8/23/2009 9:34:55 PM

There had better be a justin.tv stream up when this game comes on...

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"CAN'T FUCKING WAIT"

8/23/2009 9:36:28 PM

I really hope to buy off of a ticket scalper on gameday. This is the last ticket i need. I just confirmed buying tickets for all of the other games this year, home and away.

8/23/2009 10:23:02 PM

For the students:

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"South Carolina Thurs Sept 3rd, 2009 & 7:00 PM 8/26 12:01:00 AM 8/27 11:59:00 PM"

8/23/2009 10:39:04 PM

there's no doubt in my mind that geathers will play in this game.

also i picked up this morsel from the thread about it on the Scar scout page.

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"The sad part is that this will continue to happen no matter the players or coaches we have.There is just so many bars and clubs surronding the University.Im not blaming the bars by no means.These guys just need to make better decisons than to be out drinking at 3 a.m."

[Edited on August 23, 2009 at 11:06 PM. Reason : .]

8/23/2009 11:02:26 PM

So from TOB's report from the last scrimage we are 'TIRED'. Is that a motivator or are we tired?

8/24/2009 9:05:07 AM

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"Gamecocks' starting DE faces charges: South Carolina defensive end Clifton Geathers is facing several charges following an incident at a nightclub. Multiple media outlets reported Sunday that Columbia, S.C., police charged Geathers with public drunkenness, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. A call to police spokesman Brick Lewis was not immediately returned Sunday afternoon. Authorities said it took two officers to handcuff the 6-foot-8, 281-pound Geathers, who was not complying with police commands and swinging his arms wildly as an officer tried to detain him Sunday morning. Geathers, a junior, came into summer camp as a starter. "

oh, what a surprise! a gamecock...arrested?

8/24/2009 9:14:26 AM

That dude will definitely play against us!

8/24/2009 9:54:03 AM

someone should have posted his picture

dudes eye was all swollen up

8/24/2009 10:07:53 AM

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"Authorities said it took two officers to handcuff the 6-foot-8, 281-pound Geathers, who was not complying with police commands and swinging his arms wildly as an officer tried to detain him Sunday morning."

Wow. Nowadays I thought cops tased people for not getting their registration out of the glove compartment fast enough. Congrats to the cops that actually tried to subdue someone without resorting to the 'second verbal warning'.

Edit: Of course that didn't say whether they tased him.

[Edited on August 24, 2009 at 10:26 AM. Reason : -]

8/24/2009 10:24:29 AM

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[Edited on August 24, 2009 at 10:53 AM. Reason : ]

8/24/2009 10:53:05 AM

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"So from TOB's report from the last scrimage we are 'TIRED'. Is that a motivator or are we tired?"

Considering he scaled practice back significantly afterward, I'm guessing we really are tired.

8/24/2009 10:53:44 AM

Today, we are all tired

8/24/2009 10:55:13 AM

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"2009 Meet The Pack Day The 2009 Meet The Pack Day has been set for Saturday, August 29th at Carter-Finley Stadium from 2:00-4:00 p.m. This is a great opportunity for Wolfpack fans to meet and receive autographs of their favorite NC State football players and coaches. DATE: Saturday, August 29th TIME: 2:00pm - 4:00pm (Gates will not open until 2:00pm) LOCATION: Carter-Finley Stadium ADMISSION: Free SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE: Once again, NC State is partnering with Communities in Schools of Wake County to collect school supplies for area at-risk students. Wolfpack fans are asked to bring donations to Meet The Pack Day. For a complete list of needed supplies please click here. EVENT DETAILS: The 2009 NC State football team will be signing autographs on the concourse of Carter-Finley Stadium. A limited number of team posters and schedule cards will be available. In order to get as many people through the lines as possible, please limit autographs to one item per fans. GIVEAWAY: The first 2,000 fans will receive a 2009 NC State Autograph Book to have the players and coaches sign. Books will be given away at the East and West Entrances. STADIUM ENTRANCE INFORMATION: Fans will be able to enter Carter-Finley from Gates 2-4 (Vaughn Towers) and 8/9 (East Side)Please see Carter-Finley diagram for gate locations PARKING: FREE. All Carter-Finley Stadium lots will be available for public parking. MEDIA GUIDES: 2009 NC State football media guides will be on sale at the event for $20. Cash or check only (make checks payable to NC State Athletics)."

8/24/2009 11:06:39 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM9zzsHHOYg

8/24/2009 1:59:29 PM

lulz

8/24/2009 3:50:37 PM

Good article on Tom Obrien:



O’Brien has reasons for staff structure

By Matt Carter, TheWolfpacker.com Editor 6 hours, 13 minutes ago

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Dana Bible’s job title at NC State tends to stick out. It’s not unusual to have your offensive coordinator also coach quarterbacks, but in addition to those duties, Bible is also the receivers coach. There is a reason for all this, according to head coach Tom O’Brien.

There are two good reasons for why O’Brien structures the staff the way he does. One stems from his roots as a protégé of former Navy and Virginia coach George Welsh. Like O’Brien, Welch had the quarterbacks and receivers grouped together. O’Brien noted he “kind of grew up that way.”

O’Brien also believes that having quarterbacks and receivers together in the meeting rooms has its advantages, and he notes that Bible spends most of his practice time on the field with the quarterbacks.
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“It’s an advantage in the passing game,” O’Brien said. “Quarterbacks meet separately, too. We structure the quarterbacks a little extra time. They’re separate. We use the graduate assistant to coach the wide receivers, we always have, and that’s a good thing for graduate assistants because that means you’ll get actual coaching experience and is responsible for a group. Most of the meeting with the wide receivers in the meantime is spent with the quarterbacks in the passing game.

“It helps the quarterback and they both understand where they are supposed to be at what point in time, and hear the quarterbacks coach speak about it and tell them that this is the way this play is run and this is the progression, you have to be here at this point in time or we don’t have a play. If everybody is on the same page, then obviously it’s going to be better.”

The other reason for the coaching lineup O’Brien uses is a result of what he called two of his pet peeves while he was an assistant under Welsh.

“When I structured the staff, especially when I was first going up to Boston College, two of my pet things were special teams and recruiting,” O’Brien explained. “We had a recruiting coordinator that was a position coach. He was the tight end coach, and I was the offensive line coach, coordinator. He spent half his time walking out of meetings. I said I am going to have a recruiting coordinator if I ever get a job and a special teams [coach].

“I was the offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach for a while and then the offensive line coach. Then I had kickoff returns, I had field goals. Now when do you think I got to those two? Like Thursday.”

O’Brien was also mindful when he accepted the job at Boston College that the Big East had Virginia Tech looming in its league. The Hokies are noted for their vaunted special teams. O’Brien wanted a coach who could focus exclusively on special teams and coordinating the recruiting effort. Thus explains Jerry Petercuskie’s job title as special teams coordinator and recruiting coordinator.

“Jerry has done a great job doing both of those things for us,” O’Brien added.

With Petercuskie handling his responsibilities, O’Brien then had four coaches on offense and four on defense. The next task was to figure out how to divide up the positions among four offensive coaches. O’Brien’s reasoning there explains why receivers and quarterbacks ultimately end up together in one group.

“It’s easier to have two line coaches,” O’Brien said. “The tight end has more things to do than anybody on the football team. Because of the fact the quarterbacks and wide receivers, it’s a natural for them to meet together because they spend so much time on the field working together, why wouldn’t they meet together?”


GOO PACK!!

8/24/2009 5:47:20 PM

8/24/2009 9:47:23 PM

Not everyone should be allowed to make movies....

8/24/2009 9:51:33 PM

8/24/2009 9:59:45 PM

GO PACK

8/25/2009 1:03:38 AM

What is this crap that students want a white out and the alumni wants red? I thought it was known to wear your damn RED! go PACK!

8/25/2009 1:21:09 AM

If you don't have tickets, where will you be watching the game? Favorite sports bar? Friend's house?

8/25/2009 3:05:53 AM

I, too, wish this white out thing wasn't going on. It's only going to magnify the fact that we actually have a very small student section. And it's going to make the stadium look segmented. Carter-Finley is supposed to be a SEA OF RED. That's what it is and it's a beautiful site. This is going to be ugly.

8/25/2009 7:45:51 AM

Has the student admission policy changed since last year.

Otherwise it's gonna be white on the bottom, aluminum on the top.

8/25/2009 9:06:13 AM

i think filling the stadium to capacity will be the least of our worries come gamenight

8/25/2009 9:55:07 AM

were you there last year? it's not a worry of filling it to capacity...it's a worry of filling it before halftime.

8/25/2009 9:56:40 AM

true. i'd like to hope circumstances are a little different this year, given the hype and buildup

8/25/2009 10:03:10 AM

Athletics will be giving an additional loyalty point to students who get their ticket scanned 45 minutes prior to kick-off. These points will carry over to basketball and you could get a shirt, hat, and cooler depending on how many points you get. There is a pdf on the student ticket website with all the info.

8/25/2009 10:18:00 AM

I've got LTR's on the west side across from the students.

The upper deck students sections are typically bare-assed empty at kickoff, and over the course of the game ease up to about 75% full.

The lower deck is like 110% capacity the whole game.

8/25/2009 10:24:59 AM

^I actually like section 15 better than 7 or 8 just for that reason. I cant think when Im in those lower sections.

guess im in the minority

8/25/2009 10:28:58 AM

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"Athletics will be giving an additional loyalty point to students who get their ticket scanned 45 minutes prior to kick-off. These points will carry over to basketball and you could get a shirt, hat, and cooler depending on how many points you get. There is a pdf on the student ticket website with all the info."

This is incredibly stupid, and I'm happy it wasn't the case when I was a student. I like to be in my seat for pregame entrances, but there is no more "loyalty" getting to your seats to watch the punters warm up than tailgating another 20-30 minutes.

8/25/2009 10:32:18 AM

45 minutes is way too early. Make it like 15.

8/25/2009 10:37:29 AM

Yeah this will cost students like 3 beers

which means more will be sneaking in airplane bottles

which means more will get shitfaced

which means more will be passed out by the 3rd quarter

which mean more will get urinated on

its a vicious cycle

8/25/2009 10:37:51 AM

My opinion, the problem is that the ticket policy just keeps on getting amended and altered a little, or something gets tacked on.

Which doesn't seem bad at the time each bit happens, but after a few years, if you sat down and tried to get the same policy passed cleanly, all at once, everyone would laugh at you.


If you were gonna write a policy from scrath, is this the one you'd come up with?

8/25/2009 10:38:15 AM

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"POLICY FROM SCRATH"

8/25/2009 10:46:05 AM

What they need to do is give everybody seat numbers because apparently students cant handle sitting in the first come first serve sections.

8/25/2009 10:46:23 AM

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"45 minutes is way too early. Make it like 15."

Fail. If you make it 15 you're just gonna get a huge line at 15 minutes til kickoff. 45 minutes makes sure everyone's in their seat and settled by gametime.

8/25/2009 10:49:17 AM

I never liked sitting in the front

Front row on the 5 yard line means you can only see half the field

Top of the lower section, bottom of the upper section is where its at

8/25/2009 10:50:01 AM

Ever since I graduated from State I’ve kept my student ID in my wallet (movie discounts, etc.). This past memorial day wknd I got sloshed and lost it at Carolina beach. My days of scheming the student section appeared to be over.

2 weeks ago I get a fb msg from some chick in Oregon who found my wallet buried in the sand while vacationing there. She’s mailing it across the country to me just in time for USC. What a country.

8/25/2009 11:00:23 AM

guys it's an EXTRA point. it's not like you lose anything for stumbling into the game 5 minutes before kickoff.

8/25/2009 11:01:34 AM

I have class till 820, will they still scan my ticket at half time or do they stop at some point? I thought I remember this being the case. I just hate to get a no show penalty.

I know, I know skip class

8/25/2009 3:23:20 PM

skip class

the atmosphere for 7 pm thursday epsn games are fucking nuts. you'll regret it if you dont

8/25/2009 9:37:16 PM

If you aren't gonna skip class, at least release your ticket to someone that will actually be at the game for the first half.

8/25/2009 9:43:56 PM

something like 15 min after the game starts they start the on-demand line or whatever for students to get in the empty seats left by people who didn't show up but got a ticket.

you probably can't get your ticket scanned at halftime

8/25/2009 9:58:27 PM

geathers isn't playing

http://www.wralsportsfan.com/college_football/story/5863514/

8/25/2009 11:04:06 PM

dude just give me you're ticket. i'll give you my cell number. and i'll meet you outside at half. I'd rather see the first half than nothing :x

8/25/2009 11:11:05 PM

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"Ever since I graduated from State I’ve kept my student ID in my wallet (movie discounts, etc.). This past memorial day wknd I got sloshed and lost it at Carolina beach. My days of scheming the student section appeared to be over. 2 weeks ago I get a fb msg from some chick in Oregon who found my wallet buried in the sand while vacationing there. She’s mailing it across the country to me just in time for USC. What a country."

That's fucking awesome. was the chick hot?

8/25/2009 11:13:49 PM

REQUEST PERIOD IS OPEN IN LIKE 10 MINUTES MOTHAFUCKAZ

8/25/2009 11:53:30 PM

I think the ticket request site is over loaded...it isn't coming up for me

8/26/2009 12:06:02 AM