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"N&O prep sports @PrepsNow "I'm ready," Hines said. "When you find the place for you, you just know." 8:10 AM - 15 Dec 2014"

Per 247: "Hines officially visited Virginia Tech over the weekend and said the Hokies are now tied with North Carolina State on top."

those don't seem to be good indicators

that said, not sure if VT has offered his sister a track scholarship, and that's long been cited as a factor in his recruitment. he was also on a visit to Wake during that 6-3 Virginia Tech OT loss, so that, along with questions about Beamer's future, seems like it could be in our favor

12/15/2014 10:24:50 AM

We've got Hines. Mark it down.

12/15/2014 10:46:02 AM

that would be huge...hope you're right

12/15/2014 10:57:09 AM

Pretty sure he wants to go to school with his sister and only NC State and Wake have offered her a track scholarship.

Would definitely be a surprise if he picked VT. Think the kid realizes most people think they know where he is going and he just wants to add a little suspense to it. It was NC State or Duke for a while, then it was NC State or Wake for a while, now it's NC State or VT?

If he picks VT over us, this is going to be another Amile Jefferson type recruiting letdown.

12/15/2014 12:31:23 PM

It seems like State has been in his top 2 or 3 the entire time. I think he tweeted out a list of 10 schools that he's choosing from...but from everything I've ready, it's down to State/VT/Wake.

[Edited on December 15, 2014 at 12:43 PM. Reason : add wake]

12/15/2014 12:38:56 PM

or during his visit they offered his sister a track scholarship ... doesn't seem that out of the realm of imagining

12/15/2014 12:45:26 PM

I read that more schools have offered her a track scholarship than has really been reported/made public on another site. Seems plausible

Also, Hines apparently grew up a State fan. So he's the type of recruit we should get.

[Edited on December 15, 2014 at 2:31 PM. Reason : d]

12/15/2014 2:30:12 PM

Can anyone post this article with the video??

https://rivals.yahoo.com/video/press-and-news-football/ncstate/Shrine-Bowl-Darian-Roseboro-1131438?NICK_NAME=&LEVEL=0&TIME=1418678975&SIG=1941c6cb14905618e7bb2cce6fa2e63a

12/15/2014 6:56:20 PM

Quote :

"Johnny Frasier — rated the No. 1 running back in 2015 by 247Sports, but seventh by ESPN and 20th by Rivals — said his commitment to Florida State is “pretty much up in the air” in an interview with 247Sports during practices for the Shrine Bowls of the Carolinas. Staying closer to home has always been a major factor for Frasier, who’s from Princeton, North Carolina, despite committing to Florida State in August. Frasier also said he is heavily considering Duke and N.C. State because of academics. He wants to pursue mechanical engineering in college."

http://www.tallahassee.com/story/sports/college/fsu/football/2014/12/15/recruiting-notebook-updates-frasier-ridley/20459093/

12/15/2014 11:57:34 PM

If he wants mechanical engineering, I see a clear leader between us and Duke.

[Edited on December 16, 2014 at 6:39 AM. Reason : This class could end up being special for us]

12/16/2014 6:38:39 AM

http://northcarolinastate.scout.com/story/1492319-roseboro-the-recruiter?s=178

12/16/2014 10:59:46 AM

Cool - you posted a premium link that most people here can't access.

12/16/2014 11:38:59 AM

Austin King committed to Indiana. That was quick. Guess he wants to start on 3-9 B1G teams instead of us.

12/16/2014 11:48:00 AM

Cool - you posted a premium link that most people here can't access.

12/16/2014 12:13:27 PM

Nothing all that earth-shattering in the article.

Roseboro is recruiting hard for us this week at the Shrine Bowl practices. Is really working on Hines, Hughes, and Frasier for us.

That's about it from the article. Also mentions that the other NC State commits at the Shrine Bowl are actively helping as well.

12/16/2014 12:21:29 PM

^^^ He saw Jalan McClendon at practice and knew he wouldn't be starting here anytime soon.

[Edited on December 16, 2014 at 12:46 PM. Reason : . ]

12/16/2014 12:45:57 PM

Wondering if Shad announcing he's returning for senior season effects Hines/Frasier for us?

12/16/2014 12:50:55 PM

Doubtful.

12/16/2014 12:59:40 PM

^^ 1)Shad announced that? 2) My guess is no...and if we did get them both, I wonder if one would redshirt? We got Shad, Dayes, Samuels (not necessarily a pure RB, but still) at RB already.

12/16/2014 1:30:03 PM

^, ^^ yeah, Canada will just give Shad's carries to someone else anyway

12/16/2014 1:30:57 PM

Doeren's had a lot of praise for Shad the last few weeks...after Wake and UNC and in today's press conference too. Hopefully he and the staff are really ready to give Shad the lions share of carries next year. Dayes is really good catching passes out of the backfield and can be a play maker, so I don't mind seeing Dayes getting a lot of snaps either. But Creecy's usage early in the year was really head scratching

12/16/2014 1:37:04 PM

The way I see it, Gallaspy replaces Creecy. Hines will be used as a slot/KR/gadget guy. Samuels will be primarily playing FB.

What will happen to Jaylen Samuels' touches? He got a lot of them from the jet sweep action, and I would assume those would go to Hines next year.

If Frasier commits, then he and Gallaspy would be fighting for that 3rd spot...unless we could be creative and push Dayes somewhere else?

12/16/2014 1:41:53 PM

I imagine Dayes will catch more and run less next year. Hines will be similar to Dayes, but also get a ton of work returning kicks. I think either Frasier or Gallaspy will redshirt just because we don't need all of them right now. The one that doesn't will split time with Jaylen doing the same shit that Jaylen did this year. We'll see more of Samuels just because we know what he can do and he'll be more comfortable in the every day offense (blocking and picking up blitzes). And he won't be a surprise anymore, so might as well trot him out there more.

Nichols will need to either move to DB, be happy sitting on the bench, or transfer.

12/16/2014 1:48:00 PM

^^ why would samuels' touches go to someone else? is samuels transferring?

12/16/2014 2:00:18 PM

^because we would bringing in Hines to be an APB/slot that would do jet sweeps, which is how Samuels got most of his touches this year. IMO it looks like Samuels could be starting FB, but not sure how many touches that means for him.

12/16/2014 2:03:17 PM

As good as Hines and Fraiser are supposed to be, I'm not sure they, as true freshmen, are gonna take a ton of touches away from anybody.

12/16/2014 2:14:04 PM

if we were to get Hines and Frasier also, this could a more dangerous stable of backs than that one time Baker and Brown were both actually healthy at the same time. could be that way even without them depending on how dayes, samuels, and gallaspy shape up, but would be nice to be loaded at the position.

12/16/2014 4:48:09 PM

Mike Hughes set to announce Monday

could be a nice few days for State with hines and Hughes announcing Friday and Monday respectively

12/17/2014 7:06:01 PM

^^ That's kind of pushing it.

Plus the coaching staff won't ever play our best back, so it won't matter.

12/17/2014 9:09:16 PM

Shad had by far the most carries on this years team...147. Next highest was Brissett with 110...then Dayes with 91. I thought we, especially down the stretch, handled the RBs well. Dayes is proven to be a reliable weapon out of the backfield. Creecy (52 carries) was just kinda "meh"...and his usage towards the end of the season indicated that, I think. After the Clemson game, Creecy only had >5 carries 1 time the rest of the year...and that was against UNC (8 carries) when the game was well out of reach. I understand wanting to get Shad the ball more. But he got fewer than 10 carries only 3 times all year...vs Presbyterian (blow out), vs Clemson (blow out), and vs Boston College (clearly a mistake in play calling or something there).

Unless you're saying Samuels is our best back...then I dunno. He's talented. Clearly not an every down back, but does deserve more touches. But he's not our best back

[Edited on December 17, 2014 at 9:25 PM. Reason : d]

12/17/2014 9:24:52 PM

^^ I don't know how that would be pushing it. This year, our backs averaged ~5.7 yards/carry (slightly more if you don't count Creecy). In 2005 and 2006 (both Baker/Brown years), we averaged ~4.8 yards/carry on fewer rushes than we had this year. Shad is supposedly coming back, so adding Gallaspy plus the possibility of Hines and/or Frasier shouldn't make us regress.

12/17/2014 9:41:25 PM

just take Hines out of the RB discussion altogether. Hes not going to play runningback for us. He may get 3-4 carries per game, but when we're gonna be rushing it 40 times a game, thats a tiny sample.

12/17/2014 10:50:10 PM

Not sure how much we let him run the ball (if we get him), but that's why I said a stable of backs.

12/17/2014 11:51:14 PM

Nyheim Hines highlight video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdb_Jym8LLM

12/18/2014 11:03:22 AM

Finding out how to most effectively use Hines is going to be interesting. Think we sold him on using him like Dayes this year, but think he might be moved around a lot. Could see him really doing damage out of the slot.

12/18/2014 11:10:58 AM

some news on Mike Hughes

Thinking #NCST right now but could change RT @jhardy575: @RivalsFriedmanDo you think my Heels have a good chance to land Hughes

— Adam Friedman (@RivalsFriedman) December 17, 2014

12/18/2014 12:10:32 PM

Some jackass I know told me last night that Bo Hines was committing to Yale. I barely pay attention to recruiting but I had a wtf moment.

12/18/2014 12:39:58 PM

So apparently VaTech JUST NOW offered Nyheim's sister:

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" Nyheim Hines retweeted Michael Clark ?@MClarkScout 51m51 minutes ago Garner (NC) track star Nyah Hines has been offered by #VirginiaTech. Her brother is 4-star RB Nyheim Hines @TheNyNy2"

12/18/2014 2:11:07 PM

Just pencil him in as a hoakie and hope to be surprised tomorrow.

12/18/2014 2:13:37 PM

^^^^ Not related to recruiting, but whenever I read "my Heels" I always hear it in my head as "Mah Heeyulz" like the callers on sports talk radio pronounce it. Maybe I just don't notice it for State as much - do y'all say "my Pack" or "my Wolfpack" or "the Pack"?

Stupid little idiosyncrasy I've noticed about UNC fans... "my Heels".

12/18/2014 2:30:03 PM

Little late for them to be getting in on the package deal dont you think?

and Vtech is going downhill...fast.

Hope he realizes that.

12/18/2014 2:31:03 PM

^ Right! Like how do you wait until the day before he announces to offer his sister. If I was a recruit, I'd be more interested in the schools that wanted me earlier in the process. Shows their persistence and loyalty.

12/18/2014 2:32:58 PM

The only reason you worry about something like that is if Hines really wants to go there and he's all like..."Coach Goiter...I really want to be a Hokie, but my sister needs a scholly too!"

12/18/2014 2:46:49 PM

Yeah that seems really odd that they'd wait until just now to offer his sister. Unless, somehow, she had an offer for a while and it just now became public. I dunno

Quote :

"^^^^ Not related to recruiting, but whenever I read "my Heels" I always hear it in my head as "Mah Heeyulz" like the callers on sports talk radio pronounce it. Maybe I just don't notice it for State as much - do y'all say "my Pack" or "my Wolfpack" or "the Pack"? Stupid little idiosyncrasy I've noticed about UNC fans... "my Heels". "

Yeah I never say "my Pack" or whatever. But I have noticed the "my Heels" thing before lol.

12/18/2014 2:49:19 PM

I hear lots of mostly bandwagoners in the area say "my Cowboys" or "my Lakers." It's usually women that I hear it from. Usually the same people that say "hate it for my boys" after a loss, like they birthed the whole fucking roster.

12/18/2014 3:10:02 PM

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"User Actions Following Mark Thomas ?@markthomas24 @StateCoachD is about to get two early Christmas presents. It's about to get real fun. Reply Retweet Favorite More RETWEETS 17 FAVORITES 21 5:00 PM - 18 Dec 2014"

12/18/2014 11:04:19 PM

Mark is probably talking about DD getting two Ford F-150s from Crossroads Ford in Cary for Christmas.
Or two packs of Carolina Packers Brightleaf redhots or some shit.

12/19/2014 7:17:09 AM

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"Pack Pride @PackPride · 2h 2 hours ago RT @DarianRoseboro: Watch cut that RED LIGHT ON BABYYYY #GOPACK BY THE END OF THE DAY GO PACK !!!!!!"

12/19/2014 9:58:00 AM

Calling this the double H
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[Edited on December 19, 2014 at 10:47 AM. Reason : ]

12/19/2014 10:46:34 AM

Hughes supposedly isn't announcing until Monday, right?

12/19/2014 10:55:23 AM