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kevmcd86

7/12/2007 2:13:04 AM

As of now, I'll be there!!!

7/12/2007 9:04:26 AM

http://ncsu1.info/desktop.htm

7/12/2007 9:07:43 AM

ty

7/12/2007 11:11:43 AM

For those who hate ND....Weis is suing 2 doctors after he had gastric bypass surgery. The surgery allowed him to lose 90 lbs which he credits for getting him the ND head coaching job. Never did like that lard ass.

http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/7006842

7/12/2007 1:14:44 PM

NC State's own Adrian Wilson jumps over a hurdle 66 inches in the air.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vL19q8yL54&feature=dir

7/12/2007 5:04:42 PM

moses even thinks that is old

7/12/2007 5:16:14 PM

^ agree on the Wilson video

7/12/2007 5:18:21 PM

Well I had never seen it before. Still pretty impressive in its own regard though.

7/12/2007 7:01:51 PM

7/13/2007 4:32:45 PM

ah, just around a month and a half till the season starts. it needs to get here now so Sports Talk will pick up some.

7/15/2007 1:36:15 AM

http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/story/637835.html

A run down of the ACC.

[Edited on July 15, 2007 at 10:23 AM. Reason : ]

7/15/2007 10:10:54 AM

BEST BCS COACHES through the eyes of sportingnews.com

http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=200861#start_comments

1. Pete Carroll, Southern California
2. Jim Tressel, Ohio State
3. Rich Rodriguez, West Virginia
4. Jim Grobe, Wake Forest
5. Bob Stoops, Oklahoma
6. Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech
7. Nick Saban, Alabama
8. Steve Spurrier, South Carolina
9. Dennis Erickson, Arizona State
10. Mack Brown, Texas
11. Kirk Ferentz, Iowa
12. Urban Meyer, Florida
13. Tom O'Brien, N.C. State
14. Bobby Bowden, Florida State
15. Tommy Tuberville, Auburn
16. Lloyd Carr, Michigan
17. Mike Bellotti, Oregon
18. Joe Paterno, Penn State
19. Butch Davis, North Carolina
20. Houston Nutt, Arkansas
21. Bill Callahan, Nebraska
22. Jeff Tedford, Cal
23. Mark Richt, Georgia
24. Jim Leavitt, South Florida
25. Mike Riley, Oregon State


59. Ted Roof, Duke
60. Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern
61. Jim Harbaugh, Stanford
62. Randy Shannon, Miami (Fla.)
63. Ed Orgeron, Ole Miss
64. Jeff Jagodzinski, Boston College

7/16/2007 3:23:39 PM

really? Grobe 4th?

Urban Meyer 12th?

7/16/2007 3:42:04 PM

yeah...
list is old, and you can debate the exact location of some of them, but the general areas that they're in i'd agree with (except Meyer, since he's proven himself as a BCS Gameday coach).

7/16/2007 3:44:10 PM

yeah from April

haha Dantonio is 44. Suck on that Michigan St.

7/16/2007 3:47:19 PM

It's funny how Houston Nutt is ranked 20th and a lot of Arkansas fans want him gone.

7/16/2007 5:08:57 PM

http://ncstate.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=691809

Countdown to kickoff: John Dunlap Q&A

7/16/2007 6:46:02 PM

Just heard that we shouldnt expect regular season tickets until august

gay

7/16/2007 7:33:07 PM

^^Hopefully Dunlap becomes that go-to receiver this year....he has NFL talent/size.

We need consistency at QB though so he can show his stuff enough to get drafted.

7/16/2007 7:37:14 PM

http://ncstate.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=692243

Countdown to kickoff: Darrell Blackman Q&A

7/17/2007 11:03:47 PM

http://www.gopack.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=41956&SPID=3730&DB_OEM_ID=9200&ATCLID=925908

Tony Haynes: O’Brien Keeps It Organized

7/17/2007 11:53:05 PM

^^That was a very good interview. Darrell seems to be very articulate, he did a great job fielding the questions asked of him. He seems like a smart guy with his head on straight. I wish him (and all the PACK seniors) the best.

7/18/2007 9:12:34 AM

I really hope TOB utilizes Blackman offensively. Special teams let him do what he does, but he should be a prime threat for opposing defenses.

7/18/2007 11:57:12 AM

Quote :

"It should be no surprise then that when O’Brien released a mid-summer depth chart last week, he referred to it as an “organizational chart.”"

where is this depth chart?

7/18/2007 1:15:00 PM

in one of these threads

prolly can find it on packpride or possibly gopack

7/18/2007 1:19:46 PM

i'm trying to find it. real curious about the OL

found this though

Quote :

"PHIL STEELE'S ACC PICKS Atlantic 1. FSU 2. Clemson 3. N.C. State 4. Maryland 5. Wake 6. BC Coastal 1. Va. Tech 2. Miami 3. UVa 4. Ga. Tech 5. UNC 6. Duke"

http://blogs.newsobserver.com/accnow/index.php?title=phil_says&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

7/18/2007 1:37:55 PM

finally some love!! He makes a lot of good points in his explanaitons.

7/18/2007 2:49:51 PM

Quote :

"finally some love!! He makes a lot of good points..."

my reaction exactly. I actually caught me off gaurd coming from him.

7/18/2007 4:00:18 PM

In almost exactly 44 days the opening kickoff will be happening right about now. I can't wait.

On a side note, tOSU rented out Texas' Frank Erwin Center (where the Longhorns play basketball) just to have a pep rally. In the video you can see that they even filled in the upper deck. The arena holds around 16k, so there's got to be at least 8k people in there from the looks of the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouZxOa7kSv4

[Edited on July 18, 2007 at 6:06 PM. Reason : forgot the link]

7/18/2007 6:06:09 PM

did i miss something ? why is it in texas

7/18/2007 6:23:57 PM

That was for the game last year, where OSU went to Texas as part of the return trip for the home and home that the two schools agreed upon. The 2005 game had the in-Vince-able Texas team ranked #2 in the country went in to hostile Ohio Stadium to take on the #4 ranked Buckeyes, and became the first non-conference team to win at Ohio Stadium since 1990, ending a 36-game home victory string over non-conference opponents for the Buckeyes. It was the one game that solidified everyone on Texas being the clear cut challenger to USC for the national title and excitement for the national championship game built up over the rest of the season. It was only the second game of the season for both teams and set a then all-time largest Ohio Stadium crowd of 105,565, which was later broken in 2006 as #2 Michigan came to town to take on the #1 Buckeyes.

The 2006 game was a reversal of the 2005 game. In this game, which was also the second game of the season for both teams, Ohio State came in ranked #1 and a favorite for the national championship, while #2 Texas (who many think earned the #2 ranking to build hype, despite them losing superman QB Vince Young who was the heart and soul of the previous year's national championship team) was still a contender, but nowhere near a favorite to win it all. Ohio State would end up trouncing Texas 24-7 under the lights of Darrel K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, and end up taking everyones best shot from here on out.

7/18/2007 7:38:52 PM

Shake and Bake!



Shake


Bake

7/19/2007 12:43:20 AM

"The teacher asked me what was the capital of North Carolina. I said Washington, D.C."

7/19/2007 6:29:22 PM

Toney and Andre should seriously do the Shake and Bake fist pound after they score. It wouldn't be any worse than the "starting a lawn mower" looking thing that LenDale White and Reggie Bush did while at USC.

7/19/2007 8:58:27 PM

^i would be fine with them just walking back slowly to the sideline....as long as they took that walk alot of times

7/19/2007 11:26:02 PM

I'm looking forward to hopefully not getting celebration penalties this year.

7/20/2007 12:40:51 AM

^That's one penalty I'm OK with. It's a dumbass rule for the most part, and if we had to commit a penalty that's the one I'd want it to be.

7/20/2007 8:44:46 AM

unfortunately, its enforced on the kickoff so in some instances (see: 2006 Akron loss ) it can really bite us in the ass

7/20/2007 9:12:52 AM

if they did it next to the NC State bench after running back to the sidelines after the TD then they probably wouldn't get the celebration penalty...

7/20/2007 9:13:13 AM

I am giddy that we actually avoided scheduling a home game during the State Fair this year. Imagine that!

7/20/2007 9:33:35 AM

see thats the kind of discipline TOB needs to enforce -


wait till you're back on the sideline to act like its your first TD ever

maybe my expectations are too high, but the way I see it if ladanian tomlinson can score TD after TD and set all kinds of records, and every time just turn around and give the ref the football then theres no reason some college kids who aren't 1/2 of what he is should be able to react the same way. i'm all for celebration, but when the ncaa has it as one of its points of emphasis you shouldn't push the limits.

7/20/2007 9:34:20 AM

this picture made me LOL:



its from a pretty good artice in todays N & O:

Quote :

" DURHAM - In a few months, N.C. State's Tom O'Brien and North Carolina's Butch Davis will be matching wits on the football field. But Thursday the two new Big Four coaches were just witty at the fifth annual Triangle Pigskin Preview at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel. Before joining first-year N.C. Central head coach Mose Rison and Duke's Ted Roof at the head table, Davis and O'Brien huddled for a jovial, playful photo session. "If we shake hands we'll probably get fired," Davis quipped. O'Brien popped two fingers behind Davis' head, creating a "bunny ears" look for the Carolina coach. Spotting Davis with hands folded beneath his chin, O'Brien observed: "He's praying. There's a subliminal message." Davis turned and saluted O'Brien, a former Marine officer with a straight-laced style -- and a sense of humor. The coaches knew each other from previous meetings and competing in the Big East. Both seemed to enjoy Thursday's levity -- along with a record crowd of 450 people -- at an event sponsored by the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame. "It's nice to be in the land of grits and no socks year around,'' said O'Brien, who wore a navy coat, red tie -- and no socks. Davis donned a Carolina blue tie and pin-striped, navy coat. Seated at the head table, they were separated by Roof, who has the longest tenure at a Big Four school and cracked, "You don't know how glad I am to be here." The program included all four coaches fielding questions on subjects ranging from football to dancing to the war in Iraq. A sample: * Asked about their top perk, O'Brien didn't mention salary, facilities or fanfare. He said it was watching NCSU women's basketball coach Kay Yow, "her courage ... her pride" while battling breast cancer. "She stands for everything that is great about the Wolfpack nation,'' O'Brien said. "To watch her go through this year and what she did with that basketball team; ... I'm blessed and happy [to have] gotten to know her and watch her and listen to her speak. "That's the best thing that's happened to me as a member of the N.C. State family." * On the quarterback position, Davis said incoming freshman Mike Paulus will get close scrutiny along with Cameron Sexton and T.J. Yates, who emerged as the the leading candidates in spring practice. "We'll certainly give [Paulus] an opportunity,'' Davis said. "We're not going to forejudge any of these guys. I want it to be open competition." * On whether they would like to host "Saturday Night Live," Davis responded: "I have no ability to do that. [And] if I have a chance to go to bed at 10 o'clock Saturday night, I'm glad to go to bed." * Asked to give their golf handicaps, Davis figured a 10, Roof "somewhere around" 15 and O'Brien 17. Rison mentioned handball. * Helmets from the four schools were auctioned, and guess which one brought the biggest price? Duke's, for $2,000. N.C. State's and UNC's each sold for $700, and N.C. Central's went for $400. * In the audience was former successful ACC coach Bill Dooley, who started the Triangle Chapter of the National Football Foundation about 10 years ago. Dooley, who had a lengthy hospital stay following surgery a year ago, lives in Wilmington and works out three days a week. He plans to attend football games in the Triangle, as usual, again this season. (Staff writer Robbi Pickeral contributed to this report.) "

http://www.newsobserver.com/734/story/643350.html

7/20/2007 11:22:32 AM

41 days and counting.

This wait is really getting hard now....I cannot wait to see what TOB has in store.

7/22/2007 2:13:23 PM

kickoffs are being moved back 5yd's this year....so i think that makes it the 30yd line? either 30 or 35...dammit its been too long.

7/22/2007 3:24:14 PM

Kickoffs will be on the 30 yard line this year. I was watching the video of the Triangle Pigskin Preview (http://vmedia.rivals.com/uploads/899%5C512111.wmv) and Butch Davis made a good point about how it will affect the game, for the good. While he was an assistant for the Cowboys, the NFL moved kickoffs back from to the 30 yard line and the average starting position for the offense went from the 22 yd line the year before to the 34 yd line.

[Edited on July 22, 2007 at 4:43 PM. Reason : ]

7/22/2007 4:42:25 PM

^^, ^ Makes the loss of Deraney that much worse....he had a kickass leg.

Hopefully Franklin or Czackowski will be good for us.

7/22/2007 5:12:16 PM

that is a great rule change. Kickoffs are exciting and return specialists should be weapons not just guys catching the ball and taking a knee in the end zone.

7/22/2007 6:04:49 PM

agree, calling blackman.... please house the opening kickoff vs. UCF

7/22/2007 6:43:55 PM

7/22/2007 7:05:32 PM