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5/20/2007 9:24:46 AM

Athlon Sports is revealing their Top 25.

http://www.athlonsports.com/


Lindy's is counting theirs down as well.

http://www.lindyssports.com/content.php?id=1156

5/20/2007 6:52:06 PM

In Lindy's rankings, I don't really see BC being a top 25 team. I think they could end up being just outside of it. I know they return a lot of players, but I think they are underestimating how much coaching affects games.

Quote :

"THE BAD NEWS: Offensive line coach Jim Turner resigned in late April over philosophical differences in the direction of the program. Hmmm. The jury is out on Jagodzinski, who has a strong resume as an assistant, but has never been a head coach before."

I have a problem with Athlon Sports ranking GT at 14. They lose Calvin Johnson and will be breaking in a new QB, who I realize had a good performance in the Gator Bowl. That all comes back to Calvin Johnson though. Even if he's not able to get the ball, then that more than likely means he's being double teamed, which opens up other receivers. Teams won't have to double up on one man that much this year when they play GT this year. They should be lower in my opinion.

GT's schedule (with my predictions)

2007 Schedule
S. 1 at Notre Dame (L, ND should still be pretty decent and will be playing at home, but I could see GT winning this one)
S. 8 Samford (W)
S. 15 Boston College (W)
S. 22 at Virginia (W)
S. 29 Clemson (W)
O. 6 at Maryland (L)
O. 13 at Miami (L)
O. 20 Army (W)
N. 1 Virginia Tech (L)
N. 10 at Duke (W)
N. 17 North Carolina (W)
N. 24 Georgia (L)

7-5, perhaps 8-4.

[Edited on May 20, 2007 at 10:26 PM. Reason : ]

5/20/2007 10:25:19 PM

102

5/21/2007 9:32:35 AM

[Edited on May 21, 2007 at 11:42 AM. Reason : good memories on that grass hill....]

5/21/2007 11:41:55 AM

101 days left!!

5/22/2007 12:14:29 PM

yay, just a little over three months till football is being played in Carter-Finley again!

5/22/2007 7:03:52 PM

How would you rank the Top 25 teams for next year?

My rankings
1. Southern California
2. Michigan
3. Texas
4. Louisiana State
5. Florida
6. Oklahoma
7. Virginia Tech
8. Louisville
9. West Virginia
10. Ohio State
11. Wisconsin
12. Auburn
13. Tennessee
14. California
15. Arkansas
16. Nebraska
17. Wake Forest
18. Texas A&M
19. Boise State
20. Penn State
21. Florida State
22. Georgia Tech
23. Georgia
24. Notre Dame
25. TCU


Others that could be considered (alphabetical order)
Alabama
Brigham Young
Fresno State
Iowa
Maryland
Miami FL
Navy
Oregon
Oregon State
Rutgers


blast away.

5/22/2007 8:40:27 PM

100 bitches



[Edited on May 23, 2007 at 9:47 AM. Reason : eugene]

[Edited on May 23, 2007 at 9:47 AM. Reason : wtf why is the photo so small?]

5/23/2007 9:39:36 AM

my top 25 to start the season

1. USC
2. Florida
3. Texas
4. Michigan
5. West Virginia
6. Louisville
7. Virginia Tech
8. Wisconsin
9. LSU
10. Ohio State
11. Auburn
12. Tennessee
13. Cal
14. UCLA
15. Texas A&M
16. Boise State
17. Florida State
18. Nebraska
19. Georgia
20. Oregon State
21. Rutgers
22. Notre Dame
23. TCU
24. Penn State
25. Miami FL

I really like oregon state this year they will have a good team and should compete for the pac 10 title. Rutgers is going to be a good team again, last year was no fluke they have built themselves into a solid program and they still have alot of their Offense coming back. Georgia Tech should not be ranked they have a new quarterback who threw to Calvin johnson alot in the bowl game against a weak WVU defense. Miami will get a pity spot in the pre season top 25 I think just because they are miami.

5/23/2007 10:22:41 AM

Yeah I'm still unsure about Georgia Tech. I think they might be good enough just to creep into the Top 25, and perhaps stay there, but then again, I could see them start out in the Top 25 at the beginning of the season and drop right out of it midway through the year. They'll have a lot of games that could go either way. There's always 1-2 non-BCS schools that ends up in there, and that's the hardest thing to determine sometimes. Which non-BCS school will do well. Boise State, Fresno State, and TCU seem to be the most consistent. TCU returns a lot of players so they are going to probably be one of the better non-BCS schools, and Boise State seems like they'll be consistent for years to come with their coach. Of course who knows, they may have been mostly due to Dan Hawkins developing those players.

[Edited on May 23, 2007 at 8:32 PM. Reason : ]

5/23/2007 8:31:48 PM

Tennessee ranked below Hawaii is a fucking sham

wow, Lindy's has them 7th... thats a bit too far too (the other way)

[Edited on May 23, 2007 at 9:48 PM. Reason : d]

5/23/2007 9:45:29 PM

are there any big games september 29? if we can beat clemson theres a 50 50 chance we'll have a 4-0 vs 4-0 showdown which would be our biggest home game since gt in 02. i think lousiville is much more beatable than clemson. but we will prolly end up losign to bc so none of it will matter anyway.

5/23/2007 9:54:17 PM

97 to go

5/26/2007 9:45:37 AM

Willie Young
# 97

5/26/2007 1:42:02 PM

Gavin Smith
# 96

5/27/2007 10:59:29 AM

i remember the wake forest game two tony hawks flew over the stadium at like 100 feet before the game it was the most breathtaking thing ever but our team never won after that.

5/27/2007 11:19:22 PM

95 days left. good job keeping the thread up to date guys while I was down at the beach trying to not get hit in traffic by the bikers there for Bike Fest aka Black Bike Week.

5/28/2007 2:18:59 PM

#95 James Martin, II
Pos: LB
Ht: 6-1
Wt: 236
Redshirt Senior
H-town: Pompano Beach, Fla.

Quote :

"In 2005: Listed as the backup at middle linebacker heading into spring workouts after seeing action at defensive end last season ... Reserve who saw action in 10 games and started the Wake Forest contest ... In for a season-high 29 snaps versus Eastern Kentucky ... Had a season-high five tackles in that contest ... Named the Wolfpack's most improved linebacker following 2006 spring drills, he also earned the "king of the boards' award for the defense. In 2004:? Redshirted the 2004 campaign after undergoing ACL?reconstruction in the summer of 2004 ... Saw action in the middle in the spring. In 2003: Young defensive end who gained invaluable experience as a true freshman ... Played in all 13 games, he started the Connecticut and Clemson games ... In for a career-high 76 stops in the Clemson win, his top tackle total was five in the win over North Carolina ... Two of those stops were behind the line of scrimmage and one was a sack ... Had a tackle for loss against Kansas in the Tangerine Bowl while in for 45 snaps ... Missed part of 2004 spring workouts after breaking a rib in practice. Prep: Notched 84 tackles, 22.5 sacks, 32 quarterback hurries, and five forced fumbles as a senior for Coach Steve Davis ... Helped lead Ely to the Florida Class 5-A state championship by forcing a fumble and sacking the quarterback once ... As a junior, recorded 68 tackles, 19 sacks, three caused fumbles, one fumble recovery (that was returned 25 yards for a touchdown), 32 quarterback hurries and 10 PBUs ... Named Class 5A All-State second-team, all-conference and all-area choice by both The Miami Herald and Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel as a junior ... Notched 21 sacks as a sophomore ... Majoring in criminology ... Born 10/3/84. Martin Career Stats Year GP-GS Ply Ht Ast Tot TFL Sk FC/FR QP PBU 2003 13-2 361 17 10 27 4-13 1-2 0/0 4 0 2005 11-1 100 6 2 8 Totals 24-3 461 23 12 34 4-13 1-2 0/0 4 0"

Also we might as well start up the annual entrance song debate.

5/28/2007 8:52:42 PM

how bout the fight song

5/28/2007 8:54:20 PM

Obligatory "Bodies" nomination.

5/28/2007 10:42:04 PM

94 days left.

5/29/2007 12:42:27 AM

Quote :

"Obligatory "Bodies" nomination."

no, that song's fucking stupid.

5/29/2007 5:16:10 AM

#94 JOSH BRODAWAY


Defensive end

Height: 6-foot-3
Weight: 250 pounds
Class Year: Fr
Experience: HS
Hometown: Zebulon, NC
High School: Broughton HS

5/29/2007 3:36:46 PM

93 DAYS LEFT!!!!

5/30/2007 2:41:07 PM

Quote :

"no, that song's fucking stupid."

It was a joke, b/c whenever the entrance song debate comes up every year, someone always brings that one into the fray. I don't hate or love that song either way. I do want a song though that will make everyone go crazy. Like bring you up to the point were you almost punch that overly drunk douchebag to your left in the face, then before that happens the fight song starts up, the red fireworks go off and all that angst and excitement goes into you screaming for your team to come out and crush the visiting.


Question for the marching band members. Have you and the band director already started thinking up ideas for the upcoming season (i.e. new songs, formations, games you will travel too, new chants, perhaps making a more concerted effort in getting the students to rock back and forth to the Nnnnnn Ccccccc STAAAAAATEEEE chant and cadence)?

5/30/2007 7:21:24 PM

there will be more pep rallys this year to try and get students into the cheers but the bands doing mostly the same things. we won't learn the minor changes until the first few weeks of fall.

5/30/2007 7:50:17 PM

92 days left. Who's # 92? The GoPack.com site is running slow for me for some reason.

5/31/2007 10:43:55 PM

^ DeMario, who will be a 1st Round pick after his breakout performance this year

5/31/2007 10:57:27 PM

O' Brien just got hired elsewhere...

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2888656

6/1/2007 12:02:04 AM

oh yeah how could I forget DeMario. 91 days left.

6/1/2007 12:07:36 AM

I tried to post Demario yesterday but TWW was timing out when I tried to post.

DeMario Pressley
# 92
Defensive Line - DL

Height: 6-3 Weight: 295

Senior

Previous Affiliations
Dudley
Hometown
Greensboro, N.C.


91


Ted Larsen
# 91
Defensive Line - DL

Height: 6-2 Weight: 272

Redshirt Sophomore

Previous Affiliations
University
Hometown
Palm Harbor, Fla.

6/1/2007 10:55:51 AM

90 days left! Yay three more months and Carter-Finley will be filled again. How well do we match up against UCF? Where's Lee Corso when I need him.


Yo cheerleaders bring back the old firetruck.
http://forums.scout.com/mb.aspx?S=178#S=178&F=2515&T=580049



[Edited on June 2, 2007 at 10:15 AM. Reason : ]

6/2/2007 10:14:29 AM

90 days left! Yay three more months and Carter-Finley will be filled again. How well do we match up against UCF? Where's Lee Corso when I need him.

6/2/2007 10:19:21 AM

^^^I think Larsen has a good shot at playing pro ball. I like what he can do out there.

6/2/2007 10:29:07 AM

Bring back the El Lobo golf cart too!

6/2/2007 1:21:45 PM

that thing is legit.

6/3/2007 9:53:55 AM

89 days left.

6/3/2007 5:21:06 PM

hell yeah, we need more EL LOBO!!!!!1

6/3/2007 5:30:16 PM

so can i get to make football threads too?

i've got a couple more things i can do with them

6/3/2007 6:02:10 PM

you have my vote.

6/3/2007 6:21:30 PM

Dale murphy, lol I didn't know his dad was Wendell

6/3/2007 6:27:27 PM

can we please go back to the 2003 uniforms? i hate these ridiculous white patches under the arms and black trim around the neck



when all we need is solid red




(we could use this guy too)


if the reason is because we're under contract with adidas, then why cant we just use that 2nd jersey pictured? it similar to the 2003 nike one

[Edited on June 3, 2007 at 6:50 PM. Reason : philip rivers is god]

6/3/2007 6:49:40 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQw29mV26cE&NR=1
1988 NC State 48 UNC 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19av7Iy1GGY&mode=related&search=
1991 NC State 24 UNC 7

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ0N21bgQnE&mode=related&search=
1992 NC State 27 UNC 20


Let's hope O'Brien can start bringing us some scores that look like that in the upcoming seasons.

6/3/2007 7:27:30 PM

"We will have a winning season and we'll go to a bowl. And the other thing we're going to take care of is beating Carolina every year. You win games with character, not characters." - Tom O'Brien

6/3/2007 8:10:10 PM

^Amen to that. 88 days left.

6/4/2007 12:02:21 AM

The game times and tv schedules for the first three games (UCF, BC, Wofford) have been released.

http://www.gopack.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9200&ATCLID=920923


UCF - 6:00 (whoo hoo!) ESPN 360
BC - 2:30 ESPN 2 and ESPN 2 HD
Wofford - 6:00 ESPN 360

I guess I'll just have to make sure I'm at the first two home games to be able to watch them.

6/4/2007 7:57:18 PM

87 days till we beat the crap out of UCF

6/6/2007 3:30:07 PM

whats our kicking game look like this year?

6/6/2007 3:56:01 PM

i had a nightmare two nights ago. in it, we lost to that team. i woke up then got

6/6/2007 4:41:52 PM