http://espn.go.com/blog/acc/post/_/id/83505/accs-all-breakout-team-offense

Quote :

"WR -- Bra'Lon Cherry, NC State With the loss of Bo Hines this offseason, there's a need for a receiver to step up. Cherry is the most experienced candidate, and his skill set -- 13.1 yards-per-catch last season -- make him a likely bet to be Jacoby Brissett's top target."

7/28/2015 3:47:35 PM

Quote :

" think Hines will be used very similar to how Tremain Hall was used back in the day...."

I totally forget about Nyheim(Hines) when talking about Hines.

[Edited on July 28, 2015 at 4:04 PM. Reason : sa]

7/28/2015 4:04:25 PM

http://espn.go.com/blog/acc/post/_/id/83510/accs-all-breakout-team-defense

Quote :

"LB -- Airius Moore, NC State Moore's playing time was limited last season, but when he got on the field, he made an impact, racking up 29 tackles in a four-game stretch from mid-October to mid-November. Now, he’ll move from middle linebacker to play alongside fellow rising star Jerod Fernandez."

7/29/2015 1:33:17 PM

http://espn.go.com/blog/acc/post/_/id/83630/nc-state-teaches-its-players-table-manners

7/29/2015 2:10:33 PM

Apparently no one can cover/keep up with Hines in our secondary...and our secondary is pretty solid. Can't wait to see him break some ankles in the open field this year.

7/29/2015 2:22:29 PM

Is he gonna return kicks? I know Cherry started last season doing it, but after some fumble problems Bo Hines took over. Bo didn't seem like a huge threat to break any returns but was pretty sure handed. If Nyheim Hines has good hands I imagine he'd be a good candidate for returns.

7/29/2015 2:56:00 PM

As long as they don't have butter fingers, I assume Hines and Sessoms will both have return duties. Sessoms has been timesd in the 4.2 range in practice. Dude is fucking fast.

7/29/2015 3:11:45 PM

http://espn.go.com/blog/acc/post/_/id/83630/nc-state-teaches-its-players-table-manners



[Edited on July 29, 2015 at 4:36 PM. Reason : a]

7/29/2015 4:36:16 PM

You Don't Know Jack [Tocho]: Kentavious Street

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1IjCy9Ol6k

[Edited on July 31, 2015 at 9:41 AM. Reason : ]

7/31/2015 9:41:14 AM

4 high schools to start the season. Why am I not surprised?

8/1/2015 10:20:31 PM

thats what most schools in real conferences do. dont hate the player, hate the game.

[Edited on August 1, 2015 at 10:29 PM. Reason : for example, Florida starts their season with 2 straight high schools]

8/1/2015 10:22:12 PM

i LOVE what you did there!!!!!

8/1/2015 10:45:51 PM

8/1/2015 10:47:56 PM

they play ezu twice?

8/1/2015 10:54:25 PM

Lol ECU troll we fucking destroyed the best team in your weak ass league in a bowl last year.

Remember the team your boys lost to because you couldn't defend a Hail Mary?

Take your shit somewhere else.

8/2/2015 12:02:31 AM

u mad?

8/2/2015 12:19:49 AM

Who is boozie even yelling at?

8/2/2015 6:56:13 AM

Lol, his readin comprehension must not be too good. Forte was cracking a joke on ECU and booze just flies off the handle with some nonsensical shit

8/2/2015 9:46:01 AM

Your reading comprehension must not be too good, pal. tailsock is a ECU troll.

8/2/2015 9:56:30 AM

What are the face values for each home game ticket?

8/3/2015 2:26:48 PM

Practice is underway.

8/4/2015 12:34:37 PM

Hines worked with the WR group, no surprise there

8/4/2015 1:43:13 PM

http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/nc-state/article29877277.html

Quote :

" NC State football aims to take another step forward By Joe Giglio jgiglio@newsobserver.com N.C. State gets on the practice field for the first time on Tuesday morning and coach Dave Doeren wants his team focused on short-term goals. The Wolfpack needs to fill holes on its offensive line, at receiver and on special teams. Those spots will receive particular attention during the month of August as the team preps for the opener Sept. 5 against Troy. After winning four of the last five games in 2014, posting an 8-5 record and then putting together a top 35 recruiting class, Doeren said he is pleased with the direction of the program. But the third-year coach wants his team focused on self-improvement. He said in his first team meeting that he told the players he didn’t want to hear any talk about a specific win total for the upcoming season. “We need to be better,” Doeren said recently at the ACC kickoff. “Every guy in the room needs to be better, including myself. If that happens, the result will be more than eight.” Doeren said the overall goal every season is progress. After going 3-9 and winless in the ACC in 2013, the progress was significant last season. There has been progress on the recruiting front. Doeren’s first two recruiting classes, from 2014 and ’15, were both ranked in the top 40, according to recruiting site 247 Sports composite rankings. But N.C. State is still has a ways to go to close the gap with ACC powers Florida State and Clemson. FSU (28-4) and Clemson (26-6) have the best conference records since the start of the 2011 season and have combined to win the ACC’s last four titles. Over the same four-year span, N.C. State is just 11-21 in ACC play. Both FSU and Clemson lost significant talent in the offseason, while N.C. State returns many key starters who finished last year with a flourish. FSU lost the most players to the NFL draft (11) and Clemson returns only three starters from the top-ranked defense in the country. Developing recruits But that doesn’t necessarily mean the talent gap is closing, Doeren said. “We’ve recruited well for two years,” Doeren said. “So have they. Now it’s can we develop those guys better than they can develop theirs? That’s what it comes down to.” Recruiting services are not perfect but they offer a relatively accurate snapshot of how a program has accumulated talent. Using 247 Sports’ composite rankings for the last five recruiting classes, FSU’s average class ranks 5.4 in the country, best in the ACC. Clemson is third (behind underachieving Miami) in the ACC with an average national rank of 17. N.C. State ranks ninth among 14 ACC teams in average recruiting class ranking (50.8) and ninth in average wins (6.5 per season). There is correlation, at least on the top and bottom ends, between the ranking and average wins per season. FSU (5.4) has averaged more wins (12) per season over the last four years than any other ACC team, while Wake Forest (67.2) has the lowest recruiting rankings and the fewest average wins (4.5). N.C. State ranks ninth among 14 ACC teams in average recruiting class ranking (50.8) and ninth in average wins (6.5 per season). Doeren’s first two classes (34 in 2014, 31 in ’15) have been a significant jump up from Tom O’Brien’s last three classes (59, 54 and 72). Wisconsin (44) and Kansas State (61.8) are two programs who have recruited similarly to N.C. State over the past five years but have won more. Doeren cited both as a model for what N.C. State can be. The right guys Doeren was an assistant at Wisconsin for five years. He said the Badgers’ challenge in the Big Ten, with Ohio State, is no different than what N.C. State faces in the ACC with Florida State. “They’re not signing the same kind of player that Ohio State is, but they’re beating them or they are competing with them,” Doeren said. Wisconsin hasn’t had a recruiting class ranked higher than 33 in the past five years but has averaged 9.75 wins per season and posted an 11-3 record in both 2014 and ’11. Doeren said, like Wisconsin, N.C. State can’t fill a recruiting class solely with four- and five-star prospects but that the Wolfpack is “getting some really good players.” “We just have to get the right guys that fit our systems and then develop them better than the other teams,” Doeren said. “That’s going to be the tell two or three years from now, how did the ’14 and ’15 classes develop?” Doeren said he will likely have to count on first- and second-year players to help fill the holes in the problem areas at offensive line, receiver and kicker/punter. The highest-rated players in the freshmen class – running backs Johnny Frasier, Nyheim Hines – will get a chance to help on offense too. When Doeren’s first answered the question about if N.C. State had closed the talent gap with Florida State and Clemson, he said, “not really.” But then he corrected himself. “I think we’re better from a talent and competitive standpoint to play those two teams than we were two years ago,” Doeren said. Talent matters Recruiting rankings can be flawed but there’s a correlation between highly-rated talent and wins. The recruiting ranking of the last five classes, according to 247 Sports composite rankings, and the average wins per season from 2011 through 2014: [See table in article] "

8/4/2015 2:05:34 PM

Also from Giglio: Senior safety Hakim Jones switched his jersey to No. 1

8/4/2015 2:25:41 PM

Quote :

"What are the face values for each home game ticket?"

Troy $30
EKU $35
Louisville $65
Clempson $65
Syracuse $55
Carolina $70

8/4/2015 2:31:42 PM

Dat Syracuse discount

8/4/2015 2:47:21 PM

Those prices seem about right. I'm actually surprised the Clemson game isn't more than the Louisville game given that Clemson will likely be ranked quite high when we play them and it's on Halloween. The Syracuse game should be cheaper based on last year, but I do think Syracuse will be much better getting their starting QB back that went down early last year.

8/5/2015 9:31:24 AM

PI!!!1

http://packinsider.com/2015/08/05/reggie-gallaspy-doesnt-want-any-distractions/

Quote :

"“I just want to stay focused. Social media can sometimes become a distraction,” said Gallaspy. “Sometimes it isn’t a distraction, but I don’t want anything to lead me to distraction. It can also lead to suspensions if you say the wrong things, so I just want to eliminate all of that.”... “Right now we’re not really paying attention to who’s where on the depth chart. We’re all family. We’re all brothers,” said Gallaspy. “We get that a lot from the older guys. They try to embed that in us and make sure we aren’t worrying about where we’re at. They try to keep us focused on making one another better.”..... “It’s the greatest decision I’ve ever made in my life. I’m somewhere where I’m comfortable and where I’m supported,” said Gallaspy. “I’m able to go home if I feel like I need to go home. It’s going to be really good. I think our run offense is going to be even better than it was last year."

8/5/2015 10:23:08 AM

Every interview I see with players they are always saying the right things. There's some strong leadership in the Murphy Center with older players and coaches right now.

8/5/2015 10:40:37 AM

^^ Those are awesome comments. Especially coming from a highly touted running back that should be pretty low on the depth chart.

8/5/2015 10:41:56 AM

Video from the 1st practice. Looks like Coach D has the boys out in the heat.

8/5/2015 10:49:40 AM

https://youtu.be/zlyeig2d4M4[

8/5/2015 10:52:24 AM

Of course. They'll only practice in the Close-King facility if there's lightning.

8/5/2015 10:52:35 AM

^not true. They will use the indoor facility quite a bit, but just because they have it doesn't mean they are going to eliminate all outdoor practices.

They will mix it up 50/50 to make sure the guys get some heat conditioning and game-like conditions.

8/5/2015 1:30:01 PM

Jerod Fernandez doesn't have very lofty goals for the defense

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUb7nVcRJjE

8/6/2015 4:04:48 PM

Who the fuck is the interviewer? jesus jim ross

[Edited on August 6, 2015 at 4:10 PM. Reason : LOL TOP !0 Defense!!!!!!]

8/6/2015 4:10:01 PM

Thinking about going to Meet the Pack for the first time today. Do they typically run out of posters? Not sure if I need to get there early.

8/9/2015 12:46:32 PM

^^^ Top 10 D in the ACC sounds about right.

8/9/2015 1:20:20 PM

^^haven't been in a few years, but they always seemed to have plenty of posters

8/9/2015 2:29:17 PM

sometimes they run out when old men take a stack of like 100 of them.

8/9/2015 3:46:29 PM

8/10/2015 10:07:13 AM

HOLY FUCK

8/10/2015 10:50:43 AM

Tww's resident athlete/athletes fam fat shamer

8/10/2015 11:24:45 AM

That's not fast...that's beast...especially when you're still as fast/quick as he is. That's just ridiculous for a college freshman.

8/10/2015 11:39:44 AM

He reminds me of TA but maybe even a little bigger. Thats crazy.

8/10/2015 11:42:06 AM

He is built very similar to Andre Brown.

8/10/2015 11:50:31 AM

Well then I apologize and fall on my sword

8/10/2015 11:54:40 AM

Physically looks similar to Eddie Lacy. Still crazy that he might end up redshirting.

8/10/2015 12:17:22 PM

no need to redshirt any of these boys

lets run the fucking ball

8/10/2015 12:23:20 PM

I'd give current odds at about 80% that Frasier will be redshirted.... Reading between the lines of Doeren's comments...

I just hope he doesn't transfer if he is redshirted. He was recruited by a lot of other big name schools. If he sits the sideline and sees other guys making plays, getting attention, etc... he may start to question his playing time in future years and bounce.

8/11/2015 7:16:49 AM