35 pages of dadgum qb worship

7/28/2009 8:29:47 PM

I find the most encouraging thing by far to be "O'Brien opened his session with the media by saying he expects the team to be a 'much more competitive football team'".

Previous two years he pretty much said we weren't very good.

7/28/2009 8:39:29 PM

64k views and we are still over a month away. i think the one i made for the VT game though was well over 100k and even had a couple of VT people make accounts just so they could talk football.

7/28/2009 8:40:45 PM

man, that VT game changed my life. that is no exaggeration.

7/28/2009 8:41:47 PM

^argh? how is that...thats the game we lost by a few points after commmitting ridiculous unsportsmanlike conduct penalties back to back to back to back....

oh and Vick roamed Carter Finley in a white mink coat that ESPN went nuts over.


also, interesting read:

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"UNC - USC football likely on hold By Joseph Person The next battle for football supremacy in the Carolinas looks like it will be put on hold for a couple of years. South Carolina athletics director Eric Hyman will allow North Carolina out of its 2010 game in Columbia, but only if the Tar Heels agree to make up the game in the "very near future" and a suitable replacement is found for next year's schedule. ESPN officials contacted Hyman several months ago to see if he would be amenable to letting North Carolina out of the second game of its home-and-home deal with USC so the Tar Heels and LSU could meet in the Georgia Dome the opening weekend of the 2010 season. In exchange, ESPN told Hyman it would televise the Gamecocks' 2010 opener on Thursday night as the first game of the season against a team the network would line up. Hyman would not identify possible opponents, but said ESPN has a stake in making it an attractive TV matchup. Hyman said he was willing to work with ESPN, which is beginning the first year of its unprecedented, 15-year deal with SEC worth $2.25 billion. "We've got to do things to help ESPN be successful, and sometimes there are minimal sacrifices," Hyman said Tuesday. "But I would not reschedule the (North Carolina) game in 2030." Hyman, who played football at North Carolina, was presented the game ball by Steve Spurrier after the Gamecocks' 21-15 win at Chapel Hill in 2007. He made it clear that he wants to be at Williams-Brice Stadium when the Tar Heels return the game in the next couple of years. "The North Carolina game, it was special to me," Hyman said. "I wouldn't do this unless North Carolina was going to come back again." Under the terms of the contract, North Carolina would owe USC a $750,000 buyout if it does not schedule a makeup game. The Tar Heels lead the all-time series 34-17-4. Though nothing has been finalized, Hyman views the situation as a "win-win" for the Gamecocks, who get a televised Thursday night home game next season and a future home date with the Tar Heels. USC's Sept. 3 at N.C. State will mark the fourth time in five years under Spurrier the Gamecocks have opened the season on a Thursday night on ESPN. In addition, Hyman said USC plans to arrange the 2010 schedule so the Gamecocks have an open date in the middle of the season rather than prior to the Clemson game. The only time USC has beaten Clemson under Spurrier was 2006 when the Gamecocks handled Middle Tennessee 52-7 a week before traveling to Death Valley. USC has had an open date the week before Clemson each of the past two seasons. Meanwhile, officials hope to pit North Carolina against LSU in the third edition of the Chick-fil-A Kickoff game in Atlanta that sold out its first two matchups - Clemson-Alabama last year and Alabama-Virginia Tech on Sept. 5. Hyman said he has spoken with Chick-fil-A organizers about the Gamecocks playing in the event, but would consider it only in a year when USC has an eight-game home schedule because he is reluctant to give up the revenues of a home game. "

[Edited on July 29, 2009 at 8:34 AM. Reason : .]

7/29/2009 8:33:32 AM

lol @ UNC vs LSU

7/29/2009 8:37:16 AM

lol @ UNC vs LSU

why is that even a consideration?

7/29/2009 9:43:06 AM

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"^argh? how is that...thats the game we lost by a few points after commmitting ridiculous unsportsmanlike conduct penalties back to back to back to back...."

it was my first game as a student, and first state game in probably 10 years or so. i had always been a huge state fan and defender, but that was when i fell in love w/ state, so to speak.

7/29/2009 10:16:34 AM

^i remember feeling so optimistic after the VT game. trestman seemed so much better than mazzone, jay davis didn't look lost, and our d looked strong. sigh.

7/29/2009 10:43:32 AM

I wasn't at that game for some reason. I remember watching it on ESPN and getting so pissed off about the constant Mike Vick coverage. I was frustrated beyond words. Tough loss.

7/29/2009 11:08:04 AM

^i heard it was pretty bad. i didn't even know he was at the game until halftime.

7/29/2009 11:20:40 AM

thinking back about that VT game..........if only Dajuan morgan had followed his blocks on that fake punt

7/29/2009 11:50:43 AM

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"^i remember feeling so optimistic after the VT game. trestman seemed so much better than mazzone, jay davis didn't look lost, and our d looked strong. sigh."

Trestman didn't arrive in Raleigh until 2005. Our defense is solely responsible for that win. Davis didn't fuck up as much as usual, but the offense (other than TA, who had one of his better games of the season) was pretty inept that game.

7/29/2009 2:15:31 PM

we lost that game bobby

7/29/2009 2:22:40 PM

Oh. I thought we were talking about 2004.

carry on, then.

7/29/2009 2:24:26 PM

sorry for not clarifying. i was talking about the 2005 game. (which i believe simonn was also referring to)

7/29/2009 2:29:02 PM

the 2004 game @ VT was my 2nd weekend in college (Richmond game with the shootings was my first) and we drove to VT for it and beat them. it was an insane moment in my life and i'll never forget the missed field goal because i was standing in the isle of the wolfpack section under the left upright without an angle to see if it went in or not.

i thought we had lost and i buried my head, then all the sudden we were celebrating. it was like a rewind button had been pushed and we chose a different ending. then TA jumped in my arms in the endzone.

awesomeness.

7/29/2009 2:32:10 PM

Ha richmond game was my first game there as well

I remember hearing the rumor about the shooting when we were in the stadium and dismissing it as bullshit

Then you kept hearing it as the game progressed and it was like whoa

7/29/2009 2:37:24 PM

Warning: the scenes in this video will get you pumped for some college football
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5TFQoh7cBE&feature=related

7/29/2009 6:55:20 PM

^holy shit you weren't kidding

1:55 mark, Penn State QB pummels 2 dbacks with the ball.... unfucking believable that shit made me jump up.

7/29/2009 7:22:44 PM

Another one with some of the same highlights. I like the beginning for obvious reasons.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKYAE9AUZd0&feature=related

I wish I could find out what the name of this song is, b/c it's obviously not a Taking Back Sunday song

[Edited on July 29, 2009 at 7:40 PM. Reason : ]

7/29/2009 7:31:06 PM

nice find on those videos

^I liked it when we did that march toward the endzone thing that they show at the beginning of that one.

7/30/2009 12:25:12 AM

Wait, I was at our last game in Blacksburg where we won due to the VT kicker's field goal sailing wide left, I cant remember that year...what game are ya'll talking about??


Dont we hold the record as the only ACC team since VT has joined the ACC to have beat the Hokies in their own stadium...?? I thought I heard that fact on on some random sports talk show??


Can anyone clarify this for me?

7/30/2009 1:22:20 AM

^^ doesnt an pop up over the video with the song name?

7/30/2009 1:23:11 AM

^^ i was talking about the game in '05 where we lost to vt at home.

and we were the first acc team to beat virginia tech in blacksburg after they joined the acc (2 acc games into their first season), but we're not the only ones.

we were also the first acc team to beat florida state in tallahassee.

7/30/2009 8:50:46 AM

Countdown clock for page 35?

7/30/2009 10:22:15 AM

the vt game at home was we were down what ? like 7-0 at half or 14-7 or some shit .. i swear i was thinking "hey we make something happen early and we've got a really good shot at this game"


as you said lol so much hope...

7/30/2009 10:24:06 AM

7/30/2009 10:31:58 AM

thanks gunzz!

7/30/2009 11:11:29 AM

np

http://blogs.newsobserver.com/accnow/packs-maddox-in-line-to-replace-irving

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"Coach Tom O'Brien revealed on Monday that Irving's broken leg was a compound fracture, and that his collapsed lung came as a result of being pierced by a broken rib in a car crash in late June. These are serious injuries that will take time to overcome, even though O'Brien has deemed Irving's football status as "out indefinitely" until he knows the results of the August appointment. "He's lucky to be alive," O'Brien said. O'Brien also discussed for the first time Monday the Wolfpack's plan at linebacker during Irving's absence. N.C. State plans to give sophomore Dwayne Maddox the first shot to replace Irving at the boundary linebacker position. "

7/30/2009 11:54:43 AM

35 days on page 35.



Terrell Manning.

7/30/2009 12:02:54 PM

god he looks small for a LB

7/30/2009 12:20:20 PM

lack of pads

7/30/2009 12:39:38 PM

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/acc/0-6-393/Video--2009-college-football-sleeper-teams.html

7/30/2009 2:04:12 PM

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"Finally Mark, give us one sleeper team from a major conference that could surprise in '09.... Imma go with NC State Wolfpack"

7/30/2009 2:27:37 PM

^^^ and ^^^^, that picture was also taken around a year ago after he had been out for a while with a knee injury. I'm sure hes bulked up a bit since then. The position he plays though, you don't need to be big. I mean hell, Robbie Leonard played that position last year at like 205, haha.

7/30/2009 4:31:34 PM

Not taking anything away from Leonard (he did a hell of a job for us last year) but, I'm really looking forward to getting some more athleticism at that position. Oh, and BTW I didn't realize Audie Cole was friggin 6'5"...

[Edited on July 30, 2009 at 4:45 PM. Reason : spell]

7/30/2009 4:44:41 PM

The gopack.com roster has Manning at 6'3" 220

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7/30/2009 4:46:05 PM

let's make it 34 on 34!

do we not sell individual tickets? i guess since im planning on going to most of them i should just buy a mini plan or something, but i dunno if i have that much money all at once

7/30/2009 4:52:51 PM

one mini plan has sold out...now the only one left has the USC and Clempson game

not sure about individual tickets (cant remember) but they used to for OC games like they do for basketball.

7/30/2009 5:00:10 PM

7/30/2009 6:04:14 PM

^i know hes athletic as all fuck, i just hope hes a really good linebacker. Hell, i hope any of those rs-freshman/sophomore linebackers step up this year. Beasley, Manning, Lucas(who i hear is a STUD), and Maddox need to bring the pain this year with Nate out.

7/30/2009 8:10:48 PM

Happy Paul Horst Day!




Fellow Terry Sanford alumni FTW!

7/30/2009 8:28:50 PM

Manning will be good. I mean when was the last time you heard about a guy racking up over 200 tackles in a season coming out of high school?

7/30/2009 8:55:19 PM

McLendon will be good. I mean when was the last time you heard about a guy racking up over 170 rushing touchdowns in a career coming out of high school?

7/30/2009 9:02:11 PM

McLendon was a beast his freshman year..


after that not so much

7/30/2009 9:42:06 PM

^^ ??

he was good

7/30/2009 9:47:18 PM

T.A. was pretty damn good. If not for injuries he could have easily been one of the best RBs in State history. He's in like the Top 10 in career rushing yards in school history iirc.

7/30/2009 10:33:10 PM

TA was great

For a year

Then he was an injury-prone fumble machine

Manny Lawson was a two star linebacker coming out of high school

High school performance and ratings mean nothing

7/30/2009 10:58:58 PM

if only TA hadn't been deathly afraid of the weight room

7/30/2009 11:09:18 PM