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[Edited on September 2, 2010 at 5:20 PM. Reason : ]

9/2/2010 9:42:53 AM

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"There is a chance cornerback Jarvis Byrd could return from a knee injury in time to help in the secondary for as many as eight games, O'Brien said. O'Brien has said he hopes to redshirt Byrd but hasn't ruled out using him if it's necessary."

http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/09/02/660064/obrien-glennon-to-play.html

9/2/2010 9:43:24 AM

Apparently HD agrees with some of you guys:

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"NC State 38, Western Carolina 17: As Tom O’Brien said, any opponent with “Carolina” in it should be taken seriously by his team, but the Wolfpack should come out on top as Western Carolina finished 2-9 last year. "

I'll take the Over on Wolfpack points and the Under on Catamounts points.

[Edited on September 2, 2010 at 11:01 AM. Reason : Over]

9/2/2010 11:00:14 AM

I think a 21 point win would be kinda disappointing considering the team we are against

9/2/2010 11:10:17 AM

W 41-10

9/2/2010 11:10:38 AM

51-10

9/2/2010 11:26:30 AM

61 - 10

9/2/2010 11:28:16 AM

17-14

9/2/2010 11:29:51 AM

51-13

9/2/2010 11:31:51 AM

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"Apparently HD agrees with some of you guys:"

Fire HD

9/2/2010 11:37:28 AM

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"N.C. State will be without the services of nine players when it plays Western Carolina in Saturday's season opener. Running backs Brandon Barnes (ankle) and James Washington (hamstring) are among those that will not suit up against the Catamounts at Carter-Finley Stadium. Jarvis Byrd (knee) and offensive guard R.J. Mattes, who continues to recover from knee surgery, are also listed as "out" on the injury report the school released Thursday morning. Defensive end Sylvester Crawford (hip), wide receiver Quinton Payton (finger), and wide receiver Jay Smith (groin) will also miss the contest. Defensive backs Jesse Riley and Rashard Smith have already been ruled out for the season with knee injuries."

http://www.wralsportsfan.com/ncsu/story/8229669/

9/2/2010 12:21:40 PM

Ugh... Injuries, the Pack's TRUE rival

9/2/2010 12:23:19 PM

http://www.wralsportsfan.com/ncsu/story/8230497/

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"Haynes earned his starting job By Tim Hall N.C. State's first depth chart of the season gave us an unexpected starting running back that begged the question, "Who is Dean Haynes?" The redshirt freshman started the preseason camp hoping to win a starting job in the secondary. But a lack of production at the position and some added stability in the secondary left the door open for him to win the job. Coach Tom O'Brien spoke highly of Haynes work as a quarterback and a running back on the scout team last year. With true freshman Mustafa Greene second on the depth chart and junior Curtis Underwood and sophomore James Washington not listed at all, many wondered if this move was just a scare tactic to jolt the more experienced backs into gear. Wolfpack analyst Tony Haynes joined 620 The Buzz on Thursday morning, and he doesn't see it that way at all. "I don't necessarily think that coach O'Brien is starting Dean Haynes because he wants to send a message to Curtis Underwood or James Washington, or whoever else. I gotta take him at his word," Haynes told Mark Thomas and Mike Maniscalco on The Insiders. "He feels like the guys that were expected to get it done early in camp, they weren't really impressed with. Right now for this game they think Dean Haynes is the guy they trust most to get the job done." Even though [Dean] Haynes had experience rushing the football for nearly 900 yards as a high school senior in Georgia in 2008 he was somewhat startled at the news that he'd be starting at tailback. "I was surprised. Coach [O'Brien] came to me and said if I learn the stuff I'll have a chance to start," Haynes said. "So I've been working my butt off and doing the things I'm supposed to do so I'm surprised, but then again I kind of earned it." And although he spent time as a scout team quarterback and running back last season, it wasn't easy to get familiar with the playbook having switched from defense a little more than two weeks before the first game. "It was pretty tough, I mean I had looked at the playbook last year just from playing some quarterback," Haynes said. "But other than that I had never seen some of the plays so I was in the playbook alot, made flash cards and everything for the plays." [Tony] Haynes said one of the things that got the Pack's new starting running back the job was his understanding and execution in pass protection and blocking. "I think they feel that Dean Haynes is the most complete back that they have right now, the guy they trust the most," Haynes said. "I also know they've been very impressed with the physical abilities of Mustafa Greene, who has opened some eyes in the preseason as well." Look for Greene to get plenty of action against Western Carolina on Saturday too, especially since James Washington is sitting out with a hamstring injury. "

[Edited on September 2, 2010 at 1:24 PM. Reason : for a sec, i thought "dean haynes sure does talk in 3rd person a lot"]

9/2/2010 1:22:37 PM

Since he has played some QB I wonder if we will be running any trick plays utilizing his arm.

9/2/2010 1:31:48 PM

SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

9/2/2010 2:43:06 PM

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"Since he has played some QB I wonder if we will be running any trick plays utilizing his arm."

I remember last time TOB commented on trick plays like a RB throwing the ball.

9/2/2010 3:28:20 PM

^....what?

9/2/2010 4:27:02 PM

James Washington out. Could that have anything to do with him not starting or visa versa?

9/2/2010 5:16:26 PM

wolf eyes, really!?

9/2/2010 6:37:27 PM

HELL YES

9/2/2010 6:49:29 PM

I don't hate it

9/2/2010 6:49:38 PM

the field looks fantastic

9/2/2010 7:02:33 PM

wow, red on our field. we have some pioneers in the front office, that's for sure.

looks good though.

9/2/2010 7:15:14 PM

Field looks awesome. Block S in midfield as it should be.

The wolfeyes are gay as hell though.

9/2/2010 7:22:20 PM

at least they aren't those sad wolf eyes that the one flamer tried to get made into an official logo

9/2/2010 7:27:58 PM

funny they take the paint off the field for a few years then put it back and you guys crown them.

9/2/2010 8:17:18 PM

Really wish they would do all-red end zones

9/2/2010 8:19:14 PM

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME WOLFPACK FOOTBALL? A new season, new toons, new free wallpapers and a new (yet familiar) style begins again at: http://wolfpackcartoons.com/

9/2/2010 8:22:24 PM

HY HY HY HY HYPER, HY HYPER, HYPER UPPERCUT

9/2/2010 8:24:59 PM

^^I like the new art style. I've been needing to change my desktop background at work.

9/2/2010 8:26:40 PM

^^^you should really have your own topic. i don't like it when your awesome stuff gets buried amongst random posts.

[Edited on September 2, 2010 at 8:27 PM. Reason : ...]

9/2/2010 8:27:11 PM

nice, marko. thanks as usual.

lovin the red back on the field, especially the enormous block S. the wolf eyes aren't all that bad... just wish they'd line up the pupils a little more towards the center of the eyes... it still looks cross-eyed

9/2/2010 10:07:47 PM

Think of the wolf eyes as the wolf's nose pointing towards the ground and it's eyes looking at you. Similar to this pic.



[Edited on September 2, 2010 at 10:43 PM. Reason : Saturday needs to get here already]

9/2/2010 10:18:53 PM

May I ask why the tulips are in the picture?

9/2/2010 10:21:36 PM

because they live in a colorful cartoon world of crazy perspective and whoop ass

9/2/2010 10:52:24 PM

they look like one of the default windows backgrounds

9/2/2010 10:53:17 PM

NC State 42
W. Carolina 10

9/2/2010 10:53:52 PM

haven't seen it mentioned in this thread at least: Time Warner came to an agreement with ESPN finally (did anyone really think it wasn't going to happen? don't let those commercials fool you...) each couldn't afford to lose the other. also included in the deal though is ESPN3 (probably not in time for tomorrow but the terps12345/terps1234 user name works. used it tonight) and these:

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"— access to a new authenticated service that will give subscribers the opportunity to watch the linear networks ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU through their broadband services as well as mobile Internet devices, such as an iPad. Details on the launch will be forthcoming. — ESPN Goal Line, a new service developed with Time Warner that offers a super-highlight channel available only to TW subscribers. That could launch as early as Saturday."

definitely wondering about that second thing. definitely want the first thing.

9/2/2010 11:10:13 PM

ok, call me stupid but I dont understand what all that means...

I have an ipad, but do not have time warner... so therefore I will be able to do what now?

9/2/2010 11:17:56 PM

you'd probably have to have time warner

also:

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"-- The addition of ESPN Deportes HD to Time Warner Cable's larger footprint. -- The launch of ESPN 3D to Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks' systems."

okay after reading about this ESPN Goal Zone thing, it looks like it's just redzone except for college football.

want.

[Edited on September 2, 2010 at 11:22 PM. Reason : ]

9/2/2010 11:19:33 PM

so was time warner the last friggin network on the planet to get access to ESPN3. one of the local douchey ISP's had it (early adopter), can't believe it took them this long.

9/3/2010 12:05:50 AM

does this mean espnu games will be on espn3 saturday online?

9/3/2010 12:11:07 AM

No.

9/3/2010 12:11:48 AM

here's the full press release, interesting

http://www.timewarnercable.com/nynj/about/inthenewsdetails.ashx?PRID=3004&MarketID=50

9/3/2010 12:14:48 AM

Paint scheme on the field looks great. Seriously, why the hell couldn't we do that the last few years? I even kinda like the wolf eyes.

Only gripe is it looks like there's too much room on both sides of the "A" in WOLFPACK. All the other letters seem to be compacted together, but the A sort of floats out there.



[Edited on September 3, 2010 at 12:23 AM. Reason : still though, this looks 100% better.]

9/3/2010 12:22:20 AM

New field looks great!

9/3/2010 7:46:29 AM

Couldn't rotate the letters a little bit?

9/3/2010 7:48:32 AM

9/3/2010 7:58:55 AM

^^Suppose I could.

9/3/2010 8:18:01 AM

WOLP!

9/3/2010 8:19:45 AM