I remember the hype... I followed his recruitment. I was secretly hoping that Marcus would beat out Jay Davis after the departure of the Royal Member of the NC State Sporting Community. After a few of Davis' air mails into the waiting hands of the opposing defensive backs, the student section starting chanting: Marcus Stone, Marcus Stone, Marcus Stone.

I loved the potential his style would bring. With a running qb and TA McLendon, I thought we would have a pretty potent offense...

It was bad to see Marcus go out the way he did... the same way David did and the same way Evans will next year... getting beat out for the job.

But Marcus' transformation into a very capable TE shows his character. He could've disappeared. But he really turned his career around and became a great team player. With the loss of Anthony Hill this year, I was glad to see Marcus' athletic display and I hope he gets picked up somewhere.

I hate to see him and the rest of the seniors go out with a goose egg...

11/24/2007 9:59:52 PM

your other thread sucked but i did have a ton of respect for marcus over the last two years so i need to post for him...

he showed a lot of NC STATE pride with the way he carried himself too... great for this school

thanks marcus

11/24/2007 10:48:34 PM

http://rivals100.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?pr_key=9691

11/24/2007 10:51:36 PM

position ranking: 3

11/24/2007 10:59:29 PM

Quote :

"COLLEGE CHOICES INTEREST OFFER VISIT RECRUITED BY NC State (signed LOI) Notre Dame Maryland Michigan Tennessee Penn State "

11/25/2007 12:01:52 AM

this just shows that rankings dont really matter

11/25/2007 12:04:16 AM

How can you bench 325 but only squat 350? (I realize this was 4 years ago)

But yeah, I agree, I was happy to see him at the TE spot helping the team out any way he could.

11/25/2007 2:35:38 AM

^^no it doesn't moron. It shows that one particular ranking didn't matter

[Edited on November 25, 2007 at 2:52 AM. Reason : .]

11/25/2007 2:52:50 AM

pennsyvania:

#3 marcus stone
#4 johnathan stupar (te uva)
#5 darrell blackman (hb)
#11 Paul Posluszny (all american lb psu)


us dual threat qbs

#1 jamarcus russel
#2 Dennis dixon
#3 marcus stone
#4 tyler donovan (wisconsin qb)
#9 zibikowski
#13 joe daily (nebraska qb that was wayyy better than back forcing transfer)
#15 reggie ball
#24 bret meyer (iowa state qb force degand to transfer)


IT GETS EVEN BETTER

midwest overall:

#14 marcus stone
#25 brady quinn (nd settled for this guy because we beat them for stone)
#30 tony gonzalez
#43 john carlson (nd te)
#44 todd boeckman (are you hurting yet)
#50 matt ryan
#59 jeff samarjdia
#93 dejuan tribble

and i'm sure many many more (those are just the ones that caught my "causal football fan" eye)

but i'll stop there because the point is beaten to death fly with a nuclear bomb.

11/25/2007 3:08:56 AM

i will always remember him blasting his subs outside of avent ferry complex sophomore year...every day

11/25/2007 3:19:22 AM

too bad he never learned how to block

11/25/2007 4:04:29 AM

i give Stone credit. 1st for attitude, 2nd for effort, and another for making some very nice catches and quite a few hits. he did well, especially at a foreign position, and i respect the guy for that.

11/25/2007 4:13:22 AM

you guys are really drinking the marcus stone kool-aid, huh?

Quote :

"#24 bret meyer (iowa state qb force degand to transfer)"

what?

11/25/2007 12:28:03 PM

^Haha I caught that, too. How the hell does a QB on the football team cause the transfer of a PG on the bball team????

11/25/2007 12:37:30 PM

He was making a joke, I think

11/25/2007 12:48:49 PM

Just when I was beginning to think that Howard wasn't trolling 24/7, he posts a gem like this

Quote :

"#13 joe daily (nebraska qb that was wayyy better than back forcing transfer)"

11/25/2007 6:11:19 PM