Friday Items

by Akula Wolf on Jul 1, 2011 2:42 PM EDT

I apologize for the lack of content this week; I went to Denver to watch the White Sox play their uninspiring brand of baseball in person and I didn't have much time for updates in between beers.

-- It's been a busy recruiting week for the football program, as five players have committed to the Pack since Monday:

Fayetteville Britt linebacker M.J. Salahuddin (6 feet 3, 185) committed on Monday. Newark (Del.) High receiver David Grinnage (6-5, 243) , Boiling Springs (S.C.) High lineman Eddie Gordon (6-3, 315) and Coatesville (Pa.) Area High quarterback Manny Stocker (6-3, 200) followed on Tuesday. West Roxbury (Ma.) Catholic Memorial quarterback A.J. Doyle (6-3, 224) committed on Wednesday.

State is up to nine commitments for its 2012 class.

-- The Cavs dealt JJ Hickson to Sacramento.

-- NC State hired Braden Holloway, a 2001 NCSU grad, to coach the swimming and diving teams.

-- The NC Pro-Am is underway, and while players with HS eligibility can no longer participate thanks to a new NCAA ruling, there's still plenty of local interest. Alex Johnson and CJ Leslie both scored 18 points en route to an easy win Thursday night.

-- NC State is going to space. (Sort of.)

-- To the obligatory Russell Wilson items! Wisconsin's strength and conditioning coach is anxious to start working with Wilson (ht: B5Q).

-- Wilson got along well with Wisconsin players on his visit, which no doubt played a big role in his decision.

-- Wilson can still return to the Rockies organization in the future. If he doesn't, he'll owe the team about half of his signing bonus.

-- Michigan State DT Jerel Worthy is so not impressed; he tweets:

"This guys on espn think wilson gona change something at wisconsin. It still don’t matter cause they gotta come in spartan stadium. Homecoming he will see how the big ten gets down."

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I used to live in Boulder and Denver

You should have told us you were going and I would have given you some recommendations. I do really like going to games at Coors Field. I hope you tried some of the O’Dell brewery offerings while you were in Colorado.

by PACKHOOLIGAN on Jul 1, 2011 3:02 PM EDT reply actions

i did not, alas

But I’ll keep that in mind for next time.

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by Akula Wolf on Jul 1, 2011 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions

A fun trip

is to drive up to Ft. Collins and do the New Belgium and O’Dell brewery tours (they are on the same street). Then you can yell at the CSU students about them going to a cow college.

by PACKHOOLIGAN on Jul 1, 2011 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions

And the first set of broken ankles goes to:

by Undertoe on Jul 1, 2011 4:21 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

Jerel Worthy!

by Undertoe on Jul 1, 2011 4:24 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

...come on down!

I love it. These guys have no clue. No one watches us outside the region.

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by Akula Wolf on Jul 1, 2011 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions

Thought what UW coach said was interesting

He said that RW shared with him that coming back at August 1 st wasn’t enough time and he didn’t seem ready when the ‘10 season began. REALLY? You don’t say Russell, wonder who else may have felt that way. I went to every home game last year and have never seen anyone move the ball from 20-20 with such ease as RW- and on the flip side look so disheaveled inside the 20. We were a 4 and inch play action fake play to George Bryan and a 3 yard hail mary in Chapel Hill away from being a complete fraud inside the RedZone. That is what spring and summer ball with your teamates does for you, when the field is shortened and you have to know what to do and how to do on the same page with the unit. We never had the coehision all year inside the 20 and there were times that I just wished he would have put Glennon in those moments.

by Sportin'L.A.Gear on Jul 1, 2011 4:24 PM EDT reply actions