Quote :

"cops are looking out for local recruits underage kids drinking & driving"

seriously...i fully believe in the UNC media bias and everything else, but this is ridiculous.

he had a few beers, drove and got caught. he had priors. do you really think it takes a conspiracy to arrest him for that?

4/2/2010 12:07:41 PM

I didn't imply this was a conspiracy against ncsu recruits; reading comprehension bitches.

Especially in small towns, cops know who the kids are that cause trouble, and if they're higher profile, athlete types, cops like to make examples out of people (i guess you could also make the case that in some places they probably let athletes get by with more).

4/3/2010 3:33:24 AM

Off-Topic, but Matt James, an offensive linemen out of Ohio died during a spring break trip to Panama City, Fl.

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/36156112/ns/sports-college_football/

I remember him from when I kept the recruiting board going and while I don't know if we ever had a chance with him, I thought I'd add it to the recruit thread.

4/3/2010 9:54:32 AM

some people has the dumb

4/3/2010 10:51:50 AM

Quote :

"“Russell’s coming back. I don’t know why there is any question. Everybody keeps asking – I said it again this week that he’s coming back. So, write it down – he’s coming back. He’s told me 100 times.” "

Coach O'Brien - today.

4/13/2010 8:26:45 PM

o rly?

4/13/2010 8:28:29 PM

Is Obrien going to start recruiting better or what? He may arguably be a better coach than chuckles, but the level of talent we have now is pretty low. We are putting far fewer players in the NFL. If I were an outsider, I would say that lack of talent clearly explains our decline.

4/16/2010 1:04:08 AM

^Yes, b/c every year that Chuck was football coach we were battling for top stop in the Atlantic Division year in and year out!.....Dude please!


O'brien is slowly but surely getting his troops in here, Ill be HIGHLY surprised if we see the atrocity this season that we saw last season!

4/16/2010 1:15:23 AM

Well, the facts of the matter are that he was regularly pulling in top 25 classes and we were regularly finishing much better than we are now.

Act incredulous all you want, but we are really bad. I was surprised when I looked the info up just now -- seems like Lowe is getting much more heat than Obrien for roughly the same or better results. Football takes longer, but it's not clear that we are improving (as it is with basketball).

4/16/2010 1:26:23 AM

Yeah I know football has been atrocious the past 3 seasons, but I figure Id be an optimist going into a new season.

4/16/2010 2:06:06 AM

^^ It doesn't help when all of you have had two seasons with ridiculous amounts of injuries. We are gradually building and it will take us a little longer than certain other teams because we will not be handed a national ranking for Meinike Car care bowl losses.

4/16/2010 7:35:56 AM

O'Brien a couple of years ago: "Stars are for hotels and restaurants"

Another quote a couple of years ago (not exact words): "I don't care how many stars you are when you arrive, but you'd better be 5 stars when you leave"

The guy is a teacher...he develops talent unlike Amato

unfortunately the guys he's taught from day one are just now ready to get some minutes

[Edited on April 16, 2010 at 7:45 AM. Reason : a]

4/16/2010 7:44:22 AM

Quote :

"He may arguably be a better coach than chuckles, but the level of talent we have now is pretty low. "

You do realize that the "talent" TOB had the first 2-3 seasons was recruit by Chuckles right? TOB is bringing in guys that fit his system, but for the past three years, he's been trying to change the culture of the program without forcing a bunch of freshman and sophomores on the field unless he had no other choice.

The only thing I can fault TOB for right now is the hiring and current retention of Archer. Two very poor moves that might actually get him fired. Recruiting is not getting TOB fired.

4/16/2010 8:00:32 AM

figured this would be the most relevant thread

http://obsfifty.blogspot.com/2010/04/cowher-still-interested-in-coaching.html

Cowher with good words about NC State football program, and other stuff everyone already knows

4/16/2010 11:31:25 PM

Eric MacLain to Clemson.

4/17/2010 3:29:00 PM

That's too bad - we use the TE way more than anyone he was looking at, I mean the kid looks like a carbon copy of George Bryan.

4/17/2010 3:30:16 PM

Well as long as we can get Drew Owens then I'll be happy. He has a pretty nice offer list. Of the three big time TEs in NC (Ebron, Owens, and MacLain), I think he might end up being the best of them all. He has better size than UNC's Ebron, and better speed than Clemson's MacLain. I just hope that we can beat out South Carolina for him. Also Rory Anderson is a decent prospect, but I don't really think we land him. If UGA offers he'll probably go there.

Drew Owens
Tight End
Charlotte, North Carolina
Ardrey Kell HS
Ht:6'5"
Wt:227 lbs
40:4.78 secs
Shuttle:4.7

Schools Interested (known offers in italics)
Clemson
Duke
East Carolina
Louisville
Maryland
North Carolina
North Carolina State
South Carolina
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest
Wisconsin
Georgia

4/17/2010 3:47:46 PM

Plus, Owens has a sweet 'fro

4/17/2010 4:03:08 PM

^lol, dude looks like Bambale Osby...sick offer list though.

4/17/2010 4:15:47 PM

the afro is more important. any player with an afro is automatically a beast

4/17/2010 4:31:37 PM

^ cred++;

4/17/2010 7:31:57 PM

I met Winkles at the mall tonight, said I was an NC State student and we were looking forward to having him here to play. Shorter than I expected

4/17/2010 9:47:55 PM

he reminds me of Ben Wallace.

Based on that offer list, we'd be really lucky to land him. FWIW, PackPride shows he has high interest in South Carolina. He can pretty much choose wherever he wants to go. Unless he grew up a Wolfpack fan, I wouldn't count on it. We're pretty deep on the chart with tight ends right now: Bryan, Watson, Talbert, Carter...

4/19/2010 3:31:48 PM

Maryland picks up Nigel King out of Wakefield HS. Good get for them.

4/23/2010 6:26:34 PM

Wow. I thought for sure he was going to end up at UNC.

4/23/2010 8:06:39 PM

buzz?

5/13/2010 7:32:05 PM

Probably not a lot until camp.

5/13/2010 7:43:03 PM

Obrien will keep his job as long as he keeps beating unc.

And I, for one, am OK with that.

5/13/2010 9:51:18 PM

^

I want basketball to go to tournaments and win championships. In football I can live with just beating carolina every year.

5/13/2010 9:56:20 PM

^if we have another year similar to 07 or 09 shit will start to heat up. There isnt much heat on him right now.

Just win some fucking games

5/13/2010 10:09:44 PM

ACC contender in 2-3 years
National championship in a decade!

5/13/2010 10:17:42 PM

look, if the dude has another 5 win season but one of those is against unc, he will be golden.

However, MOC and CTC lost their cred with losses to UNC (MOC never beat them and he wasn't a BAD coach).

Despite what everyone claims, NCSU does not have unrealistic expectations in FB. Yeah, would I have liked to have seen better last year, sure, but we beat a (better) unc team for the third straight year. Fucking TOB keeps a good record against UNC, we'll give him time to build a program. I think he is a good long term coach (not great but good). He's a Dick Sheridan if we give him a few years.

That being said, he better not have a year like 2009 with a unc loss...

5/13/2010 11:35:09 PM

Wow, had no idea State got Tenuta... Great pickup. He's an asshole, but a great coach.

5/13/2010 11:42:39 PM

i heard Tennessee just re recruited Phil fulmer

theve sucked for awhile, may as well go back to something better.

5/14/2010 12:41:39 AM

Not even sure what that means... Horrible thread title reading ability too... You sure do bring up Tennessee a lot

5/14/2010 12:55:41 AM

yea Tenuta is a really solid hire.

5/14/2010 8:33:51 AM

Quote :

"Wow, had no idea State got Tenuta"

Man you living under a rock or something? This was all over the the NC State sports websites when it went down.

5/14/2010 9:44:42 AM

http://www.highschoolot.com/content/blogpost/7610797/

Quote :

"Garrett Leatham hails from Middle Creek High School in Apex. At 6-5 and 210-pounds he has ideal size for a drop-back pocket passer and has put up numbers good enough to catch the attention of numerous college scouts.... "Probably my top two (favorite) schools are State and Wake Forest,I like State a lot. I'll probably go up to their camp.""

[Edited on May 17, 2010 at 12:40 PM. Reason : ]

5/17/2010 12:39:58 PM

Thomas Niles commits

5/17/2010 10:23:29 PM

^fuck yeah, excellent pick up...hopefully that'll get the ball rolling.

5/17/2010 10:28:24 PM

link?

5/17/2010 10:47:50 PM

Hells to the yeah!

5/17/2010 10:48:05 PM

nano what? who is thomas niles?

5/17/2010 11:35:00 PM

even though his offer list isn't too impressive other than tennessee, it's nice to see we can still get guys out of georgia with mccollum gone.

5/18/2010 1:50:15 AM

He also got an offer from UCF, and had a lot of big-time programs interested in him, or so says the web (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, GT)

5/18/2010 8:50:20 AM

What position does he play?

5/18/2010 9:05:15 AM

DT

5/18/2010 9:27:58 AM

reading comprehension bitches


lol

5/18/2010 9:59:44 AM

http://northcarolinastate.scout.com/a.z?s=178&p=8&c=1&nid=4595340

http://northcarolinastate.scout.com/a.z?s=178&p=2&c=970663&ssf=1&RequestedURL=http%3a%2f%2fnorthcarolinastate.scout.com%2f2%2f970663.html

Gainesville (GA) defensive tackle Thomas Niles has become NC State's second commitment for the class of 2011. Pack Pride talks with him about his decision.

http://ncstate.rivals.com/barrier_noentry.asp?ReturnTo=&sid=&script=content.asp&cid=1085597&fid=&tid=&mid=&rid=

NC State picked up a pledge earlier today from southeast defensive tackle Thomas Niles. The 6-foot-2, 260-pounder picked the Wolfpack over offers from Tennessee, UCF, FIU and Middle Tennessee State.

Niles: 'It's the best environment possible'

5/18/2010 11:16:22 AM

so what's up with Fre'shad Hunter?

5/19/2010 1:44:37 PM