Who the hell keeps voting for "I Won't Back Down"?! Is Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers sitting at their computers voting a bunch.



[Edited on August 12, 2008 at 9:33 PM. Reason : ]

8/12/2008 5:59:34 PM

probably those carolina fuckers

8/12/2008 6:11:01 PM

so this is to play over the speakers or is this for the band to play? I Wont Back Down might sound decent from a band... but why dont they play a damn traditional State song?

8/12/2008 7:26:58 PM

GT's new piss yellow uniforms. They look god awful.




Can we get qntmfred to skew that song poll?

8/12/2008 7:40:34 PM

damn those are fugly.

8/12/2008 7:51:23 PM

god damn those are ugly

8/12/2008 8:09:50 PM

they look like they're playing in sweat pants

8/12/2008 8:25:15 PM

Son of a bitch the NC State injury curse lives on.

Clem Johnson has a broken jaw and might be out for the season. Let's get all of our players those helmets that extend down to give more jaw protection.

Edit: This is the helmet I'm talking about the Riddell Revolution line.



[Edited on August 12, 2008 at 8:34 PM. Reason : ]

8/12/2008 8:30:25 PM

and Baker had surgery

8/12/2008 8:43:19 PM

I feel really bad for Tony Baker, two knee surgeries in two consecutive seasons blows ass...but on the positive side we have really good depth at tailback so this shouldn't affect our season too much. Let's hope that this is the extent of our injury curse this year.

8/12/2008 8:55:57 PM

From PackPride here is the news:

Quote :

"Head coach Tom O'Brien stated after Tuesday's practice that redshirt junior tailback Toney Baker and junior college transfer Clem Johnson had surgeries the past couple of days. "We've had two surgeries here in the last couple of days," said O'Brien. "Toney Baker has had surgery to clear out some things in his knee so he's on the shelf for a while until he comes back from that. "Clem Johnson broke his jaw in the scrimmage so he's out for maybe the year." Johnson, a junior college transfer from Valley Forge, was in the mix for major playing time at safety. The talented athlete might have opened the season as the starter at boundary safety. "We brought him in here for a purpose," said O'Brien. "The way he was playing, he would have been the starter at safety for us... with the way he was going. It's a big loss for us right now." Johnson, who enrolled with three years to play two seasons, could likely redshirt. "I believe he has a redshirt year," O'Brien said. "If he doesn't... the thing with the jaw is you don't want to eat and you lose all that weight. All that problem with trying to get substance in him. He'll start all over once it heals, which is a lengthy process anyways." "

8/12/2008 9:07:02 PM

Well he didn't say that he'll be out for the season, so hopefully he just had arthroscopic surgery and will be back in a month or so. We can hope.

8/12/2008 9:39:05 PM

slackerb
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edit post Please not the redneck country shit Song of the South.

They all suck, but Hey Baby sucks the least.

Too bad we and every other team already do that one.

Jesus Christ.



I couldn't DISAGREE MORE. perfect song for our school. All these songs suck but who the hell keeps picking tom petty???? Can you imagine singing that?? I know i can't.

8/12/2008 9:46:23 PM

http://northcarolinastate.scout.com/2/778769.html

NC State's quarterback search is officially down to three. Senior Daniel Evans and freshmen Russell Wilson and Mike Glennon made the first cut. The trio received all the snaps in the Wolfpack's recent scrimmage and will do the same for the final two.

"We're going to go with the same three guys," said head coach Tom O'Brien. "It's down to those three and we're going to give them the work on Friday night and see where it goes on Saturday."

Through two scrimmages, Glennon has attempted the most passes, followed by Wilson and Evans, possibly suggesting the true freshman is receiving a long look. While refusing to specifically discuss his quarterbacks individually, O'Brien did point out that they are going to start the player who gives them the best chance to win, regardless of class.

"I don't have anything to say about them individually," said O'Brien. "The idea is to find a guy who we think we can win with. We made that decision [to cut it to three]. Those three guys all have something we like about them, and it's all down to how they perform in these next two scrimmages."

NC State will have a two-a-day practice on Friday with the evening session being a scrimmage. Saturday the Wolfpack will hold its annual Meet The Pack Day.

Leonard Will Play
Senior Robbie Leonard, a former walk on, is listed at the starter at strongside linebacker, and that isn't any ploy to motivate someone else or hide a newcomer. At 6-foot and 205 pounds, Leonard will likely be one of the smallest linebackers in the Atlantic Coast Conference. According to O'Brien, the ex-safety is "perfect" for what that position needs to do in the Wolfpack's defensive scheme.

"[He is] very similar to the kids we had at BC that played the field linebacker position," said O'Brien. "It's almost a hybrid position. You still need the two bigger guys inside, but the guy in the field is a half linebacker, half strong safety type. Looking at him last year, I don't think he could play in the secondary for us and wouldn't have played for us this year, but it's a perfect position for him with what his talents are."

As a junior, Leonard played sparingly for the Wolfpack. Mainly a special teams contributor, he saw action from scrimmage in eight games last season at free safety. In for a career-high 13 snaps versus Clemson, he tallied eight tackles in that contest. In the offseason, he added nearly 20 pounds and moved to linebacker during spring practice. O'Brien doesn't appear to be concerned with his size. College football has evolved into more spread offenses and that requires defenses to have players at linebacker who can cover and play in space.

"Unless somebody lines up in two tights ends and two backs and wants to go smashmouth, that's the only time he's got to be in there to play run defense,” said O'Brien. “He can do that... he's not going to do it 65 plays, but nobody plays that way in football anymore.

“With all the wideouts, everybody has the field spread. He's wide to the field so he's got to have skills to be a pass-cover, he's got to understand the passing game, which he did at strong safety, and he's got to come in and get in the box when the ball is run. It's similar to what he did [last year], but now he's six yards closer to the line of scrimmage than he used to be."

O'Brien started utilizing the current defensive scheme following his second season at Boston College when the Eagles went 4-7. The next year, his team finished 8-4 and earned its first bowl appearance.

"After my second year, we changed the defense,” O'Brien said. “We've had success with that for a long time. We went out this year in the spring, a couple of coaches went to a couple of different places. More and more people are getting to that type of play so it kind of suited what we did at BC.

"You've got to get into some type of substitution defense. You're almost in nickel defense all the time now anyways."

Baker, Johnson Out Indefinitely
Head coach Tom O'Brien stated after Tuesday's practice that redshirt junior tailback Toney Baker and junior college transfer Clem Johnson had surgeries the past couple of days.

"We've had two surgeries here in the last couple of days," said O'Brien. "Toney Baker has had surgery to clear out some things in his knee so he's on the shelf for a while until he comes back from that.

"Clem Johnson broke his jaw in the scrimmage so he's out for maybe the year."

Johnson, a junior college transfer from Valley Forge, was in the mix for major playing time at safety. The talented athlete might have opened the season as the starter at boundary safety.

"We brought him in here for a purpose," said O'Brien. "The way he was playing, he would have been the starter at safety for us... with the way he was going. It's a big loss for us right now."

Johnson, who enrolled with three years to play two seasons, could likely redshirt.

"I believe he has a redshirt year," O'Brien said. "If he doesn't... the thing with the jaw is you don't want to eat and you lose all that weight. All that problem with trying to get substance in him. He'll start all over once it heals, which is a lengthy process anyways."

8/12/2008 9:58:07 PM

WHOO I GOT MY TICKETS TODAY! Sec. 508 Row 30 Seats 15-17.




I'll post some pics after I get back. Just got a new phone two weeks ago. The new LG Dare. It's a touch screen like the iPhone but is actually smaller. Also it has a pretty good quality camera for a phone.

[Edited on August 12, 2008 at 11:02 PM. Reason : ]

8/12/2008 11:01:01 PM

where the hell is 508 at

8/12/2008 11:16:52 PM

shit better have a hell of a zoom




[Edited on August 12, 2008 at 11:23 PM. Reason : ]

8/12/2008 11:19:18 PM

It won't be any worse than Clemson. Also you have to factor in that the upper deck overhangs over the 400 sections.

8/12/2008 11:49:32 PM

Quote :

"Who the hell keeps voting for "I Won't Back Down"?! Is Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers sitting at their computers voting a bunch."

I voted for "I won't back down". It was the best song available that was offered. None of the songs are that good for providing a spark. You think about a 4th quarter situation and we are trailing at home. The players and fans are tired from the game. I'd rather hear something that was energizing and inspiring that made me hopeful for the upcoming quarter. I saw that TOB doesn't want any rap, but a lot of rap and hip hop is good hype music. Besides, he said he wouldn't be listening anyway, so what the hell does he care?

"You give love a bad name" is not even relative to what you would sing at a sports event. Definitely a bar song.

8/13/2008 12:10:46 AM

a horrible bar song

8/13/2008 12:14:57 AM

I won't back down

Quote :

"GAYEST SONG EVER"

http://www.geocities.com/chipper4prez/Startof4thQuarter.mp3

that's what I'm using for my 4th quarter in ncaa 09.

[Edited on August 13, 2008 at 12:35 AM. Reason : ]

8/13/2008 12:32:40 AM

15 - Darrell Davis


ridiculous ups + pass interference:


Position: Wide Receiver
Class: Redshirt Sophomore
Height: 6-4
Weight: 212
Hometown: Dade City, Fla. (Pasco)

A first-team all-county and all-conference selection, he caught 45 balls for 945 yards and eight touchdowns as a senior at Pasco HS for coach Dale Caparato ... Tallied 54 tackles and six interceptions as cornerback and linebacker ... Rivals.com rank of 41st among wide receivers nationally ... No. 58 in the state of Florida overall by Rivals.com ... Top-100 ranking in Florida by Scout.com ... Preseason top-50 in Florida by SuperPrep.

8/13/2008 12:47:54 AM

^6

sweet graphics on the stadium map gamecocks

[Edited on August 13, 2008 at 12:49 AM. Reason : ^]

8/13/2008 12:49:05 AM

i think they made it with the draw feature in word

8/13/2008 12:50:03 AM

^ and ^^ HAHAHAHAHA

8/13/2008 3:06:34 AM

article about the QB situation.

http://northcarolinastate.scout.com/2/778769.html

It is down to Evans, Glennon, and Wilson.

8/13/2008 4:57:13 PM

old. look at the 14th post on this page.

8/13/2008 4:59:14 PM

fwiw, in my NCAA 2009 Dynasty I settled on Glennon after a few games

8/13/2008 5:03:09 PM

lol if it's up to NCAA 09 then FSU will not have to suspend anyone and destroy the ACC

[Edited on August 13, 2008 at 5:17 PM. Reason : .]

8/13/2008 5:17:22 PM

Man, that Clem Johnson injury hurts bad.... who is likely to fill his spot? We're not very deep at S are we?

8/13/2008 6:38:28 PM

Justin Byers was competing for playing time. Perhaps Ryan Goodman who has been converted to safety could play some in his final year here. He has good size for a safety at 6-2 205. We could always move a CB to the safety position provided they have the size

A full list of all our defensive backs:
Clem Johnson - DB - 6-0 - 190 - Jr. (note: out for the season due to broken jaw)
Jeremy Gray - CB - 6-2 188 - RGr.
DeAndre Morgan - CB - 5-10 170 - RSo.
Akeem Cunningham - DB - 5-11 185 - Fr.
Dominique Ellis - DB - 5-11 190 - Fr.
Koyal George - DB - 5-11 175 - RJr.
Gary Grant - DB - 6-0 190 - Fr.
Robert Bell - DB - 5-9 180 - Jr.
Asante' Cureton - DB - 5-11 200 - So.
Jordan Monk - DB - 6-0 180 - Fr.
Zach Powell - DB - 5-11 188 - So.
C.J. Wilson - DB - 5-11 171 - Fr.
Earl Wolff - DB - 6-0 190 - Fr.
Scott Bradsher - FS - 6-0 196 - Sr.
Jimmaul Simmons - FS - 6-2 200 - RFr.
Justin Byers - S - 6-0 185 - RFr.
J.C. Neal - S - 5-11 195 - Sr.
Bobby Floyd - SS - 5-9 211 - Jr.
Ryan Goodman - SS - 6-2 - 205 - RSr.
Javon Walker - SS - 6-0 197 - RSo.

8/13/2008 7:14:10 PM

What about Javon Walker? Seems like he was pretty good for a few games last year

8/13/2008 7:22:52 PM

Is he fully healed from his injury?

8/13/2008 7:30:35 PM

No clue.

Dammit we could use Dajuan Morgan about right now.

8/13/2008 9:22:07 PM

I'd like to see Jimmaul Simmons in the vacant safety spot. He's too good of an athlete to keep off of the field for another season.

8/13/2008 9:22:58 PM

http://www.wfnz.com/pages/139665.php

Go to the bottom of the page and you can open up an interview with TOB when he was on the Packman's show today.

8/13/2008 10:08:22 PM

sounds like evans is the front runner for the qb

[Edited on August 13, 2008 at 11:05 PM. Reason : from the interview]

8/13/2008 11:05:12 PM

Got my ticket today..section 502...does anyone know where the visitor's seats are because I will be sporting Wolfpack red and would rather not be in a sea of maroon

8/13/2008 11:13:29 PM

My group got section 17

8/13/2008 11:17:03 PM

^^ Sec. 502 should have plenty of Wolfpackers in it. That holds a fair amount of opposing fans.

See the orange in the upper decks.



USC Game Roll Call
Brass Monkey - Sec. 508 Row 30 Seats 15-17


Please add your name to the list if you are going in the same form.

8/13/2008 11:31:21 PM

South Carolina will be upgrading and expanding their stadium over the next couple of years. New/upgraded locker room and offices will be done by the start of the 2009 season and an expansion in the North endzone will be complete by 2010. The expansion will add between 6,000-8,000 seats to the stadium and the expected official capacity will be around 88,000. I expect that they could fit more in though considering that although the official capacity right now is listed at 80,250, they have had crowds go as high as 85,000.

Before


After


This architect's diagram is too large to post in here.
http://www.williamsbrice.com/images/03.png

8/13/2008 11:49:36 PM

that makes it look a lot bigger.

i want something like that... if only we had the fans to fill it

8/13/2008 11:53:29 PM

If TOB wins an ACC Championship we could easily sell out a 70k+ seat stadium.

8/13/2008 11:55:18 PM

14 - J.C. Neal



Position: Cornerback
Class: Senior
Height: 5-11
Weight: 195
Hometown: Sumter, S.C. (Lakewood)

In 2007: Started three of the first four games of the season at right cornerback, then started the last three contests at strong safety ... In for 78 snaps versus Wofford, he tallied eight solo stops in that contest ... Had a career-best 11 tackles in the win over North Carolina ... Played a career-high 79 snaps at Wake Forest after starting at strong safety, he also played 29 special teams plays in that contest for a total of 118 plays ... Team leader with 251 special teams snaps for the season ... Scored a touchdown on a blocked punt return in the win at East Carolina.

In 2006: Backup free safety who moved to cornerback at the beginning of the 2007 campaign ... played in all 12 games, seeing action from scrimmage in 10 contests ... In for a career-high 34 snaps in the season finale versus East Carolina ... In for 131 snaps for the season, tallying 21 tackles ... In for 128 special teams plays ... Blocked a punt in the Akron game.

In 2005: Played in 11 games as a rookie, mainly on special teams and had seven special teams stops and 150 special teams plays ... In for 41 snaps from scrimmage, he was in for a high of 14 plays versus South Florida in the Meineke Car Care Bowl ... Tallied four of his eight tackles in the last three games ... Saw action in the last 11 games of the season, from scrimmage in seven games as a backup safety ... Named the Wolfpack's most improved safety following 2006 spring drills.

Prep: Played running back and defensive back at Lakewood High School for coach Greg Crolley ... Rushed for 1,401 yards and scored 19 touchdowns as a senior, he also caught nine passes for 117 yards ... Returned 10 kickoffs for 355 yards, and two for touchdowns ... Recorded 88 tackles and six PBUs on defense ... Also blocked a punt and returned it for a score ... Was the 3A back of the year in South Carolina ... Earned all-state and all-conference honors ... Tallied 169 rushes for 937 yards and nine touchdowns as a junior ... Also made 34 tackles and one interception on defense ... A SuperPrep All-American ... Named to the Shrine Bowl as a safety, he earned defensive MVP honors after recording two second-half interceptions ... Enrolled in the first-year college program ... Born 1/14/87.

8/14/2008 12:20:51 AM

Section 17 Seats 9-15

8/14/2008 6:27:47 AM

Quote :

"If TOB wins an ACC Championship we could easily sell out a 70k+ seat stadium."

like i said, if only.

8/14/2008 8:17:40 AM

USC Game Roll Call
Brass Monkey - Sec. 508 Row 30 Seats 15-17
dgspencer - Sec. 503 Row 30 Seats 13-14
Pack149 - Sec. 17 Seats 9-15

8/14/2008 8:54:19 AM

USC Game Roll Call
Brass Monkey - Sec. 508 Row 30 Seats 15-17
dgspencer - Sec. 503 Row 30 Seats 13-14
Pack149 - Sec. 17 Seats 9-15
guitarguy - Sec. 507 Row 30 Forgot seat #'s

8/14/2008 9:28:23 AM

Section 509, Row Seats "I don't know off the top of my head"

8/14/2008 9:30:20 AM

Quote :

"i want something like that... if only we had the fans to fill it "

.

uh, have you ever been to a football game
we have plenty of fans that could fill it and it would also give more tix to students

8/14/2008 9:44:59 AM