but i had thought dat all our fancy facilities was gonna bring all da hot recruits here ta nc state?? what had happened???

7/15/2010 3:41:26 PM

I think the big story from the punter we got was that we got a player from the UNC-CH uber stronghold of Wilmington and Hoggard no less. Rams Club boosters down there are probably ready to blow something up

7/15/2010 3:45:56 PM

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"Rams Club boosters down there are probably ready to blow something up"

doubtful, they aren't taking any punters this year.

7/15/2010 3:47:27 PM

We could hire that coach who locked that pussy in the closet

7/15/2010 5:52:56 PM

Mike Leach would be fun as hell to watch winning games 52-45 and shit but I am not sure we want that negativity here. Still if he turned things around and won 9 games a year here, he would be golden.

7/15/2010 6:17:11 PM

Then NandO would have him fired

7/15/2010 6:59:33 PM

Does anyone know what three schools Dominique Noble narrowed down to, and if we are one of them?

7/25/2010 1:22:41 PM

I believe it's Georgia Tech, Notre Dame and Wake Forest...football recruiting is going disastrously so far.

7/25/2010 3:04:02 PM

Do we have any recruits at all right now that aren't on special teams?

7/25/2010 3:15:47 PM

a safety.

7/25/2010 3:19:57 PM

Quote :

"I think the big story from the punter we got was that we got a player from the UNC-CH uber stronghold of Wilmington and Hoggard no less. Rams Club boosters down there are probably ready to blow something up"

I know the Barths are from Hoggard, but I went to school there and I would say the more kids who graduate from there go to State over UNC. At least when I went to school, circa 2000

7/25/2010 3:34:40 PM

looks like singer is not enrolling

http://northcarolinastate.scout.com/2/972908.html

7/25/2010 6:23:17 PM

Did you guys know that our old WR Donald Bowens tried to transfer to UF, but was denied admission? HAHA...what a fucking loser. He will spend the next year (his last year of eligibility) at North Alabama.

7/25/2010 7:00:18 PM

^^ That sucks in terms of depth on an already weak secondary, but he was just an add on to getting Crisp to NCSU. Also with all the dumb stuff he got caught up in with the law over the last year or so I'm not sure TOB really wanted to have to deal with that.

7/25/2010 7:02:17 PM

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"Did you guys know that our old WR Donald Bowens tried to transfer to UF, but was denied admission? HAHA...what a fucking loser. He will spend the next year (his last year of eligibility) at North Alabama. "

1. He didn't try to transfer anywhere. He was using his year of eligibility as a grad student, which means going to a different school, one with a program not a available at your undergrad school.
2. It was USF
3. Fucking loser?
4. Suck a dick

7/25/2010 7:06:23 PM

wow that sucks we lost bowens i didnt know that.

he was terrible last year but he was one of the best freshman wr's we've ever had its too bad he sustained so many injuries.

7/25/2010 7:08:23 PM

^*6

Singer isn't a big loss.... not to mention he seems to have a lot of issues with drinking and carrying a gun.

7/26/2010 2:35:45 PM

So we had Bennett and Ward coming in to help with the special teams and field position. Ward isn't coming and now Pack Pride is reporting Bennett won't enroll either. Cjakowski can kick FG's, but isn't the best kickoff guy. And we still don't have a damn punter..........

7/26/2010 2:46:59 PM

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"Did you guys know that our old WR Donald Bowens tried to transfer to UF, but was denied admission? HAHA...what a fucking loser. He will spend the next year (his last year of eligibility) at North Alabama."

you're an ingnorant a-hole for saying this. Bowens was fantastic in hist first year and had had to deal with nagging, difficult spinal injuries. He's also very well spoken, had a great attitude, and represented NCSU very well in post-game press interviews. In summation, you're a douche.

7/26/2010 2:50:11 PM

damn Bennett, wtf is going on?

7/26/2010 2:56:40 PM

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"In summation, you're a douche."

haha winner

7/26/2010 3:02:22 PM

^^ NC State Shit

7/26/2010 4:56:59 PM

maybe this year we'll trade in MASH unit like injuries with off-the-field ncstate shit. I could go for that

... guess not

[Edited on July 26, 2010 at 5:16 PM. Reason : saw where smith is out]

7/26/2010 5:00:25 PM

what State fan hates on a guy who was stellar when healthy but suffered through a nearly career ending injury? damn...

7/26/2010 9:48:55 PM

lots of people still hate on TA

7/26/2010 9:50:15 PM

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"you're an ingnorant a-hole for saying this. Bowens was fantastic in hist first year and had had to deal with nagging, difficult spinal injuries. He's also very well spoken, had a great attitude, and represented NCSU very well in post-game press interviews. In summation, you're a douche."

In his defense D-BO put in NOOOOO effort on a lot of plays last year. It was frustrating. Also, lets be fair I did like him and felt bad for him but it was dumb oof him to try and go to Florida. He had 0 opportunity to play there.

7/26/2010 9:52:23 PM

^^TA was kind of a shit head though...Bowens overcame adversity while TA was consumed by it

[Edited on July 26, 2010 at 9:55 PM. Reason : i'm a hypocrite]

7/26/2010 9:55:21 PM

USF, not UF

7/26/2010 11:53:32 PM

Then I retract my statement that isn't that big of a difference.

7/26/2010 11:58:21 PM

Anyone know who the potential transfer in is? (thread on packpride)

7/29/2010 11:23:19 AM

^A couple of days ago there was some talk about E.J. Carter, a LB from Syracuse who made the all-freshman team in the Big East his freshman year.

7/29/2010 12:17:32 PM

^

7/29/2010 12:37:32 PM

I was a HUGE fan of T.A. McLendon, when the fucker was on his game he was unstoppable for any defender! But, i was hoping he would get over his knack for fumbling the football, he had some crazy speed/power when he ran down field. Does anyone know what he's up to now?? I'd take him back as our 2nd string back for this season in a heartbeat! (Actually, the way he could overpower folks, and break away with his insane speed, with our thin secondary I would test him out there...he would knock the shit out of opposing Wide receivers!

7/29/2010 1:35:22 PM

he tried for the nfl several times with no luck. he's now slingin' in his hometown. or at least he was a few years ago.

7/29/2010 1:44:47 PM

Yeah, when (and only for a short time) TA was "ON", that dude was unstoppable. Absolutely one of the more fun RB's in college football to watch. Homie would bulldoze people and not slow down. Damn I miss that....

7/29/2010 1:45:16 PM

Yeah i remember watching him against FSU once, and he ran circles around there whole defense! I think if I remember correctly he even injured a dude who tried tackling him b/c the force in which he ran with was so freaking crazy. Yeah, I hope he's doing well wherever he is, the students during my undergrad years there went crazy whenever he touched the ball.

7/29/2010 1:48:12 PM

His freshman year, TA was probably the most explosive and entertaining RB I've ever seen at the college level.

Unfortunately injuries combined with a poor work ethic were his undoing. There's nothing worse than squandered talent.

7/29/2010 1:50:19 PM

He was good, but come the fuck on.

He might be on the fringe of the best 10 freshman in the past decade.

7/29/2010 1:57:38 PM

Top 10 NC State freshman or NCAA? I haven't seen a true freshman run like he did pre injury in my lifetime.

[Edited on July 29, 2010 at 2:14 PM. Reason : f]

7/29/2010 2:11:15 PM

Nationwide, of course

Clarett, Lewis, Rodgers, Petersen, McFadden and probably a handful more had arguably more dominant freshman seasons than did T.A.

7/29/2010 2:15:21 PM

Can't disagree with you from a statistical standpoint.

7/29/2010 2:16:15 PM

at state he is 9th all time rushing (Andre Brown is 7th for perspective)

3rd all time in career TD's w/ 33

1st in both TD's in a game & season

he did put that 5 up against Texas Tech his freshman year

[Edited on July 29, 2010 at 2:19 PM. Reason : sdflkj]

7/29/2010 2:18:30 PM

Confused on what point you are making with those stats.

7/29/2010 2:21:05 PM

agreed, we're looking at freshman stats only. I wonder what freshman records TA holds.

7/29/2010 2:22:20 PM

i wasnt making a point
i was just posting his stats b/c i doubt a lot of people know them off the top of their head

and since you are talking about freshman stats ...

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"earning Atlantic Coast Conference Rookie of the Year honors. He led the team with 1,101 yards on 245 carries (4.5 avg.), setting school single-season records with 18 touchdowns"

which puts him first all time in TDs in a season in my post above
his 18 in a season was a freshman record for the ACC until that dude from VT put up 20
not sure if that was a national record or not

[Edited on July 29, 2010 at 2:25 PM. Reason : sdf]

7/29/2010 2:22:24 PM

Gotcha.

7/29/2010 2:24:50 PM

the stats must have been posted on packpride more than likely then.

7/29/2010 2:25:23 PM

dont talk shit to me little man
grown folks are discussing sports

dont you have some threads in classifieds to bump with your alias

7/29/2010 2:27:09 PM

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"4.5 avg"

Is my biggest argument against him.

That's pedestrian at the NFL level, and even more so in college.

Compare to Clarett (5.6), Lewis (5.5), Rodgers (4.8), Peterson (5.7) and McFadden (6.3)

Frank Gore was ridiculous with 9.3, albeit on only 62 carries

7/29/2010 2:46:04 PM

Truth is we will never know how good he could have been. He may have played 2 or 3 games max at a hundred percent for his entire career. But, durability is a key component with being a great back.

7/29/2010 2:51:11 PM