110 days left. can't you feel the excitement in the air?

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5/15/2006 12:06:18 AM

ha not really

5/15/2006 12:22:55 AM

108

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5/17/2006 12:16:36 AM

i'm excited to see the new NEZ when it's complete and see if it has any effect on the noise levels, and how the atmosphere will be since the band shall be back with the big, old part of the student section. also i'm excited for it since it's my last semester as a student. i'm also looking forward to going to UMD and UVA, provided i can get tickets. i really have no expectations for this season. i'm gonna treat it like the way many UNC fans treated basketball at the beginning of the year. excited for another season, but not necessarilly proclaiming that it will be a great season. just go out have fun, and any wins that come will be great, while losses won't really matter so much. heck we might even have a decent season, since all the pressure will be off.

how is the Red Zone and the Dail Plaza coming along anyways? i know they've started filling in the concrete in some sections.

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5/17/2006 12:26:34 AM

^I saw concrete bleacher steps yesterday. I wish it would go a little higher though.

5/17/2006 9:03:48 AM

by the way, did anyone hear that we are up for a home-and-home series w/ West Virginia in 2008 & 2009? its down to either NC State, Duke, or Georgia Tech. what do u think the chances are that we land the game? (im thinking duke...acc team & easy 2 wins)

5/17/2006 3:23:36 PM

i'd love to go up to Morgantown and see where couches are burned like witches in Salem. "we must ignite this couch" <---that's actually a real website devoted to WVU, haha.

http://www.wemustignitethiscouch.com/modules/weblog/

West Virginia University - Where Greatness Is Learned and Furniture Is Burned.

Defensive End Raymond Brooks is back on the post spring depth chart and roster.

oh and in a few more hours it'll be 106 days left till gameday. anyone think we'll beat the tar heels this year?

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5/18/2006 9:50:49 PM

Keys to a Successful Season: ACC
The one thing each ACC team must accomplish to have a successful 2006.

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"NC State: Get More Productivity From Under Center – Head coach Chuck Amato is still searching for a replacement to former great Philip Rivers at quarterback. The staff has apparently settled on Marcus Stone for now. Stone replaced Jay Davis midway through last season and did an admirable job. He finished the year with eight touchdowns and six interceptions, though his 48% completion percentage and 112-yard per game average were far from inspiring. Stone is a talented athlete, but he needs to show more polish on his passes and the ability to stretch the field. For the Wolfpack to take a major step forward, they need more than a serviceable option leading the offense."

surprise, surprise, we need better QB play to be successful. like that wasn't a given.

http://www.southernpigskin.com/page.cfm?story=11152&cat=exclusives

5/18/2006 10:20:39 PM

106 days

5/19/2006 10:54:57 AM

102 days left.

5/23/2006 6:27:32 PM

101 days left.

5/24/2006 4:08:50 PM

technically 100 days left, but it'll soon be 99 days left.

5/25/2006 11:19:50 PM

hey is somebody gonna post quentin today? I can't find last year's thread to see who was doing it.

I mean i don't want to steal somebody's thunder, just makin sure we don't drop the ball.

5/26/2006 12:11:44 AM

nah man go ahead and do it. i started this years thread and last years thread. i had the idea to post the players and a little info on them when their jersey # corresponded with the number of days left. i won't be able to get on here a lot till June 3rd when i make my return to Raleigh and high speed internet. (parents have dial-up at home ) feel free to do it, add anything, and discuss anything concerning Pack football and college football. the more discussion the better. i love to see this thread near the top, haha. it usually means people are getting more excited about the upcoming football season.

5/26/2006 12:31:54 AM

so i've seen on some other message boards that fans of other schools (particulary hole fans) think that Amato is the clear cut guy on the hot seat in the ACC this year, and will be fired if he wins only 6 games. i think Amato's seat is warm, b/c he needs to prove that he can actually coach, and his success wasn't all b/c of Rivers, but i doubt he'd be fired after this year barring a total meltdown. he is an alum, and has brought State into the national spotlight. he's taken us to 5 bowl games in 6 years. Bunting has only gone to 2 bowl games. losing to UNC does suck, but i just don't see how Amato's seat is anymore hotter than Bunting's. what do you all think? do you think these other fans just need to shut up, b/c they don't know how State fans really feel, and they believe were just a bunch of trigger happy people b/c of the Sendek situation? or do you think they are right. we did go 5-1 in our final 6 games.

5/26/2006 1:38:08 AM

if i were amato i would notice how much our AD was willing to throw at a new basketball coach and realize that since Sidney Lowe isn't getting anything near what we were offering Rick Barnes that we have access to money to throw at coaches. And if he has another mediocore season and the wolfpack club and alums start getting mad we might start throwing money at some big name coaches. Esp with the facilities and recent production of NFL prospects, i think a lot of decent coaches would be very interested in the head coaching job here.

5/26/2006 1:48:17 AM

State is a basketball school

finishing no better than 4th is ok...as long as you beat Carolina

5/26/2006 9:02:00 AM

99 - Quentin Brown



Height: 6-5
Weight: 245
Class: RS FR
Depth Chart: #3 Left DE

Played at Edgewater High School for coach Bill Gierke ... Helped lead team to Florida's 6-A state championship as a senior ... A two-year starter as a left offensive tackle ... Also played on the defensive line ... Rated the No. 37 offensive tackle nationally by Rivals.com and rated the No. 54 prospect in Florida according to Rivals.com.


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5/26/2006 9:19:58 AM

I talked with Britt Cobb the other day and he said that he thinks Bunting doesn't have what it takes and that he should step down.

5/26/2006 12:59:30 PM

98 - Littleton Wright



Depth Chart: #1 Right DE
Class: RS Junior
Hometown: Georgetown, Del.
High School: Sussex Central
Height: 6-6
Weight: 244

Spent the 2004 season at Lackawanna College in Scranton, Pa. where he was coached by Mark Duda ...Led league with 9.5 sacks in 2004 ...Named to the second-team defensive squad of the NJCAA preseason All-America team prior to the 2004 season ...Teammate of fellow NC State signee Garrett Kline at Lackawanna ...Listed as the top-rated JUCO defensive end by insiders.com ... Attended Sussex Central High School in Georgetown, Del.


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5/27/2006 12:04:33 AM

^I am ready to see what he has got.

I think we have another Manny Lawson in Willie Young.

If Raymond Brooks can play, our DL will be fine with Tank Tyler and Demarrio Pressley in the middle.

5/27/2006 5:34:17 PM

yeah I like our DL this year, and the LBs/ROV should be good too, if you got faith in Reggie on the weak side (wooo Reggie). so we should be good against the run, and okay against west coast/underneath type shit I think.

I worry about our deep coverage though. anybody with a couple fast receivers could be big trouble, especially if they also have big, juicy facemasks

5/27/2006 6:07:36 PM

97 - Willie Young



Depth Chart: #1 Left DE
Class: RS Freshman
Hometown: West Palm Beach, Fl
High School: Palm Beach/Hargrave
Height: 6-5
Weight: 230

Enrolled at NC State for the 2005 spring semester after originally signing with the Pack in 2004 ...Spent last season at Hargrave Military Academy ...Recorded 47 tackles, including 12 tackles for loss, seven sacks and 13 QB pressures at Hargrave ...No. 18 prep school player nationally according to Rivals.com ...Graduated from Palm Beach Gardens High School ... Tallied 65 tackles, 25 tackles for loss and 12 sacks in 11 games as a senior ...Racked up 60 tackles, 15 tackles for loss and nine sacks as a junior ...Also averaged a double-double in basketball (10 pts and 12 rebs) and finished fourth in the high jump at the state championships ...Played in the CaliFlorida Bowl after senior season ...Also played in the Florida-Louisiana Classic where garnered defensive MVP honors after making two sacks and forcing a fumble ... Was rated the No. 14 weakside defensive end nationally by Rivals.com ... Named one of the nation's top-10 weakside defensive ends by SuperPrep.

5/28/2006 12:01:49 AM

95 - James E. Martin, II



Depth Chart: #1 Strong LB
Class: RS Junior
Hometown: Pompano Beach, Fl
High School: Ely HS
Height: 6-1
Weight: 236

In 2004: Redshirted the season after undergoing ACL reconstruction last summer ... Is cleared to compete this spring, he has moved from defensive end to linebacker and will compete at the middle LB spot.

In 2003: Young defensive end who gained invaluable experience as a true freshman ... Played in all 13 games, he started the Connecticut and Clemson games ... In for a career-high 76 stops in the Clemson win, his top tackle total was five in the win over North Carolina ... Two of those stops were behind the line of scrimmage and one was a sack ... Had a tackle for loss against Kansas in the Tangerine Bowl while in for 45 snaps ... Missed part of spring workouts after breaking a rib in practice ... Strong player who bench presses 405 pounds.

Prep: Notched 84 tackles, 22.5 sacks, 32 quarterback hurries, and five forced fumbles as a senior for Coach Steve Davis ... Helped lead Ely to the Florida Class 5-A state championship by forcing a fumble and sacking the quarterback once ... As a junior, recorded 68 tackles, 19 sacks, three caused fumbles, one fumble recovery (that was returned 25 yards for a touchdown), 32 quarterback hurries and 10 PBUs ... Named Class 5A All-State second-team, all-conference and all-area choice by both The Miami Herald and Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel as a junior ... Notched 21 sacks as a sophomore ... Majoring in criminology ... Born 10/3/84.

5/30/2006 12:30:40 AM

they both look the same, but then again, most of the football players do.

5/30/2006 12:40:41 AM

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"they both look the same, but then again, most of the football players do."

they both have red shirts and dreds and slightly similar skin shades

they'd be the same height if willie's dreds didn't stick straight up

other than that not so much

5/30/2006 12:53:00 AM

unless you really knew what they looked like you couldnt really pick them out of a crowd though. All the football players Ive seen around school, I couldnt pick them out of a line, they are all either: white guys with close hair cuts, black guys with braids/corn rows, or black guys with shaved heads.

5/30/2006 12:59:39 AM

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"I couldnt pick them out of a line"

pls to not use that saying with regard to the football team

5/30/2006 1:10:50 AM

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"All the football players Ive seen around school, I couldnt pick them out of a line, they are all either: white guys with close hair cuts, black guys with braids/corn rows, or black guys with shaved heads."

What else would they be?

5/30/2006 1:44:26 AM

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" pls to not use that saying with regard to the football team "

ahahahaha

5/30/2006 8:06:11 PM

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"Also averaged a double-double in basketball "

you think he would want to play some hoops

5/30/2006 11:42:40 PM

94

5/31/2006 7:41:24 PM

93 - John Bedics



Depth Chart: #2 Right DT
Class: RS Sophomore
Hometown: Bethlehem, Pa
High School: Bethlehem Catholic
Height: 6-4
Weight: 283

In 2004: Earned the award for the most valuable member of the defensive scout team following the 2004 season ... Redshirted the season at defensive tackle.

Prep: Played for coach Chuck Sonon at Bethlehem Catholic ... Totaled 50 tackles at defensive end as a senior ... Also had 10.5 tackles for loss and 5.5 sacks ... Accounted for 96 tackles and 11.5 sacks during his final two seasons ... Scored a total of three defensive TDs during his career ... Led team to back-to-back league and district championships in 2001 and 2002 ... Team went 11-1 and was ranked fourth in the state is junior season ... Named to the Maxwell Club, an award given to the top 40 prospects in the area ... Selected All-Lehigh Valley League in 2003 ... Picked to Pennsylvania's Supreme Team and to the Philadelphia Area Top 25 Team ... Also a four-year starter on the basketball team ... Averaged eight points and eight rebounds for his career ... His brother, Pat, is a linebacker at Penn State ... Sister was a four-year letterwinner on Lafayette's basketball team from 1995-99 ... Enrolled in the first-year college program ... Born 12/28/85.

6/1/2006 12:07:50 AM

92 - DeMario Pressley



Depth Chart: #1 Left DT
Class: Junior
Hometown: Greensboro, NC
High School: Dudley
Height: 6-4
Weight: 293

In 2004: Promising young player who was the only true freshman on defense to start a game last season, he got the nod in the win at Maryland ... In for 26 snaps and tallied a best of five tackles in the win over East Carolina ... Four of those stops were solos and one was behind the line of scrimmage ... In for a season-high 28 snaps in the season opener ... Racked up 15 tackles for the season, he saw action in every game ... Named the Most Improved Defensive lineman following 2005 spring workouts.

Prep: Parade All-American ... A first-team All-USA selection by USA Today ...Played in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl ... Notched 90 tackles and 14 sacks in his senior season ...Had 97 tackles and 14 sacks as a junior ... Two-time all-state selection and was the 2003 North Carolina Gatorade Player of the Year ... Two-time all-conference and all-area pick ... Named the 2003 conference player of the year ... Listed as the No. 1 player in North Carolina, the nation's No. 7 overall player and the No. 1 defensive lineman by SuperPrep ... The nation's top-ranked defensive tackle and No. 11 overall player by Rivals.com ... Named to the 2003 EA Sports High School All-American Team ... Named to Fox Sports Net's First Team 2003 Countdown to Signing Day All-South Team ... Picked to Prep Star's Top 100 Dream Team as the No. 1 defensive lineman ... Also played center for Dudley High's basketball team and earned two letters in track & field, competing in the shot put ... Enrolled in the first-year college program ... Born 11/3/85.

6/2/2006 1:42:37 AM

whats up w/ playing division AA teams?, we should play ohio state again

6/2/2006 10:03:23 AM

hey, we're playing ECU. one powerhouse OOC opponent a year is enough for me.

[Edited on June 2, 2006 at 10:15 AM. Reason : fdhs]

6/2/2006 10:15:35 AM

ok off topic, but does anyone remember the movie "All The Right Moves"? it had Tom Cruise and he was a HS football player in some small Pennsylvania town and played for none other than the best tv/movie football coach Craig T. Nelson. well Cruise's character's girlfriend (Lea Thompson of Back to the Future) is talking to the coaches wife about not holding him back from going to college somewhere. well the coaches wife mentions that she had to go through the same sort of predicament with her HS sweetheart. she let him go, and went to North Carolina State, and that's where she met Craig T. Nelson's character. i remember when i first watched the movie and had to rewind it to make sure i heard it correctly. the movie was released in 1983, so i guess we were a pretty popular school back then due to our championship. i know Mitch's Tavern was in Bull Durham. "The Program" had an ice skating scene with Omar Epps and Halle Berry filmed at the Cary Ice House, and all of the campus scenes were filmed on Duke's campus. does anyone know of any other movies that mention State or have scenes filmed in the triangle?

6/2/2006 1:01:54 PM

hmm...no responses. oh well. are there any new pics of the NEZ construction?

6/2/2006 4:58:23 PM

There used to be a bumper sticker that read: "If God Is Not A Tarheel, Then Why Is The Sky Carolina Blue?" I checked into some theology at Duke Divinity School library and found out why Jesus wasn't born in Chapel Hill. God couldn't find three wise men and a virgin.

6/2/2006 5:57:10 PM

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"whats up w/ playing division AA teams?, we should play ohio state again"

well before you can play them, you have to get them to put you on their schedule. And they generally don't like a school that is good enough to beat them, but not good enough to give them any credit if they that school.

6/2/2006 6:01:20 PM

^^^ last weekend is the latest i've seen
http://community.webshots.com/user/carterfinley


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6/2/2006 6:03:59 PM

I know it's 91 days

but how can I resist posting this

6/3/2006 12:25:17 AM

^ good pic

6/3/2006 5:25:37 PM

one of the preseason mags, either Lindy's or Athlon has us projected in the 80's nationally and 11th in the conference. wtf?

6/3/2006 7:40:43 PM

It's not Athlon, they have us at somewhere in the 50s or 60s nationally.

They also have us last in the division, so conceivably, yes, we very well might be next to last...though i expect us to play better than the expectations.

at nc state, low expectations=better results

6/3/2006 10:33:57 PM

^wait are you the guy that originally went by the sn Luigi that ended up going to USF?

6/4/2006 5:22:06 AM

90 days left

6/4/2006 2:10:54 PM

man sports talk is slow as shit now.

6/4/2006 10:23:27 PM

time to start posting more vids to get you all hyped about college football.

here's a great one of Alabama fans yelling the famous "Rammer Jammer Yellowhammer, give 'em Hell Alabama"

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A86.OR9kpoNE6w4BTSwBP88F;_ylu=X3oDMTA4OTFrc2RzBHNlYwNwbHly/SIG=1229ehub1/EXP=1149564900/**http%3a//www.jandedesigns.com/RJYH%20Florida.wmv

[Edited on June 4, 2006 at 11:37 PM. Reason : ]

6/4/2006 11:37:12 PM

That was about 10 minutes game time after Prothro done got broke in two.

6/5/2006 12:01:40 AM