he did have knee surgery but i dont think it was his acl

4/19/2009 9:22:20 AM

Here are a couple of the pictures I took from the game..I posted more in the Digital SLR thread in chit chat





[Edited on April 19, 2009 at 9:51 AM. Reason : ya]

4/19/2009 9:50:39 AM

Awesome pictures, thanks from everyone not at the game.

4/19/2009 9:58:29 AM

Our O-Line looks Huge as shit..hope they use that size and keep our opponents from getting our QB's this year!!


I hope Wilson and Glennon stay all four years, ESPECIALLY after us going thru our QB issues prior to the two of them arriving on campus.


Ive been trying to get info on SC's and Pitt's spring game to do a compare and contrast thing for us...

4/19/2009 5:05:22 PM

Quote :

"Going from the style we have now with a hump in the middle to drain water to a flat field (still grass) "

they are just resodding

the crown wont be fixed till the next season

4/19/2009 5:30:23 PM

^ are you sure.

i believe that is incorrect.

4/19/2009 5:42:15 PM

why the hell would they spend all the money resodding only to tear up the field again in a year? the article i read before said they were doing everything, installing the same type of field that the soccer field is now.

4/19/2009 5:43:20 PM

The crown will be gone for next season.

4/19/2009 5:44:35 PM

http://www.gopack.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=3689071&DB_OEM_ID=9200

4/19/2009 5:45:02 PM

CO Spring Game Pics, including a hot tub scene...

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/133/gallery/672554.html

4/19/2009 5:54:52 PM

that's some carolina shit there.

4/19/2009 7:32:07 PM

rw looks kinda like michael from the wire

4/19/2009 10:26:47 PM

WolfpckGrl17 needs to be photoshopped into the hot tub pics.

[Edited on April 19, 2009 at 10:32 PM. Reason : ]

4/19/2009 10:31:54 PM

It's kinda hard to imagine it costing 1 million to haul some damn dirt out, put some irrigation in, and put some sand/gravel/sod down.

Really?

I also wonder why they only have 3 people bidding. In an economy like this, they could save a shit ton of money but getting more people to the table.

[Edited on April 19, 2009 at 10:38 PM. Reason : .]

4/19/2009 10:34:58 PM

Obviously, you're not a(n) golfer engineer

4/19/2009 10:56:23 PM

Quote :

"It's kinda hard to imagine it costing 1 million to haul some damn dirt out, put some irrigation in, and put some sand/gravel/sod down. Really?"

no its not considering what all will take place to get it all replaced. a 60,000 square foot golf green is expensive to lay down properly. the drainage aspect is what will probably increase the cost since so much attention is being paid to this problem

the new field will be able to drain 11 inches of rain a hour

Quote :

" the new field is being built to USGA green specs, meaning something like 2.5-3 ft deep with multiple layers of gravel/sand/loam to ensure proper drainage and optimum root zone conditions. We should be one of the best natural field surfaces in the nation, undoubtedly one of (if not the best) in the ACC "

4/20/2009 11:50:25 AM

Quote :

"I also wonder why they only have 3 people bidding. In an economy like this, they could save a shit ton of money but getting more people to the table."

It's probably because there aren't that many contractors that are capable of completing the task. This isn't something that Hector's Landscape Service could tackle. When they say "built to USGA standards," they mean it, not just using it as a template or a baseline... they're following the specifications exactly. The surface will be laser levelled and everything. Getting a field that large at the bottom of a big bowl to drain 13" of water per hour isn't exactly easy, nor is it cheap. Not something you'd want to simply default to the lowest bidder.

[Edited on April 20, 2009 at 1:41 PM. Reason : .]

4/20/2009 1:40:50 PM

might be a stupid question, but is the field going to be mowed to the same blade-height as a golf green? or do the USGA standards only refer to the drainability of the turf?

4/20/2009 1:59:01 PM

^ haaaaaaaill no (grass length will be longer)

and yea i think its only drainability standards

[Edited on April 20, 2009 at 2:13 PM. Reason : .]

4/20/2009 2:12:47 PM

^^Not the blade height or cutting technique, just drainage and soil structure as far as I know.

[Edited on April 20, 2009 at 2:15 PM. Reason : ^'s]

4/20/2009 2:14:47 PM

Quote :

"optimum root zone conditions"

4/20/2009 3:23:20 PM

i've always said we needed more loam on our field

4/20/2009 3:38:37 PM

[Edited on April 20, 2009 at 4:45 PM. Reason : the Brady, 1980 study was totally sacre bleu in the loam community and dirt science]

4/20/2009 4:44:21 PM

http://www.gopack.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9200&ATCLID=3722493

Quote :

"BY TIM PEELER RALEIGH, N.C. – Erik Kramer may have found himself a couple of camp instructors. The former NC State, Atlanta Falcons, Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears quarterback spent the last couple of days watching the Wolfpack’s spring football practice. And he took particular notice of sophomore Russell Wilson and redshirt freshman Mike Glennon. Kramer said the high school prospects he counsels during his summer camps in Los Angeles might learn more from them than they could from him. “From what I have seen these last couple of days, I am going to bring them out to camp and let them teach for me,” said Kramer, who was the 1986 ACC Player of the Year after leading the Wolfpack to an 8-3-1 record and a trip to the Peach Bowl. Kramer, who spent two years as NC State's starting quarterback after transferring from a California junior college, is now a broadcaster and analyst for the Chicago Bears preseason telecasts and for FoxSports.com. He happened to be back on the East Coast visiting his wife’s family in Atlanta, and decided to make his first trip to the spring football alumni reunion, now in its third year. Kramer and former defensive back Derrick Taylor, who now works for the Federal Reserve in Los Angeles, won the awards for the furthest distance traveled to attend the event, which has grown in number and scope since Wolfpack coach Tom O’Brien began the popular tradition shortly after he was hired. More former players registered for this year’s event – which includes an invitation to Friday’s practice, a reception at Vaughn Towers Friday night and special seating at Saturday’s Kay Yow Spring Football Game at Carter-Finley Stadium – than attended last year. Many familiar faces returned for the event, including former NFL No. 1 pick Mario Williams, former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Bill Cowher, DeMario Pressley and a handful of other current and former NFL players. But the sign that the event continues to grow is that several older alumni from around the country made their first appearance at the event. Ex-linebacker Levar Fisher came in from Chicago. Defensive back Nelson Jones came in from Dallas. Former All-American kicker Steve Videtich – on hiatus from the Arena Football League – came from Salt Lake City. “This is just a great chance to see all the guys, to convene, have some fellowship and network,” said Jones, who is a consultant for a medical company in Texas. “These were the guys who were an integral part of me growing up. Those experiences here helped mold me into the person I have become.” For those who hadn’t been here in a while – like Kramer, whose last trip to Raleigh was nearly 15 years ago – the changes in and around Carter-Finley were hard to believe. “It’s like I’ve landed on another planet,” said Kramer, who still owns the Chicago Bears’ single-season records for completions, attempts and passing yards. “I am scraping up the pieces of my jaw right now. I cannot believe what has gone on over the last 15 years. “There is something special about this place. It’s incredible.” Kramer has already decided to return this fall to see his first game since his career with the Wolfpack ended. He plans to come to the North Carolina game on Nov. 28, but perhaps he could consider also coming to the Sept. 2 season-opener against South Carolina. Then, he could relive, one more time, perhaps the greatest play in history of Carter-Finley Stadium, when he hit receiver Danny Peebles on a 36-yard touchdown pass to beat the Gamecocks in 1986. No matter which games he comes to, he plans to make it back for next year’s reunion as well. And he’ll tell others about it, as well. “If I am a recruit coming in here, they have me sold,” Kramer said. But for all the smiles and joking that peppered the sidelines during Friday’s two-hour scrimmage, there was also a sense of sadness for the handful of former teammates of the late Corey Smith, the former NC State defensive end who is presumed dead after being lost in the Gulf of Mexico during a February fishing trip. “I talked to Corey about two weeks before he went on that fishing trip,” said Fisher, who played with Smith for four years with the Wolfpack. “I called him up out of the blue for the first time in about three years and he said if I was planning to come to the reunion he would be here too.” Sadly for his former teammates, that won’t be the case. For O’Brien, Friday’s practice was the last day of working on fundamentals before Saturday’s Kay Yow Spring Game at Carter-Finley Stadium. Kickoff is slated for 1 p.m., with parking lots opening at 9 a.m. and stadium gates opening at noon. Visit GoPack.com’s spring football page for more information. One thing O’Brien knows is that All-ACC quarterback Russell Wilson will only play for one hour in the game because of NCAA restrictions that limit student-athletes to 20 hours of participation per week. Wilson, a dual-sport athlete, has worked out with football this week and played baseball against Wofford, East Carolina and Florida State this week. “We will play with Wilson and Glennon for an hour and then we will play with Glennon and [walk-on Daniel] Imhoff,” O’Brien said. “Wilson will go with the Red offense and Glennon will go with the Whites to start out. “When an hour is up, Russell will turn into a pumpkin and we will send him off the field.” Overall, O’Brien had a positive assessment of his team’s first 14 spring practices. “I think we had two bad days,” O’Brien said. “When you look at the total work of the spring, that is a pretty good job by these kids. My first year, we got to practice No. 13 before we had a decent day. “It just shows the difference [of where the program is] between Year 1 and Year 3.”"

4/20/2009 5:16:43 PM

^hahahhahahahahahha

4/20/2009 5:25:25 PM

I wish TOB would've left BC and come in during my freshman year instead of senior year. I had way too many years of Amato.

4/20/2009 5:31:03 PM

Not all Amato was bad. I was lucky enough to see Rivers play my first two years in school. For better or worse, my freshmen year was our Gator Bowl year ... talk about a setting yourself up for a letdown.

4/20/2009 5:55:10 PM

My freshman year was Mario/Manny and then sadness followed.

4/20/2009 6:10:39 PM

Quote :

"Not all Amato was bad. I was lucky enough to see Rivers play my first two years in school. For better or worse, my freshmen year was our Gator Bowl year ... talk about a setting yourself up for a letdown. "

The question is whether that was really due to Amato.

4/20/2009 6:35:40 PM

vs.

4/20/2009 10:05:54 PM

Is that top pic the UNC spring game...

or...

4th quarter against State last year?

4/20/2009 10:08:18 PM

lolz

4/20/2009 10:16:14 PM

^^^ DAYUMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's positively sad!! LOL

^^ HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA gg!

4/21/2009 12:04:16 AM

I saw these posted over on PP by Gene Galin, thought they'd be interesting since we've been talking about it in this thread (hopefully the pics work).

4/21/2009 11:46:05 AM

did they think of selling sections of the turf... i'd love to have me some of "Dunlap's Corner"

4/21/2009 12:17:01 PM

no but fans could take some during the meet and great on the field after the game was over

i think James Washington's mother pulled up a 1' x 1' square of it

[Edited on April 21, 2009 at 12:39 PM. Reason : ']

4/21/2009 12:19:12 PM

if they were smart they'd lie and and say every part of the turf was dunlaps corner

they'd be no way of verifying

4/21/2009 12:19:50 PM

So if Erik Kramer does come back for the South Carolina game, they better have a thing before the game showing the greatest play in C-F's history in which he threw the hail mary with no time left on the clock to beat the Cocks. He said he's coming back for the UNC game and possibly the USC game.

4/21/2009 2:03:16 PM

^That was certainly some NON-NC State shit

4/21/2009 3:45:02 PM

video of some of the halftime at the spring game, along with the presentation of 1st Team ACC to RW.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdBCDeoHndY

4/21/2009 11:29:00 PM

HAHAHA ^ In the interview with Glennon at the end, he starts to say "dramatically", but says "dramastically". LOL Guess he was thinking dramatically and drastically at the same time.

4/22/2009 1:42:00 AM

Ohio State got 95,722 for their spring game @ $5 per

Alabama got 92,138



http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4100155

4/26/2009 10:08:07 AM