wow, how did they get him out of texas? their defense will be nasty over the next couple of years. we better get xavier nixon to block out those guys.

4/30/2008 10:02:13 PM

Hopefully Devonte Holloman will be turned off by this and the fact that they signed 4 safeties just last year, including Spencer Adams.

4/30/2008 10:35:41 PM

we're in desperate need of a marquee secondary player but i think he's attracted to the top-tier schools

4/30/2008 10:43:35 PM

The one DB that I want to get the most is CB Terry Shankle from South Stanly HS in Norwood, NC. This guy had 15 INTERCEPTIONS last year. No joke. Dude is a ball hawk. He has a bunch of great offers too. 3* #16 CB on Scout and 4* #155 overall player on Rivals. We were the first to offer and he's already said that he feels comfortable with us.

All of the below schools have also offered. Texas A&M was also recruiting him, but I don't know if they offered.
Alabama
Clemson
Florida
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee

[Edited on April 30, 2008 at 11:42 PM. Reason : ]

4/30/2008 11:14:14 PM

Quote :

"We were the first to offer and he's already said that he fills comfortable with us. Also we were the first to offer."

you're really slipping lately

4/30/2008 11:16:29 PM

^as long as he stays just enough out of senility to bring the recruiting heat like normal, i don't mind the redundancies

4/30/2008 11:24:51 PM

I have to blame it on work. It's been hella busy lately. I've got a bunch of experiments going, plus I'm revising IRB (Institutional Review Board) protocol for procuring bone, meniscus, synovium, and synovial fluid, and I've got this table full of genes that I'm creating. I've been pretty tired recently.

4/30/2008 11:28:21 PM

^^ using "fills" when he meant "feels", too

all i'm saying is, i expect a certain level of quality when it comes to Brass Monkey's recruiting info.

4/30/2008 11:34:45 PM

LB Nigel Mitchell-Thornton recently picked up an offer from Oklahoma State.

4/30/2008 11:42:41 PM

Quote :

"^as long as he stays just enough out of senility to bring the recruiting heat like normal, i don't mind the redundancies"

I SPIT HOT FIRE...


I rip and I rhyme, I rhyme and I rip, this is the way that Dylan spits. You trying to get some of this hot fire?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K37e8XiRLK0
that was one of the funniest skits ever

5/1/2008 12:09:49 AM

Ok here's some more hot fire for you guys. LB Mike Privott talks about his recruitment. You know the deal blow up the comments section with reasons he should come to State. Any negative recruiting about other schools is encouraged , especially that one in the ditches west of Raleigh. He says he's a city boy and that he'd like to go to a place with plenty to do, so we should probably mention how Raleigh is a big city (and you motherfuckers better not start a stupid debate in here about how Raleigh is not a big city and how it sucks ).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH6AZjF66M8

[Edited on May 1, 2008 at 12:22 AM. Reason : ]

5/1/2008 12:22:20 AM

Oh snap I found his youtube account. http://www.youtube.com/user/mikepriv

We could message him directly!

5/1/2008 12:48:23 AM

I don't know if football recruits want to come to school with a bunch of stalkers

5/1/2008 12:57:23 AM

Any idea of which 2008 recruits will play this year?

My guesses (assuming all qualify, which probably won't happen)
Linney (OL and DT are need positions)
Maddox (LB depth)
Barnes (Special teams or back up secondary)
Glennon (In the likely situation where our current QB regime isn't good enough)
Beasley (LB depth)
Jones (OL need)
Burgess (JuCo plays right away)
Mattes (maybe or maybe not depending on how good he is and how our OL holds up)
McKeen (JuCo)
Locust (JuCo)
Johnson (JuCo)
Lucas (LB depth, but I think either Beasley or Lucas will RS)

[Edited on May 1, 2008 at 1:09 AM. Reason : .]

5/1/2008 1:07:35 AM

i doubt we see any true freshman on the oline.

5/1/2008 1:26:35 AM

with Irving, Michel, Leonard, Cole and Barnes we have 5 solid LBs. I think Maddox will play to give us six. I think maybe one of Beasley/Lucas will get in a few snaps and special teams, but then again maybe not.

I don't see any of our OL recruits playing unless REALLY, REALLY needed. I don't see anyone coming in and taking over in the secondary. Dominique Ellis will obviously get some play at CB. I could see some of the JUCO guys along the D-Line to get some play, just because we're lacking on talented depth there, mostly in the middle. The backup ends are ok(rieskamp and sweezy looked good in the spring game) but we need some depth in the middle.

5/1/2008 1:32:21 AM

Our LB group scares the hell out of me for this season. I'd rank them like this (for the level they are at RIGHT NOW):

Very Good
Nate Irving

Decent
Ray Michel (not very quick but he is starting to play faster/react)
Dwayne Maddox (still learning on the job)
Thomas Barnes (needs to get in shape)

????
Audie Cole (interesting combo: 6'5 w/quickness)
Robbie Leonard (Sr. with good instincts but he can't be an every down LB)
William Beasley (will be good, not ready)
Terrell Manning (rehabing an injury)
Sterling Lucas (will be good, not ready)

5/1/2008 2:24:23 AM

Still can't believe we are recruiting a kid from South Stanly....wtf. My school was good enough to beat those guys....

5/1/2008 2:26:06 AM

audie cole really impressed me at the spring game.

5/1/2008 2:32:53 AM

^^ haha FTW boo

those were good days...

[Edited on May 1, 2008 at 3:25 AM. Reason : ]

5/1/2008 3:25:02 AM

Well it doesn't matter about the team. If the player is talented enough, which Shankle is, then we should go after him. As mentioned above he lead the state in interceptions last year with 15! Shankle is a very good athlete and plays KR, PR, WR, & DB for his team. Go watch his highlight video on Rivals. He just flat out dominates.

5/1/2008 9:33:47 AM

Updated Scout Rankings:

Slay *** #36DT
Dowdy *** #45DE

In related news, Donte Moss got bumped up to 5*s

5/1/2008 2:15:36 PM

Nice. I would like to see us land all 3* and 4* guys with one 5* (Xavier Nixon) in this class. Not that I don't like 2* prospects, b/c I know TOB and his staff are great talent evaluators, but I want that perception to be there that we are recruiting well, so that we get some more pub. A 2* prospect that I think is going to shine for us is Colby Jackson. Have you watched his highlight film. Holy shit he is just barreling through guys and he shows he has some speed along the way as well.

^Donte Moss being bumped to 5*'s is something I don't quite understand. I mean Mario Williams was only a 4* DE, and he fucking dominated on the high school level and was a can't miss on kind of guy. Moss is definitely not as good as Mario Williams.

[Edited on May 1, 2008 at 2:33 PM. Reason : ]

5/1/2008 2:31:53 PM

^ As for Moss being rated a 5 *, it could be this class is just thin on great defensive ends. Of course that's probably wishful thinking on my part, seeing as how he's committed to Crapel Hill and all.

5/1/2008 3:40:51 PM

We have offered only three running backs in the 09 class so far. That doesn't mean we won't offer some others. We could easily offer some when we see them in camp. Here's the three.

Desmond Scott
All-purpose back
Durham (NC) Hillside
Ht: 5-foot-9
Wt: 178 lbs
Forty: 4.47 secs
Bench reps: 23
Vertical: 34 inches
Shuttle: 4.00 secs
GPA: 3.7

Scout: 4* (recently upgraded from a 3*), Position rank: #31
Rivals: 4*, Rivals Overall Top 250: #104


Schools Interested (known offers in italics)
Alabama
Clemson
Georgia
North Carolina
N.C. State
South Carolina
Tennessee
Duke
Florida
Virginia
West Virginia
East Carolina
Auburn





Greg Pratt
All-purpose back
Naples (FL) Naples
Ht: 5-foot-8
Wt: 164 lbs
Forty: 4.4 secs

Scout: 3*, Position rank: #45
Rivals: NR

Schools Interested (known offers in italics)
Cincinnati
N.C. State
Pittsburgh
Florida State
Miami (FL)
Georgia Tech
Iowa
Iowa State
South Florida
Vanderbilt
UCF
Florida International
Troy





Rolandan Finch
All-purpose back
Louisville (KY) St. Xavier
Ht: 5-foot-10
Wt: 205 lbs
Forty: 4.5 secs

Scout: 3*, Position rank: 65
Rivals: NR

Schools Interested (known offers in italics)
Kentucky
Louisville
N.C. State
Stanford
Cincinnati
Georgia Tech
Indiana
Northwestern
Notre Dame
Alabama
Auburn
Illinois




I want to get Desmond Scott the most. I like to keep the NC guys from going outside the state when we have a great staff at their disposal right here. Finch could be the better every down back of the three, but that doesn't really matter right now since the one we get will be splitting time in the backfield with Underwood who, with his size, is capable of developing into our every down back, and most likely Brandon Barnes as our situational back ala Reggie Bush at USC.

[Edited on May 1, 2008 at 9:31 PM. Reason : ]

5/1/2008 9:29:50 PM

Does Bible always wait until Camp to offer a QB? I thought I saw where we offered Tom Savage, who committed to Rutgers, back in Feb or Mar. Any guesses as to who we will offer?

5/1/2008 9:35:06 PM

Apparently the coaches saw him in either our camp or another camp last year, which is why we offered him so early.

5/1/2008 9:40:04 PM

TE Arthur Fontaine, who's most famous for looking like a wigger, updated his recruitment and narrowed it to five schools. We, along with Rutgers, didn't make the cut. Here is the schools, in no particular order, that made the cut.

Boston College
Florida
Georgia
Maryland
Penn State




Jerrod Askew (a player I'd really like to get out of Virginia) was upgraded to a 4* LB and Glenn Carson was downgraded to a 3* LB on Scout.com.


Also according to Rivals BC picked up their first commitment, DE Dillon Quinn who's a 4* on Rivals, but unrated on Scout. He had another offer from Virginia, and Notre Dame, Syracuse and Maryland were also recruiting him.

http://ncstate.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?Sport=1&pr_key=78722

5/1/2008 10:21:41 PM

aph I've heard that Matt Ryan's little brother might be at our camp.

5/1/2008 10:22:35 PM

^hopefully Matt's family has good qb genetics like the Clausens or Glennons. It also be a nice smack in the face to BC.

He is a QB right? I tried looking up his scout profile for the next couple of years and I couldn't find it.

5/1/2008 10:50:00 PM

Yeah he's a QB.

Hmm...so the reason why Scout.com updated a lot of their rankings is b/c they just released their most up to date Top 300 list. A lot of players that we are recruiting got a bump in star ranking.

http://northcarolinastate.scout.com/a.z?s=178&p=9&c=4&yr=2009

Noticeable players that got a bump: Devonte Holloman 5*, Terry Shankle 4*, Kyle Koehne 4*, Justin Brown 4*, Stephon Gilmore 4*, Desmond Scott 4*, Jheranie Boyd 4*, Brooks Michel 3*, Quan Rucker 3*, Paul Carrezola 3*.

Basically almost the entire first page of the players we are targeting is 3* prospects and above. 2 5*s, 9 4*s (we're bound to get a few of those), & 17 3*s are listing us at least Medium Interest. No 2*s yet.

[Edited on May 1, 2008 at 10:58 PM. Reason : ]

5/1/2008 10:58:30 PM

I found a little about Ryan's brother, John. QB at Penn Charter in Philly.



He threw 76-161 for 985 yards and 6TDs and the school went 5-4.

[Edited on May 1, 2008 at 11:07 PM. Reason : Kid on the Right is John]

5/1/2008 11:07:20 PM

Didn't Matt Ryan's older brother have some kind of accident which pretty much ended his dreams of playing college football?

Nevermind, I found the article.

http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/99999999/SPORTS/399990052

[Edited on May 1, 2008 at 11:14 PM. Reason : ]

5/1/2008 11:12:19 PM

Scout article on Jerrod Askew: http://northcarolinastate.scout.com/2/751881.html



Name: Jerrod Askew
Hometown: Chesapeake, Virginia
High School: Oscar Smith High School
Position: Linebacker
Vitals: 6'0/230

Quote :

""NC State was the first school to offer me a scholarship," he stated. "My head coach told me about it last year and it shocked me. It was really big, and they've always been one of my to schools. "The thing is they haven't been on me as much right now though because of my [foreign language courses]. I haven't taken a Spanish yet, and I've got to have two of them to go there so I don't know about that. If I can take two next year I'm going to, but if not I'll have to replace them with another school." "

Wait, you have to have two foreign language courses to get to be admitted? When I was a freshman, I thought you could have two years at a certain grade average and receive your foreign language requirement for graduation. I didn't know you needed them just to get in. Anybody?

5/2/2008 2:21:46 PM

http://www.fis.ncsu.edu/uga/placemen.htm

Quote :

"You will be required to complete two years of the same language in high school and demonstrate proficiency, or determine appropriate placement by one of the following: taking the SAT II - Foreign Language Test, the Advanced Placement (AP) Foreign Language or Literature exam, the International Baccalaureate (IB) Foreign Language or Classical Language exam (Higher Level), or the NC State Foreign Language Placement Test on campus."

5/2/2008 2:36:31 PM

Seems about right. You need two years of a foreign language. He probably hasn't taken any foreign language courses yet, so he'll need to take two next year. I guess they can be in the same language, but that means he'd be taking the first and second year of Spanish at the same time. What I think he'll probably do is take a first year courses in two languages. I took four years of foreign language on the high school level (French for the first two years and Latin the final two years) and can't speak any of it. I can read both pretty well though, so if I'm in France I might be able to get around based on signs.

5/2/2008 2:47:25 PM

You have to take two years of the same language. I would guess that other schools would have this same requirement though, right? Unless other schools have told him not to worry about it.....

5/2/2008 3:00:26 PM

i think it's saying you EITHER have to have two years of the same language in HS and demonstrate proficiency, meaning you can't have like 2 years of D- grades in spanish, OR you have to take the NCSU language placement exam on campus. and then he'll have to take 2+ semesters or spanish or whatever once he gets here.

i can't imagine this school has gotten so full of itself that it requires 2 years of foreign language just to be admitted.

5/2/2008 3:22:49 PM

^ i think that is correct. i took three years in highschool and that was it, no ap/satII or test once i got here or anything like that.

5/2/2008 3:24:07 PM

$5 says this dude ends up at BC or maybe Maryland

5/2/2008 3:26:53 PM

I'm just surprised he dropped Rutgers

5/2/2008 3:41:26 PM

gotta love those "sideburns"

5/2/2008 3:45:31 PM

So speaking of qualifying for entrance to State, who from this year's class has a chance of not qualifying?

Marty Everett?
Roy Mangram?
Any JuCos? (Hope not because we need them)

5/2/2008 4:39:56 PM

I can't read rivals articles but from the intro it looks like robert crisp out performed most of the field at the Nike camp which Xavier Nixon attended.

http://tinyurl.com/6hl8az

And from the scout profile, it looks like we are in good position with him. RED TOM knows the key to winning football games is a good offensive line.

http://northcarolinastate.scout.com/a.z?s=178&p=8&c=1&nid=3714113

5/3/2008 7:40:29 PM

if there's one thing you can say about TOB, it's that he understands the need for good oline play.

5/3/2008 7:53:32 PM

no, the one thing I always say is that you can always use 2 more boobs

5/3/2008 10:38:20 PM

The one thing that would make me happy is to see Crisp get an offer from UNC and he end up marking them as low interest. That guy will be huge for whichever team he ends up going to based on his size. He's 6-7 265 right now. He could easily get up to a good 305 and still have good enough mobility to be a pulling offensive lineman. At least we know that our QB of the future (Glennon) won't have any trouble looking over the O-linemen.

5/3/2008 11:12:30 PM

Xavier Nixon says he still high on us in the title of a rivals article. We need this kid badly. Got to keep the best kids in state and especially the best OTs.

5/5/2008 5:29:05 PM

Quote :

"no, the one thing I always say is that you can always use 2 more boobs"

5/6/2008 3:20:08 PM

Quote :

" $5 says this dude ends up at BC or maybe Maryland"

jmpack you were right. he committed to BC today.

5/7/2008 5:08:19 PM