I did this last year for the VaTech game. Time to start it up again, now that basketball season is over. Here's to kicking the ever living shit out of a fellow North Carolina team. Also here's to tailgating again. All talk about the team, and the outlook of the season can be put in here as well up until gameday.

174 Days.

3/19/2006 7:46:07 PM

but theys the national CHAMPS!

3/19/2006 7:49:00 PM

FANNIES

3/19/2006 7:49:15 PM

hahaha

might as well start the complaining here

chuck amato is not a very good football coach

3/19/2006 7:51:27 PM

we'll lose

/bitter

3/19/2006 7:51:38 PM

I want to see some Andre Brown and Toney Baker. Even if we suck, its still fun to see people get JACKED UP during football season.

3/19/2006 7:55:34 PM

when's the Red/White game?

3/19/2006 7:59:46 PM

^ April 8th maybe?

3/19/2006 8:00:11 PM

football?

3/19/2006 8:10:42 PM

oops i think i miscalculated it. i looked at the wrong date. 167 days instead.

3/19/2006 8:17:41 PM

the first part of the season actually sets up nicely. we could be 3-0 heading into the BC game, but then the Southern Miss game could be a trap. BC lost their two best players in Blackmon, and Kiwanuka, and might not be able to replicate their 9-win season that they had this past season. this could be a great way to build up and be a possible 4-0 heading into the Thursday night primetime game against FSU. we'll probably lose that game though. we have 5 of our first 6 at home.

Quote :

"Date Opponent Location TV Outcome/Time/Travel 09/02/06 Appalachian State Raleigh, N.C. TBA 09/09/06 Akron Raleigh, N.C. TBA 09/16/06 Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, Miss. TBA 09/23/06 Boston College Raleigh, N.C. TBA 10/05/06 Florida State Raleigh, N.C. TBA 10/14/06 Wake Forest Raleigh, N.C. TBA 10/21/06 Maryland College Park, Md. TBA 10/28/06 Virginia Charlottesville, Va. TBA 11/04/06 Georgia Tech Raleigh, N.C. TBA 11/11/06 Clemson Clemson, S.C. TBA 11/18/06 North Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C. TBA 11/25/06 East Carolina Raleigh, N.C. TBA"

3/19/2006 8:41:21 PM

i'm gonna try my hardest not to get too excited about this year. it always leads to disappointment. we might start 3-0 or 4-0 and the hype will build up only to have us collapse. same thing every year.

3/19/2006 8:47:47 PM

HOORAY

ANOTHER SEASON OF MARCUS STONE

3/19/2006 8:48:13 PM

I dont give a fuck this year. If we suck, we suck. Its my last year to go to games for free and I just want to have some fun. Any win will just be a bonus.

3/19/2006 9:02:34 PM

I'm not paying into my lifetime rights anymore.

If that tells you how I feel about our program.

3/19/2006 9:06:22 PM

is it just me our is our schedule really weird this year?

ending with UNC and ECU, wowza

3/19/2006 9:30:00 PM

http://gopack.collegesports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/1999/schedule.html

sort of like this schedule. and we know what happened after that.

3/19/2006 9:35:11 PM

i'm worried about this game

3/19/2006 9:42:44 PM

i'm actually kinda looking forward to playing the first 3 ooc games...
i like playing in-state schools that aren't ecu... and i like having the Golden Eagles and the Zips on the schedule...

3/19/2006 9:43:46 PM

YES FOOTBALL!!!

3/19/2006 10:27:14 PM

4^

hahah

bye amato (as long as you go 4-8 like im predicting)

3/20/2006 12:48:44 AM

ecu game excelent

3/20/2006 5:59:48 PM

AKRON ZIPS
ZIPS OF AKRON!

They're almost as good as the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights

3/20/2006 6:15:50 PM

As long as we dont go 0-fer in the acc, next season will be a success

3/20/2006 6:21:46 PM

oh yeah 166 days til football, and tailgating are back. last semester as a student, and i'll be sure to go out in style.

3/20/2006 6:22:18 PM

when's the spring game?

3/20/2006 6:22:57 PM

i've heard april 8th. can someone that knows our team really well give their projections for who the starters will be besides the obvious popular players? also those that know our recruiting really well, are there any freshmen that might make an impact?

3/20/2006 6:48:48 PM

Just pull up the Spring depth chart off of Gopack.

3/20/2006 7:42:47 PM

2006 Spring Depth Chart

OFFENSE
Pos. No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl.
LT 78 James Newby 6-5 295 *Sr.
54 Merci Falaise 6-5 292 *Sr.
61 Matthew White 6-7 355 *So.

LG 69 Kalani Heppe 6-3 300 *Jr.
60 Meares Green 6-4 295 *So.
66 Yomi Ojo 6-4 320 *Jr.

C 64 Leroy Harris 6-3 300 *Sr.
72 Luke Lathan 6-4 292 *Jr.
74 Andy Barbee 6-3 290 *Fr.
57 Andrew Redfern 6-2 288 *So.

RG 76 Curtis Crouch 6-5 344 So.
61 Julian Williams 6-5 292 *Fr.

RT 79 Jon Holt 6-6 296 *Sr.
68 Garrett Kline 6-7 299 *Jr.
50 Jerrail McCuller 6-7 342 *Fr.

TE 83 Anthony Hill 6-6 277 Jr.
89 Octavius Darby 6-2 256 *So.
38 Jacob King 6-2 238 So.

QB 9 Marcus Stone 6-4 236 *Jr.
19 Daniel Evans 6-2 191 *So.
7 Mike Greco 6-3 220 *Fr.

HB 24 Andre Brown 6-0 232 So.
22 Toney Baker 5-10 228 Fr.
28 Jamelle Eugene 5-10 202 *Fr.
20 Reggie Davis 6-0 246 Sr.

FB 89 Octavius Darby 6-2 256 *So.
20 Reggie Davis 6-0 246 Sr.
37 John Kane 5-9 239 So.
4 Pat Bedics 6-0 249 *Jr.

Z 1 John Dunlap 6-2 210 Jr.
or 2 Darrell Blackman 5-10 209 Jr.
85 Koyal George 5-11 165 So.

X 13 Lamart Barrett 6-1 190 Sr.
88 Geron James 6-4 185 *Fr.
84 Jamesly Jean 6-4 225 *Jr.
PK 12 John Deraney 6-4 224 *Sr.

Zebra 1 John Dunlap 6-2 210 Jr.
or 13 Lamart Barrett 6-1 190 Sr.
86 Kyle Newell 6-5 223 *Fr.
6 Andrew Evans 5-11 180 *So.

SPECIALISTS
PR 2 Darrell Blackman 5-10 209 Jr.

KOR 2 Darrell Blackman 5-10 209 Jr.
24 Andre Brown 6-0 232 So.

LS 85 William Lee 6-2 235 *Sr.

H 19 Daniel Evans 6-2 191 *So.

3/20/2006 7:59:20 PM

DEFENSE
Pos. No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl.
LE 97 Willie Young 6-5 230 *Fr.
99 Quentin Brown 6-5 245 *Fr.
33 Ray Brooks 6-0 261 *So.

LT 92 DeMario Pressley 6-4 293 Jr.
41 Martrel Brown 6-2 290 *Jr.
70 Teddy Larsen 6-2 265 *Fr.
or 73 Gerard Miller 6-3 292 *So.

RT 72 Tank Tyler 6-2 305 Sr.
93 John Bedics 6-4 283 *So.
49 Alan-Michael Cash 6-0 291 *Fr.

RE 55 John Amanchukwu 6-4 283 *Sr.
98 Littlleton Wright 6-6 244 *Jr.
58 Matt Kushner 6-4 241 *Fr.

SLB 29 LeRue Rumph 6-2 225 *Jr.
53 Kendrick Hays 5-11 207 So.
or 48 Avery Vogt 6-2 225 *Fr.

MLB 42 Pat Lowery 6-1 242 *Sr.
95 James Martin II 6-1 236 *Jr.
52 Orrick Quick 6-0 229 Sr.
31 John Raymond 5-11 238 *So.
46 Zachary Brown 6-0 230 So.

WLB 5 Ernest Jones 6-2 217 *Jr.
11 Guerlin Dervil 6-2 214 *Jr.
43 Ray Michel 6-0 224 *Fr.

ROV 19 Garland Heath 6-2 225 Sr.
7 DaJuan Morgan 6-2 207 *So.
12 Vance Proctor 6-0 196 Jr.

FS 25 Miguel Scott 6-0 203 Jr.
14 J.C. Neal 6-0 191 So.
47 Scott Bradsher 6-0 182 So.

RC 8 Jimmie Sutton 5-11 181 *Jr.
24 Phillip Holloman 5-11 194 *Jr.
39 Wesley Wilson 5-9 185 So.
Espy Eattmon

LC 3 A.J. Davis 5-10 191 *Sr.
6 Levin Neal 5-10 191 So.
34 Robbie Leonard 6-0 190 So.
P 12 John Deraney 6-4 224 *Sr.

* - Indicates redshirted one season
# - Injured for spring drills


STARTS BY PLAYER
Current
Offense 2005 Streak Career
Baker (TB) 2 0 2
Barrett (WR) 7 0 15
Blackman (TB) 5 0 6
Brown (TB) 5 5 5
Crouch (OG) 1 1 1
Davis, R (TB) 0 0 1
Deraney (PK) 12 23 23
Dunlap (WR) 0 0 2
Harris (C) 12 12 32
Heppe (OG) 5 0 5
Hill (TE) 11 11 11
Holt (OT) 0 0 1
Lathan (C) 0 0 4
Newby (OT) 12 12 18 Stone (QB) 6 6 6

Current
Defense 2005 Streak Career
Davis, AJ (CB) 12 12 13
Deraney (P) 12 23 23
Lowery (LB) 2 0 3
Heath (ROV) 12 12 12
Martin (DE) 1 0 3
Pressley (DT) 12 12 13
Rumph (LB) 9 0 9
Scott (FS) 10 6 10
Sutton (CB) 2 2 2
Tyler (DT) 6 6 17

Longest Active Streaks:
John Deraney 23

3/20/2006 8:01:44 PM

It's hard to spot a part of our team that is our strong point. Everything just looks average imo (except qb ).

3/20/2006 9:36:53 PM

i miss mario already.

3/20/2006 9:38:27 PM

^^i'd say our running back situation is pretty fucking strong

[Edited on March 20, 2006 at 9:40 PM. Reason : fds]

3/20/2006 9:40:21 PM

Ohh boy 166 days till the bitching can start about Chuck, Marcus, whoever.

3/20/2006 10:16:39 PM

We're gonna be fine. We're not "that team with Mario Williams and Manny Lawson" that the nation looked at. IMO, we'll play harder as a TEAM next year since the spotlight will not be on anyone (sucks, but teams play harder without superstars).

RB's are solid, Stone (gulp) SHOULD improve being the starter for all of the off-season and pre-season drills, WRs will be big and fast... Daniel Evans as our #2 QB scares me. I'm thinking Burke doesn't RS this year and sees good time at QB unless Stone's the man all year.

Defense is questionable because of the inexperience, but we still have some players. Corner's should be tough, as well as the safeties. JC Neal, Levin Neal, Jeremy Gray, Garland Heath, Miguel Scott, Jimmie Sutton, Phil Holloman, and DaJuan Morgan aren't bad. Willie Young and Littleton Wright/Ray Brooks/John Wu will be young but talented at DE. The DT's are still tough with Tank, DeMario, Matrel Brown and Alan-Michael Cash.

We'll have some speed on the field as well for special teams.... DeAndre Morgan, Blackman, A. Brown, LaMarcus Bond...

We will finally be entering a season with low expectations which may actually result in better results.


Can't wait for kickoff. Here's to beatin the hell outta App. State!

GO PACK

3/20/2006 10:26:37 PM

it looks as though they didn't really take away any student seating, and actually added some. I would have figured that they would have put some students in the NEZ but take some from the SEZ or a portion of the upper deck. 1774 student seats are being put in the NEZ. i know some of the seats on the grass will be taken out, but these will be a lot closer, and right on top of the endzone.

also i started looking at this picture and analyzing it.


now, if you notice the steel rods and how far they come up, then you can estimate and envision where the concourse level will be. it comes pretty much even with the land level seen behind the scoreboard. the bleacher seats that will rise up from above the concourse level will come underneath the scoreboard. so here's my concern, will they have to bury part of the columns currently supporting the scoreboard or will they dig it up and place it higher?

3/20/2006 10:26:58 PM

The NEZ shown in that seating chart ^ is not accurate. The student section shown ^ is way too large.
Refer to the following links for more accurate seating arrangements:
http://community.webshots.com/photo/516151117/2378925000082214430bLiJha
http://community.webshots.com/photo/516151117/2294712320082214430BOjVGu
http://community.webshots.com/photo/516151117/1519926620082214430AbNvNB

They are making all the bleacher seats in the NEZ student seats (1,994 seats). They are moving the band from the old field house to section 113, and the grass seating will be removed, so that will offset some of the added student seats. But in the end, I think there will be more student seats than there were last year.



This shows the level of the concourse as it wraps around the NEZ:
http://community.webshots.com/photo/516151117/2199361680082214430gOmiyr
As for the existing columns for the scoreboard, they're not gonna change them in any way. They'll just be buried below the concourse. (Not "buried" - just below the concrete concourse. I think most of it will just be exposed in the "basement" style area under the concourse.)

3/20/2006 10:45:57 PM

173.275967801

3/20/2006 10:47:23 PM

man

carter finley should sound a lot louder now with students on both ends

3/20/2006 10:47:31 PM

Good question..... Don't know.

3/20/2006 10:48:24 PM

Quote :

"It's hard to spot a part of our team that is our strong point. Everything just looks average "

Andre Brown and Toney Fucking Baker


Plus, DT is still strong, and our Wideouts will be good if these freshman are as nasty as they say (James and Newell).







And....tl....are you sure they're keeping all of the student seating from last year besides where the band sits? I dont know if they will do this, but it makes more sense to sell those seats than the endzone seats. I'd be willing to pay more for a sideline seat than an endzone seat, but maybe thats just me.

[Edited on March 20, 2006 at 10:57 PM. Reason : ]

3/20/2006 10:51:14 PM

Quote :

"It's hard to spot a part of our team that is our strong point. Everything just looks average"

Brown and Baker at RB
Pressley and Tyler at DT
Heppe, Harris, Crouch at OG/C
Heath and Scott at S
Hill at TE

all damn good. way above average.



The overhead seating chart I posted came from the WPC ticket brochure, so I would assume that it's actually accurate (considering how many variations of seating charts the WPC puts out, I'd be surprised if anyone in that organization actually knows the truth).
I think that all the East/South seats that were students last year will still be so.

And apparently, there are actually people who prefer endzone seats to sideline seats. I don't understand why anyone would voluntarily choose to sit in the endzone, but they do exist...

[Edited on March 20, 2006 at 11:04 PM. Reason : ]

3/20/2006 11:03:32 PM

last week's news:

"NC State updated their roster Tuesday as the team began spring workouts on the same day. Among the notable changes:




Reggie Davis is now listed as a fullback.
• Junior Darrell Blackman has moved from running back to wide receiver. The move was not unexpected after the emergence of sophomore running backs Toney Baker and Andre Brown last fall. Blackman has nine career receptions for 90 yards.
• Senior Reggie Davis is listed as a fullback and is noticeably bigger, checking in at 6-foot-0, 246 pounds. That is 10-pound increase from his listed weight last fall.
• Absent from the roster is defensive end Raymond Brooks. The academic status of Brooks for next fall is likely to have a major impact on the depth chart at the defensive end position in 2006. Brooks played well as a true freshman in 2004, serving as the top reserve to the duo of Manny Lawson and Mario Williams. He sat out last season however with academic issues.
• NC State will be counting on former junior college transfer Littleton Wright, and he has gotten stronger after redshirting last year. He was 6-foot-6, 230 last fall, and now he is 6-foot-6, 244.
• Pat Bedics, who will be a junior after transferring in from Penn State, is listed as a linebacker. He checks in at 6-foot-0, 249 pounds. He is sporting No. 4 these days.
• Several other players changed numbers. Junior wide receiver John Dunlap switched from No. 82 to No. 1; junior linebacker Ernest Jones is now No. 5 after being No. 45; junior linebacker Guerlin Dervil was No. 11 and is now No. 35; redshirt freshman tackle Jeraill McCuller, formerly No. 67, is now No. 50.
• On the offensive line, sophomore Curtis Crouch is listed at 6-foot-5, 344 pounds, down 10 pounds from when he arrived. Freshman Julian Williams lost 19 pounds to slim down to 6-foot-5, 292 during his redshirt year. Senior Leroy Harris gained five pounds and is now a 6-foot-3, 300-pounder. Junior Kalani Heppe has the same measurables to join Harris in the 300-pound club.
• Junior quarterback Marcus Stone is listed six pounds heavier at 236. The two players competing for the back-up jobs are stronger. Sophomore Daniel Evans is listed at 6-foot-2, 195 pounds, a 10-pound improvement, while redshirt freshman Mike Greco is now 6-foot-3, 220 pounds, up from 208 this fall.
• Junior tight end Anthony Hill could make a case of being among the biggest at his position in college football. He is up seven pounds to check in at 6-foot-6, 277. His top back-up, sophomore Octavius Darby, is 11 pounds heavier at 6-foot-2, 256."

3/20/2006 11:10:02 PM

165 days left.

3/21/2006 5:57:56 PM

has anyone heard for sure where the marching band will be next year? also i hope the team

continues the tradition of walking down the stands before taking the field out of the tunnel. that

was cool. another thing, we need to pick up the atmosphere at C-F a little. i'm not talking about

being more intimidating, we've already got that down pretty good. i'm talking about making it even

more fun. like for one thing it'd be awesome if the ENTIRE student section did the little dance

for Apache. when we score a touchdown how about we have more students being picked up and

tossed in the air. while BC's atmosphere was definitely lacking i loved how their entire student

section looked like one big wave of bodies after a score, and like most Boston athletic events they

sang "Sweet Caroline." i'm not saying we should go off and sing "Sweet Caroline", but it would be

cool to have a popular song everyone collectively sang. also band members why didn't the student

section concert that you did during halftime of the Clemson game continue on to the other games?

that was a lot of fun, and could have been a great tradition.

3/21/2006 9:32:12 PM

yeah, that was fun
and from what I'm told the band will be moved, but final position has yet to be determined...presumably back down where we want them, with the students...but remember, students will now be on 3 of the 4 sides of the stadium, so the overall atmosphere will rock!

3/21/2006 9:49:19 PM

Here's to them getting rid of the cartoons and 10 minute intro video/introductions. Just let the band play and the players run out.

3/21/2006 9:53:56 PM

obligatory "Bring back 'Bodies'" post

3/21/2006 9:55:37 PM

^^YES YES YES a million times

^save it for the XFL

[Edited on March 21, 2006 at 9:56 PM. Reason : .]

3/21/2006 9:55:53 PM

Quote :

"Here's to them getting rid of the cartoons and 10 minute intro video/introductions. Just let the band play and the players run out."

Quote :

"obligatory "Bring back 'Bodies'" post"

3/21/2006 10:32:49 PM