and all this time i thought we didn't recruit North Carolina.

8/24/2006 6:35:05 PM

^what the heels slander us with changes with the wind, this year the hot button is the schedule, last year it was the out-of-state recruiting, it has been academics, facilities, campus, girls, etc. in the past.

at least we just call them gay fairweather fans year in and year out....consistency is important

8/24/2006 6:38:58 PM

http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=178&p=8&c=1&nid=2660414

We just got a commit from DL Curtis Bryant. Bryant hails from South Miami Senior High School. He had offers from Memphis and South Florida as well and attended our camp.

Quote :

"At 6-2, 270 pounds, 5.0-second speed in the 40 and a bench press of 355 pounds, Bryant has been a leader on both sides of the line for South Miami. He doubles as an offensive guard and defensive tackle."

9/4/2006 10:29:00 PM

oh no, we're ignoring all of the NC talent. we've got too many players from Florida.

9/5/2006 12:22:04 AM

i wonder who we'll get next. hopefully Culliver re-commits sometime in the future.

9/5/2006 3:46:52 PM

I hope we can get Rodney Cox. On Scout it lists us as the only school he has "High Interest" in. He's 6-6 216, and would probably make a great WR based on his size. Who knows, if the rest of our QB's stink we could possibly throw him in there since he has experience as a QB. I'd love for him to turn out like a Calvin Johnson or other protypical tall receiver.

Does anyone know how we stand with WR Jay Smith? Haven't really heard much on where he's leaning as of late.

9/6/2006 1:01:10 AM

http://tinyurl.com/q24m5
http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=178&p=8&c=1&nid=2750352

there's a teammate of Linwan Euwell's that would more than likely commit if we offered him. his name is Sam Battle, he's a 5'-10" 235 lbs . he's supposed to be one of the top LB's in the state. having him and Linwan on the same team would probably be pretty good, b/c of the already built in chemistry they'd have as teammates in HS.


Sam is on the left, and Linwan is on the right in this pic

9/7/2006 7:31:22 PM

Brass, http://northcarolinastate.scout.com/2/565003.html

hes visiting us for the thursday night FSU game. good to see he doesnt give a shit about missing class or anything. hope we can put on a good show for him

[Edited on September 7, 2006 at 11:32 PM. Reason : .]

9/7/2006 11:30:52 PM

this guy seems like he could be a beast:

http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=178&p=8&c=1&nid=2505516

9/12/2006 10:04:21 AM

athletic

http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=178&p=8&c=1&nid=2141354

9/12/2006 10:08:42 AM

http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=178&p=8&c=1&nid=2628145


Offensive tackle and guard. We suck there so we need help, plus, these guys usually arent highly rated out of high school anyway. I think this kid was injured junior year....really wanted State to offer and we did, so he committed.

9/19/2006 11:11:44 PM

nice.

Mike Golder
Offensive guard
Apex (NC) Apex

Ht: 6-foot-4
Wt: 280 lbs
Forty: 5.2 secs
Class: 2007 (High School)


good to see him already repping the Pack.

9/21/2006 6:48:22 PM

Quote :

" NC State quarterback commitment Russell Wilson is off to a blistering start, as he has led Richmond (VA) Collegiate to a 3-0 start. On the season, Wilson has completed 76-of-105 passes (72.4%) for 1,139 yards. He has thrown 15 touchdown passes and just one interception, and Wilson has added 200 yards and two touchdowns on the ground. Virginia's most prolific passer, and one of the top quarterbacks on the prep level, the 5-foot-11, 190-pound standout discussed his season, recruitment, and thoughts on NC State with Pack Pride. What do you think of their situation? You mentioned that you watched the game this past weekend. What do you think of their offensive situation? I look at it as a great opportunity for me. There are great quarterbacks already there, and they have great receivers, running backs, and a good offensive line. They have great coaches in coach Trestman and coach Amato. It's a great situation for me. I can go down there and compete. That's what I love doing... competing and getting better and helping the team get better. I want to help the team win as many games as we can... win an ACC championship and hopefully a national championship."

from PP.

9/26/2006 7:05:28 PM

Quote :

"5-foot-11, 190-pound"

That plus he is black probably means Wide Reciever. We need Rodney Cox too. Can't ever get enough good athletes.

Barrett played QB in high school so he could follow that example.

9/26/2006 7:22:06 PM

A lot of recruiting experts said if he was just 2 inches taller he would have been a 5* recruit at QB. Wilson will play both baseball and football here. Rodney Cox is definitely a WR recruit, or at least that's how they list him on the recruiting websites.

9/26/2006 7:58:57 PM

russell wilson is nothing other than a QB. He could be the best QB on our roster next year

9/26/2006 8:44:25 PM

all of the sudden we're overloading qbs like we've overloaded runningbacks, it seems.

we will have next year a evans (rs jr), burke (rs fr), beck (rs so) and this wilson character as a freshman (not to mention marcus stone will still be around). hopefully ONE of those 4 will get the job done.

9/26/2006 9:15:41 PM

^If we're under the scholarship limit and not kicking kids off the teams like a school down the road, I could give a shit less if we load up at tailback and qb...those are two pretty damn important positions, and we still have room to recruit the other positions.

9/26/2006 9:18:28 PM

It's not really "overloading" to have three QBs competing, and a fourth redshirting. If anything, the last couple of years taught us some lessons about not having quality depth at that spot.

9/26/2006 9:20:47 PM

both our stock of qbs and rbs would do a lot better if we recruited an offensive line, but you know, gotta take what we can get.

9/26/2006 9:21:13 PM

Of our 13 commits, 4 are OL and 1 is a TE. some of the ones listed as defensive linemen may end up on the offensive line. also Micah Grimes a 6'5" 285 lb offensive lineman has us in the lead. he was at the BC game, and was quoted as saying "It was awesome."

9/26/2006 10:08:28 PM

http://ncstate.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=43&tid=80019756&mid=80019756&sid=899&style=2

Quote :

"DT Tydreke Powell Update “I went to the NC State-Boston College game last week and I was blown away by the fans,” he said. “I got to the game like three hours early and we had trouble finding a place to park. Their fans are just crazy. They really caught my attention. That helped them out a lot.""

Quote :

"George Byran quote...."Man, it was going crazy down there (in the recruit section)," he said. "I loved it. Everybody in our section was hyped up, and I really liked seeing that.""

10/1/2006 10:48:03 PM

Russell Wilson is the kinda QB we need... http://youtube.com/watch?v=JH1d0m9nYRw

10/2/2006 1:02:48 PM

OTs and DTs are crucial...glad to see we're getting some good ones

10/2/2006 2:38:26 PM

Quote :

"I look at it as a great opportunity for me. There are great quarterbacks already there, and they have great receivers, running backs, and a good offensive line."

drug test this kid

10/2/2006 3:39:44 PM

In that highlight video his o-line looked terrible in high school, so perhaps compared to what he's use to our OL does look good.

10/2/2006 4:30:51 PM

ESPN Analyst talks smack about tabakie road.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/recruiting/columns/story?columnist=gola_henry&id=2607188

10/2/2006 11:28:53 PM

^I mean really, no matter what carolina does on the field/court, there is always someone in the media there to catch their fall, and make things seem better than they really are

10/3/2006 1:14:12 AM

I think we should recruit Offensive lineman as a top thing. Of course they are not flashy or whatever, but the key to a good team starts at the o line

10/5/2006 4:06:07 PM

like 10 posts up

Quote :

"Of our 13 commits, 4 are OL and 1 is a TE. some of the ones listed as defensive linemen may end up on the offensive line. also Micah Grimes a 6'5" 285 lb offensive lineman has us in the lead. he was at the BC game, and was quoted as saying "It was awesome." "

10/5/2006 4:14:09 PM

^but they all are 3 stars or below. linemen should be recruited from the midwest too.

10/5/2006 4:18:18 PM

how many recruits have we gotten from the midwest?

we have no presence there

10/5/2006 4:19:40 PM

i'd like to think that if they wanted to they could recruit from the midwest. chuck is just in love w/ florida.

10/5/2006 4:27:56 PM

How the hell could we recruit from the midwest?

There'd be tons of competition and we have absolutely no connections there.

10/5/2006 6:13:05 PM

Quote :

"but they all are 3 stars or below. linemen should be recruited from the midwest too."

Recruit rankings mean jack shit. If seeing 1-star recruits McCargo and Lawson go in the first round didn;t sink in then I don't know what will.

10/6/2006 12:34:44 AM

^just to back that point up a little

Burt Reed just committed to the Gators, and went from a 1* kid to a 4* kid overnight. no matter what happens on the recruiting trail, the scouts are going to assign stars based on where a kid signs. if he signs with Georgia, Miami, USC, Auburn, Florida State, Florida, Ohio State, Michigan, etc. he is going to be a 4* or 5* these days.

look what happened to Justin Burke last year, He was a 4* kid as a junior, and to start his senior year, his stats increased, and he through for eleventy billion touchdowns as a senior, but after a commit to the pack, he dropped to 3*.

this type of shit needs to be stopped....they should just rank the top 200 kids, and have the rankings stay the same the whole year, allow one change after their junior season. for all of the kids that are not ranked, or were not know about/good enough to be ranked, just call them "unranked" and let that be that. with the recruiting services, and ESPN's favoritism....if we keep going like we are going, there are going to be only 10 teams in college football that anybody cares about, and the rest of us might as well form a new Division II

10/12/2006 5:36:51 PM

^Yeah Toney went from 5-Star to 4-Star shortly after signing with us and they based it on his "poor performance" in some all-star game.

10/12/2006 8:36:36 PM

anyone with insider wanna post any NC States on teh list?

http://insider.espn.go.com/ncf/recruiting/tracker/prospects?season=2007&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fncf%2frecruiting%2ftracker%2fprospects%3fseason%3d2007

[Edited on October 12, 2006 at 9:02 PM. Reason : c]

10/12/2006 9:02:11 PM

^^wrong

http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=178&p=9&c=8&yr=2005


Justin Burke dropped from 4* to 3* after a state championship and eleventy billion yards and a 9-1 or better td-int rating.

10/12/2006 9:06:10 PM

Burke dropped a star during the summer before his senior year and a couple of weeks before he committed to us. The dude who ranked him 4* said he did so primarily based off of word of mouth without seeing any video (that says a lot right there) but decided to downgrade him after seeing his junior video. He didn't get downgraded because he committed to State, but the reason he did was just about as pathetic.

[Edited on October 12, 2006 at 11:49 PM. Reason : Baker dropped a star on Rivals - 1 yard on 2 carries in the Army AA game]

10/12/2006 11:46:27 PM

hopefully jay smith saw vt tonight. bunch of thugs.

10/13/2006 12:21:25 AM

^^whatever the reasons, it is clear that certain schools get the benefit of the doubt when giving star rankings

1*-4* with a florida commit is enough for me, and this happens time and again

10/13/2006 12:38:36 AM

^^^^On Rivals he went from a 5-Star to a 4-Star.

10/13/2006 2:05:45 AM

Looks like culliver is out, pretty bad article on the scout network where he lists Clemson and Florida as his top 2 and South Carolina as the dark horse....not even a passing mention of the Pack, maybe chuckie needs to cut out the free ticket train!

10/19/2006 12:50:30 PM

we'll be there in the end with culliver, no doubt. it'll come down to clemson or ncsu.

10/19/2006 12:53:09 PM

^go read the article, and I doubt you hold the same opinion afterwards

10/19/2006 2:11:19 PM

who knows what culliver is gonna do? hes named about 4 different leaders throughout his recruitment. One article doesnt mean shit

10/19/2006 2:23:18 PM

if he doesn't want to play here, that's fine. i'd rather have the ones who are devoted WOLFPACKERS than someone who doesn't care about the school. I mean, we were one if not the first school to follow and offer him to which he committed. After one great combine, all of a sudden other schools are interested, ego gets big, and he wants to go somewhere else??? We don't need that type of player.

10/19/2006 2:28:19 PM

To make everybody feel better, If I were a 5 star football recruit ranked #1 in the nation....I would have commited to the Wolfpack last July.

10/19/2006 2:43:25 PM

I read the article. I've talked to Culliver. I've talked to Garner coaches.. I have a pretty good idea of what's going on here.

He'll end up at NCSU or Clemson.

10/19/2006 4:34:18 PM