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10/6/2009 12:30:54 PM

I'm nervous but more excited to see how Wilson and the team respond to the poor performance.

10/6/2009 2:10:49 PM

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"TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2009 O'Brien still drilling Wilson on pocket passing During his weekly coach’s television show, N.C. State coach Tom O’Brien saw Russell Wilson step forward in the pocket, find a running lane and sprint forward for a 9-yard gain to Wake Forest’s 4-yard line. On the show, O’Brien said Wilson needs to do that more often. He didn’t mean necessarily running the ball – N.C. State’s staff has been pleased with the way Wilson has looked to get the ball to his receivers this season. Wilson’s tendency when he feels pressure is to retreat back from the pocket, sprint to the side away from the pressure and throw on the run or scramble for yards. "He’s got to step up in the pocket a little more,” O’Brien said during his weekly news conference Monday. “There’s been holes up inside, and he’s been going out, back and around. Now he was able to do it with Pittsburgh and he was able to do it at Wake Forest. He wasn’t able to do it with South Carolina. So you have to do it right all the time." Wilson said stepping up into the pocket might help him see downfield better. "I’ve just got to keep getting better at it and focusing on it,” Wilson said. “I feel like I hang in there as long as I can for the most part. I feel like there are definitely times I can hang in there a little bit longer." This work on a basic fundamental of quarterbacking gives a glimpse of the disconnection between how coaches and fans can view a player. After Wilson passed for 322 yards and ran for 91 against Pittsburgh, one fan sent an e-mail to a Charlotte Observer reporter saying Wilson had played a nearly perfect game. Although the performance was good enough to earn Wilson ACC offensive back of the week honors, N.C. State’s coaches didn’t grade him above 90 percent. Even though Wilson was voted first-team All-ACC last season as a redshirt freshman, O’Brien had a lot of things he needed Wilson to work on. Although Wilson’s numbers sometimes make him seem like Superman, O’Brien sees that he can get better. O’Brien admired the way Wake Forest’s Riley Skinner stepped up in the pocket last week. He was sacked six times, but he found enough throwing lanes to pass for 361 yards. "Those are some of the things that we have to work with him on, and he’s still a young kid,” O’Brien said. “You look at 40-plus starts for Riley Skinner compared to what, 12 or 15 (actually 16) for Russell, there’s a big disparity in maturity level there." ·Wilson, who usually is guarded and unfailingly positive during interviews, appeared to slip up for just a moment Tuesday during his weekly news conference. He was talking about how Duke was the only ACC school other than N.C. State that offered him a scholarship. He said Duke is “a great school.” He said he thought when he was in high school that he could change the atmosphere at Duke if he accepted that scholarship. "It’s a basketball school, to be honest with you,” Wilson said. Could it be that Wilson was providing bulletin board material to this week’s opponent? No. But they’ve got a great football program, now,” he continued. “. . .I liked their academics and stuff, their beautiful campus and everything like that, and the future I would have if I went there. But at the same time, there’s something about N.C. State. I just loved the atmosphere here." Ken Tysiac POSTED BY OBSERVER SPORTS AT 11:53 AM"

10/6/2009 2:12:12 PM

they should kick Duke in the mouth and it should be over by the end of the 3rd

should

10/6/2009 2:12:22 PM

Shout aloud to the men,
Who will play the game to win.
We're behind you,
Keep fighting for State.

Hold that line,
Hold them fast,
We will reach victory at last
We're behind you
Keep fighting for State.

Rise up to the fray,
And let your colors wave,
Shout out for dear old NC State
(Go State!)

For where e'er we go,
We will let the whole world know,
We're behind you,
Keep fighting for State.

10/6/2009 3:27:10 PM

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"they should kick Duke in the mouth and it should be over by the end of the 3rd should"

bingo, thats why my score prediction has them winning going away.

I have to believe we are to the point of coming out and handling teams we should.

10/6/2009 4:02:18 PM

Shout aloud to the men,
Who will play the game to win.
We're behind you,
Keep fighting for State.

Hold that line,
Hold them fast,
We will reach victory at last
We're behind you
Keep fighting for State.

Rise up to the fray,
And let your colors wave,
Shout out for dear old NC State
(Go State!)

For where e'er we go,
We will let the whole world know,
We're behind you,
Keep fighting for State.

10/6/2009 4:19:31 PM

State 31
Duke 28

10/6/2009 4:35:30 PM

Sagarin says us by 10.

10/6/2009 4:41:49 PM

10/6/2009 5:06:09 PM

State 34
Duke 24

10/6/2009 5:28:50 PM

ncsu 38- Duke 17

10/6/2009 7:35:31 PM

I love how the predictions keep getting better for state as we get farther from the loss.

Oh how it hurts

38-14

[Edited on October 6, 2009 at 8:31 PM. Reason : dsa]

10/6/2009 8:23:19 PM

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"BEU is that one of those dogs that looks like a wolf that someone on here was trying to get so that we could have a real live mascot?"

That is my dog that I want to get paid for making it the mascot for the school.

10/6/2009 10:14:12 PM

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"You must have warped expectations if you're excited for this game. I'm scared for this game."

Hmm..I wouldn't call it "warped expectations," it's more that I am optimistic that we can win this game! Also, I love the social aspect of going to the games--the excitement in the stadium, the tailgating--all that isn't captured when you watch it on TV!

[Edited on October 6, 2009 at 10:38 PM. Reason : oops]

10/6/2009 10:38:05 PM

Wolfpacks: 38
B. Devils: 27

10/6/2009 11:07:38 PM

alee and i will be there

10/7/2009 11:38:57 AM

BEU's dog for mascot!

Wilson for Heisman!

(or the other way around)

10/7/2009 12:38:53 PM

so let's say we lose this game. then what.

duke is due for that ONE acc upset this decade. could be us. just sayin.

[Edited on October 7, 2009 at 1:36 PM. Reason : s]

10/7/2009 1:36:28 PM

nah, duke will wait to beat carolina.

10/7/2009 1:42:27 PM

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"duke is due for that ONE acc upset this decade. could be us. just sayin."

Duke beat UVa last year. Does that count? I ask because I assume any Duke win is an upset.

10/7/2009 1:53:03 PM

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"Wilson for Heisman!"

You can give up on that one. We have two losses now. RW could have 4,500 yards passing and 2,000 yards rushing in one season and the Heisman would still go to the QB/RB of the #1 or #2 team in the nation.

EDIT: Of course if he had those numbers we'd probably be ranked on up there.

[Edited on October 7, 2009 at 2:18 PM. Reason : -]

10/7/2009 2:15:02 PM

2nd-Annual Kay Yow Spring Game is set for April 17, 2010 - http://bit.ly/vwEUh
from TweetDeck

10/7/2009 4:37:49 PM

Help NC State trash the Competition - http://bit.ly/10H683
from TweetDeck

10/7/2009 4:39:26 PM

help to end double posting by using the edit post function

10/7/2009 4:49:08 PM

FUCK ESPNU

GOD I HATE THOSE ANNOUNCERS

10/7/2009 4:51:10 PM

EVERYONE was picking a win last week and now we think we might struggle with Duke.

The joys of being a State fan!

10/7/2009 5:24:20 PM

last week we were going 9-3 and winning the Atlantic, now we're a possibly under .500 team scratching for a bowl game. I still think we'll win 8 games. maybe 7 and a bowl. or 8 and lose the bowl. 8-5ish

10/7/2009 7:01:35 PM

10-2


















LETS DO THIS! ITS GO TIME!

10/7/2009 7:10:00 PM

Come next week I sure hope you aren't saying:

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"last week we were going 8-4, now we're a under .500 team trying to do the best we can to not finish as one of the bottom three teams in the conference."

[Edited on October 7, 2009 at 7:17 PM. Reason : -]

10/7/2009 7:10:36 PM

Man, can I kill a thread or what

[Edited on October 7, 2009 at 8:13 PM. Reason : das56]

10/7/2009 8:13:43 PM

why all the pessimism? sure we got let down last week...but from an objective standpoint, WE SHOULD WIN THIS GAME...Duke lost to Richmond, we are at home, and frankly we're a better team...I hope the PLAYERS take them seriously, but I'm pretty confident we'll win and get back on track

10/7/2009 8:17:40 PM

for those who wondered what it looked like setting up, then how it looked this week getting ready... and of course the shot of me from the office during the concert =) so everyone shouldn't be too worried about the turf. I have more pictures in my gallery from today at work and this past couple weeks.

10/7/2009 8:27:02 PM

cool

10/7/2009 8:28:51 PM

we were a better team than wake too......just sayin

[Edited on October 7, 2009 at 8:29 PM. Reason : das]

10/7/2009 8:29:32 PM

hey maybe we lose...but there is a bigger margin in our talent/coaching between NCSU/Duke than NCSU/Wake

10/7/2009 8:35:08 PM

I agree.

If we lose I fully expect a meltdown similar to the UNC boards.

10/7/2009 8:38:46 PM

rightfully so...you shouldn't lose to Duke in football...period

10/7/2009 8:41:05 PM

I don't think words can describe how amazing this picture is...

10/8/2009 1:17:11 AM

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"why all the pessimism?"

For me... it's because Duke put up 360 passing yards against the (supposedly) #6 team in the nation. Now they're supposedly #5. VT should have dropped in the rankings after that game.

In looking at the stats of that game Duke had a lot of passing yards and very few rushing yards. Sounds like last week they had what it takes to win against us. Thanks goodness that was last week. Plus I consider VT to be a step above our program. I haven't really followed VT's defense this year, but I'd hate to imagine that a top 10 team has a defense that is worse than ours.

Maybe everyone on Duke played the game of their careers last week or maybe they are improving, I can't tell. I can't even get a read on our team anymore. We made Wake's QB look awesome, but at the same time we should have lost by 28 points given WF's starting field positions.

Special teams will be interesting. I think Duke has a special teams unit just as terrible as ours. You have to go back to 1994 to add up 10 conference wins for Duke and it would be just like State to blow it.

Been a fan too long.

[Edited on October 8, 2009 at 7:47 AM. Reason : -]

10/8/2009 7:44:07 AM

10/8/2009 10:46:37 AM

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"Fowler encouraged by post-U2 turf at N.C. State At 7:30 this morning, N.C. State athletic director Lee Fowler was eagerly inspecting the turf at Carter-Finley Stadium. After last week's U2 show, concert promoter Live Nation paid for new sod to be laid Wednesday in preparation for Saturday's 4 p.m. Wolfpack game against Duke. Fowler was nervous about the procedure last week, but liked what he saw this morning. "It's a rather amazing process, and nobody's happier than I am that it looks great," Fowler said. "So it will be fine after they cut it and paint it. I think it will be hard to tell that there's anything different from two weeks ago (before the concert)." The grass was scheduled to be cut and painted this morning. Fowler said turf specialists used a special machine to pull the sections of sod together to eliminate the seams. He said he can see the spots where the sections meet, but said they're pulled together firmly. "It's going to be a fast track," Fowler said."

dunno why i posted it

10/8/2009 11:12:22 AM

^I don't beleive in you God.

and cute ladybug.

10/8/2009 11:12:57 AM

The He Man pic would of been sweet, u just forgot to color in the rest of He-Man's body brown, hehe.


GO Pack!!


State 30
Duke 22

10/8/2009 11:13:40 AM

dear BEU

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"we were a better team than wake too......just sayin"

Vegas disagrees with you.

10/8/2009 12:19:55 PM

yet another lackey who thinks Vegas sets the odds based on the predicted outcome

10/8/2009 12:23:56 PM

We win by 3 TDs! That's my take!

10/8/2009 1:16:34 PM

Packpride said we're favored by 14.5, I'd put a thouso on Duke if that line held up

10/8/2009 1:22:17 PM

dooks passing game is too good for this laughing stock of the acc pass defense.

10/8/2009 2:18:02 PM

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"yet another lackey who thinks Vegas sets the odds based on the predicted outcome"

Understood, but how else would you debate whether or not we were the "better" team than WFU?

10/8/2009 3:01:47 PM