GO PACK! (NCAA 09)

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Cuts

I only have to cut 1 player this year since my recruiting class came in pretty small. Incoming freshman SS Chris Nelson is the unlucky one.

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The 2013 NC State Wolfpack:

Quarterbacks

Starter
Redshirting

#17 Richard Wilson, 6'1" 190 lbs, FR(RS), 82 OVR
#11 James Atkins, 6'3" 190 lbs, FR(RS), 77 OVR
#15 Andrew Mitchell, 6'0" 200 lbs, FR(RS), 77 OVR

Outlook:

Wilson is a likely 4 year starter here. This will be the lowest I've been rated at QB in my 5 years at NC State. Atkins has a speed of 84, and is somewhat interesting as a result.

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The 2013 NC State Wolfpack:

Halfbacks

Starter
Redshirting

#29 AJ Carter, 5'11" 184 lbs JR. 83 OVR
#21 Ben Bullock, 6'3" 194 lbs, SO(RS). 86 OVR
#24 Rick Wright, 5'11" 212 lbs. SR (RS). 77 OVR
#32 Larry Wilson, 6'2" 215 lbs. FR(RS). 75 OVR

Outlook:

While Bullock should be well on his way to developing into a 90+ rated stud his final two years, Carter is the man. Carter's speed is 95. Bullock is very strong but is the slowest of the 4 backs.

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The 2013 NC State Wolfpack:

Fullbacks

Starter
Redshirting

#27 Ryan Davis, 6'0" 195, SR (RS), 84 OVR
#39 Jerry Turner, 6'2" 233 lbs. SR. 70 OVR

#20 Leonard Swanson, 5'11" 230 lbs. FR. 73 OVR

Outlook:

Davis will finish up here while Swanson redshirts in preperation for being a 4 year starter.

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The 2013 NC State Wolfpack:

Wide Receivers

Starter
Redshirting


#87 Landon Fields, 6'3 221 lbs. JR (RS). 84 OVR
#89 Ryan Brown, 6'0" 198 lbs, JR (RS). 84 OVR
#81 Nate Christensen, 5'10" 186 lbs. SO(RS). 82 OVR
#83 Tony Wilson, 6'2 206 lbs. SO(RS). 81 OVR
#85 Kyle Williams, 6'2" 257 lbs. JR (RS). 81 OVR
#84 Scott Cole, 6'3" 169, JR(RS). 81 OVR
#82 Matt Green, 6'3" 186 lbs. SR (RS). 80 OVR

#86 Danny Roberts, 6'7 183 lbs. FR. 70 OVR


Outlook:

How odd. Brown and Green were the starters last year. Green did not improve at all. Fields came out of nowhere and will start this year alongside Brown.

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The 2013 NC State Wolfpack:

Tight Ends

Starter
Redshirting

Cory Moore, 6'5, 243 lbs. FR. 76 OVR
#80 Josh Torrey, 6'4" 235 lbs. JR (RS). 73 OVR
#10 RJ McPhee, 6'3" 264 lbs. SO (RS). 73 OVR

Outlook:

Perhaps Moore should redshirt, but I am pretty certain he cared about early playing time, which helped me bring him here. I'm just going to let him go all out and see what he can do in 4 years.

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The 2013 NC State Wolfpack:

Offensive Line

Starter
Redshirting

Left Tackle

#79 Cameron Washington, 6'4" 298 lbs. SO. 81 OVR
#68 Anthony Hemphill, 6'3" 299 lbs. SO (RS). 75 OVR

Left Guard

#71 John Woods, 6'3 305 lbs. FR(RS). 82 OVR
#76 Joe Waller, 6'3" 293 lbs. SR (RS). 79 OVR

Center

#62 Trevor Carter, 6'5" 267 lbs. JR. 85 OVR
#78 Jonathan Campanella, 6'2" 311 lbs. FR(RS). 78 OVR
#65 Reggie McCloud, 6'1" 319 lbs. SR. 72 OVR

Right Guard

#64 Alphonso Longshore, 6'0" 326 lbs. SR 88 OVR
#67 Harold Thomas, 6'2" 303 lbs. SO(RS). 84 OVR

Right Tackle

#61 Brandon Harper, 6'6" 291 lbs. SR 83 OVR
#68 Anthony Hemphill, 6'3" 299 lbs. SO (RS). 75 OVR

#60 Jay Dukes, 6'6" 314 lbs. FR. 79 OVR


Outlook:

We're more balanced this year, with no super studs like Ojo, but no weak spots either. We are graduating two starters on the right side, but Thomas and Dukes will be ready to start in their place next year.

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The 2013 NC State Wolfpack:

Defensive Line

Starter
Redshirting

Left End

#90 Jeffrey Washington, 6'5" 249 lbs. JR. 87 OVR
#95 Corey Rogers, 6'3" 236 lbs. SR (RS). 86 OVR
#98 Tommy Brown, 6'5" 236 lbs. SO (RS). 79 OVR

Defensive Tackle

#96 Derek Hicks, 6'1" 280 lbs. SR. 83 OVR
#93 Mike Anderson, 6'3" 267 lbs. JR(RS). 80 OVR
#94 Ken Wright, 6'4" 319 lbs. SO(RS). 79 OVR
#91 Kedrick McCloud, 6'3" 256 lbs. SO (RS). 78 OVR

#70 Martin Henderson, 6'5" 267 lbs. FR. 76 OVR
#92 Marque Jenkins, 6'0" 283 lbs. FR. 75 OVR

Right End

#97 Jeff Ostrander, 6'8" 277 lbs. JR(RS) 88 OVR
#95 Corey Rogers, 6'3" 236 lbs. JR (RS). 86 OVR
#99 Marcus Cotton, 6'5" 248 lbs. FR(RS). 74 OVR

#66 Kyle Arnold, 6'7" 270. FR. 73 OVR

Outlook:

The ends are improving greatly and are both going to be outstanding. We lost Everett in the middle which does hurt, but overall its not a bad D-line at all.

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The 2013 NC State Wolfpack:

Linebackers

Starter
Redshirting

Left Outside Linebacker

#52 Johnny Peterson, 6'3" 209 lbs. SR (RS) 90 OVR
#59 Ben Glover, 6'6" 204 lbs. FR(RS). 78 OVR
#55 David Jackson, 6'1" 216 lbs. FR (RS). 73 OVR

Middle Linebacker

#51 Brandon Davis, 6'1" 231 lbs. SO(RS). 83 OVR
#54 Blake Leak, 5'11" 220 lbs. SO(RS). 79 OVR
#50 Marcus Davis, 6'2" 219 lbs. FR (RS). 74 OVR

#58 Marcello Slaughter, 6'3" 225 lbs. FR. 76 OVR

Right Outside Linebacker

#53 Carl Brant, 6'3 226 lbs. SR (RS) 90 OVR
#59 Ben Glover, 6'6" 204 lbs. FR(RS). 78 OVR
#55 David Jackson, 6'1" 216 lbs. FR (RS). 73 OVR

#56 Clint Bush, 6'1" 220 lbs. FR (RS). 80 OVR

Outlook:

LB has been one of our strongest areas for the last 2 years. It'll be strong again this year with Peterson and Brant out there, and bush is a great recruit, but after that we have some weakness on the outside still.

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The 2013 NC State Wolfpack:

Secondary

Starter
Redshirting

Cornerbacks

#48 Eric Harris, 6'0" 177 lbs. JR (RS). 83 OVR
#26 Nate Jones, 6"0" 218 lbs. SR (RS) 82 OVR
#30 Alan McPhearson, 6"0" 185 lbs. SR (RS) 77 OVR
#38 Austin Rodgers, 6'0" 186 lbs. SO(RS). 76 OVR
#36 Joey Stovall, 5'11" 186 lbs. SO(RS). 75 OVR

Free Safety

#43 Matt Wade, 6'0" 192 lbs. SO(RS). 83 OVR
#46 Brandon Wright, 6'3" 196 lbs. FR(RS). 75 OVR
#44 Brad Spence, 5'9 183 lbs. SO (RS). 74 OVR

Strong Safety

#37 John Scott, 6'0" 186 lbs. FR. 79 OVR
#42 Roy Bowen, 6'2" 212 lbs. SO(RS). 76 OVR
#34 Perry Eaton, 6'0 190 lbs. FR(RS). 73 OVR

Outlook:

I overrestimated my CB situation. Scott maybe should have moved there after all. He'll be valuable at SS too though. We're ok back in the secondary but need to recruit some corners this year.

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The 2013 NC State Wolfpack:

Kicking Game

Starter
Redshirting

Kicker

#8 Mark Carter, 6'0" 210 lbs. JR(RS). 63 OVR

Punter

#14 Tucker Anderson, 6'0" 220 lbs. SO. 72 OVR



Outlook:

We need to bring in a kicker this year, even if it's a 2* scrub, just so we can redshirt him for when Carter leaves.

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Overall, I must say I'm concerned. A freshman QB, only two guys on the entire roster rated 90, we have a more balanced O-line, and we know that AJ Carter is a stud and I'll start him from day 1 this year, but the lack of superstar 90+ rated guys makes me worry that we don't have guys that can step up and challenge Clemson and FSU now or any time in the near future at all.


Of course, there's good and bad in this. It means its not as easy to get to the top, so the challenge is good.

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NC State Recruiting Ratings

Changes from last year are noted.

Academic Prestige: G (down from VG)
Campus Lifestyle: VG
Coach Experience: EX
Coach Prestige: VG
Conference Prestige: EX
Championship Contender: EX
Athletic Facilities: EX
Fan Base: GR
Pro Factory: VG
Program Stability: GR
Program Tradition: EX
Television Exposure: G (up from Fair)


EX = Excellent
GR = Great
VG = Very Good
G = Good
Fair = Fair


This is still very fine, though I wonder what caused the academic prestige to fall. That has proven valuable many times.

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2013 Season Schedule

We are ranked #23 in the preseason.

Week 1: vs Akron
Week 2: vs UAB
Week 3: vs San Jose State
Week 4: vs North Carolina
Week 5: vs Georgia Tech
Week 6: vs Maryland
Week 7: vs #14 Clemson
Week 8: at Wake Forest
Week 9: at Virginia
Week 10: at #2 Florida State
Week 11: at Boston College
Week 12: vs East Carolina
Week 13: BYE
Week 14: BYE

Strength of Schedule: A-


4 ACC games at home in a row, then 4 in a row on the road. Funny. The Week 12 game vs ECU is entirely for guys that I can't get to visit early on.

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2013 Recruiting

PIPELINE

Our Pipeline states are NC, VA, GA, FL, and TX

We lost Maryland as a pipeline state this year. Interesting to note, there are more kids on our team this year from Georgia(16) than North Carolina (14).


Major Needs

Fullback: We need depth here, as we are losing our top two FBs, leaving only the one redshirting for next season. I don't need a stud here, just a warm body.

Wide Receiver: I have 4 Juniors on the roster, so its time to look at where I'll be when they leave. I'd like to recruit 2.

Offensive Line: I'm always looking for 4* O-linemen, this is always a priority.

Defensive End: I have two extremely good DE's. They are juniors.

Outside Linebacker: We're losing depth here faster than we can find it.

Cornerback: We have 2 seniors graduating this year, and a junior starting. We could stand to get 2 CBs.

Kicker: Yup. Get something, anything this year, even if 2*.

Minor Needs

Halfback: I wouldn't mind grooming someone for when Carter graduates.

Defensive Tackle: We got two pretty good ones last year, but again, a senior and a junior on the roster.

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2013 Preseason Recruiting

Recruiting

There are no 5* recruits who have us in their top 10 this year. I really don't have a feel for what value there may be in guys who don't have interest. I'm not adding any though.

35 4* recruits have us in their top 10. Time to pick through them and decide which 15 of them I want.

I add 16 4* guys, covering all my need positions but kicker. I put a 1* kicker on the list who has me ranked #1.

Preseason Recruiting Board

Name, State: Rating (National Position Rank)
Scholarship Offered
Soft-Committed Elsewhere
Committed Elsewhere
Soft Committed to NC State
Committed to NC State


Quarterbacks:

-

Running Backs:

Marcus Williams, OH: **** (#30)

Fullbacks

Charles Mangiero, VA: **** (#1)

Wide Receivers:

Daniel Johnson, MD: **** (#9)
Dave Johnson, GA: **** (#14)
Kenny Bush, FL: **** (#20)

Tight Ends:

-

Tackles:

-

Guards:

Ali Malone, GA: **** (#11)
Greg Lewis, GA: **** (#18)

Centers:

-

Defensive Ends:

Matt Brown, GA: **** (#13)

Defensive Tackles:

Heath Phillips, GA: **** (#8)

Outside Linebackers:

Tyrone Means, TN: **** (#19)
Nick Coleman, FL: **** (#20)

Middle Linebackers:

Quincy Davis, NC: **** (#4)

Cornerbacks:

Marvin Wallace, GA: **** (#3)
Jimmie Jackson, VA: **** (#13)
Ray Finley, WA: **** (#23)

Free Safeties:

-

Strong Safeties:

-

Kicker

Bryan Jenkins, GA: * (#17)

Punters

-

Athlete

Chris Jones, GA: **** (#13)

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2013 Preseason Top 25

1. Notre Dame
2. Florida State
3. Ohio State
4. Oklahoma
5. Texas
6. Auburn
7. Penn State
8. Florida
9. LSU
10. Alabama
11. USC
12. Georgia
13. Texas A&M
14. Clemson
15. Tennessee
16. Wisconsin
17. West Virginia
18. Ole Miss
19. Michigan
20. TCU
21. Cal
22. Boise State
23. NC State
24. Kansas State
25. Arizona State


As I look at the letter grades I am encouraged. The only A- team is Florida, no A's. B+ to Notre Dame, FSU, Oklahoma and a couple others. Most others are flat B's, including us.

I wonder if player development with game generated recruits is leading to a) more parity, b) fewer teams who can blow everyone away with 99 OVR type squads?

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ACC Outlook

Atlantic

1. Florida State
2. Clemson
3. NC State
4. Boston College
5. Wake Forest
6. Maryland


Coastal

1. North Carolina
2. Virginia Tech
3. Miami
4. Virginia
5. Georgia Tech
6. Duke


Looks like all the talent is on one side again.

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2013 Week 1

Recruiting

With a huge bunch of 4* recruits all at positions of need, its hard to rank them this year. I want the O-linemen near the top for sure. After that its a cluster of OLB/CB/WR.

My kicker, HB/FB/DE/DT are the low priorities out of the bunch, though I still hope to pull some miracle where I can get them all.

I don't expect to land any of these guys right away so I go ahead and offer scholarships to as many as I can, while trying to find at least one good pitch for everyone as well.

I make it through everyone, though the last 3 or 4 guys just got a scholarship offer w/ no digging done. A few guys that didn't get offers are because I found a good pitch early and they already have me top 3-5, so I make one pitch, hoping to boost them up to #1. If I can't, I'll offer them next week.

Week 1 Recruiting Board

Name, State: Rating (National Position Rank)
Scholarship Offered
Soft-Committed Elsewhere
Committed Elsewhere
Soft Committed to NC State
Committed to NC State


Quarterbacks:

-

Running Backs:

Marcus Williams, OH: **** (#30)

Fullbacks

Charles Mangiero, VA: **** (#1)

Wide Receivers:

Daniel Johnson, MD: **** (#9)
Dave Johnson, GA: **** (#14)
Kenny Bush, FL: **** (#20)

Tight Ends:

-

Tackles:

-

Guards:

Ali Malone, GA: **** (#11)
Greg Lewis, GA: **** (#18)

Centers:

-

Defensive Ends:

Matt Brown, GA: **** (#13)

Defensive Tackles:

Heath Phillips, GA: **** (#8)

Outside Linebackers:

Tyrone Means, TN: **** (#19)
Nick Coleman, FL: **** (#20)

Middle Linebackers:

Quincy Davis, NC: **** (#4)

Cornerbacks:

Marvin Wallace, GA: **** (#3)
Jimmie Jackson, VA: **** (#13)
Ray Finley, WA: **** (#23)

Free Safeties:

-

Strong Safeties:

-

Kicker

Bryan Jenkins, GA: * (#17)

Punters

-

Athlete

Chris Jones, GA: **** (#13)


Week 1 Game

Akron at NC State

Ahhh, the moment of truth. The first time I see my team's overall rating. Yup, its down. Akron is rated 67 overall(75 O/62 D). We are rated 81 overall(81 O/85 D). This is our worst rating since I started my second year.

In the interest of getting in as many seasons as possible, I'm going to continue using supersim when the game is either well in hand or hopelessly lost. The stats are a bit unrealistic when this happens but I'm more interested in recruiting/player development/building up NC State throughout the dynasty than I am knowing that my RB's 2000 yard season is legit.

It's 21-0 3 minutes in when I let this one go.


Wilson: 14-21 163 yards, 1 TD
Carter: 23 carries, 235 yards, 3 TD (about 90 of that, and 2 TD's came before supersim)
Tony Wilson: 5 rec, 33 yards, 1 TD

#23 NC State 61
Akron 20

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I forgot to look at the preseason all americans, lets do that before advancing:

1st Team All-American

HB AJ Carter
DT Derek Hicks
Returner Kyle Williams


There are no Tigers or Seminoles on the 1st team list. 1 Yellow Jacket and 1 Terrapin. This gives me some hope.


2nd Team All-Americans

CB Nate Jones

2 seminoles and a tar heel join me here.


Preseason 1st Team All-ACC

HB AJ Carter
WR Ryan Brown
TE RJ McPhee
DT Derek Hicks
MLB Brandon Davis
CB Nate Jones
FS Matt Wade
Returner Kyle Williams

Preseason Second Team All-ACC

RG Harold Thomas
RE Jeff Ostrander
CB Eric Harris



Well if half of that is true we could be in great shape.

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2013 Week 2

We remain #23 in the polls.


Recruiting

Almost everyone moves us up on their lists, a number of recruits bump us to #1. I offer scholarships to everyone left but G Greg Lewis, he bumped us up to #1 and I make one more effort to get him to #1 w/o a scholarship.

With 17 players, that's an average of just 35 minutes that I can spend per player. After all the scholarships go out, my goal is one pitch, and unlocking one new pitch to make, every week for every player. That's not likely to happen though and i'm going to have to adjust a lot.

A few players are ready to visit already. They're going to be coming in to see us play North Carolina in week 4.


Week 2 Recruiting Board

Name, State: Rating (National Position Rank)
Scholarship Offered
Soft-Committed Elsewhere
Committed Elsewhere
Soft Committed to NC State
Committed to NC State


Quarterbacks:

-

Running Backs:

Marcus Williams, OH: **** (#30)

Fullbacks

Charles Mangiero, VA: **** (#1)

Wide Receivers:

Daniel Johnson, MD: **** (#9)
Dave Johnson, GA: **** (#14)
Kenny Bush, FL: **** (#20)

Tight Ends:

-

Tackles:

-

Guards:

Ali Malone, GA: **** (#11)
Greg Lewis, GA: **** (#18)

Centers:

-

Defensive Ends:

Matt Brown, GA: **** (#13)

Defensive Tackles:

Heath Phillips, GA: **** (#8)

Outside Linebackers:

Tyrone Means, TN: **** (#19)
Nick Coleman, FL: **** (#20)

Middle Linebackers:

Quincy Davis, NC: **** (#4)

Cornerbacks:

Marvin Wallace, GA: **** (#3)
Jimmie Jackson, VA: **** (#13)
Ray Finley, WA: **** (#23)

Free Safeties:

-

Strong Safeties:

-

Kicker

Bryan Jenkins, GA: * (#17)

Punters

-

Athlete

Chris Jones, GA: **** (#13)


Week 2 Game

UAB (0-0) at #23 NC State (1-0)

oh boy. UAB is rated 56 overall. Another supersim I hope(embarrassing if it somehow was not).


1st: 14-7 UAB (6 passes, 2 runs) <-- their offense is mowing right through my D. they have 100+ yards passing already.

Halftime: 28-17 NCSU (13 passes, 10 runs) <-- thank you for waking up, wolfpack.


3rd: 42-24 NCSU (20 passes, 18 runs)


We actually let them back in it, it was 42-36 after two straight UAB TD's(missed 2 point conversion/missed xp) before we get our heads out of our asses and put it away.



Wilson: 14-21 211 yards, 2 TD/2 INT
Carter: 27 carries, 272 yards, 5 TDs
Brown: 5 rec, 109 yards, 1 TD


#23 NC State 55
UAB 36

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woohoo, back from a week out of town, with Warhammer coming out soon, and NFL/College both getting into full swing, I don't expect to be playing nearly as often, but hopefully I'll play enough to get through a season every 1 1/2 weeks or so.

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2013 Week 3

We move up to #21 in the Coaches Poll

Recruiting

All of our targets have us listed 1st or 2nd except for our #10 priority, DT Heath Phillips, who has UGA and Virginia Tech over us.

We're able to hit 14 of our 17 targets with at least one pitch. As of now I have 6 guys scheduled to see us next week vs UNC. That's really the marquee home game for us this year, so I'm hoping to get a few more before that big game next week.

Week 3 Recruiting Board

Name, State: Rating (National Position Rank)
Scholarship Offered
Soft-Committed Elsewhere
Committed Elsewhere
Soft Committed to NC State
Committed to NC State


Quarterbacks:

-

Running Backs:

Marcus Williams, OH: **** (#30)

Fullbacks

Charles Mangiero, VA: **** (#1)

Wide Receivers:

Daniel Johnson, MD: **** (#9)
Dave Johnson, GA: **** (#14)
Kenny Bush, FL: **** (#20)

Tight Ends:

-

Tackles:

-

Guards:

Ali Malone, GA: **** (#11)
Greg Lewis, GA: **** (#18)

Centers:

-

Defensive Ends:

Matt Brown, GA: **** (#13)

Defensive Tackles:

Heath Phillips, GA: **** (#8)

Outside Linebackers:

Tyrone Means, TN: **** (#19)
Nick Coleman, FL: **** (#20)

Middle Linebackers:

Quincy Davis, NC: **** (#4)

Cornerbacks:

Marvin Wallace, GA: **** (#3)
Jimmie Jackson, VA: **** (#13)
Ray Finley, WA: **** (#23)

Free Safeties:

-

Strong Safeties:

-

Kicker

Bryan Jenkins, GA: * (#17)

Punters

-

Athlete

Chris Jones, GA: **** (#13)


Week 3 Game

San Jose State (1-0) at #21 NC State (2-0)


SJSU is better than UAB, but not by much. They're rated 60 overall and we expect another blowout.

1st: 7-7 (10 passes, 7 runs)

Half: 24-7 NCSU (18 passes, 13 runs)


We get a 71 yard TD run on the first play of the 2nd half and the rout is on. I end up super simming about 12 minutes of play.


Wilson: 28-32, 326 yards/3 TD
Carter: 24 carries, 208 yards, 4 TD
Christensen: 8 rec, 91 yards, 2 TD
Brown: 6 rec, 88 yards, 2 TD


#21 NC State 66
San Jose State 16

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Heisman Watch

I'll try to update these kinds of things a bit better now that we have fully graduated all the "HB #24" type players out of the league. But there's a special reason to pay attention this year.

1. HB William Guidry - UGA - has 156 yards and 2 TDs so far this year in limited action

2. HB Michael Frank - Florida - 371 yards and 2 rushing TDs early in the year.

3. HB AJ Carter - NC State - 74 carries for 715 yards(9.7 yards per carry), 12 rushing TDs

4. QB Rob McKenzie - Florida - QB rating of 156.6 so far, 8 TD/1 INT

5. HB Keon Reid - West Virginia - 376 yards, 188 per game, 5 rushing TD's.


Carter has put up insane numbers this year in only 3 games. That will cool off as we play better opposition, but he scored 24 rushing TD's last year, a school record, and already has half hat total. The yards in a season record is 1736 for the wolfpack, with 9 games to get 1000 more yards, he should break that too unless he gets hurt.

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2013 Week 4

We move up to #20 in the Coaches Poll. Our first ACC game and first challenge is this week, as we host arch rival North Carolina with a number of players visiting. This is a big week for us.

Recruiting

Calling this week's game important is a bit of an understatement. We have 12 of our 17 targets visiting this week.

After the work we did in recruiting last week, 15 guys list us #1 on their board, 1 2nd(WR Bush) and 1 3rd(DT Phillips).

Week 4 Recruiting Board

Name, State: Rating (National Position Rank)
Scholarship Offered
Soft-Committed Elsewhere
Committed Elsewhere
Soft Committed to NC State
Committed to NC State


Quarterbacks:

-

Running Backs:

Marcus Williams, OH: **** (#30)

Fullbacks

Charles Mangiero, VA: **** (#1)

Wide Receivers:

Daniel Johnson, MD: **** (#9)
Dave Johnson, GA: **** (#14)
Kenny Bush, FL: **** (#20)

Tight Ends:

-

Tackles:

-

Guards:

Ali Malone, GA: **** (#11)
Greg Lewis, GA: **** (#18)

Centers:

-

Defensive Ends:

Matt Brown, GA: **** (#13)

Defensive Tackles:

Heath Phillips, GA: **** (#8)

Outside Linebackers:

Tyrone Means, TN: **** (#19)
Nick Coleman, FL: **** (#20)

Middle Linebackers:

Quincy Davis, NC: **** (#4)

Cornerbacks:

Marvin Wallace, GA: **** (#3)
Jimmie Jackson, VA: **** (#13)
Ray Finley, WA: **** (#23)

Free Safeties:

-

Strong Safeties:

-

Kicker

Bryan Jenkins, GA: * (#17)

Punters

-

Athlete

Chris Jones, GA: **** (#13)


Week 3 Game

North Carolina (2-0, 1-0 ACC) at #20 NC State (3-0, 0-0 ACC)


Both teams are rated 81, should be a great matchup.


1st: 14-0 NC State (13 passes, 8 runs - running game nonexistant so far)


Half: 14-0 NC State (19 passes, 11 runs - Carter has 14 yards rushing so far)


3rd: 17-14 NC State (26 passes, 15 runs)

3rd quarter was a disaster. We fumble at our own 15 yard line, allowing an easy UNC TD. To finish off the half we throw a pick at midfield and UNC is driving for the lead as we start the 4th.


We hold them to a FG attempt, which they push wide, whew. After each team punts twice, UNC has the ball with 2:30 left to go. They drive inside our 10 yard line, but end up having to settle for a FG attempt from the left hash at the 10 yard line, and they miss it. It was pouring down rain which maybe effects that? That and the total dilution of kicking talent in the game I guess. I also missed a FG today.


Wilson: 20-34, 199 yards, 1 TD/3 INT
Carter: 21 carries, 33 yards, 1 TD
Carter: 7 rec, 67 yards
Moore: 3 rec, 59 yards (TE)

#20 NC State 17
North Carolina 14

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2013 Week 5

We remain #20 in both polls.

Recruiting

WOOHOO. A HUGE start to recruiting for us, as we land 3 players immediately after the game vs North Carolina. 4* CB Ray Finley, 4* DT Heath Phillips, and 4* WR Dave Johnson all will be coming to NC State next year!

We also get a soft commit from CB Marvin Wallace, hopefully he will sign very soon as well.

Our visits were pretty much evenly split between A and A+ rated visits, we are in great shape all the way around right now.

Two more kids are coming to see us play this week vs Georgia Tech

Recruiting Board

Name, State: Rating (National Position Rank)
Scholarship Offered
Soft-Committed Elsewhere
Committed Elsewhere
Soft Committed to NC State
Committed to NC State


Quarterbacks:

-

Running Backs:

Marcus Williams, OH: **** (#30)

Fullbacks

Charles Mangiero, VA: **** (#1)

Wide Receivers:

Daniel Johnson, MD: **** (#9)
Dave Johnson, GA: **** (#14)
Kenny Bush, FL: **** (#20)

Tight Ends:

-

Tackles:

-

Guards:

Ali Malone, GA: **** (#11)
Greg Lewis, GA: **** (#18)

Centers:

-

Defensive Ends:

Matt Brown, GA: **** (#13)

Defensive Tackles:

Heath Phillips, GA: **** (#8)

Outside Linebackers:

Tyrone Means, TN: **** (#19)
Nick Coleman, FL: **** (#20)

Middle Linebackers:

Quincy Davis, NC: **** (#4)

Cornerbacks:

Marvin Wallace, GA: **** (#3)
Jimmie Jackson, VA: **** (#13)
Ray Finley, WA: **** (#23)

Free Safeties:

-

Strong Safeties:

-

Kicker

Bryan Jenkins, GA: * (#17)

Punters

-

Athlete

Chris Jones, GA: **** (#13)


Week 5 Game

Georgia Tech (1-2, 0-2 ACC) at #20 NC State (4-0, 1-0 ACC)

Tech has fallen a long way, they're now rated 69 overall. We've struggled a bit defending their option attack in the past though.

1st: 7-7 (8 passes, 7 runs)

2nd: 21-7 NCSU (14 passes, 19 runs)

It's 37-7 near the end of the 3rd when I supersim it out.


Wilson: 14-26, 145 yards, 1 TD/0 INT
Carter: 38 arries, 334 yards, 5 TD (he had 250 yards/4 TD when I turned on supersim)
Moore: 4 rec, 40 yards
Fields: 4 rec, 29 yards


#20 NC State 50
Georgia Tech 28

[Radii]

2013 Week 6

We're up to 18th in the polls. A game vs Maryland this week before the big Atlantic Division showdown with Clemson.

Recruiting

We land our 4th 4* recruit, CB Marvin Wallace commits to NC State!

Both guys that visited last week had A- trips. We have 13 guys remaining on our board. 12 of them have us rated first. One of them just dropped us to #2, OLB Coleman is favoring Miami after visiting them last week.

The only 3 guys remaining who have not visited are all coming this week, our 4* ATH Jones, 4* HB Williams, and 1* K Jenkins.

Recruiting Board

Name, State: Rating (National Position Rank)
Scholarship Offered
Soft-Committed Elsewhere
Committed Elsewhere
Soft Committed to NC State
Committed to NC State


Quarterbacks:

-

Running Backs:

Marcus Williams, OH: **** (#30)

Fullbacks

Charles Mangiero, VA: **** (#1)

Wide Receivers:

Daniel Johnson, MD: **** (#9)
Dave Johnson, GA: **** (#14)
Kenny Bush, FL: **** (#20)

Tight Ends:

-

Tackles:

-

Guards:

Ali Malone, GA: **** (#11)
Greg Lewis, GA: **** (#18)

Centers:

-

Defensive Ends:

Matt Brown, GA: **** (#13)

Defensive Tackles:

Heath Phillips, GA: **** (#8)

Outside Linebackers:

Tyrone Means, TN: **** (#19)
Nick Coleman, FL: **** (#20)

Middle Linebackers:

Quincy Davis, NC: **** (#4)

Cornerbacks:

Marvin Wallace, GA: **** (#3)
Jimmie Jackson, VA: **** (#13)
Ray Finley, WA: **** (#23)

Free Safeties:

-

Strong Safeties:

-

Kicker

Bryan Jenkins, GA: * (#17)

Punters

-

Athlete

Chris Jones, GA: **** (#13)


Week 6 Game

Maryland (1-3, 1-3 ACC) at #18 NC State (5-0, 2-0 ACC)

Maryland, similar to Tech, is rated 69 overall, and we hope we can put them away easily as well.


1st: 21-7 NCSU (8 passes, 7 runs) -- Carter has 2 TDs and now has 50 for his career, the new all time leader at NC State. He's got 132 yards, speed is just killing these worse teams.


Half: 28-7 NCSU (15 passes, 16 runs) - Carter has 14 carries/172 yards. I got stopped on the 1 yard line on the last play of the half, thought it would be 35-7.


3rd: 28-7 NCSU (27 passes, 21 runs) - oops, carter out for the game hurt.


We finally make it 35-7 early in the 4th and its supersim time.

Wilson: 19-31, 265 yards, 1 TD/2 INT
Carter: 16 carries, 179 yards, 2 tD
Fields: 5 rec, 75 yards, 1 TD
Moore: 3 rec, 57 yards

#18 NC State 35
Maryland 14

[Radii]

2013 Week 7

We're up to #14 in the nation this week, the highest I've ever had this team ranked. Of course, we've played 6 straight home games vs non-ranked opponents


Recruiting

The guys that visited last week all had A- visits. Otherwise, no new recruiting news.


Recruiting Board

Name, State: Rating (National Position Rank)
Scholarship Offered
Soft-Committed Elsewhere
Committed Elsewhere
Soft Committed to NC State
Committed to NC State


Quarterbacks:

-

Running Backs:

Marcus Williams, OH: **** (#30)

Fullbacks

Charles Mangiero, VA: **** (#1)

Wide Receivers:

Daniel Johnson, MD: **** (#9)
Dave Johnson, GA: **** (#14)
Kenny Bush, FL: **** (#20)

Tight Ends:

-

Tackles:

-

Guards:

Ali Malone, GA: **** (#11)
Greg Lewis, GA: **** (#18)

Centers:

-

Defensive Ends:

Matt Brown, GA: **** (#13)

Defensive Tackles:

Heath Phillips, GA: **** (#8)

Outside Linebackers:

Tyrone Means, TN: **** (#19)
Nick Coleman, FL: **** (#20)

Middle Linebackers:

Quincy Davis, NC: **** (#4)

Cornerbacks:

Marvin Wallace, GA: **** (#3)
Jimmie Jackson, VA: **** (#13)
Ray Finley, WA: **** (#23)

Free Safeties:

-

Strong Safeties:

-

Kicker

Bryan Jenkins, GA: * (#17)

Punters

-

Athlete

Chris Jones, GA: **** (#13)


Week 7 Game

#16 Clemson (4-1, 3-1 ACC) at #14 NC State (6-0, 3-0 ACC)


Clemson was upset at home last week by North Carolina. Florida State is still out there and is a top 10 team, so the ACC title isn't necessarily on the line here, but, this is a HUGE game for us, a chance to go up 2 games in the loss column vs the Tigers.

Clemson carries the same rating we do, 81 overall. Clemson usually has a lot of speed which makes them play well above their rating.


1st: 10-3 NCSU (5 passes, 5 runs) - clemson looks way better than us, but 2 INTs including a pick 6 give us the early edge

Half: 17-10 NCSU (18 passes, 8 runs)

3rd: 24-17 NCSU (23 passes, 11 runs)


Clemson ties the game with 5:30 to go. We go 3 and out, and Clemson returns the punt for a TD, the first special teams TD I've seen all season, we trail by 7 with 4:30 to go.

Ugh. We go 3 and out again, and with 2:02 to go, Clemson goes up by 2 touchdowns. We played great for 3 quarters but it wasn't meant to be.

We give up one final TD in desparation mode and it looks like a blowout.


Wilson: 15-30, 153 yards, 1 TD/0 INT
Carter: 17 carries, 113 yards, 1 TD
Moore: 5 rec, 29 yards
Brown: 3 rec, 32 yards

#16 Clemson 45
#14 NC State 24

[Radii]

Week 8 Top 25

1. Notre Dame (6-0)
2. Ohio State (4-0)
3. Texas (5-0)
4. Georgia (6-0)
5. USC (5-0)
6. Texas A&M (5-0)
7. Arizona State (5-0)
8. Florida State (5-1)
9. Florida (5-1)
10. West Virginia (5-0)
11. LSU (4-1)
12. Auburn (4-1)
13. Penn State (5-1)
14. Fresno State (4-0)
15. Clemson (5-1)
16. Oregon (5-0)
17. Tennessee (4-1)
18. UCLA (5-0)
19. NC State (6-1)
20. Michigan (4-1)
22. Boise State (4-1)
23. Ole Miss (4-2)
24. Kansas State (4-1)
25. Oklahoma (3-3)

North Carolina is 29th, and Virginia 33rd.

[Radii]

Week 8 ACC Standings

Atlantic Division

1. Florida State 5-1 (5-0)
2. Clemson 5-1 (4-1)
3. NC State 6-1 (3-1)
4. Boston College 3-3 (1-3)
5. Maryland 1-5 (1-4)
6. Wake Forest 2-4 (0-4)


Coastal

1. North Carolina 5-1 (3-1)
2. Miami 4-2 (3-1)
3. Virginia 5-1 (2-1)
4. Virginia Tech 3-2 (1-2)
5. Georgia Tech 3-3 (1-3)
6. Duke 1-5 (1-4)

[Radii]

Heisman Update

1. AJ Carter - HB, NC State - 166 carries, 1374 yards, 21 TDs
2. Keon Reid - HB, West Virginia - 145 carries, 1091 yards, 13 TDs
3. Luther Kelly - HB, Texas - 87 carries, 509 yards, 9 TDs
4. Marcus Fritz - QB, Georgia - 132-177, 1603 yards, 19 TD/3 INT
5. James Austin - HB, Arizona State, 63 carries, 400 yards, 4 TD

[Radii]

2013 Week 8

We fall to 19th in the polls this week. We have no more home games, the last 5 are all on the road. We start with an easy one at Wake Forest, but Florida State is still out there in a couple weeks.

Recruiting

OLB Coleman bumped us back up to 1st over Miami this week, otherwise, no changes.


Recruiting Board

Name, State: Rating (National Position Rank)
Scholarship Offered
Soft-Committed Elsewhere
Committed Elsewhere
Soft Committed to NC State
Committed to NC State


Quarterbacks:

-

Running Backs:

Marcus Williams, OH: **** (#30)

Fullbacks

Charles Mangiero, VA: **** (#1)

Wide Receivers:

Daniel Johnson, MD: **** (#9)
Dave Johnson, GA: **** (#14)
Kenny Bush, FL: **** (#20)

Tight Ends:

-

Tackles:

-

Guards:

Ali Malone, GA: **** (#11)
Greg Lewis, GA: **** (#18)

Centers:

-

Defensive Ends:

Matt Brown, GA: **** (#13)

Defensive Tackles:

Heath Phillips, GA: **** (#8)

Outside Linebackers:

Tyrone Means, TN: **** (#19)
Nick Coleman, FL: **** (#20)

Middle Linebackers:

Quincy Davis, NC: **** (#4)

Cornerbacks:

Marvin Wallace, GA: **** (#3)
Jimmie Jackson, VA: **** (#13)
Ray Finley, WA: **** (#23)

Free Safeties:

-

Strong Safeties:

-

Kicker

Bryan Jenkins, GA: * (#17)

Punters

-

Athlete

Chris Jones, GA: **** (#13)


Week 8 Game

#19 NC State (6-1, 3-1 ACC) at Wake Forest (2-4, 0-4 ACC)

We need to make sure there's no letdown this week, no looking ahead past a bad team. Wake is rated 64 overall.

1st: 6-0 NCSU (13 passes, 11 runs)

I go ahead and supersim when we go up 13-0 in the 2nd quarter, its a bit later than I realized and I need to sleep.


Wilson: 21-41, 273 yards, 1 TD/2 INT
Carter: 28 carries, 127 yards, 2 TD
Fields: 8 rec, 82 yards, 1 TD


#19 NC State 33
Wake Forest 16

[Radii]

I played that wake game yesterday, I guess I forgot to post it!

[Radii]

2013 Week 9

We're up to #18 this week.


Recruiting

4* G Ali Malone soft commits to us this week. With no one else really close behind, we expect to land him next week. 4* FB Charles Mangiero also soft commits to us. UNC is #2 for him, so keeping one of the few quality FB's on the board away from Chapel Hill would be nice.

Florida State already has 3 5* Commits and is probably well on their way to having the best class. We're #2 early on though with our 4 4* guys, and have a realistic shot at pulling in 16 4* players this class, things are going pretty much perfectly right now.


Recruiting Board

Name, State: Rating (National Position Rank)
Scholarship Offered
Soft-Committed Elsewhere
Committed Elsewhere
Soft Committed to NC State
Committed to NC State


Quarterbacks:

-

Running Backs:

Marcus Williams, OH: **** (#30)

Fullbacks

Charles Mangiero, VA: **** (#1)

Wide Receivers:

Daniel Johnson, MD: **** (#9)
Dave Johnson, GA: **** (#14)
Kenny Bush, FL: **** (#20)

Tight Ends:

-

Tackles:

-

Guards:

Ali Malone, GA: **** (#11)
Greg Lewis, GA: **** (#18)

Centers:

-

Defensive Ends:

Matt Brown, GA: **** (#13)

Defensive Tackles:

Heath Phillips, GA: **** (#8)

Outside Linebackers:

Tyrone Means, TN: **** (#19)
Nick Coleman, FL: **** (#20)

Middle Linebackers:

Quincy Davis, NC: **** (#4)

Cornerbacks:

Marvin Wallace, GA: **** (#3)
Jimmie Jackson, VA: **** (#13)
Ray Finley, WA: **** (#23)

Free Safeties:

-

Strong Safeties:

-

Kicker

Bryan Jenkins, GA: * (#17)

Punters

-

Athlete

Chris Jones, GA: **** (#13)


Week 9 Game

#18 NC State (7-1, 4-1 ACC) at Virginia (5-2, 2-2 ACC)

I don't think Virginia is as good as their record would indicate. UNC and FSU destroyed them, and their conference wins are vs Duke and Maryland, both terrible teams.

UVA is indeed rated 69 overall, and we hope to have a big edge over them, but, it is on the road which is always a concern.


SHIT. On our second play from scrimmage, AJ Carter is hurt and is going to miss the next 3 weeks. Bye bye Heisman? And more importantly, Carter will miss our game at Florida State next week.


1st: 16-7 NCSU (9 passes, 9 runs)

Half: 29-19 NCSU (16 passes, 15 runs)

3rd: 43-33 NCSU (26 passes, 20 runs)

We've allowed 3 big plays for TDs, and fumbled twice, but our offense is playing a near perfect game. We're letting them hang around though.

We score early in the 4th and finally decide to play some defense.


Wilson: 21-27, 323 yards, 3 TD
Bullock: 22 carries, 160 yards, 4 TD
fields: 5 rec, 52 yards
Moore: 4 rec, 96 yards


We had a great, proficient game on offense, everything worked. What's silly though is that if Carter had not gotten hurt, we still probably win 50-33, but the line looks a ton different. Bullock got tracked down on 4 separate occasiosn that I counted by faster players and stopped for 10-11 yard runs. I think Carter would have run for 300+ vs this defense.

#18 NC State 50
Virginia 33

[Radii]

2013 Week 10

We remain #18.


Recruiting

There is bad news, and good news. The bad news is that 4* FB Charles Mangiero has committed to UGA. He visited them last week and that sealed the deal for the Bulldogs. 4* G Malone also didn't hard commit yet, though we still have the soft commit and a big edge.

The good news, is that we got a large number of other soft commits this week. We have a total of 7 soft commits right now. Hopefully many fall next week our way.


Recruiting Board

Name, State: Rating (National Position Rank)
Scholarship Offered
Soft-Committed Elsewhere
Committed Elsewhere
Soft Committed to NC State
Committed to NC State


Quarterbacks:

-

Running Backs:

Marcus Williams, OH: **** (#30)

Fullbacks

Charles Mangiero, VA: **** (#1)

Wide Receivers:

Daniel Johnson, MD: **** (#9)
Dave Johnson, GA: **** (#14)
Kenny Bush, FL: **** (#20)

Tight Ends:

-

Tackles:

-

Guards:

Ali Malone, GA: **** (#11)
Greg Lewis, GA: **** (#18)

Centers:

-

Defensive Ends:

Matt Brown, GA: **** (#13)

Defensive Tackles:

Heath Phillips, GA: **** (#8)

Outside Linebackers:

Tyrone Means, TN: **** (#19)
Nick Coleman, FL: **** (#20)

Middle Linebackers:

Quincy Davis, NC: **** (#4)

Cornerbacks:

Marvin Wallace, GA: **** (#3)
Jimmie Jackson, VA: **** (#13)
Ray Finley, WA: **** (#23)

Free Safeties:

-

Strong Safeties:

-

Kicker

Bryan Jenkins, GA: * (#17)

Punters

-

Athlete

Chris Jones, GA: **** (#13)


Week 10 Game

#18 NC State (8-1, 5-1 ACC) at #12 Florida State (7-1, 6-0 ACC)

FSU's only loss was a home loss to Oklahoma. Kirk is actually picking us in this game, but on the road... very, very difficult. FSU and Clemson have not played yet, so there is still a chance that if we win this game, then FSU beats Clemson, we could play for our first ACC title. But winning here is a huge, huge challenge.

FSU is rated 89 overall.


Yeah... its 21-0 FSU less than halfway through the first quarter. Screw this!


#12 Florida State 62
#18 NC State 31

[Radii]

2013 Week 11

We fall to #22 in the polls after the loss.

Recruiting

Wow, only one hard commit this week. 4* G Ali Malone falls our way. I was hoping for 5 or 6 guys... maybe if we get a win next week?

We didn't lose anyone, but didn't get any new soft commits this week either.

Recruiting Board

Name, State: Rating (National Position Rank)
Scholarship Offered
Soft-Committed Elsewhere
Committed Elsewhere
Soft Committed to NC State
Committed to NC State


Quarterbacks:

-

Running Backs:

Marcus Williams, OH: **** (#30)

Fullbacks

Charles Mangiero, VA: **** (#1)

Wide Receivers:

Daniel Johnson, MD: **** (#9)
Dave Johnson, GA: **** (#14)
Kenny Bush, FL: **** (#20)

Tight Ends:

-

Tackles:

-

Guards:

Ali Malone, GA: **** (#11)
Greg Lewis, GA: **** (#18)

Centers:

-

Defensive Ends:

Matt Brown, GA: **** (#13)

Defensive Tackles:

Heath Phillips, GA: **** (#8)

Outside Linebackers:

Tyrone Means, TN: **** (#19)
Nick Coleman, FL: **** (#20)

Middle Linebackers:

Quincy Davis, NC: **** (#4)

Cornerbacks:

Marvin Wallace, GA: **** (#3)
Jimmie Jackson, VA: **** (#13)
Ray Finley, WA: **** (#23)

Free Safeties:

-

Strong Safeties:

-

Kicker

Bryan Jenkins, GA: * (#17)

Punters

-

Athlete

Chris Jones, GA: **** (#13)


Week 11 Game

#22 NC State (8-2, 5-2 ACC) at Boston College (4-4, 2-4 ACC)

We've lost to our two division rivals, and we expect those to be our only two losses this season. We can close out a solid 6-2 ACC performance with a win today.

Boston College, like much of the ACC apparently, is rated 69 overall.

Heh, this game we score 21 in the first quarter. the supersim doesn't give us a 61 point blowout or anything, but its a good win.

#22 NC State 41
Boston College 17

[Radii]

Award Semifinalists


HB AJ Carter is #1 currently in line for the Maxwell award, and for the Walker award.

LB Brandon Davis is #10 for the Bednarik award, and #5 for Best LB

Freshman TE Cory Moore is #1 on the Best TE list

DT Derek Hicks is #3 for the Lombardi Award

DE Jeff Ostrander is #5 for the same award

CB Nate Jones is #1 for the Thorpe award

CB Eric Harris is #6 for the same award

SS John Scott is #8, and FS Matt Wade is #9, also for the Thorpe award. My secondary gets too many tackles I guess, from allowing so many passing yards


P Tucker Anderson is #3 in line for the best punter award

finally, WR LAndon Fields is #1 for best returner.

[Radii]

2013 Week 12

Back into the top 20 we go, #19 in the polls.

Recruiting

Here's the big commit week we needed. We land: 4* CB Jimmie Jackson, 4* WR Daniel Johnson, 4* OLB Nick Coleman, 4* G Greg Lewis, 4* MLB Quincy Davis, and 4* OLB Tyrone Means.

We now have 11 4* recruits locked up. There are a couple more still to go. While its great that we're improving and having a good recruiting season, I can't help but notice that Florida State has now landed 7(SEVEN) 5* recruits. Ugh.

3 more soft commits come in this week. WR Bush, DE Brown, and ATH Jones are all likely heading our way. That only leaves HB Williams and our 1* Kicker to go.

I add 2 1* FB's to the recruiting board, as we have a shortage there. There's a few 3* guys who have us near the top of their lists who haven't received any interest yet, and I go ahead and add them too.

We get a rare Insta-commit from ATH Sean McCaleb when we offer him.

Recruiting Board

Name, State: Rating (National Position Rank)
Scholarship Offered
Soft-Committed Elsewhere
Committed Elsewhere
Soft Committed to NC State
Committed to NC State


Quarterbacks:

-

Running Backs:

Marcus Williams, OH: **** (#30)

Fullbacks

Charles Mangiero, VA: **** (#1)
Matt Hartman, TN: * (#61)
Michael Davis, TX: * (#53)


Wide Receivers:

Daniel Johnson, MD: **** (#9)
Dave Johnson, GA: **** (#14)
Kenny Bush, FL: **** (#20)

Tight Ends:

-

Tackles:

-

Guards:

Ali Malone, GA: **** (#11)
Greg Lewis, GA: **** (#18)

Centers:

-

Defensive Ends:

Matt Brown, GA: **** (#13)

Defensive Tackles:

Heath Phillips, GA: **** (#8)

Outside Linebackers:

Tyrone Means, TN: **** (#19)
Nick Coleman, FL: **** (#20)

Middle Linebackers:

Quincy Davis, NC: **** (#4)

Cornerbacks:

Marvin Wallace, GA: **** (#3)
Jimmie Jackson, VA: **** (#13)
Ray Finley, WA: **** (#23)
Bryan Horner, VA: *** (#59)

Free Safeties:

-

Strong Safeties:

-

Kicker

Bryan Jenkins, GA: * (#17)

Punters

-

Athlete

Chris Jones, GA: **** (#13)
John Goff, TX: *** (#24)
Sean McCaleb, MD: *** (#38)

Week 12 Game

#19 NC State (9-2, 6-2 ACC) at East Carolina (3-7, 2-5 ACC)

ECU is rated 67 overall, and we certainly expect to win this one on the road, but of course, it is a rivalry game and anything could happen. Carter is listed as Questionable and will not play.

1st: 12-6 NCSU (10 passes, 5 runs) - missed XP and missed 2 point conversion on 2 TD's for me.

2nd: 22-13 NCSU (20 passes, 12 runs) - my starting QB is hurt and out for 6 weeks. I think he'll be back in time for our bowl game but I'm not entirely sure how the game counts those early december weeks, we'll see. Freshman James Atkins is taking his place.


3rd: 29-28 NCSU (24 passes, 18 runs)

Well, we play good defense for most of the 4th, score a TD and go up 36-28. On our next drive, we give up one of those ridiculous 80 yard pass plays where the opposing WR breaks 5 tackles to get through my entire defense one player at a time. They make the 2 point conversion, and we end up in overtime.


ECU gets the ball to start the 1st overtime. We sack their QB and they have to try a 51 yard FG, which they miss. Any points and we win.

Hah, we take a bad sack too and end up going for it on a long 4th down... yuck.

OT #2: hahahha. Atkins throws an INT on our first play. ECU fumbles on their first play...

OT #3: ECU fumbles on an option AGAIN. We are able to manage a first down, and kick a 27 yard FG to win the game. Jesus, that was pathetic.


Wilson: 12-16, 110 yards, 2 TD/1 INT
Atkins: 6-17, 88 yards, 2 TD/3 INT
Bullock: 23 carries, 124 yards
Moore: 7 rec, 72 yards, 1 TD
Fields: 4 rec, 50 yards, 1 TD


#19 NC State 39
ECU 36

3 OT

[Radii]

National Title Race

Four teams are undefeated coming to the end of one of the more interesting regular seasons I have seen.

#1: Notre Dame, 9-0
Remaining Schedule: vs Kansas(6-4), at Purdue (4-5), vs #4 USC(9-0)


#2: Ohio State, 9-0
Remaining Schedule: at #18 Michigan (8-2), at #20 Mississippi (7-3)


#3: Texas, 10-0
Remaining Schedule: at #24 Tx A&M(8-2), vs Tennessee(7-3), Big 12 title game


#4: USC, 9-0
Remaining Schedule: at #13 ASU(8-2), vs #10 UCLA(9-1), at #1 Notre Dame(9-0)


If all of those teams falter, Florida State, Florida, and Oregon round out the top 7 as the top 1 loss teams.

[Radii]

2013 Week 13

Our regular season is over. We're up to #17 in the polls, waiting to see hwo everything else shakes out. We've finished 10-2 overall, 6-2 in the ACC. Its currently predicted that we'd face top 10 West Virginia in the Gator Bowl.

Recruiting

In addition to landing McCaleb last week, we also get 4* DE Matt Brown to hard commit this week to us. WR Kenny Bush commits to Auburn instead of us.

We do get two new soft commits in HB Williams and K Jenkins.

Recruiting Board

Name, State: Rating (National Position Rank)
Scholarship Offered
Soft-Committed Elsewhere
Committed Elsewhere
Soft Committed to NC State
Committed to NC State


Quarterbacks:

-

Running Backs:

Marcus Williams, OH: **** (#30)

Fullbacks

Charles Mangiero, VA: **** (#1)
Matt Hartman, TN: * (#61)
Michael Davis, TX: * (#53)


Wide Receivers:

Daniel Johnson, MD: **** (#9)
Dave Johnson, GA: **** (#14)
Kenny Bush, FL: **** (#20)

Tight Ends:

-

Tackles:

-

Guards:

Ali Malone, GA: **** (#11)
Greg Lewis, GA: **** (#18)

Centers:

-

Defensive Ends:

Matt Brown, GA: **** (#13)

Defensive Tackles:

Heath Phillips, GA: **** (#8)

Outside Linebackers:

Tyrone Means, TN: **** (#19)
Nick Coleman, FL: **** (#20)

Middle Linebackers:

Quincy Davis, NC: **** (#4)

Cornerbacks:

Marvin Wallace, GA: **** (#3)
Jimmie Jackson, VA: **** (#13)
Ray Finley, WA: **** (#23)
Bryan Horner, VA: *** (#59)

Free Safeties:

-

Strong Safeties:

-

Kicker

Bryan Jenkins, GA: * (#17)

Punters

-

Athlete

Chris Jones, GA: **** (#13)
John Goff, TX: *** (#24)
Sean McCaleb, MD: *** (#38)

[Radii]

National Title Watch

Well things just got very interesting.

1. Notre Dame (10-0)
2. USC (10-0)
3. Florida State (10-1)
4. Oregon (10-1)


Ohio State lost to Michigan, falling to 6th. Texas lost to Texas A&M and falls to 8th. USC and Notre Dame still play, so Florida State might have the edge on another national title appearance.

[Radii]

2013 Week 14

Recruiting

All 3 guys that had previous soft committed are ours now! 4* ATH Chris Jones, 4* HB Marcus Williams, and 1* K Bryan Jenkins.

Recruiting Board

Name, State: Rating (National Position Rank)
Scholarship Offered
Soft-Committed Elsewhere
Committed Elsewhere
Soft Committed to NC State
Committed to NC State


Quarterbacks:

-

Running Backs:

Marcus Williams, OH: **** (#30)

Fullbacks

Charles Mangiero, VA: **** (#1)
Matt Hartman, TN: * (#61)
Michael Davis, TX: * (#53)


Wide Receivers:

Daniel Johnson, MD: **** (#9)
Dave Johnson, GA: **** (#14)
Kenny Bush, FL: **** (#20)

Tight Ends:

-

Tackles:

-

Guards:

Ali Malone, GA: **** (#11)
Greg Lewis, GA: **** (#18)

Centers:

-

Defensive Ends:

Matt Brown, GA: **** (#13)

Defensive Tackles:

Heath Phillips, GA: **** (#8)

Outside Linebackers:

Tyrone Means, TN: **** (#19)
Nick Coleman, FL: **** (#20)

Middle Linebackers:

Quincy Davis, NC: **** (#4)

Cornerbacks:

Marvin Wallace, GA: **** (#3)
Jimmie Jackson, VA: **** (#13)
Ray Finley, WA: **** (#23)
Bryan Horner, VA: *** (#59)

Free Safeties:

-

Strong Safeties:

-

Kicker

Bryan Jenkins, GA: * (#17)

Punters

-

Athlete

Chris Jones, GA: **** (#13)
John Goff, TX: *** (#24)
Sean McCaleb, MD: *** (#38)

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No changes in recruiting in week 15, we're working on the last few guys we'd added and don't expect any more action until the offseason.

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National Title Picture

USC beats Notre Dame to finish as the only undefeated school in the nation.

Florida State is #2, they still have the ACC title game to go. Oregon is #3. An All PAC-10 national title could go off here if Miami can upset Florida State

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Conference Championship Week

ACC Championship: #2 Florida State 44, #15 Miami 41

SEC Championship: Ole Miss 35, #10 Florida 31

Big 12 Championship: #8 Texas 42, Kansas State 39


Looks like USC and Florida State for the national title.

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Heisman Trophy


Florida State QB Corey Johnson wins the Heisman, going 303-432 for 3579 yards and.... 49 TDs. 49???????? FSU did score 61 vs us, 55 vs Duke, and 40+ on 4 other occasions. Their lowest scoring game was a 28-7 win over Maryland. All other games they put up at least 30 points.


Unfortunately, AJ Carter fell off the map after his injury.

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Awards

HB AJ Carter wins the Walker Award as the best running back in the nation

TE Corey Moore(freshman) wins the Best TE award

WR Landon Fields is the best returner of the year.


1st Team All Americans

DT Derek Hicks is a 1st team All American

WR Landon Fields is the 1st Team Returner


Florida State has 6 people on the 1st team all-american team. USC has 4.

2nd Team All-American

HB AJ Carter
TE Cory Moore

both make the 2nd team

Freshman All-American

TE Cory Moore
SS John Scott

both make the freshman team


1st Team All-ACC

HB AJ Carter
TE Cory Moore
DT Derek Hicks
CB Nate Jones
FS Matt Wade
RET Landon Fields

2nd Team All-ACC

DE Jeff Ostrander
MLB Brandon Davis
CB Eric Harris
SS John Scott
P Tucker Anderson


Whew, quite a list.

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Bowl Invitation

#13 NC State has been invited to play #7 West Virginia in the Gator Bowl on January 1st!

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ACC Standings

Atlantic Division

1. Florida State 12-1 (9-0)
2. NC State 10-2 (6-2)
3. Clemson 9-3 (6-2)
4. Boston College 6-6 (3-5)
5. Maryland 3-9 (1-7)
6. Wake Forest 3-9 (1-7)

Coastal Division

1. Miami 10-3 (7-2)
2. North Carolina 9-3 (6-2)
3. Virginia 7-5 (4-4)
4. Virginia Tech 7-5 (3-5)
5. Georgia Tech 4-8 (2-6)
6. Duke 3-9 (1-7)

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This is the 3rd year in a row that we've played in the Gator bowl. Last year we beat Pitt. Two years ago, we lost to West Virginia. REMATCH.