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"After all he only molded arguably the best college QB ever at Tennessee. He made two Super Bowl winning QBs at the college ranks, I think he is a pretty good offensive mind."

Nobody is saying he isn't a great OC, but being a great OC isn't at all the same as being a good head coach. Now you could certainly argue that he shouldn't have been fired at Ole Miss, but I'm skeptical he would have turned it around had he been given another year or two...they were clearly on a downward spiral when he was fired and I think Eli overshadowed some of his deficiencies as a head coach much like Rivers overshadowed CTC's.

8/14/2009 2:16:12 PM

^yeah, that

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8/14/2009 2:25:45 PM

Southern Pigskin (go ahead and hate) has been doing a "Perfect Ten" Series which highlights the 10 best players at each of the ACC and SEC schools since 1975 and this is ours:

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"1. Philip Rivers, QB (2000-2004) - Had arguably the best career of any quarterback in ACC history, breaking almost every league passing record and finishing his career second in career yards nationally and eighth in career touchdown passes. Holds the NCAA record for most yards per passing attempt. Rivers was a four time bowl game MVP and was the ACC Athlete of the Year in 2004. 2. Ted Brown, RB (1975-1978) - Finished his career as the ACC's all-time leading rusher with 4,602 yards. Brown was a four-time All-ACC selection and a consensus first-team All-American in 1978. His 251 yards against Penn State was a single game record as well. 3. Jim Richter, OG (1976-1979) - The 1979 Outland Trophy Award winner, Richter had a standout All-American career for the Wolfpack. In 1998, Richter was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame. 4. Torry Holt, WR (1995-1998) - Set a league record his senior season with 88 receptions for 1,604 yards and 16 touchdowns. Had 1,099 yards receiving a junior. Holt was the ACC Offensive Playerof the Year in 1998 and was a finalist for the Biletnikoff Award. 5. Jerricho Cotchery, WR (2000-2004) - Set school records with 200 career receptions and 15 career 100-yard games. Is one of the most productive receivers in ACC history. Caught at least one pass in 39 straight games. 6. Levar Fisher, LB (1998-2001) - One of the most productive tacklers in ACC history, Fisher totaled 492 stops and 12 sacks during his career. The two-time first-team All-ACC selection and 2001 All-American lead the nation his senior season with 15.1 tackles per game. The ACC Defensive Player of the Year in 2000. 7. Mario Williams, DE (2003-2005) - Compiled 40.5 tackles for loss and 20.5 sacks in his career, overwhelming tackles with his rare combination of size and athleticism. Williams had a monster junior season which propelled him to the number one overall pick in the 2006 NFL Draft. 8. Terrence Holt, S (1999-2002) - Torry's little brother, Terrance had a stellar career on both defense and special teams. Set the career record for tackles by a defensive back at NC State with 315 and is the ACC's career leader with 12 blocked kicks. 9. Marc Primanti, K (1993-1996) - The 1996 Lou Groza Award Winner, Primanti did not miss a field goal as a senior. He converted on 20 of 20 attempts, in addition to 24-24 extra points. For his career, he was 31-33 on field goals. 10. Jesse Campbell, S (1988-1990) - A three-time All-ACC honoree, Campbell recorded seven career interceptions and 30 career pass break ups to go along with 269 tackles and 22 tackles for loss. Earned All-American honors in 1989 and 1990. "

Pretty solid list as far as I'm concerned.

8/14/2009 3:27:47 PM

^ no joke, I want a whole squad of those caliber players. NC.

8/14/2009 3:58:57 PM

Haha, Rivers always gets credit for that Tangerine Bowl MVP for some reason.

8/14/2009 4:35:26 PM

...still trying to find out how to get tickets... any chance NC State sells individual game tickets to this game??

or do i wait for gameday and buy scalped tickets...

8/14/2009 5:30:51 PM

http://raleigh.craigslist.org/search/sss?query=nc+state+football&catAbbreviation=sss&minAsk=min&maxAsk=max

8/14/2009 5:49:25 PM

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"Haha, Rivers always gets credit for that Tangerine Bowl MVP for some reason."

No, the "four bowl MVP awards" includes the Senior Bowl.

8/14/2009 6:15:33 PM

wooo got my tickets... section 324. definitely not the best, but just happy to be there

8/14/2009 6:27:39 PM

how lucky do you think I'd be if I were to try and buy tickets in the parking lot before the game?

8/14/2009 6:32:58 PM

Luck has nothing to do with it

There will be plenty of people selling

The question is...are you willing to pay 2-3 times face value ?

because thats what its going to take

8/14/2009 6:36:01 PM

probablyyes.

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8/14/2009 6:42:14 PM

I've known Levar just about my whole life. My brother was the QB of his high school team. Its a shame injuries forced him out of the NFL

8/14/2009 10:05:32 PM

I may have 2 tickets available. My mom is having surgery that day and I won't know until the day before what time the surgery is.

8/15/2009 8:14:01 AM

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"how lucky do you think I'd be if I were to try and buy tickets in the parking lot before the game?"

no luck needed. there will be plenty of tickets

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"The question is...are you willing to pay 2-3 times face value ?"

true but not definite.


if you want to pick up tickets on game day either get their early and find some regular joe trying to sell extras, and probably at face value.
or come anytime and potentially pay 2-3 times face value from a scalper.

8/15/2009 8:29:07 AM

or wait about 5-10 minutes after the game has started and the scalpers will be trying to get anything for the tix. just low ball the shit out of them

8/15/2009 9:07:19 AM

I like that southern pigskin list

pretty solid

Terrance was kick blocking machine. I was at the Texas game where we got 3 kicks that evening and took the win in Austin. Beautiful.

8/15/2009 9:34:31 AM

^^Not always true. There was one game I didn't have tickets for and had to arrive late because of work. I was walking to the stadium at the end of the first quarter. I tried 2 separate guys selling tickets and both of them wanted about face value. I offered them like $15 as the game would be near halftime by the time I got to my seat and they were both jerks about it...

8/15/2009 9:37:24 AM

Haha, thats when you make a big point of looking at the non-existent line behind you then ask them who the hell else they plan to sell it to.

8/15/2009 10:00:57 AM

scalpers don't have souls.

8/15/2009 11:18:04 AM

no but most of em have brains and would rather sell the tickets for something instead of holding onto the ticket and taking a hit for the whole price

8/15/2009 12:14:59 PM

didn't say they were stupid. said they didn't have souls.

19 motherfreakin days.

8/15/2009 2:00:53 PM

^^ some of them are definitely that stupid though

I went to the game @Duke in P.Riv's senior year. There were a bunch of professional scalpers who wouldn't part with their tickets for less than $50 apiece. Then some Duke fan walked up to me and gave me a bunch of tickets for free.

8/15/2009 2:15:07 PM

18 days on the countdown clock ...

bttt for the hall of famer #18

8/15/2009 10:20:57 PM

stupid question but what's face value on most average tickets? ie if you were going to buy from scalpers what would you expect to pay for the usc game.

8/16/2009 12:39:10 AM

id expect to pay three figures for this game

8/16/2009 1:37:04 AM

^ no way, not even close... you will be able to get in for $50-75 if you wait long enough

8/16/2009 3:08:14 AM

The face value price for the South Carolina game is $52. The UNC game is also this price.

8/16/2009 8:59:28 AM

look on stub hub

8/16/2009 10:43:35 AM

ha - http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0908/did.you.see.that.0814/content.5.html

8/16/2009 10:54:15 AM

my tickets are going for over $200 online. im not selling them of course tho

8/16/2009 10:58:26 AM

It is crazy that the top 10 of our players doesn't include krob. If he hadn't gone pro, he would have broken all of holt's records. Imagine another year of rivers to krob, would have been nuts. And that doesn't even take into account hsu return skills...

8/16/2009 1:10:48 PM

18 days !!!

8/16/2009 1:43:04 PM

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"look on stub hub"

stub hub is always way over priced compared to what you can find game day, as they should be because you are paying for the convenience of not having to look around on game day.

8/16/2009 1:48:01 PM

roman was a tough SOB. he only needed on bar to protect his face.

8/16/2009 1:50:21 PM

season ticket face values:

USC/UNCCH - $52
Murray State/Gardner Webb - $35
Pitt/3 ACC Games - $45

8/16/2009 3:47:09 PM

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"ha - http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0908/did.you.see.that.0814/content.5.html"

I don't get it

8/16/2009 4:11:27 PM

completed my tailgate inventory today. New cooler, grill, and truck storage box. Probably going to do cheesesteaks for this game. Cant freaking wait

8/16/2009 4:19:54 PM

im grilling cornish Gamechicks in tribute to USuCk

8/16/2009 4:48:16 PM

When do they do student tickets, how far in advance?

8/16/2009 7:02:01 PM

^^^ sooooo old buddy old pal... where you parking?

8/16/2009 7:08:41 PM

Faculty lot, swing by. I'll bring a-plenty

8/16/2009 7:16:15 PM

talked to a big USC guy today and was told to expect 15k USC fans. we gave them 10k tickets and he expects 3-5k more bought. He said he was coming up on the 2nd with a RV full of gamecock fans. I assume the RV lot opens whenever compared to the lame-ass 5 or 6 hour gate rule?

8/16/2009 10:22:48 PM

^i remember an RV sitting out in West Lot during the Baseball Regional two years ago. Had a real live fucking Gamecock in a cage out there......i laughed everytime i passed it.

I hope they have as much fun the weekend of the 3rd as they did that week

8/16/2009 10:28:27 PM

Personally I have no problems with the University of South Carolina.

I hope we win (by a lot), obviously, but they've still done a service to society by inspiring a lot of good-looking girls to wear shirts reading "I LOVE COCKS"

8/16/2009 10:32:58 PM

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"we gave them 10k tickets "

We sell 5K to visiting teams, and they'll be another 3-5K from others such as ebay, stub hub, and the like because our fans are notorious for not ponying up. The Ohio State game in 2004 had to easily the most embarassing experience at Carter Finley Stadium I've ever witnessed. They had 15K fans there, absolutely no joke, I saw plenty of 4-8 person Buckeye strands between the 40s. I'm just glad they wore red, or scarlet, point is, it didn't look to bad from TV I would guess, but it let me know just how far behind we were/are.

[Edited on August 16, 2009 at 11:32 PM. Reason : .]

8/16/2009 11:31:32 PM

^ clearly you were not in attendance for the ecu game in chuck's last year.

8/16/2009 11:46:37 PM

What's all this about a "White-Out" for the SC game? Why does anyone think that's going to look good if it's just the student section doing it?

8/17/2009 8:24:14 AM

i'm wearing red. i'm calling a red-out.

8/17/2009 8:35:59 AM

17 DAYS

8/17/2009 8:41:12 AM