left tackle. We're trying to get settled into a position for him. But he has the skillset to play at the next level. I think that he's going to need a good year this year to do it. I'm glad he's on our team. He's got the same fiery personality and leadership traits as his father. He's one guy that when we did the program and the leadership drills the other night, he stood out to this football team. The spring prospect us listed him at 313. Is that a good, comfortable weight for him? Yeah, I believe so. He's moving well. He had an injury last year where he had a floating body in the back part of his ankle that required surgery in the off-season. We thought he was going to miss all of spring practice, and he missed the first five days. So you didn't see many ill effects coming off the surgery with his ankle. He played through it last year, but he certainly looked quicker on his feet this spring than he did at the end of last year. I wanted to ask you about David Amerson and how does he follow up a year where I think they said it was the most interceptions in a season by anybody in the FBS since 1968. In my past experience, when guys have big interception years early in their career, they don't get many after that because people won't throw at them. Is that something you expect to see? How do you prepare to use a weapon like that? Well, that's left to be seen what teams do. I think that happened a little towards the end of the year, but certainly in the bowl game they threw at him. He got his record setting pick and played one of the most remarkable interception returns for a touchdown I've ever seen. Then he got the last play of the game. I think that may be the case, and hopefully he doesn't get frustrated. But if that is the case, that takes away a third of the field from a lot of people, which then helps us with the rest of the defense. Is there anything he could do better? I mean, he obviously had a great year. Could he improve? He's really humble about the situation. He's studied a lot. As far as technique and the thing that we've talked about all the time, we want to be much better fundamentally as a football team in the spring, not as concerned with the X's and O's and concepts, but as individuals our team improves. There was a laundry list of things that Coach Reed gave him that he wanted him to work on: Back-pedal, breaking on the ball, those kind of things that maybe he looks pretty good at, but he can be a lot better at. Those are all things we concentrated on in spring practice. After the game Saturday, you mentioned Rodman Noel and his athleticism. I was wondering what you saw that made you think he would be a good linebacker? And how much can you expect him to contribute next year? Well, he's in a similar situation that D.J. Green was in last year. Both of them had played back-up and special teams as a freshman at the safety position. The way we played defense for years is that field linebacker position is a hybrid/strong safety/linebacker spot. He has a lot of the same skill sets of guys that we've had there through the years. He's tall. He's got length to him. He can run. He's smart. It might have been a spot if D.J. was there, we would have moved him to to start off as a back-up anyway. But because D.J. isn't there, he's been pressed into playing a little quicker. He has the skill set that's required to play that position. Just a question of gaining the experience and confidence to be successful there. At what point during the off-season do you think that you'll make a decision on the status of Mustafa? What will happen with him? Mustafa's on the team. He just didn't make it through spring practice. I expect him to be with us in fall practice. If he continues, he's doing all that's been asked of him from that point on. So as long as he continues and completes what we've asked him to do, we should see him when practice starts in August. With Mike last year, 31 touchdown passes, 12 picks, and more than 3,000 yards way above 60%. What are some of the subtle things he needs to improve on in his senior year? Well, the thing that we like most is that he finished the year strong and really used the time from the last game against Maryland. I think he threw five touchdown passes there in the fourth quarter to the bowl game. He got better in the bowl game. A lot of the things we stressed to him from that point on was to get back, to set up quicker, to deliver the ball and be more decisive in his reads. We've carried that over into spring practice. The thing that's been good for him is we've talked earlier about the experience of those kids in the secondary. When you have a kid like that, he's challenged Amerson all spring. Now Amerson got him in the spring game, but that's all part of the challenge of going best against best. Both of our safeties are three year starters. The other corner is a three-year starter. So he had a great opportunity this spring to go against a good, competitive secondary, getting that back foot down, getting the ball "

4/25/2012 3:37:05 PM

Larry Fedora doesn't want to legitimize our program by talking about our rivalry...I hope we bust his ass in October.

4/26/2012 9:02:00 AM

^ That strategy worked reall well for Butch. Glad hatman is embracing it.

4/26/2012 9:37:23 AM

http://blogs.newsobserver.com/uncnow/unc-coach-larry-fedora-on-nc-state-i-don%E2%80%99t-want-to-legitimize-their-program#storylink=rss

4/26/2012 9:49:33 AM

haha, fuck yes. if he keeps that up, it should fire us up even more

4/26/2012 9:53:15 AM

Plz2 hear TOB's rebuttal

4/26/2012 10:18:11 AM

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"Fedora instantly indicated he understands the importance of the first game he’ll coach against the Wolfpack. “It’s 184 days from today,” he said."

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"And, about the significance of the rivalry, Fedora said, “There’s going to be an emphasis.”"

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"“I don’t want to talk about [the rivalry] too much because I don’t want to legitimize their program,” he said."

DOES NOT COMPUTE. Can someone do a meme of this? TALKS ABOUT THE RIVALRY A LOT - DOESN'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT

who is this conference USA assclown to talk about legitimate programs anyway? what does he know about a legit program? "dur hur i coached USM and we beat houston last year!!!"

4/26/2012 10:30:44 AM

Doesn't want to legitimize a program that has won two bowl games in a row and beat his cheating program 5 times in a row? That's a silly comment.

Fed's spread.

4/26/2012 10:32:48 AM

What does that even mean? We have a legitimate program. Probably more legitimate than UNC's since we're allowed to play in the post season and what not.

4/26/2012 10:44:34 AM

I'm all for coaches dissing rival programs, but maybe he needs a reminder of what happened the last time a UNC coach spouted out stupid random shit about the program.

4/26/2012 11:20:29 AM

4/26/2012 12:32:22 PM

4/26/2012 4:43:36 PM

is that his O-face ^

4/26/2012 5:34:37 PM

all that "The Hat" stuff isn't demeaning enough...I want to emasculate Fedora The Explorer

4/26/2012 5:38:21 PM

4/26/2012 5:55:16 PM

[Edited on April 28, 2012 at 12:23 AM. Reason : ]

4/28/2012 12:22:44 AM

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"Fedora The Explorer"

a thousand times yes

4/28/2012 1:17:34 AM

random: i kinda want a red football helmet with the white block S like we used last year. anyone know of any place that sells them?

there's an ebay store that sells tons of replica football helmets, and they have quite a few historical state ones, but they haven't added a red with white block S.

4/29/2012 10:14:03 AM

4/29/2012 11:33:06 AM

you prob saw this but here's a mini helmet
http://compare.ebay.com/like/110864899646?var=lv<yp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar&_lwgsi=y&cbt=y

4/29/2012 11:56:34 AM

I wonder how Manning feels about going to the draft early now, it sucks that he's pretty much stuck in no mans land in the NFL and will likely be a career team player. If he wouldve come back and built on the season he had last year he couldve put himself in the first 1-2 days of the draft

also, I really wish we were playing UNC at home this year, just so they could play Too Legit To Quit over the scoreboard speakers when we beat that ass again

4/29/2012 12:38:45 PM

it's been said a few times. he's had some injuries. and look at George Bryan who came back after having a great year.

plus i don;t see what one more year of college is going to do if you have IT, besides get you a little more money in your first contract. the NFL aint like the NBA they actually coach you. if he stays healthy i think he will play a lot. and i think GB got a steal with him.

4/29/2012 1:01:22 PM

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"you prob saw this but here's a mini helmet "

thanks. yea i'd like a full size. i dunno, i'm sure someone will make replicas one day. (especially if we keep using the red ones regularly)

4/29/2012 1:38:50 PM

Pretty certain the GoPack store is selling the full size replicas in store, not yet online though. Id give them a call and check.

4/29/2012 1:44:49 PM

oh sweet, thanks.

and i just called -- you are correct, they've got replicas and authentics.

[Edited on April 29, 2012 at 2:54 PM. Reason : .]

4/29/2012 2:51:40 PM

ESPN is listing Amerson as #5 in next years mock draft. Here's to hoping against NC State shit foro him this year!

5/1/2012 10:36:38 AM

Lol at Logan Thomas at #2

5/1/2012 10:58:02 AM

http://www.athlonsports.com/college-football/early-2013-nfl-draft-rankings

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"7. David Amerson, CB, NC State (6-2, 194)* This guy is the complete package: Length, height, speed, instincts, play-making ability and scheme versatility. He led the nation with 13 interceptions last fall, and while he shouldn't come close to that number in 2012, he is all but locked in as the top coverman in next year's draft."

[Edited on May 1, 2012 at 11:22 AM. Reason : sdaf]

5/1/2012 11:07:38 AM

SI has him even higher, though they assume positional needs and guess at the team draft positions.

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"3. Tampa Bay Buccaneers -- David Amerson, CB, NC State The Bucs went safety this year with first-round pick Mark Barron, but still have plenty of room to improve in the defensive backfield. Amerson had 13 interceptions last season and could insert himself into Heisman contention if offenses aren't smart enough to avoid him this season. Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/andrew_perloff/05/01/2013.nfl.mock.draft/index.html#ixzz1tdmmx8iD"

5/1/2012 1:38:14 PM

^
2 of the top 20 are QB/WR from UT.

Amerson will be tested early.

5/1/2012 1:41:36 PM

Boston College just booted RB Montel Harris from the team.

5/1/2012 3:12:18 PM

Ted Brown's ACC rushing record is safe!

5/1/2012 3:22:42 PM

Does this mean that we will beat bc this year?

5/1/2012 3:53:22 PM

Yes, but b/c we get them at home.

5/1/2012 4:04:16 PM

Cbs has him at #2

5/1/2012 4:14:12 PM

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"ESPN is listing Amerson as #5 in next years mock draft. Here's to hoping against NC State shit foro him this year!"

If Amerson has a good year, that could only be good for our defense. And if he goes early in the 1st round, that helps TOB in recruiting great players that will help us win big in the future.

[Edited on May 1, 2012 at 6:24 PM. Reason : ]

5/1/2012 6:21:58 PM

[Edited on May 1, 2012 at 10:02 PM. Reason : nm, meant to post in recruiting thread]

5/1/2012 9:59:47 PM

Clemson's Star Receiver Sammy Watkins got arrested this morning. No news about why yet.

5/4/2012 11:44:26 AM

oh shit

but if it's something stupid like drugs he may get off and still be able to play

5/4/2012 12:04:51 PM

i hope it was something stupid like punching an old man bus driver in the face.

5/4/2012 12:06:44 PM

it was weed and pills:
http://w.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/2012/5/4/2999019/sammy-watkins-arrested-drug-charges-marijuana/in/2763017

5/4/2012 12:17:12 PM

http://www.gopack.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/051412aaa.html

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"Creecy's Pieces, Installment 1 All summer, red-shirt sophomore running back Tony Creecy is going to allow GoPack.com to have an inside look into his mental and physical preparations for the upcoming season May 14, 2012 Raleigh, N.C. - All summer, red-shirt sophomore running back Tony Creecy is going to allow GoPack.com to have an inside look into his mental and physical preparations for the upcoming season, his thoughts on the team, and what he's doing when he's not in class or in the Murphy Center. I'm feeling good because exams are over! This has been the most stressful time. I had one exam where I had 10 different essays and I had to write two pages for each of those essays. Then I had accounting, which is always a tough course. Those two exams together were tough. This year was the most stressful yet. I have always taken academics serious, but I've been putting in more time the further I get because of the rigorous football schedule. I've learned that I've had to put in more time in certain classes and how to handle the crazy schedule a little better. I'm really looking forward to this upcoming season. I think I did well last year. The year I red-shirted was really hard. I had started every year since I started playing football, but red-shirting was the best thing that ever happened to me. It gave me a year to get stronger, better, and to practice against the first team defense - against Nate Irving, Terrell Manning, Earl Wolff. That actually got me better for this year. The first couple of games I was down, but my support system - family, friends - kept me level-headed and I was OK. I'm in the best shape I've ever been in. My last high school game, I got hurt and I was on crutches for four months. I wasn't doing anything - I couldn't run, I barely could walk without my crutches. I picked up weight because of that, then when I got to school I was introduced to three free meals a day and I picked up some more weight. I was huge! I was like 228 and I want to be where I am now: 205. I had never in my life been that heavy. I looked different, I felt different. I was moving different. I will never get that big ever again. The new strength & conditioning program is awesome. It's taken my body to places it's never been. Coach Ed [Strength & Conditioning Director Corey Edmond] has taken us where we need to be. He pushes our bodies to the limit. When I leave out of there, I'm always drenched with sweat; I'm always sore. The weight room is a place where I want to go because I know I can get better. My body has taken that to the extreme. I've worked hard, put on good weight and move so much better with it. He's got me so much more explosive and everything is better overall. I will never forget the pushing cart. He put 10 45-pound plates on that and pushed it towards us for resistence and we had to push it like 40 yards through the weightroom. That had my legs burning so bad, but I know it will help me. It's for knee drives, keeping my body position at the correct angle. He does things that are specifically for your position that are going to get you better. Playing it and teaching it are two different things - he played and he knows it and loves it. He comes in there with the same intensity every day and I've yet to see him have a down day. He gets us excited about doing things. Some days we go out and it's a drag, but when he lines us up, there is an energy. He helps bring out intensity out of everybody. The transition to Coach Kitchings is going well too. It's my third running back coach in three years, but Coach O'Brien has gotten guys that help us. Coach Swepson was of course a great coach, Coach Sands was a great coach and Coach Kitchings is a great coach. He's getting us where we need to be. He's young, but I really don't care. I would take coaching from a kid if Coach O'Brien hired him because I know he's not going to hire anybody that can't help me get better. Coach Kitchings, he looks young, but he has fire. He looks like he's real nice, but when he gets fired up, he can light you up. Now that exams are over, I'm going to spend some time at home. I always take a bunch of the guys with me - Rashard Smith, Quintin Payton, Tobais, Dontae, Rickey Dowdy. My mom passed away when I was a freshman in high school, but my Dad's girlfriend is great. She cooks for all of us. We play NCAA Football 2012 all day long, for four or five hours. Then we go outside and train with some of my friends who play at Wake Forest and some other schools. We wake up, eat, work out, play football, eat and play video games. This past weekend, I'm went to my older sister Jeskell's graduation from Winston-Salem. I'm excited about this summer and I'm excited about football. But I have to admit that another thing I get really excited about is shoes. I know this is kinda off topic, but in the next two months, there are a lot of shoes coming out that I really want. Outside of football, outside of school, I'm a nicely dressed guy and it has to start with the shoes. My favorite pair are the Kevin Durant Black History Month shoes - that's my top shoe. I have at least 60 pairs. When I have a son one day, I want to give the whole collection to him."

5/14/2012 12:14:06 PM

armor that link doesn't work

http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/04/report-clemsons-sammy-watkins-arrested/

5/14/2012 12:18:00 PM

good to hear about the strength & conditioning program

also,

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"that's my top shoe. I have at least 60 pairs."

5/14/2012 12:38:27 PM

noob question... trying to renew my season tickets through wolfpack club/gopack... where the F do i find my pin number?

5/14/2012 11:00:16 PM