4/29/2008 9:11:15 AM

I wish I had a time machine.

4/29/2008 9:59:02 AM

i would go back to 1983

4/29/2008 10:26:07 AM

nah, 74. 83 was a cinderall run, in 74 we were legitimately the best team in the country.

4/29/2008 11:05:07 AM

If I had a time machine I would go back and make sure we didn't get put on probation in 73, I would tell Pete Maravich to hit the books, I would make sure those players didn't sell those shoes, and I'd have gotten Michael Jordan to go to State. Also I would sabotage Carolina and Duke's programs by acting as a booster and get pictures of me handing bags of money to their players (or get pictures of it really happening) and anonymously send in copies of those pictures to the NCAA.

4/29/2008 11:54:37 AM

^ I like the way you think, sir.

4/29/2008 11:58:13 AM

^^I would go back all the way to Case's final years where some of the members of the team were accused of point shaving.

Also, if Pete's dad didn't make him practice all the damn time maybe he could of studied some and qualified at State.

4/29/2008 1:30:49 PM

If I had a time machine, I would give it to Brass Monkey

4/29/2008 1:37:22 PM

http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/gatech/stories/2008/04/28/accspring_0430.html

ACC seeks national dominance in '08
NFL Draft indicates teams on the rise

But the ACC must be doing something right. The league had the first skill player taken in the NFL Draft when Boston College quarterback Matt Ryan went to the Falcons at No. 3. It had the first defensive player taken in the draft for the third consecutive year when Virginia's Chris Long went to St. Louis at No. 2.

The ACC had more first-round draft picks (seven) than any other conference on Saturday.

"Maybe we haven't had that one dominant team but what we see as coaches is an incredible balance in this league," said Wake Forest coach Jim Grobe. "And it's going to be that way again this season."

Spring practice has ended in the ACC and questions abound about the 2008 season:

• Can Clemson win its first ACC championship since 1991?

• Is Florida State on its way back or will it struggle again?

• Can new Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson make his offense work in a BCS conference?

• Will the hiring of David Cutcliffe make any difference at Duke?

Those questions will not be answered until this fall. Until then, here's what we learned and what we still don't know about each team in the ACC.

• ACC ATLANTIC

• BOSTON COLLEGE

What we learned: Chris Crane seems likely to replace Ryan. Crane, a senior, threw four passes last season. Crane will be pushed, however, by redshirt freshman Dominique Davis. ... Brian Toal is back at linebacker. Toal, who has 24 starts, sat out last season because of a shoulder injury.

What we still don't know: Who's going to run the ball? The top two rushers in 2007, Andre Callender and L.V. Whitworth, are gone. But Josh Haden (5-8, 190), who graduated from high school in December and enrolled in January, may be the starter as a true freshman. ... The offensive line remains iffy with three sophomores. ... The defensive line took a hit when end Brady Smith, who had 20 starts, was kicked off the team after being charged with rape.

First game: August 30 vs. Kent State (in Cleveland).

• CLEMSON

What we learned: The Tigers will make plays. Quarterback Cullen Harper (Alpharetta), running backs James Davis (Atlanta) and C.J. Spiller, plus receiver Aaron Kelly (Marietta) are as good a group of skill players as any in the country. ...Clemson lost a pair of playmaking linebackers in Nick Watkins and Tremaine Billie, but there are two very talented redshirt freshmen coming in. Brandon Maye and Stanley Hunter showed in the spring that they are ready to play.

What we still don't know: It's great to have all this talent on offense but what if the line can't block? Only one starter, center Thomas Austin, returns. There is some young talent like Mason Cloy and William Norris at guard but nothing is settled.

First game: August 30 vs. Alabama at the Georgia Dome (8 p.m., ABC/ESPN).

• FLORIDA STATE

What we learned: Florida State finally found some playmakers. Wide receivers Bert Reed and Taiwan Easterling were impressive. ... With starting QB Drew Weatherford sitting out, backups Christian Ponder and D'Vontrey Richardson (Leesburgh) both made the case for playing time. Both are athletic and can make plays when the protection breaks down. This is important because ...

What we still don't know: The offensive line is a question mark. Rodney Hudson moved from left guard to left tackle. Florida State had only eight offensive linemen during the spring. OC Jimbo Fisher said if the Seminoles had to play tomorrow, there would be four freshmen on the No. 2 offensive line. ... There is also a lot of uncertainty about WR Preston Parker, who caught 62 passes last year, but was recently arrested on gun charges. Who makes up for those catches if he doesn't return?

First game: Sept. 6 vs. Western Carolina.

• MARYLAND

What we learned: After Maryland lost five of its last seven games to finish 6-7, head coach Ralph Friedgen decided to make some changes. He hired three new coaches and fired himself as the offensive coordinator. Enter new offensive coordinator James Franklin, who came from Kansas State. Franklin, a former wide receivers coach under Friedgen, spent the spring installing portions of the West Coast offense. Friedgen hopes this change will free him up during the week and make the offense less predictable.

What we still don't know: Who will start at quarterback? Friedgen said if the Terps had to play today Chris Turner, who started eight games last season, would have the edge over Jordan Steffy, who started the first five games before getting injured. Florida transfer Josh Portis is still in the mix. ... Friedgen said he is still concerned about the secondary, where three starters have to be replaced. ...There is also concern at running back, where Keon Lattimore and Lance Ball are gone. Both Da'Rel Scott and Morgan Green looked good in the spring, Friedgen said.

First game: Aug. 30 vs. Delaware.

• N.C. STATE

What we learned: The Wolfpack spent the spring working on a number of things but none was more important than correcting their turnover problems. N.C. State turned over the ball 32 times last season and forced 16 turnovers. That minus-16 put the Wolfpack 116th out of 119 Division I-A schools. ...Coach Tom O'Brien said that no one distinguished themselves at quarterback this spring. That means that true freshman Mike Glennon will get a look when he arrives this summer.

What we still don't know: Who is going to fill all those holes on defense? The Wolfpack lost seven starters but that's not all bad because last season N.C. State was 11th in the league in total defense (393.9 ypg) and 11th in scoring defense (28.2 ppg). "We are much better this spring even with the losses," O'Brien said.

First game: Aug. 28 at South Carolina (8 p.m., ESPN)

• WAKE FOREST

What we learned: Coach Jim Grobe spent the spring rebuilding his offensive line but he likes what he sees. There will be four new starters but this group is leaner and more versatile and will allow the Deacons to put a few more wrinkles into the offense. ... Grobe's redshirt program continues to pay off. The Deacons have won 20 games in the past two seasons but this team has superior depth than the other two. ... DE Matt Robinson (Cedartown) will be in his sixth season at Wake Forest due to injuries. Robinson will turn 24 before the 2008 season begins.

What we still don't know: The Deacons finished spring practice still looking to replace playmakers and receivers Kenny Moore and Kevin Morton. D.J. Boldin, the brother of former Florida State star Anquan Boldin, could be one of the guys. ... One of Grobe's biggest concerns is replacing long snapper Nick Jarvis, who held that position for four seasons and earned a spot in a couple of all-star games. He was that good.

First game: Aug. 30 at Baylor.

4/29/2008 6:13:46 PM

• ACC COASTAL

• DUKE

What we learned: One of the first things Cutcliffe did was put his offensive linemen on a diet. "Our guys up front have go to be quicker to work at the pace we want to work at," Cutcliffe said. ... Looking for a spark on offense, Cutcliffe moved defensive back Tony Jackson to running back right before the spring game. Jackson had a 75-yard touchdown run in the spring scrimmage. ... The spring was also spent teaching Cutcliffe's offense to quarterbacks Thaddeus Lewis and Zack Asack. Lewis is the returning starter while Asack was the starter in 2005. Incoming freshman Sean Renfree will get a look when he arrives this summer. ... WR Eron Riley will be the big playmaker in the passing game.

What we still don't know: Cutcliffe is concerned about his special teams. "Our kicking game has been atrocious here and there is a reason for that," Cutcliffe said. "We don't have a punter, a placekicker, or a snapper. We're one of those teams that if we don't get a kicking game it will be difficult." Duke made only 3 of 11 field goal attempts last season and was 11th in net punting.

First game: Aug. 30 vs. James Madison.

• GEORGIA TECH

What we learned: Georgia Tech has a bunch of guys on the defensive line who can run . The concerns are at linebacker and in the secondary where as many as six freshmen and sophomores may have to play. ... Coaching transitions are rarely easy, but Johnson believes this spring has gone well. "The players are now becoming more comfortable with the coaches," Johnson said. "We now have a base that we can build on."... Replacing punter Durant Brooks and placekicker Travis Bell is not going to be easy.

What we still don't know: Will quarterback Josh Nesbitt be ready for the opener? "Josh has a lot of ability," Johnson said. "I think he has a chance to be the starting quarterback. It would be premature to say he is in the lead right now."... Will Jonathon Dwyer step up and be a running back in Johnson's offense? Dwyer gets his shot now that Tashard Choice is gone.

First game: Aug. 28 vs. Jacksonville State.

• MIAMI

What we learned: Eight members of Miami's recruiting class enrolled in school early and were able to take part in spring practice. "I think those guys will be able to contribute right away," coach Randy Shannon said at the end of spring practice. "They aren't true freshmen any more."... Redshirt freshman Robert Marve looks like the starting quarterback with a pair of true freshmen (Cannon Smith, Jacory Harris) behind him. ... Shannon praised the play of sophomore DE Allen Bailey, who could weigh as much as 300 pounds in the fall. ... The Hurricanes also found a couple of good linebackers in freshmen Sean Spence and Arthur Brown.

What we still don't know: Miami is still looking for a wide receiver who can make big plays. Freshman Aldarius Johnson may be the guy but all of the receivers struggled in the spring game. ... Can RB Jarvarris James bounce back? James ran for 802 yards as a freshman in 2006 but struggled last season after an early neck injury and a late ankle injury slowed him down. ...What impact will new defensive coordinator Bill Young make? Young came from Kansas to rebuild the Miami defense, which finished 10th in the ACC, giving up 26 points per game.

First game: August 28 vs. Charleston Southern.

• NORTH CAROLINA

What we learned: Starting quarterback T.J. Yates of Marietta did not take part in spring drills because he was recovering from shoulder surgery. Yates was finally cleared the throw in early April. ... The spring was spent rebuilding the offensive line in hopes of improving the Tar Heels' anemic running game. The school that has produced 24 running backs that have rushed for 1,000 yards in a season was 10th in the ACC (and 107th nationally) in rushing offense (99.2 ypg) last season. The good news is that sophomore running back Greg Little, a former wide receiver, showed in the spring that he can be a star in this league.

What we still don't know: The Tar Heels are still looking for a replacement for Hilee Taylor at defensive end. Taylor had 16 tackles for loss and 10.5 sacks last season. North Carolina needs to find a player at that position who can make big plays. ... The Tar Heels are not close to having what they need a linebacker. Former H-back Ryan Taylor was moved to that position in an effort to build some depth.

First game: Aug. 30 vs. McNeese State.

• VIRGINIA

What we learned: The Cavaliers lost six starters on defense, including a great pair of ends in Chris Long, the No. 2 pick in the NFL Draft, and Jeffrey Fitzgerald, who ran into academic problems. Still, the Cavaliers came out of spring practice thinking they have enough veterans to field a good defense. Three of four starting linebackers return led by OLB Clint Sintim. ...Virginia came out of spring ball looking very solid at running back with Cedric Peerman and Mikell Simpson. ... The wide receivers, which were already pretty good, will only be helped by the return of Kevin Ogletree, who was set to have a breakout season before a torn ACL caused him to miss all of 2007.

What we still don't know: The rest of the offense, however, is very much up in the air. Virginia used three quarterbacks in the spring — Peter Lalich (sophomore), Marc Verica (sophomore), and Scott Deke (fifth year senior). None stood out. The Cavaliers will clearly miss the athleticism of Jameel Sewell, who had started 22 career games when he was declared academically ineligible in January. ... Virginia must replace three starters on the offensive line.

First game: Aug. 30 vs. USC.

• VIRGINIA TECH

What we learned: The Hokies lost seven starters off the ACC's best defense (296.9 ypg) and among those losses were linebackers Vince Hall and Xavier Adibi. Defensive end Jason Worilds, a redshirt sophomore, was impressive throughout the spring and is destined to be a star. DT Cordarrow Thompson has lost 30 pounds also looks like a big-time player. ... Ike Whitaker has moved from quarterback to wide receiver and could be a playmaker at that position.

What we still don't know: It was not a good spring for running backs at Virginia Tech. Starter Brandon Ore was kicked off the team. Backup Kenny Lewis had shoulder surgery and will be out for at least four months. Jahre Cheesman suffered a broken leg. True freshman Ryan Williams, who arrives this summer, will get a long look in preseason practice. ... The Hokies aren't quite sure what they will do at quarterback. Sean Glennon looks like the starter after a strong finish in 2007 but sophomore Tyrod Taylor is too talented not to play.

First game: Aug. 30 vs. East Carolina in Charlotte.

TONY BARNHART PROJECTS THE ACC, 2008

ACC ATLANTIC

Team Last season Comment

Clemson 9-4 Best set of skill players in ACC; can Tigers finally close the deal?

Florida State 7-6 Seminoles get better but still a year away from contending

Wake Forest 9-4 Deacons, who have won 20 games the past two seasons, continue to be a tough out

Boston College 11-3 Life without Matt Ryan will be quite an adjustment for Eagles

Maryland 6-7 Ralph Friedgen gives up play calling; Terps still have a lot of questions

N.C. State 5-7 Wolfpack could finish higher if frosh QB Mike Glennon can play early

ACC COASTAL

Team Last season Comment

Virginia Tech 11-3 Hokies have issues at RB; some big holes to fill on defense

North Carolina 4-8 Tar Heels make big jump in second year under coach Butch Davis

Miami 5-7 Young talent on defense and QB must come through for 'Canes to get better

Virginia 9-4 Cavaliers will miss QB Jameel Sewell, who flunked out in January

Georgia Tech 7-6 If Josh Nesbitt comes through at quarterback, Jackets could surprise

Duke 1-11 Blue Devils start over under new HC David Cutcliffe

4/29/2008 6:14:07 PM

the coastal sucks hard. after VT and Miami, it's a crap shoot

4/29/2008 6:45:21 PM

Carolina finishing second in their division and us last?

4/29/2008 10:36:09 PM

^ get mad!

4/29/2008 10:37:14 PM

their division sucks a fat cock, as was previously stated

4/29/2008 11:07:05 PM

What teams do you want us to beat the most this year?

1. UNC (no explanation needed)
2. Duke (not that I hate Duke football but we just can't lose to them or else we'd have a major hit on our image)
3. ECU (we must beat these guys. less of a hit on our image, but we can't allow the butt pirate fans to be able to talk shit to us.)
4. Wake (we haven't beaten them in so long. good to beat a team in our state and division)
5. BC (i hate their fans and hope that their team falls flat on their face with the loss of Matt Ryan, plus it'd be gratifying for TOB)
6. Maryland (I hate them almost as much as UNC, but they aren't in our state. divisional opponent)
7. South Carolina (it'd be great PR for us to beat an SEC opponent on the road on national television with the entire nation watching us kick off the college football season)
8. FSU (i love beating those guys. i still remember the 06 game. C-F was nuts that game.)
9. Clemson (it'd be good to bring the Textile Bowl Trophy back to Raleigh. the Tigers are also the favorite to win the division)
10. Miami (ACC win)
11. South Florida (win over the Big Least)
12. William & Mary (I can't even fathom losing to them)

4/30/2008 3:00:20 PM

Quote :

"i still remember the 06 game."

i'd hope so.

4/30/2008 3:10:17 PM

Well I was fairly liquored up for that game.

4/30/2008 3:14:49 PM

1. UNC
2. ECU
3. Duke
4. South Carolina
5. FSU
6. Clemson
7. Wake
8. BC
9. Maryland
10. Miami
11. South Florida
12. William & Mary

4/30/2008 3:34:47 PM

Packman said today on his radio station that so far they have only figured out the first three games in which they are taking the Southern Fried Football Tour. The first one is you guessed it NC State @ South Carolina. The other two will be the Virginia Tech vs. ECU game in Charlotte that weekend and West Virginia @ ECU.

So we will have Gameday and the Southern Fried Football Tour there for our first game. What more can you ask for besides it being in Raleigh?

[Edited on April 30, 2008 at 7:08 PM. Reason : ]

4/30/2008 7:05:43 PM

when do you think student tickets for the USC game will start selling? or SWPC tickets? or any tickets to the game?

4/30/2008 7:11:44 PM

^^^I like your list

For me, 2 and 3 are interchangable. The only augment i would make is moving south florida up behind South Carolina. I'd like to win all of our non-con games with bcs schools. The last 6 are either toss-up or better ACC teams and W&M.

4/30/2008 7:27:49 PM

duke is more of a 'i'd rather not lose' to than 'rather beat'

4/30/2008 7:33:03 PM

^no kidding, im goin to that game with a Duke friend of mine, and i definitely would not want to hear the shit i would hear if we were to lose

4/30/2008 7:39:13 PM

http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=292469

N.C. State’s ‘D’ young, but confident

By Sammy Batten
Staff writer

Losing seven starters, including one who declared early for the National Football League draft, N.C. State’s defensive unit should have been in a rebuilding mode this spring.

But don’t tell that to the Wolfpack’s junior defensive end Willie Young. Young saw a defense this spring that he believes can play with anybody.

“Our defense can run with any team in the nation right now,’’ Young said following N.C. State’s spring game April 19. “That’s how I feel about it. We’re confident over here, baby!’’

Young’s enthusiasm carried over to the playing field where the Wolfpack had major issues in last year’s 5-7 finish under first-year head coach Tom O’Brien.

The numbers tell the story. N.C. State ranked next-to-the-last among Atlantic Coast Conference teams in total defense, surrendering a gaudy 393.9 yards per game. The Wolfpack held an identical ranking in scoring defense (28.2 points per game).

But there were two other categories where N.C. State failed that bothered O’Brien the most. They were turnover margin, where the Wolfpack was last in the ACC (16 turnovers for 1.33 per game), and rushing defense, where State was also last in the ACC (186.4 yards per game).

Experience, and not necessarily the playing kind, may have helped cure some of those ills this spring. For all the defensive players — except true freshman linebacker Dwayne Maddox who enrolled at N.C. State early — this was their second spring practice running the scheme favored by O’Brien and his staff.

“We’re better,’’ O’Brien said at the end of spring. “We understand concepts better. There’s not as many missed assignments and not as many missed tackles. After the first six games a year ago, I think we had a third of our plays on defense that were bad plays. We were lined up wrong, not in the right spot, not doing the right thing, then we missed a tackle.

“We did a much better job in that department (this spring). But we’re not a finished product by any stretch of the imagination.’’

One of the areas still concerning O’Brien after spring practice was linebacker.

Graduation wiped out the entire starting trio of Ernest Jones, James Martin and LeRue Rumph. They were three of the team’s top five tacklers and had made 55 starts collectively for the Wolfpack.

N.C. State began rebuilding that unit this spring around letterwinners like sophomores Nate Irving and Thomas Barnes, junior Ray Michel and converted senior safety Robbie Leonard.

“You had guys (last year) that were all seniors coming back that had been in the program,’’ O’Brien said. “Now it’s different.

“Nate played a lot last year and he is a much better player this spring than he was in the fall. Ray Michel got to play a little bit, and he’s doing a good job in the middle.

“Plus, the move of Robbie Leonard to the outside has been a good move for us. I think it’s a position he’s well suited to play.’’

Leonard, a 6-foot, 194-pounder, appeared in 12 games last season, playing mostly on special teams before injuries took their toll on the N.C. State secondary.

The former walk-on stepped in to provide support at free safety, where he saw action in eight games.

Behind those veterans, however, are mainly untested redshirt freshmen like Audi Cole and J.R. Sweezy, and true freshman Maddox.

“Who’s going to back them (veterans) up?’’ O’Brien said. “I don’t know. It might be like last year, we’ll be holding our breath the whole time.’’

Irving understands O’Brien’s concern. But like Young, he believes N.C. State’s defense can rise to the challenge.

“We’ve come so far since last year,’’ Irving said. “It’s like night and day. We’re doing things by habit now and that’s allowing us to just run to the football. I think next year people are going to be surprised how much better our defense is going to be.’’

Young, who projects as an all-star candidate next fall, goes a step further with his assessment.

“We’re stopping anything coming on that run,’’ he said, “and anything somebody is thinking about putting in the air, we own it. That’s how it is.’’



There's a little more information farther down the page.





[Edited on April 30, 2008 at 8:33 PM. Reason : photo]

4/30/2008 8:32:12 PM

http://www.wral.com/sports/football/ncaa/story/2818248/

[qoute]"I'm not unhappy," Slive said after those meetings with the 10 other conference commissioners and Notre Dame athletic director Kevin White at a resort hotel. "There's no such thing as standing pat. I think we've done a service (by presenting the plan for a plus-one). We owed the fans and media an explanation as to why we're not moving ahead.

"I can't say I'm surprised. There is a bit of disappointment."

There was no vote taken, the commissioners said, but the leaders of the Big East, Big 12, Pac-10 and Big Ten made it clear they didn't want to move the BCS toward a playoff in any way.[/quote]

bunch of chickenshits.

5/1/2008 3:55:00 PM

i've never heard of a qoute . . . what is it?

5/1/2008 6:41:28 PM

lol I dunno.

5/1/2008 7:49:23 PM

what a boring time of year for sports coming up. after the nba and nhl. what the hell am i going to do for 100 days

5/1/2008 8:03:46 PM

So who's going to try and go to the Duke game? It's cheap and not too far a drive for most. Also you won't have to worry about getting a good seat, and it will practically be a home game.

5/1/2008 8:08:19 PM

man, cutcliffe is going to have to do something about that stadium if he wants to stay there for the long haul.

5/1/2008 8:13:09 PM

Yeah they need to remove the track. Perhaps add some luxury boxes to the side opposite the press box to make some money. Add a new scoreboard and put up some bleachers in the open end that's only available to the students. They need to change the culture there. If I was Cutcliffe I'd reach out to Coach K for help in exciting the students and locals into supporting the program more. If Coach K told the Dukies to hop on one leg and bark like a dog they wouldn't even question why.

5/1/2008 8:20:58 PM

^^^ haha photoshopped?!

5/1/2008 8:22:35 PM

luxury boxes are the last thing i'd be worried about. they need a whole new seating layout. that semicircle they have is terrible.

5/1/2008 8:37:44 PM

Ok well since spring football is over and we won't hear much about football from the press until summer workouts start, I'm going to try something new to keep this thread going until we reach the point in which we can profile each player whose number corresponds to how many days are left.

I'm going to talk about what I talk about best. You guessed it stadiums and their traditions. The stadium I want to start out with isn't what you'd expect me to start off with. You'd expect some big time BCS program's stadium like Tennessee's or Michigan's.

Instead I've chosen to start with Penn's Franklin Field which has a current capacity of 52,593. This stadium was built in 1895 at a cost of $100,000 (equivalent to about $2.5 million in today's dollars). It was once the home to the Philadelphia Eagles. Franklin Field saw many milestones in college football. Franklin Field was the site of the nation's first scoreboard in 1895, became the nation's second two-tiered football stadium in 1925, had the first college football radio broadcast in 1922, and hosted the first college football telecast in 1940. In 1911, Penn's football team was the first in the country to use numbers on its jerseys. It annually hosts the Penn Relays, the oldest and largest track and field carnival in the United States. One seemingly odd tradition to outsiders is the throwing of toast by the fans during the third and fourth quarter. At one time Quakers fans actually were permitted to raise a drink to toast dear, old Penn right at Franklin Field. Now they throw toasted bread, between the third and fourth quarters, instead.


1908 Army vs. Navy Game

1940 with Philadelphia Skyline in background

1928 game against Penn State

5/1/2008 8:46:09 PM

LOL

http://tinyurl.com/62snyk

Quote :

""I think this building's probably getting close to 20 years old," Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville said. "It needs some upgrades in furniture, wallpaper and carpet." The football coaches and staffers are also getting technology improvements. Tuberville said the wiring infrastructure badly needed an upgrade for the type of Internet and video capabilities that coaches need. "We're getting high-speed Internet wiring for all of our computers and scouting data, and all of our cut-up video," Tuberville told the Press-Register of Mobile in a story Friday. "We were really outdated, so it's much needed. (Coaches) are going to need that in a month's time, so they're working night and day on that.""

What kind of multi-million dollar football program doesn't have high-speed internet in 2008?

5/5/2008 9:28:35 AM

David Glenn's ACC spring football review: Part 2

http://www.wral.com/sports/blogpost/2829923/

Quote :

"N.C. State Coach: Tom O'Brien, second year 2007 Record: 5-7, 3-5 ACC. Offensive Starters Returning (5): QB Daniel Evans, RB Jamelle Eugene, LT Julian Williams, OL Meares Green, RG Curtis Crouch. Defensive Starters Returning (4): DT Alan-Michael Cash, DE Willie Young, CB Jeremy Gray, CB DeAndre Morgan. Specialists Returning (1): P Bradley Pierson. Tom O'Brien understands this rebuilding thing well. As an assistant under George Welsh at Virginia in the early 1980s, O'Brien helped turn an embarrassing program into a winner by the coaches' second year, and soon thereafter the Cavaliers became one of the most consistently successful teams in the nation. As the head coach at Boston College, O'Brien took over a program damaged by a gambling scandal, but he posted a winning record by his third season, took the Eagles to eight consecutive bowl games, and averaged 8.5 victories per season after two rebuilding campaigns. If O'Brien's breakthrough season at N.C. State is going to come during his second year in Raleigh, he'll have to do it with the second-fewest number of returning starters (10 of 24) in the ACC. Historically, that's a difficult task. However, those numbers don't include productive players such as tailback Toney Baker, tailback Andre Brown and tight end Anthony Hill, former starters who missed much or all of last season with injuries. The Wolfpack's primary focus this spring was on getting tougher at the point of attack, and that will have to happen for the team to earn a bowl invitation this fall."

There have been several other evaluations of the ACC and it seems to me that in all of them, NC State has the least amount in info / analysis. I don't know if it's because they just don't know what to think of us anymore or if we just aren't putting out a lot of info.

[Edited on May 5, 2008 at 12:53 PM. Reason : ]

5/5/2008 12:50:43 PM

That Penn stadium must have been the shit in 1940....that is pretty cool. Is that the biggest 1-AA stadium? If not it has to be close.

5/5/2008 1:01:08 PM

http://petespoll.com/petesstadiums.shtml

There's a list of all the DI-AA (I refuse to call it FCS ) stadiums by capacity. I thought it was always the Yale Bowl, but apparently Tennessee St. plays in the Coliseum where the Tennessee Titans play. I've seen Northeastern's Parson's Field and I don't know how it seats 7,000. That thing is smaller than my high school's stadium and I'm pretty sure it doesn't seat 7,000.

5/5/2008 3:29:28 PM

Speaking of the Yale Bowl...the Yale Bowl is one of the most important stadiums in American football history. It has been very influential in the architecture of a number of stadiums. It was the first bowl-shaped stadium in the country, and provided inspiration for the design of such stadiums as the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the Rose Bowl, and Michigan Stadium. It opened on November 21, 1914, and took only a little over a year to build. Cost of construction was $750,000. The Yale Bowl has a capacity of 64,269, although the original capacity was 70,869 and was reduced due to renovation. The New York Giants played here from 1973-1974 while Yankee Stadium was being renovated. In 1987, it was declared a National Historic Landmark. The scoreboard is notable because the time clock is arranged vertically instead of horizontally.

A bulldog gargoyle on the facade of the press box.



The 100th meeting of Yale and Harvard in 1983.

5/5/2008 3:59:59 PM

Fun is Good? Really?

Also, I think it'd be cool if we had different colored seats, like Penn, that spelled out NC State or some variation of that when no one is in the stands. It looks so cool.

5/5/2008 5:27:08 PM

kinda random...but does anyone know where i can get next years football poster/other posters?

5/5/2008 6:44:44 PM

^^something like this

5/5/2008 7:35:54 PM

How about like this. If we paint it onto the concrete part of the stands then we don't have to change the bleacher seats to chairbacks and don't have to lose seats in the process.





On a side note Nebraska has a weird ass stadium layout

5/5/2008 9:44:02 PM

nebraska has a sweet stadium.

5/5/2008 10:04:15 PM

You should see Nebraska's facilities. This page has a bunch of college football fans comparing facilities. Some pics of Nebraska's is about a quarter of the way down the page.

http://wsm.alsw.com/showmsg.asp?SID=1144&fid=2150&style=2&tid=111561321&Page=1

I wonder how well ours compares.

5/5/2008 10:29:03 PM

Lee Fowler would love to discuss this topic.

5/5/2008 10:43:33 PM

haha.


WE'VE GOT THE CHAMPIONSHIP LEVEL FACILITIES NOW LEE! WHERE ARE THE GOD DAMN CHAMPIONSHIPS AT!

[Edited on May 5, 2008 at 10:47 PM. Reason : :mad: ]

5/5/2008 10:46:24 PM

2008 Preseason Polls Spreadsheet with the teams ranked based on average ranking in the polls.

http://www.lsufootball.net/articles/2008-preseason-polls.htm

5/5/2008 11:34:23 PM

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5/5/2008 11:39:31 PM

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5/5/2008 11:39:33 PM