Tag Archive | "quarterback"

Birmingham – QB talk & Harrison Beck

Friday, January 2, 2009

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I’ve got a lot of random items from the bowl game but will probably get around to the items in a fragmented manner. We’ve already touched upon NC State’s great fans (Click here) On Monday night in Birmingham after the loss to Rutgers Monday’s the group I was with ran into a lot of players from both [...]

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Russell Wilson Is All-ACC First Team QB

Monday, December 1, 2008

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The Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association has named their 2008 All ACC Football team. Russell Wilson wins First Team QB honors Willie Young gets Honorable Mention at DE Nate Irving gets Honorable Mention at LB T.J. Graham received Honorable Mention for Special Teams The rest of the list can be found here.

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Mike Paulus Did Not Want To Compete, So Russell Wilson Came To State

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

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Bob Lee Swagger, a UNC blogger of note, had this little tidbit about Russell Wilson and his interest in playing football for UNC prior to his commitment to the Wolfpack: “I don’t follow “recruiting” as a life passion but several who do passed on this little tidbit.  Two years ago Russell Wilson was a highly touted [...]

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Quarterbacks take center stage for State-Carolina

Friday, November 21, 2008

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“The freshman has gone from unproven to unflappable” width=330; height=280; wral_insert_video_player_3977816(width,height); NC State: With all of the focus on quarterbacks we are proud to link this entry that highlights a couple of articles that can’t help by make Wolfpackers burst with pride about Russell Wilson. UNC-CH Butch Davis (supposedly) opened up the competition for [...]

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Wilson’s King Was In The Crowd (Updated 3:45pm)

Thursday, November 20, 2008

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As an addendum to some of our recent focus on Russell Wilson…GoPack.com has a must read for everyone It goes without saying that Russell Wilson is a very impressive young man. RALEIGH – It was small slice of “Bull Durham” from the backseat of the family sedan. Harrison Wilson III was throwing interview questions at his [...]

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ACCSports.com – Wolfpack Insider Free Today

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

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ACCSports.com/ACC Sports Journal is allowing free access to their NC State team report today. Wilson Offers Program Hope provides a deeper look at the obvious ‘hot issue’ of the moment within the NC State Football program — the impressive emergence of quarterback, Russell Wilson. Ever since he got knocked out against South Carolina in the season opener [...]

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Wilson Stakes Claim; Wake up this weekend

Thursday, November 13, 2008

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A lot has been (deservedly) made of the fantastic play of NC State’s red shirt freshman quarterback, Russell Wilson. Wilson has performed better than almost anyone could have dreamed this season and has therefore promised to make the quarterback competition with freshman Mike Glennon interesting to watch in the future. (What a nice ‘problem’ to have). Wilson [...]

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O’Brien Expects Russell Wilson To Keep Playing Two Sports

Thursday, November 6, 2008

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This is hardly a surprise to most of us: Russell Wilson will keep playing both baseball and football for NC State for the foreseeable future. WRAL: O’Brien expects Wilson to keep playing two sports “I would expect that [playing both sports], yes. I think that’s what he wants to do. He certainly can help our baseball [...]

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TOB nailed the QB situation perfectly

Friday, September 12, 2008

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width=330; height=280; wral_insert_video_player_3526151(width,height); Less than an hour after Harrison Beck led NC State to a win over William & Mary NC State Head Coach Tom O’Brien made it clear that Russell Wilson will start under center for tomorrow’s game against Clemson. BJD ran a fantastic analysis of this last weekend. Although few people explicitly criticized [...]

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Russell Wilson Will Start at Clemson

Sunday, September 7, 2008

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My reaction is somewhat mixed. It seems clear from the N&O’s writeup of Tom O’Brien’s comments that the coach and I saw Beck’s performance similarly. Beck was light years better than a shellshocked Daniel Evans (last night was his worst performance in a Wolfpack uniform – and that’s really saying something). However, Beck continues to [...]

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State’s Wilson on ACCNow

Saturday, August 23, 2008

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[Something bad happened to this entry and I have no idea what]

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ESPN.com profiles Russell Wilson

Thursday, July 31, 2008

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Read the whole article here. From this excerpt, I can tell we’re going to like watching this guy lead the Pack in the fall…which we will be doing…since we told you earlier in the week that he will be starting for the Pack: What gives Avent the confidence that his star pupil can develop into the [...]

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Giglio Discusses Pack “Options” at QB

Monday, July 28, 2008

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It’s just a small blurb from last week – Tom O’Brien discussing the five potential starters at QB. It’s not really an embarrassment of riches, as past performance or inexperience means that all candidates come with question marks. But it’s really an academic discussion. Russell Wilson will start, and barring injury or extreme ineffectiveness, [...]

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Harrison Beck to State (just a little late)

Friday, August 11, 2006

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We opened the topic earlier in the day…and now Pack Pride is confirming the rumors that Harrison Beck will be transferring to NC State. Beck played for John Davis, the father of former Wolfpack quarterback Jay Davis. “One recruiting service had Beck rated the nation’s No. 3 pro-style quarterback as a high school senior [...]

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