anyone heard a reason why he was dismissed from the team other than "Team Issue?"

8/5/2006 4:50:09 PM

ah WTF? i just read that on TheWolfpacker's "Pack Open Practice" story.

8/5/2006 4:58:33 PM

WTF? I didn't see this...

Kid was gonna see a lot of time this year at either fullback or backing up Hill at TE.

8/5/2006 5:30:50 PM

Also, it said Newell is probably transferring

8/5/2006 5:31:54 PM

anthony hill's a freak. we'll miss darby out there, but i'm not worried about TE play with ant hill runnin the show.

8/5/2006 6:13:19 PM

Fuck.

Hill looked solid last year, but we can always use another TE even if just for blocking...

8/5/2006 6:27:58 PM

and john hannah is going to have to go to louisburg to get his academics in order....couldn't play this year anyhow, but a year in practice and in the system never hurt

fuck SEC schools and their low academic standards

8/5/2006 6:59:57 PM

^^^Have you not noticed how much we use a "Big" setup with no fullback and 2 TEs???

We need another good TE to go with Hill. We have always had that.

Sean Berton/Willie Wright. Willie Wright/Andy Vanderveer. TJ Williams/John Ritcher.

8/5/2006 7:38:02 PM

I think Kushner could be that guy

8/5/2006 7:59:03 PM

from the Camp Amato article

Quote :

"5. Tight End Troubles? — How will NC State cope with a lack of depth at the tight end spot? Anthony Hill is a bonafide NFL prospect and unquestionably one of the league’s best tight ends. However, what is known at the tight end position begins and ends right there. Jamesly Jean never developed at the spot and Octavius Darby has not made the desired progress, either, leaving a gaping hole at the position behind Hill. Trestman likes to use the H-back and two–tight end packages, so walk-ons John Kane (fullback) and Jacob King (tight end) could be thrust into action more than the offensive staff would like. Also, Trestman would love nothing more than to see Penn State transfer Pat Bedics seize the fullback position and show H-back capabilities when fall camp gets into full swing. Depending on how things stack up at tight end early in camp, State may be forced to rush a youngster—such as signee Rashad Phillips — into action earlier than they would prefer or move a player to the position, see Matt Kushner, to make up for the lack of depth. "

8/6/2006 12:03:24 AM

Why do you think he was dismissed?

Seriously.

[Edited on August 6, 2006 at 1:39 AM. Reason : sss]

8/6/2006 1:35:49 AM

A buddy and I went to the MV ABC store and had a conversation with the clerk working. He ended up pulling out some fake IDs and showing them to us.

He had a NCSU ID of one guy and a drivers liscense from some other guy and told us how stupid the guy who tried to use the fake was. One of the ID's was Octavius Darby's.

8/6/2006 10:58:27 AM

and that'll get you dismissed?

8/6/2006 1:05:44 PM

I didn't say it would, I was just relating an Octavius Darby experience.

8/6/2006 1:13:47 PM

It was drugs.

8/6/2006 3:21:52 PM

^Whaaaaaaaa?

8/6/2006 3:24:26 PM

the Observer said newell was gone too. nothing more about Darby but that he broke team rules....

8/6/2006 3:50:23 PM

Newell is transfering.

8/6/2006 3:58:53 PM

If you're a football player of a D1 school and you're 21 you don't need to be giving your ID to a younger friend, because if that friend gets caught with it, your name will come up in the local paper. Of course, we don't know if the kid using Darby's ID was given a ticket, maybe the clerk just kept the ID. Course he could always say he lost it and someone picked it up

8/6/2006 8:37:16 PM