Football Friday (Updated 3pm)

Published by BJD95 on 09/05/2008 in '08 Football and ACC. 13 Comments

(The following entry was originally logged by BJD and then “piggybacked” with more from Jeff.)

* First, I don’t know squat about William & Mary. I assume this is a team that 99% of BCS opponents would beat easily, so we must have at least a 50/50 shot. Know something about the Tribe? Put it in the comments. UPDATE: Section Six has one of their great previews that provides some mathematical insight into the match-up (Thanks, Trip). Pack Pride has the good old SID released generic game notes. CFN seems pretty accurate with their prediction…except for the part about Jamelle Eugene playing as he is questionable and probably won’t be risked in a game with William & Mary.

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Mario Williams on Cover of ESPN the Magazine

Published by StateFans on 09/04/2008 in Alums, Football and General. 23 Comments

Want to talk about making an impact in the BIG TIME? I hope that someone from the football program is taking note of this since our embarrassment of a Sports Information Director would never get this.

NC State’s Mario Williams was featured on the cover of ESPN’s Magazine 2008 NFL Preview Issue. That stands alone as a great accomplishment. However, take a quick click to this link from November of 2006 and look who graced the cover of ESPN’s Magazine.

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Gibbons currently ranks Lowe’s ‘09 recruiting class #6

Published by StateFans on 09/03/2008 in Basketball, Rankings / Lists and Recruiting - BBall. 36 Comments

Wolfpackers everywhere are desperate for some good news. So - no matter how subjective the good news may be - we wanted to link ESPN’s recent article from recruiting guru Bob Gibbons.

Gibbons ranks the 2009 college basketball recruiting classes as they currently stand and there is good news for NC State fans as the Wolfpack currently fill in at #6 in the country on the list.

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Lowe comments on trip to Toronto

Published by Daily Update on 09/03/2008 in '08-09 Basketball and General. 31 Comments

Gopack.com’s Tim Peeler posted a very good interview of Sidney Lowe after the basketball team’s trip to Toronto for two exhibition games this past weekend. As you might expect, there were no questions or comments about Ben McCauley not being allowed to make the trip with the team.

GoPack.com: Is it safe to say you are pretty energized by what you saw?

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Beamer taking redshirt off Taylor; TOB keeping redshirt on our Glennon (updated 3:04 pm)

Published by Daily Update on 09/02/2008 in '08 Football and General. 39 Comments

Frank Beamer’s decision to redshirt Tyrod Taylor instead of going with the two quarterback system that was successful last season didn’t last long. At his press conference today, Beamer announced that both Sean Glennon and Tyrod Taylor will get snaps going forward.

Following Saturday’s upset loss to East Carolina, Beamer announced at his Tuesday news conference that Sean Glennon and Tyrod Taylor will both see time at quarterback from here on out.

Beamer would not say who would start Saturday’s home opener against Furman or how he will use either quarterback.

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Coach O’Brien’s comments don’t fit NC State

Published by StateFans on 09/02/2008 in General, NCS Administration, Quotes of Note and Tom O'Brien. 34 Comments

Some great quotes and information came out of Coach O’Brien’s press conference yesterday and can be seen and heard by clicking here.

Fortunately for all of us - Coach O’Brien’s comments indicate that he employs a management style that in no way is consistent or congruent with the value structure with Lee Fowler’s Athletics Department or within the entire University since the departure of Bruce Poulton in the late 1980s - excluding the Marye Ann Fox years.

“McKeen played very well. He’s got a lot of pass rushing ability. I think he performed better than Markus Kuhn did. We’re a performance-based organization here so he moved up.“

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God Almighty lashes out at State, again. Part MMXIII (Updated 5:10pm)

Published by Dogbreath on 09/01/2008 in '08 Football and General. 38 Comments

sigh...

As usual, we State fans “will get nothing and like it!”

Two noteworthy items from this week’s coaches presser:

1. Daniel Evans to start against William & Mary.
2. Anthony Hill is out with a chest injury.

Link to ACCNow blog post

Lord have mercy on our souls. Please.

Additionally, Coach O’Brien has announced the depth chart for Saturday’s game against William & Mary. You will note that Jamelle Eugene is also absent.

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Ben McCauley Does Not Make Trip To Canada, NC State Wins By 21

Published by StateFans on 08/31/2008 in '08-09 Basketball and Basketball. 55 Comments

TORONTO, CANADA – Brandon Costner led four N.C. State players in double figures with a game-high 31 points, as the Pack came away with an 81-60 win at York University in the first of two exhibition games in Toronto this weekend.

Holding a 51-48 lead late in the third quarter, the State went on a 7-1 run to end the quarter thanks to six points from sophomore Tracy Smith. The Pack would then limit York to just two field goals in the final 10 minutes of play for the win.

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College Football Saturday- Week 1 Open Thread

Published by Dr. BadgerPack on 08/30/2008 in General. 78 Comments

I thought I’d put this up to leave a place for folks to comment on the first Saturday of college football. If you’re like me, this marks the first of many Saturdays filled with grilled food and the beverage of your choice.

Plenty of action today, VT and ECU are at it now, and in a surprise Hawaii and Florida are in a low scoring game in the Swamp. Later in the day we get Virginia/USC (the Yankees of college football- read into that what you will) and Clemson/Alabama in a night game. Plus a smattering of other games, some more interesting than others. (Me for example, I’m enjoying Wisconsin vs. partial qualifier university, err, Akron.)

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Tysiac - Pack Gets Ready for Canada

Published by BJD95 on 08/30/2008 in '07-08 Basketball and '08-09 Basketball. 22 Comments

With so many dark clouds looming on the football front, it would be nice to have a good basketball season to look forward to. Sadly, that’s not the case for us long-suffering Wolfpackers. But we can look forward anyway, as Ken Tysiac does this morning:

Courtney Fells, the easygoing senior who recently moved from shooting guard to small forward, impressed his teammates with his no-nonsense photo pose. Ben McCauley, Trevor Ferguson and Farnold Degand also were among the players who tagged along.

After a fractious 2007-08 season that saw the Wolfpack stumble to the No. 12 seed in the ACC Tournament and a 15-16 record, an exhibition trip to Canada could provide much-needed healing.

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Brief Synopsis of the Sucking

Published by BJD95 on 08/28/2008 in '08 Football. 95 Comments

- It took less than a half for NC State to break Russell Wilson. No way, no how can we risk playing Mike Glennon this year. I don’t care if we have to play Bradley Pierson at QB. Tough question to ask yourselves - how could we justify putting Wilson’s baseball career at risk by letting him back under center with an OL like we have?

- In about 2.5 quarters of play, South Carolina’s starting QB threw 4 INTs and 0 TDs (with a YPA just over 4). He left the game ahead by 10 points.

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Pray for Russell Wilson

Published by BJD95 on 08/28/2008 in '08 Football and Required Reading. 38 Comments

I don’t care who wins or loses this game anymore. I just want confirmation that he can move his legs (Erin Andrews claims he was moving his feet). If you hear anything, please say so in the comments.

UPDATE: Andrews says they are calling it a concussion. More tests pending.

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Major Tom vs. Visor Boy - Live Blogging (Final Score - 34-0)

Published by BJD95 on 08/28/2008 in '08 Football and Rivals. 259 Comments

A great rivalry is renewed tonight, for all the nation to see in glorious high definition. That said, you are about to witness a major challenge - Tom O’Brien is bringing a knife to a gunfight (thank God he’s a Marine). But we’ll be watching and hoping anyway. Set your baseline appropriately - as long as we get everyone back to Raleigh alive and in one piece, that’s a positive after the week we’ve had.

Depressing fact for the day - South Carolina placed more players on The Sporting News’ pre-season all-SEC first team (4). That’s four more than NC State before everybody got hurt.

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Hoping to keep the dominance alive

Published by StateFans on 08/28/2008 in '08 Football and Stat of the Day. 24 Comments

The last time that NC State and South Carolina played each other in football, the Wolfpack won.

The last time that NC State and South Carolina played each other in basketball, the Wolfpack won.

The last time that NC State and South Carolina played each other in baseball, the Wolfpack won.

Tonight the Wolfpack tries to extend its dominance over former conference brethren to the South.

There are two popular theories for why charter member South Carolina left the ACC after the 1970-71 school year.

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Flags Up! See you in Columbia

Published by StateFans on 08/28/2008 in '08 Football, General and Multimedia. 11 Comments

(Somebody help these guys with their grammar)

Plus, we can’t forget our competition. The following was previously discussed here.

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Quick Hitters from Around the Region

Published by VaWolf82 on 08/27/2008 in '08 Football and ACC. 26 Comments

Last night, the 11 pm ESPN ticker had a wealth of one-liners of general interest. Here are the ones that caught my attention and a few more that I’ve run across today:

1) Beecher hopes to stick as Gamecocks QB

Although Beecher, a junior with the highest grade-point average on South Carolina’s roster, might make a couple of rookie mistakes when he makes his first career start Thursday night against N.C. State, the Gamecocks are betting he won’t repeat the off-field blunders that have haunted their quarterbacks the past couple of years.

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God Almighty lashes out at State, again.

Published by Dogbreath on 08/26/2008 in '08 Football and General. 64 Comments

God hates State

“They are now the objects of that very same anger and wrath of God, that is expressed in the torments of hell. And the reason why they do not go down to hell at each moment, is not because God, in whose power they are, is not then very angry with them; as he is with many miserable creatures now tormented in hell, who there feel and bear the fierceness of his wrath. Yea, God is a great deal more angry with great numbers that are now on earth: yea, doubtless, with many that are now in this congregation, who it may be are at ease, than he is with many of those who are now in the flames of hell.”

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2008-2009 NC State Baketball Schedule Released (Updated 8/28)

Published by StateFans on 08/26/2008 in '08-09 Basketball. 16 Comments

Four games in historic Reynolds Coliseum, including two regular season contests, highlight the 2008-09 NC State men’s basketball schedule that was released Tuesday by the ACC.

ACCNow has analyzed the Pack’s schedule in this blog entry.

You never want to go into a season thinking NIT (certainly not when your neighbor is blocking off hotel rooms in August for the Final Four) but N.C. State needs to reach the postseason in Sidney Lowe’s third season.

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Alabama players driving Escalades?

Published by Daily Update on 08/26/2008 in General. 15 Comments
– Defensive coordinator Vic Koenning (Clemson) raised some eyebrows when asked a general question about Alabama receiver Julio Jones. Koenning has a lot of ties in south Alabama, and that’s where Jones is from.

Koenning’s response:

“I actually ran into Julio in the spring recruiting. I said hello to him. I said, ‘Well, I guess I’ll be seeing you at the end of August.’ And then he got out and got in his Escalade and drove off. That’s serious. And then I went over and watched (Alabama freshman) Burton Scott at Vigor High School at the track over there, and Burton Scott was running around. He went and got in his Escalade out at track practice and drove off. So I’m familiar with those two guys.”

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ESPN signs 15-year, 2 Billion deal with SEC

Published by StateFans on 08/26/2008 in ACC and Media. 12 Comments

The Southeastern Conference has signed a 15-year deal with ESPN reportedly worth more than $2 billion to televise sporting events, including football and men’s and women’s basketball.

The deal will end the SEC’s affiliation with Raycom Sports, which has aired basketball since 1986 and SEC football since 1992.

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