A Sea Of Red

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina


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Carter-Finley Stadium
Built in 1966 - Seats 57,583



Tom O'Brien
5th Season as NCSU Head Coach


2010 Results

• Overall ..... 9-4
  ACC .......... 5-3
  Home ....... 5-1

• 09/04 - WESTERN CAROLINA ............... W 48-7
  09/11 - @ Central Florida ................... W 28-21
  09/16 - CINCINNATI .......................... W 30-19
  09/25 - @ Georgia Tech* ................... W 45-28
  10/02 - VIRGINIA TECH* .................... L 41-30
  10/09 - BOSTON COLLEGE* ................ W 44-17
  10/16 - @ East Carolina ..................... L 33-27 in OT
  10/28 - #16 FLORIDA STATE* ............. W 28-24
  11/06 - @ Clemson* .......................... L 14-13
  11/13 - WAKE FOREST* ..................... W 38-3
  11/20 - @ North Carolina* .................. W 29-25
  11/27 - @ Maryland* ......................... L 38-31
  12/28 - vs West Virginia ..................... W 23-7

2011 Schedule

• 09/03 - Liberty ............................... 6:00 pm
  09/10 - @ Wake Forest .................... 3:30 pm
  09/17 - South Alabama .................... 6:00 pm
  09/22 - @ Cincinnati ........................ 8:00 pm
  10/01 - Georgia Tech
  10/08 - Central Michigan
  10/22 - @ Virginia
  10/29 - @ Florida State
  11/05 - North Carolina
  11/12 - @ Boston College
  11/19 - Clemson
  11/26 - Maryland

Key Players



#8 Mike Glennon
6' 6" 225 lbs Junior Quarterback
Likely Starter after Russell Wilson's Departure ... Completed 9-of-13 Passes for 79 Yds as Backup in 2010



#33 Mustafa Green
6' 0" 201 lbs Sophomore Running back
Led Wolfpack in 2010 as Freshman with 597 Yards and 4 TDs + 30 Catches for 272 Yards and TD Receptions



#84 George Bryan
6' 5" 265 lbs Senior Tight End
Receiving Preseason All-America Consideration ... Leading Returning Receiver with 35 Catches for 369 Yards & 3 TDs Last Season



#27 Earl Wolff
6' 0" 201 lbs Junior Safety
Led Wolfpack with 95 tackles in 2010 with an INT & 2 Sacks



#30 Brandon Bishop
6' 2" 210 lbs Junior Safety
Led Wolfpack with 4 INTs for 54 yards in 2010 with 66 tackles & 1 Forced Fumble




#42 Audie Cole
6' 5" 239 lbs Junior Linebacker
With Nate Irving gone, Cole moves to MLB ... In 2010, he posted 86 Tackles including 10 for Loss with 5 Sacks, 1 INT, 2 Fumbles Forced & 2 Recovered

YES!!!!!!33 days baby!

Here are the new uniforms that the Wolfpack will be debuting against us next month ...

Times-News wrote:N.C. State shows off new style for football uniforms

July 27, 2011 12:48 AM
Times-News

RALEIGH — North Carolina State unveiled new football uniforms that have “STATE” across the chest.

The home jerseys will continue to be red, with pants a classic style with the “Block S” logo.

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Sly Fox wrote:Here are the new uniforms that the Wolfpack will be debuting against us next month ...

Times-News wrote:N.C. State shows off new style for football uniforms

July 27, 2011 12:48 AM
Times-News

RALEIGH — North Carolina State unveiled new football uniforms that have “STATE” across the chest.

The home jerseys will continue to be red, with pants a classic style with the “Block S” logo.

Click Here for Full Story

the numbers look too smaal on the front.

They need their 1st loss with the new Unis

Dawg, who designed these uniforms? eeeemmmmmbbaarrassin.

This team doesn't look that tough... fairly new/young players in key positions.... no "super" power positions or ALL American Offensive powers... "first game" advantages I'd have to give to LU, and coaching - I don't like Obrian... I also like LU's skill positions better but NCS should be a solid all around team, especially the line.
LU will have to go to its strength, the line will be the key, if we can play even up on the line, LU can win, if we have to change our game because of the line we lose our advantage.
Having a new offense line for this game = worry. Passing against a D that is playing pass isn't fun.

The other obstacle is intimidation. The NCS stadium and fans will rattle the focus of the LU players. It is intimidating for a FCS school not use to that size, while NCS will feed off it...
LU needs to be prepared, and walk into that stadium ready to DOMINATE everyone and anyone, and if they do get down in points, don't let it shake them - keep fighting...
NCS could easily lose focus (especially if they start to win early) and/or get frustrated and fall apart or give up ...
They also need some fans in their corner.

A lot of the guys on the team this year were on the team when they played at WVU so I dont think there will be as much wide eyed wonder at playing in front of 57-60,000 fans No Fear...

Beej, why do you always jump all over someone who brings up the idea of a weakness with ANYthing to do with LU?

jcmanson wrote:Beej, why do you always jump all over someone who brings up the idea of a weakness with ANYthing to do with LU?

Cause we're LU! Plus the fact that Rocco is 17-0 against teams from North Carolina.

jbock13 wrote:

jcmanson wrote:Beej, why do you always jump all over someone who brings up the idea of a weakness with ANYthing to do with LU?

Cause we're LU! Plus the fact that Rocco is 17-0 against teams from North Carolina.

Skewed stats! Nothing better!!

jcmanson wrote:Beej, why do you always jump all over someone who brings up the idea of a weakness with ANYthing to do with LU?

I wasnt meaning to jump on him manson, I was just stating the fact that youre gonna have a good percentage of the players who likely will see the field for this game will be used to playing in a huge stadium because they were part of the WVU game two years ago so that wont be as intimidating a factor...and jbock thank you for being a total d-----...oh and just for the record its 3-1...not 17-0...(since you decided to throw that in jbock...)

Where's the bowing down smiley?!? Beej I love it!! Haha

I've got to say I know NCST or NCSU, but I've never seen just NCS. That's all I have.

BJWilliams wrote:oh and just for the record its 3-1...not 17-0...(since you decided to throw that in jbock...)

Hahahahahahahaha.

Anyway, this game (if we win) could set the course for a magical season, and even if we lose, but play well (as the guys have shown in the majority of games against FBS teams in the last four seasons), itll give us confidence going into the rest of our non-conference schedule. Russell Wilson was the vast majority of their offense last year and with that gone, that should make it easier to key on the running game and force Glennon and the passing game to carry the day.

Our run defense will definitely have to be up for the test all season long. Pretty confident in our defensive secondary, but if the D-line & LB's don't put pressure on the QB and stop the run, then it doesn't matter how good your secondary is.

I'd also really like to see Holloway, Allen and the rest of the RB's really set the tone early showing a solid running game. I'm very excited to see what kind of a season Holloway will have this year. He has a ton of potential to have a great season. Also, we all know Brown can't afford to be the type of runner he was last year.

BJ should we worry about you after we lose this game? haha

But seriously, I think we give NC State a decent test early in the season but this game will end with us losing by 14+

LUnpretty11 wrote:Our run defense will definitely have to be up for the test all season long. Pretty confident in our defensive secondary, but if the D-line & LB's don't put pressure on the QB and stop the run, then it doesn't matter how good your secondary is.

I'd also really like to see Holloway, Allen and the rest of the RB's really set the tone early showing a solid running game. I'm very excited to see what kind of a season Holloway will have this year. He has a ton of potential to have a great season. Also, we all know Brown can't afford to be the type of runner he was last year.

I agree with this part right here...you know that everybody is going to want to focus on Asa (probably with a double team) so we are going to need the other linemen and LBs to make plays in stopping the run. If we can get guys like Connolly, Fath, Griffiths, Brent Vinson, Ward, Gunn, Varol and others making a lot of drops in the backfield, and we dont allow those big plays over the middle (especially from the TE), not many teams will be able to score on this defense I would venture.

From the local paper

Charlotte (NC) News Observer wrote:Glennon tops list of questions for Wolfpack

N.C. State begins practice for its fifth football season under coach Tom O'Brien today, arguably in the program's best position since quarterback Philip Rivers' senior season eight years ago.

The Wolfpack is coming off a 9-4 season and its first finish in the national rankings since the 2002 season (Rivers' junior campaign).

The big question for the Wolfpack, as it has been since Russell Wilson walked off the field as the MVP of N.C. State's 23-7 Champs Bowl win over West Virginia, is about the quarterback situation.

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Its good that alot of them played in WV game, it is different.. and they will need to keep the 12th man out of the game.
I too thought originally that it probably would be a 14+ spread, but looking at the teams/players, I'd have to say now that it should be pretty close. To me, it all depends on the O Line.
LU has good skill positions, and I like the D-line and DBs,
The Defense (LBs) have to make them pay if they double Asa.

No Fear wrote:To me, it all depends on the O Line.

This basically sums up the whole season imo not just NCState and to a lesser extent the LB's.

state fans are rowdier than WVU fans IMO, i have been to both stadiums plenty of times, but our guys will not be intimidated at all. I think we will keep it close but probaably lose between 10-14 pts. I agree with the other posters about the O-line being the key for the entire season. Bottom line is we will show up in raleigh and play hard. The guys expect to win and the coaching staff prepares them that way.

No Fear wrote:Its good that alot of them played in WV game, it is different.. and they will need to keep the 12th man out of the game.
I too thought originally that it probably would be a 14+ spread, but looking at the teams/players, I'd have to say now that it should be pretty close. To me, it all depends on the O Line.
LU has good skill positions, and I like the D-line and DBs,
The Defense (LBs) have to make them pay if they double Asa.

Its good that you caught on to what I was getting at No Fear (unlike manson apparently), I think the experience there will help when they go into Carter-Finley (which is actually a smaller stadium than Mountaineer Field-Milan Puskar Stadium, though not by much). There may be a couple players who would be new to that kind of atmosphere but not many.

I do think we have reached a consensus among the members of the board that the O-Line probably is the biggest key for the season. They pretty much make the running game go, and if the running game goes, they keep our defense off the field, and in so doing, keeps them from wearing down late in games and thus making ill timed mental mistakes

BJWilliams wrote: (unlike manson apparently)

thanks beej

It will be interesting to see if the new recruit Grant Jones will be able to contribute as a freshman this year. I believe he was ranked in the top 100 in the country last year, and he was big - like 340 pounds...