water cannons officially make CF the toughest stadium to play in. As the team enters the redzone, the water guns will shoot the offense of the opposing team.



[Edited on June 25, 2009 at 6:41 PM. Reason : ]

6/24/2009 5:09:01 PM

1) I agree that the shrubbery needs to come back along the sidelines, especially now that the walls to the stands aren't painted white with the red stripe. The plain grey is just too boring. Since everyone wants to go green, this would increase the amount of oxygen in the air and help the environment, and be our little way of fighting global warming one shrub at a time.

2) Whatever happened to the big movement to get two species of dogs that looked like wolves as live mascots (you can't have just one wolf when you are supposed to be a pack)? Wasn't BigEgo the one behind this?

6/24/2009 5:49:48 PM

yeah that was bigego. i think he said something along the lines of it having to be put on hold for a while, i'm not sure.

[Edited on June 24, 2009 at 5:58 PM. Reason : .]

6/24/2009 5:55:36 PM

yea there seemed to be all sorts of hype around it with an article or two about it in the technician, then it all kind of disappeared.

6/24/2009 6:03:25 PM

You expect it every year. It's once again that time for the annual "wtf is with Oregon's uniforms" discussion.

http://www.nikeblog.com/2009/06/23/new-oregon-ducks-football-uniforms/

Quote :

"University of Oregon unveiled the new Oregon football uniforms for 2009 today. A quick rundown shows four helmets: green, white, matte black and “steel,” a silver, carbon-dipped helmet. Four jerseys with silver wings on the shoulder pads—green, white, yellow and black—as well as a white jersey with green wings. And finally four pairs of pants: green, black, silver and white. Global creative director for Nike apparel Todd Van Horne was on hand at the university to show the advancements made with the new Oregon Ducks uniforms. They include, among other things: Nike Pro Combat–uniforms are “locked down and battle-ready” Laminated Numbers, not tackle twill. They will not absorb moisture, keeping the jerseys light Laminate anti-abrasion shoulder reinforcement in the form of wings, rather than last season’s diamond plating Zoned non-critical areas to lighten the whole uniform Titanium D-Rings on belt rather than steel All in all, the new uniforms are 25% lighter and have a more “shrink-wrapped fit.” The jerseys alone have been reduced from 7.46 ounces to 5.5. And of course, in keeping with past years, the Oregon Ducks players had a great deal of input on what would and would not go into the 2009’s new Oregon Ducks football uniforms. All in all, the players will have 80 different uniform combinations to choose from each Saturday. This is just reaffirming why I love the UO. How sick is that all silver combination? Dope stuff. And for those that say that Oregon is only about the uniforms, Coach Chip Kelly mentioned that they did win 10 games last year and if you think it’s just about the clothes, wait until Saturdays in the fall. Apologies for the picture quality, I’m not in Eugene so I had to pull these from the live stream. Oh and a quick note: the first couple of pictures are Oregon football uniforms “through the years.” And I will of course update if the UO releases hi-res pictures."

Some of the pictures in the link


What's up with #2's neck and head?


[Edited on June 24, 2009 at 7:13 PM. Reason : Dammit I was already typing up all of this before the thread devoted to UO's new uniforms was posted]

6/24/2009 7:11:25 PM

Hey everyone ESPN's College Football Live is profiling all 50 states. Well everyone go off and vote for the non-BC selections just to piss off all of those idiots at BC. How come TOB wasn't listed under best coaches? Dude rose that team built that team up out of scandal and turned them into a pretty solid program.

http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/polls?pCat=46&sCat=534

6/24/2009 8:01:23 PM

Quote :

""

I actually like this helmet, love it in fact.

Their jerseys are a different story

6/24/2009 9:30:03 PM

Happy Jake Vermiglio Day




10 FUCKING WEEKS

6/25/2009 8:03:16 AM

yeah, those helmets are baller.

wings on the jerseys are gay though. as is the number font. other than that, they're pretty stylish, hahaha.

6/25/2009 8:17:43 AM

the numbers look like they're straight out of DOS

6/25/2009 8:20:07 AM

Russell Wilson is #3 on HD's list of best players in the ACC:

Quote :

"No. 3. Russell Wilson, QB, NC State, RS-Soph., 5-11, 208 Why he's here: He's one of the most accurate passers in the country, and he made NC State an entirely different team when he was healthy enough to play. Wilson has thrown 249 straight passes without an interception, the longest streak in school history and the longest active streak in the nation. He threw fewer interceptions than any of the top 100 passers in the nation last year. For the season, Wilson had just one interception in 275 attempts, and it was a desperation heave against Clemson. Wilson led the ACC in passing efficiency (133.9), touchdown passes (17) and total offense (213.0). He ranked sixth in the ACC in passing yards per game (177.7). The question is how much better he'll be in 2009. Wilson hasn't been around much for seven-on-sevens this summer because he's playing baseball in Gastonia, and he spent part of the spring playing baseball for the Wolfpack. While he's been gone, Mike Glennon has been looking rather Matt Ryan-esque, according to a few receivers. Wilson needs to find the open receivers this fall and not put himself in harm's way to get the yards with his feet that he could be earning with his arm."

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/acc/0-6-238/Counting-down-the-ACC-s-top-30-players--No--3.html

6/25/2009 4:35:08 PM

Quote :

"For the season, Wilson had just one interception in 275 attempts, and it was a desperation heave against Clemson."

props to Heather. Of all the announcers and articles of listened to/read, she's the first "official" to have pointed that out.

6/25/2009 4:41:49 PM

She really is starting to grow on me. Still has a long way to go, though.

My top 8 prediction was way off, but looks like I got the top 3 down. Pleasantly surprised she left Marvin Austin off the list. Really surprised she left Wujack off though, considering she used to cover UMD.

6/25/2009 4:51:23 PM

Quote :

"10 FUCKING WEEKS"

... till we "give them the business"

6/25/2009 4:55:34 PM

so obviously its spiller and dwyer for the top 2 spots

and you have to think Dwyer gets the nod

6/25/2009 5:00:14 PM

I thought Russell's INT was just a bad throw in the 2nd or 3rd quarter, not the desperation heave at the end of the game.

edit: ok, 4th quarter, Russell tried to throw it deep and it floated on him a little bit. Beck had the desperation heave picked off in the end.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/playbyplay?gameId=282570228&period=4

[Edited on June 25, 2009 at 5:20 PM. Reason : clarification]

6/25/2009 5:15:35 PM

^4, speaking of Austin. Has there been a bigger disappointment than the #1 player in the Nation (by a few scouting services) going to the PineTrees and getting lost in the frazzle. He's big and fast, but he can't hold Alan Michael Cash's jock strap.

maybe john blake should coach instead of passing out walking-around money to recruits.

this is where we need well-placed media sources who write and blog and talk about this stuff, so that 5* recruits just cross PineHole off their lists.

[Edited on June 25, 2009 at 5:48 PM. Reason : a]

6/25/2009 5:47:12 PM

Yeah, he was solid his freshman year but hit a wall. Last year he just sucked ... way too fat. I actually expect him to be really good this year and jump to the NFL. Just too talented, regardless or whatever coaching he might be getting.

[Edited on June 25, 2009 at 7:19 PM. Reason : ]

6/25/2009 7:19:37 PM

One my tarhole friends swears up and down that he will be the #1 pick when he comes out so I got him to put 20 bucks on it. He actually implied that Austin is/was a better player than Mario.



easy money

6/25/2009 10:16:08 PM

69 heheheheheh

6/25/2009 10:20:21 PM

^^ Thee #1? Yeah, that's stupid.

He could definitely be a #1 though.



[Edited on June 25, 2009 at 10:21 PM. Reason : ]

6/25/2009 10:21:01 PM

you had it right THE #1

and the chances of him being A #1 is .01%

6/25/2009 10:23:12 PM

lmao, austin had 1 sack and 1/2 TFL last year and he started 11 games. Fuckin pathetic

6/25/2009 10:26:54 PM

wow, yeah, that tarhole is sadly, sadly mistaken


lol, mantits Austin did look pretty funny during that interception return against UConn this year.

6/25/2009 10:30:13 PM

Wow I just read through all of the comments in the Dinich blog naming Russell Wilson the #3 overall player in the ACC. There are some dumbasses on there. It's very clear that many of them didn't even watch Wilson play, especially toward the end of the year. I mean seriously how can you argue with a 17:1 TD:INT ratio? That's insane! There are idiots on their talking about how Tyrod Taylor should be on there (this being a guy with an incredible 2:7 TD:INT ratio last year ), and that Christian Ponder (14:13 TD last year) is better just b/c he led his team to a winning record and Wilson did not. Seriously can we just have some omnipresent beings that go around and smack people when they do or say incredibly stupid things. I would say just kill them, but that may be a little much.

6/25/2009 11:15:44 PM

Austin is a possible 1st rounder and definite 2nd rounder in either 2010 or 2011. Projecting a DT's draft stock solely by numbers, especially from his sophomore season, shows a lack of understanding about the DT position and the game in general. Austin has great strength and athleticism, often occupies two O-linemen, and his potential is tremendous. He has really dedicated himself to the S&C program this off-season and I expect him to get a lot of attention from pro scouts this season.

I'd be happy to take money from anyone who disagrees.

6/26/2009 1:19:21 AM

yeah, sure he can be a first rounder, there are plenty of dumbfucks running teams. shit, Kentwan Balmer got drafted in the first.

but theres no way in hell Austin goes #1 overall. that's just ludicrous.

[Edited on June 26, 2009 at 1:45 AM. Reason : .]

6/26/2009 1:44:37 AM

So now you agree with me.

Cool.

6/26/2009 1:56:45 AM

my argument was that the unc fan who thinks that Marvin Austin will be drafted first overall is a fucking retard.

and that he has man tits.

i think both of those are valid.

[Edited on June 26, 2009 at 2:01 AM. Reason : in fact, his tits put chuck's to shame.]

[Edited on June 26, 2009 at 2:03 AM. Reason : though i see that Ribs is likely who you want to justify Austin's shitty season to. ]

6/26/2009 2:00:27 AM

In that case, I cannot refute either statement.

I thought you were referring to what I had said, not Ribs' friend. My bad.

6/26/2009 2:04:15 AM

oh i see, it must be the indiscriminate use of 'tarhole'.

you know, honestly, i don't even like that term. it's not really very clever.

6/26/2009 2:16:24 AM

gotta dumb things down for the wal-mart masses

thou come to think of it, i know some wal-mart tarhole fans who don't know what it means to be called a wal-mart fan in the first place

[Edited on June 26, 2009 at 3:21 AM. Reason : .]

6/26/2009 3:21:20 AM

Most of the time I've seen UNC fans use the term "wal-mart fans", they've been meaning something along the lines of "your fans are the sort of people who stereotypically shop at wal-mart"... that is, white trash and creepy-looking.

They seemed oblivious to the actual meaning.

6/26/2009 9:33:07 AM

http://cfn.scout.com/2/859855.html

NC State preview

6/26/2009 10:55:08 AM

nothing like starting off an article with a sentence that makes absolutely 0 sense.

Quote :

"Rome wasn’t built in a day. Neither will Raleigh"

6/26/2009 10:57:19 AM

well, bought my minipack today. i had to wait until i was good and hyped up before i could bring myself to spend the money. and the wait continues.

6/26/2009 3:50:36 PM

A. J. Booth Days left, can't find a pic of him but i found this
http://www.newsobserver.com/content/nie/pdf/character_ed/courage.pdf

He was #68

6/26/2009 9:51:52 PM

^^^ there was a dream that was raleigh

6/27/2009 4:06:23 AM

All roads lead...to Raleigh?

6/27/2009 10:55:23 AM

So is AJ Booth still on the football squad..i hope he is , he sounds like a class act!

6/28/2009 12:19:08 AM

Quote :

"Punt return average: NC State 8.3 yards - Opponents 5.8 yards"

I didn't realize our special teams were doing so well.

6/28/2009 1:47:50 AM

^I seem to remember a lot of our punts not really going much of anywhere... which probably accounts for the shorter opponent returns.

6/28/2009 1:58:33 AM

pwrstrkdf250 and I are planning a tailgating shindig for the game/welcome me back to Raleigh/kickoff the college new year... PM me for a VIP invite if you arent a complete tool

6/28/2009 3:16:28 AM

just got my minipack tickets. can't WAIT for the SC game!

6/28/2009 10:07:30 AM

what is this minipack thing?

6/28/2009 11:09:13 AM

you buy tickets to half of the games. but they have it broken into two halves, you can't pick and choose which games you want. just which predetermined half.

[Edited on June 28, 2009 at 11:23 AM. Reason : .]

6/28/2009 11:19:01 AM

Nate Irving injured last night in a car accident. Supposedly a broken leg and a punctured lung according to someone on packprides free board.

6/28/2009 11:53:16 AM

fuck

6/28/2009 11:54:22 AM

fucking fuck fuck fuck

Why do we even bother fielding a team?

6/28/2009 11:57:08 AM

fuuuuuuuuuuuuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

6/28/2009 12:00:50 PM