Manning prolly won't commit until next week if he were indeed going to commit to nc state. I think he's at State's campus from Monday til Wednesday so u know state is going to roll out the red carpet for him


is it just me or is everybody else starting to get pumped a/b recruiting again?

6/19/2007 9:09:58 PM

Definitely a great pickup

Hopefully we'll keep hearing more good news after the camp finishes.

6/19/2007 9:15:46 PM

Scout.com has him listed as the #22 ranked MLB in the nation.

6/19/2007 9:34:07 PM

loooots of good vibes comin away from this camp. Supposedly Mr. Manning heard about Mr. Maddox's commitment before anyone else because Mr. Whitley(safety from Charest's school) called him and told him about it.

3 guys that would be GREAT to have right there

6/19/2007 10:07:02 PM

Red Tom is making splashes. He's like "Bitch Davis, who the fuck do you think you are, I run this shit, and will be for the next 10+ years!"

6/19/2007 10:12:48 PM

i'm excited for the next few weeks. All kinds of story lines can play out.....just an example of a few:

1. Glennon/Charest will get an offer within the next 2 weeks........will they commit??
2. Terrell Manning....Supposedly theres a connection b/t he, maddox and whitley....and he has been wanting to get into contact with maddox and vice-versa. His decision time is July-early august. Could it come earlier? He camps with us on June 26
3. Eddie Whitley, Butler Safety, was at camp today but didnt workout.....but he still showed up. He's goin back to VT once, and then comin back to State on an unofficialy before he makes his decision this summer. Will he commit??
4. Not to mention every other recruit that we're after....who knows what could happen.

Fun times are ahead

6/20/2007 12:22:53 AM

speaking of recruiting... has anyone taken a look at what fucking Georgia already has? its fucking retarded for this early


2 5-stars
7 4-stars
4 3-stars
2 2-stars

[Edited on June 20, 2007 at 12:29 AM. Reason : d]

6/20/2007 12:27:52 AM

^ yeah, thats ridiculous....just insane. Texas' is just as nasty.....USC has 7 commits and 5 of them are 4* or higher.

I mean....here we are clammoring over a 3* linebacker, and for those schools....he would be an afterthought. its just crazy

6/20/2007 12:38:13 AM

another thing about maddox i just noticed.....

before committing to us, he was listed as the #22 MLB on Scout....now hes the #18 MLB on scout.
I also noticed his offers: Alabama, Clemson, ECU, North Carolina, South Carolina. Pretty good

6/20/2007 12:49:05 AM

We have offered a lot of scholys already so far. 33 if i'm correct. All of last year we only offered 26. But some crazy number like 21-22 of the 26 accepted. Hope we get those kind of numbers for 08'.

6/20/2007 7:41:26 AM

big instate pickups like this give us momentum with recruits going into the fall. kids see the big boys coming this way and want to be a part of something special.

[Edited on June 20, 2007 at 12:15 PM. Reason : go pack]

6/20/2007 12:15:33 PM

Brandon Barnes supposdly has State as the leader in a free Rivals story

6/20/2007 12:42:55 PM

http://rivals100.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=684890

Quote :

"The 6-foot-0, 185-pounder lists Auburn, Clemson, Florida, NC State, Michigan and Virginia Tech as his leaders but it could be hard to pull him away from the Wolfpack."

6/20/2007 12:56:08 PM

^Of their top 30 in NC, we already have three commitments, and we're in solid position to get three more that are in the top 11.

Niiiiiiice.

[Edited on June 20, 2007 at 1:34 PM. Reason : ]

6/20/2007 1:34:38 PM

Good to see another Shelby boy in the mix! Nice pickup too!

Between he, Andy Barbee, and Josh Brown, some decent talent coming out of that small town.

6/20/2007 3:00:32 PM

Quote :

"Brandon Barnes supposdly has State as the leader in a free Rivals story"

link me plz

6/20/2007 3:11:10 PM

^look a few posts up. Also says Terrell Manning is a "Strong NC State Lean"

if we could land Manning we would end up with the best OLB and best MLB in the state....to go along with barnes(if we get him) the best ATH in the state

6/20/2007 3:27:21 PM

Fuck yes

go Red Tom

6/20/2007 3:47:59 PM

RED TOM

Im totally making a sign for this year with that exact Tdub angry face on it and everything....

6/20/2007 3:57:05 PM

someone embed this.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B000002JSF001005/002-2004847-9744841

6/20/2007 8:52:15 PM

Quote :

"he drove to raleigh all the way from Shelby to commit in person"

i like it!


edit: ^ lol please no one embed that.

[Edited on June 21, 2007 at 12:29 AM. Reason : for realsies]

6/21/2007 12:16:16 AM

http://northcarolinastate.scout.com/2/653260.html

could really use this guy, Jacob Charest...ranked #11 QB in the nation and Whitley and other teammates were at the camp who are also considering the Pack. Charest talks great about the wolfpack.

Quote :

"I'm not saying I would definitely commit if they do offer me, but it looks pretty good. I don't want to exclude any other schools, but I think NC State has a great coaching staff and it is a beautiful campus."

6/21/2007 6:38:05 AM

Yeah I've noticed that we have some pretty solid 3-4 Star QB's with us on their list with a lot of other big name schools and we're the only team not offering.

Any idea why we're slow to offer these guys? I mean our QB situation isn't looking too good at this point.

6/21/2007 7:02:04 AM

our staff has told all QB's we will not offer anyone until all QB's have had a chance to attend our camp. Our last camp ends next wednesday, so any offers will most likely be made thursday. Everyone knows this and is fine with it.

6/21/2007 7:10:33 AM

not only are they fine w/ it, but they are seemingly really going for that offer... which i would not have expected.

6/21/2007 11:44:07 AM

RED TOM

Getting Barnes and Manning would be HUGE

[Edited on June 21, 2007 at 12:25 PM. Reason : omg]

6/21/2007 12:15:52 PM

it seems like they are very impressed with the drills and evaluations they are put through in the camp. some have said that they had never done drills like that and that it seemed like the staff really knew how to evaluate a quarterback.

not only that, but it just seems like really good psychological move as well. if we put out offers to every top qb out there, i don't know that any of them would be as interested in us. the way o'brien is doing things, he wants to have a chance to evaluate each prospect and then he only offers the best however many he can take. that's also due in part to the fact that he has said when a recruit commits that he is committed to them as well, so he wouldn't offer 4 qb's if he knew he could only take on 1 or 2.

this definitely seems like it will help us land some top qb's over the years, but even more important than that it will ensure that the staff knows exactly what they're getting when they do bring in a qb. so even if we miss out on 4 or 5 star rated recruits, we will know that whoever they bring in will more than likely be a solid qb.

6/21/2007 12:46:47 PM

Quote :

"I think NC State has a great coaching staff and it is a beautiful campus."

drug test this kid

6/21/2007 1:09:47 PM

mmmm, this campus is juicy

6/21/2007 1:16:26 PM

^^ shhhh, let him think what he wants

6/21/2007 1:18:25 PM

hey now, much love for my campus.

charest would be a great pickup... we gotta get a strong qb around here

6/21/2007 1:19:28 PM

i've heard Manning was a done deal

am i wrong on that?

6/21/2007 1:55:14 PM

could be..not public knowledge. however, i would not be surprised if his mind was made up or very close.

6/21/2007 2:27:58 PM

evidently reports are indicating that Manning is going to pick state, but not until next week sometime

or so the internet says.

6/21/2007 2:28:16 PM

personally, i like our campus, but whatever.

6/21/2007 3:23:24 PM

What is the Brandon Barnes update?

6/21/2007 6:16:08 PM

Any news on E.J Abrams-Ward? If we managed to get Manning and A-W then we'd be picking up one heck of a LB core this year.

6/21/2007 7:24:38 PM

I see EJA-W as a longshot

6/21/2007 8:05:19 PM

Quote :

""I think NC State has a great coaching staff and it is a beautiful campus.""

Maybe they focused on Centennial Campus, which is pretty damn impressive.

6/21/2007 11:15:46 PM

very good stuff im hearing out of the first camp of the summer. verrrrrry good stuff

6/21/2007 11:57:01 PM

There are certain parts of our campus that are nice. Most of them being on the eastern side of North Campus. Court of the Carolinas, the area around the Strolling Professor, the green space in front of the Mary Anne Foxxe Teaching Labs, the area around Pullen Drive, that courtyard close to Watagua Hall, etc. I love our campus. I like how above the main entrances to the buildings on Stinson Drive, aka Engineering Row, have sculptures pertaining to the different engineering departments housed there. One of my favorite things to do when I was in school was whenever I'd get off the Wolfline at the D.H. Hill stop in the morning, come down the hill and walk over and look at the plaque dedicated to the 1983 basketball team that sits in front of the flag pole.

6/22/2007 12:06:49 AM

you have to take a step back and take our campus in as a whole to realize its beauty. There is so much to it, and so much being done to it that takes away from its beauty. The beauty is in its simplicity(except for harrelson, thats just a shit ugly building).

6/22/2007 1:03:22 AM

seriously, why are we talking about campus appearance, USC is in the absolute slums of LA, but I think that little ole fact that they have lost 3 games in 4 years might trump that. Campus appearance is something recruits talk about to get reporters off their back or to change the subject. Otherwise everyone would go to Stanford.

6/22/2007 1:16:26 AM

looks like glennon might be a better qb prospect than charest, but i'd happy to see a commitment from either of them.

6/22/2007 3:10:02 AM

So Dwayne Dixon is now the WR coach at...Ohio.

WTF?

6/22/2007 7:40:25 AM

our campus isnt as bad as some people make it out to be. Sure, there could be more trees and shit could be spread out but its really damn close to downtown raleigh.

The only people that say our campus is ugly are hole fans. Now the train track fucks us up, but for the most part its not that bad. Chapel Hill isnt even that nice. If you want to talk nice campuses lets go to VT...or some private schools in california.

6/22/2007 8:05:52 AM

Okay this may have been answered already, so IM guessing Ill have to wait until the 2008 season to see a full spectrum of O'Brien only recruits...Im just asking b/c Im wondering when is the last year b4 all of Amato's people who are currently on teh team are gone? Im guessing it would be with Andre Brown's class?? Am I right on this...someone correct me cause Im curious?

6/22/2007 8:00:21 PM

Amato's last class is this year.

Football players have what, 5 potential years of eligibility?

Amato's players will be gone by start of the 2012 season?

6/22/2007 8:09:33 PM

Duane Maddox made a call to Terrell Manning this week

6/23/2007 11:34:27 AM

That's what we need, these guys to have a friendship coming in and wanting to play together, it only helps the team chemistry.

Also getting these early solid recruits will only help in recruiting. If we were to get Charest(4-Star QB) and Barnes(5-Star ATH), we could use them to recruit for us on offense and use Maddox(3-Star MLB) and Manning(4-Star WLB) to help us recruit on defense.

6/23/2007 1:52:28 PM