143 days left.

4/10/2007 7:50:15 PM

142 days left. who takes over for Deraney?

4/11/2007 1:31:29 PM

138 days.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Qi_3EYyygGU

4/15/2007 12:22:21 AM

I am excited! the spring game is like a girl that teases you....you get a little action...then you gotta wait 5 months until you get some. Then for the next couple months sept-nov you get it good

4/15/2007 1:38:15 AM

^^All I've got to say is WTF?

4/15/2007 1:57:05 AM

137 days left.

4/16/2007 10:56:28 AM

134 days left.

4/19/2007 1:04:52 PM

The ACC coaches as South Park characters.



LOL at Ted Roof and Ralph Friedgen.

4/19/2007 1:25:03 PM

http://www.aolsportsblog.com/2007/02/20/acc-coaches-as-south-park-characters/

b/c that image doesn't work.

v i got a red x and when i tried to follow the link it said it couldn't be accessed. it works for you b/c you've already downloaded it.

[Edited on April 19, 2007 at 1:45 PM. Reason : unless it's just me]

4/19/2007 1:37:00 PM

hmm...works for me.

4/19/2007 1:43:31 PM

133 days left.

4/20/2007 12:57:14 AM

131 days left till the Tom O'Brien era at NC State begins.







http://www.packtailgater.com/gallery/albums/CarterFinleyJan31,2005/courage_pride.jpg



Rowdy Pack Fans provide an intimidating atmosphere at Carter-Finley Stadium
http://www.tettambel.com/jon/jonbust.jpg

[Edited on April 22, 2007 at 6:06 PM. Reason : how do i make pictures smaller? i forgot. ]

[Edited on April 22, 2007 at 6:21 PM. Reason : oh well if you want to see those pics just copy and paste them into another tab/window]

4/22/2007 6:03:42 PM

the TOM OBRIEN show will be monday nights at DAMONS GRILLE!

4/22/2007 9:44:10 PM

126 days left.

4/27/2007 4:18:26 PM

124 days till gameday!

4/29/2007 2:40:33 AM

cien veinte tres mas dias

[Edited on April 30, 2007 at 4:23 PM. Reason : damn "i" before "e" never works]

4/30/2007 4:22:51 PM

Quote :

"who takes over for Deraney?"

Apparently Czajkowski is the front-runner from the spring game. And Nathan Franklin is the punter. Bradley Pierson looks good in practice so maybe he is battling too.

And please to let one kick and one punt....not do it all.

5/1/2007 12:51:26 AM

wonder if anyone will look into signing Deraney

5/1/2007 12:54:15 AM

new kid from CA should take over either PK or P

5/1/2007 1:00:36 AM

don't we have a juco transfer to punt and a senior-redshirt-transfer-thing-that-i-thought-they-stopped-allowing to kick?

pretty sure we do.

5/1/2007 1:10:19 AM

Extra hour of tailgating, boys and girls

Quote :

"Tailgating will be expanded by one hour at North Carolina State University football games for the 2007 season and a new ambassador program will be created to promote good sportsmanship on game day."

http://news.ncsu.edu/releases/2007/may/080.html

[Edited on May 1, 2007 at 4:22 PM. Reason : link]

5/1/2007 4:22:08 PM

5 hours certainly sounds better, but i doubt it'll make much of a difference.

5/1/2007 5:09:04 PM

119 to go

Just made cornhole boards... can't flippin' wait.

5/4/2007 9:50:36 AM

^^really seems like it will give people an extra hour to get to their spots and set up. 4 hours was bad because that meant about 3 hours and 15 minutes of actual tailgating after initial setup, then you want to go into the game a few minutes early.....seems like the extra hour will help cover diehard fans setup time and walk-in time; actually giving them 4 full hours to tailgate. 5 hours is fine for 12, 1, 3:30 games, it will still piss some people off for night games though!

5/4/2007 9:58:15 AM

5 hours sound great to me.

^ let me know if you're coming to any games and need tickets..

5/4/2007 10:38:56 AM

Did UCF successfully get their name changed for this year? I know they wanted to be just knights instead of golden knights. anyone know?

5/4/2007 10:39:15 AM

^I don't really care, as long as they leave Carter-Finley feeling like the "we just got our asses whooped knights."

5/4/2007 11:27:39 AM

^^^ not like we have that many night games anyway. we are usually around the 3:30, 12 slot.

5/4/2007 12:20:13 PM

man, we should. night games are so much better

5/4/2007 12:52:51 PM

didn't see this anywhere, and it certainly didn't deserve it's own thread.

College football coaches by category: http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=202898

Quote :

"DEEP THINKERS Five best coaches at X-ing and O-ing Mike Leach, Texas Tech Tom O'Brien, N.C. State Mark Richt, Georgia Rich Rodriguez, West Virginia Jeff Tedford, Cal"

5/4/2007 3:22:33 PM

A look at the ACC after the spring practices and predicting positions. Debate about making this it's own thread but decided not too. If someone else wants to go ahead, there's the link. http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/gatech/stories/2007/05/04/0506accspring.html

Quote :

"N.C. STATE • Fall forecast: Sixth in Atlantic WHAT WE LEARNED There's a new sheriff in town. Tom O'Brien attended the Naval Academy. He became a commissioned officer in the Marine Corps. He graduated 90 percent of his players in 10 seasons at Boston College. In short, play time is over at State. "It took us about 13 [of spring 15] practices before the guys learned what our pace is," O'Brien said. ... No player has a job headed into fall camp. O'Brien didn't release a depth chart at the end of spring practice and told Wolfpack players every job was open. ... Neither of the top returning rushers — Toney Baker and Andre Brown — was the most impressive back of the spring. That honor went to Jamelle Eugene. WHAT WE DIDN'T Daniel Evans threw six touchdown passes and 11 interceptions last fall, leading to an open quarterback competition. Nebraska transfer Harrison Beck is among several others in the mix. "We just don't have a front-runner," O'Brien said. "The position is about making good decisions."... Will Mario Pressley be OK? The defensive end, who the 'Pack are counting on counting on, broke his big toe on the second day in pads. Coaches hope he'll be back to full strength this summer. ... How many nights' sleep will O'Brien lose between now and Sept. 8, when State travels to Boston College. O'Brien didn't leave BC on the best of terms. "That," he said, "is not going to be an easy trip.""

5/4/2007 7:12:07 PM

112 to go. Despite the low expectations from the media, I haven't been this excited about a football season in a long time.

5/11/2007 1:52:45 PM

holy hell i hope we crush UCF. a buddy of mine from HS stopped by the house the other night for a few beers and he is a starting LB'er for UCF. ran his mouth the whole night about beatin us in Raleigh.

5/11/2007 2:15:46 PM

Quote :

"Did UCF successfully get their name changed for this year? I know they wanted to be just knights instead of golden knights. anyone know?"

Yeah, they changed to the knights and changed their logo/font

5/11/2007 2:16:25 PM

Beware George O'Leary ALWAYS had our number when he was at G Tech.

Also he cheated on his resume so he will cheat in anything.

5/11/2007 2:22:02 PM

Posted elsewhere, but good interview with TOB
http://www.newsobserver.com/122/story/573719-p2.html

Quote :

"Q: Will the team have new-look uniforms this season? A: Not this year. I would assume we could change things in another year. Q: What about the pregame fireworks? Does that kind of entrance fit your persona? A: It doesn't bother me. I think it's a thing we've heard in recruiting when kids have come here to watch games that they really like it. So we won't change it."

5/13/2007 8:50:12 PM

Quote :

"Q: Will the team have new-look uniforms this season? A: Not this year. I would assume we could change things in another year."

5/13/2007 9:56:06 PM

FREEDOM!!!

110 days left.

5/13/2007 10:54:06 PM

welp, another year of ATL falcons unis

5/14/2007 1:50:07 AM

oh yeah, and 109 days to go!

5/14/2007 10:47:24 AM

Will there be any work on the stadium this year? One thing that they need to do is add seats at the top of the aisles in the upper decks. That could be around 3-5 more seats. There are 9 aisles in each of the upper decks, so going realistic and saying that three additional seats could be added at the top of each aisle, we'd have 54 more seats. If we could squeeze 5 more seats in at the top of each aisle then we'd have 90 more seats.


This would be a good old school pic if the two people weren't in it.


Ah, the 03 UVA game.

5/14/2007 9:02:17 PM

108 days left. Go State!

5/15/2007 8:50:22 PM

107

5/16/2007 9:26:52 AM

106, soon to be 105 days left till we will be back amongst nearly 60,000 of our closest friends and family watching dem boyz do their magic in Tha Carter.

5/17/2007 10:32:48 PM

105 days till a 6:00 pm kickoff. Night game ftw!

5/18/2007 9:48:51 PM

104 days!

5/19/2007 1:12:21 PM

i really wish i could be spending this saturday watching football rather than killing time...

damn, summer sucks sportswise

5/19/2007 1:26:30 PM

yeah, i could really go for a good football game right about now

5/19/2007 1:39:53 PM

^^^ I remember when the replayed that hit in Carter-Finley. Everyone was like "BOOOOOOOMMMMMM!!!!!!" That game sent us to the Meineke Car Care Bowl, the last bowl game of the Amato era. The players came over to the stands celebrating and started to pretend they were bowling.

5/19/2007 2:10:01 PM

Quote :

"That game sent us to the Meineke Car Care Bowl"

what a momentous moment that was.

5/19/2007 4:30:09 PM