N.C. State's Brown says having Wilson back will help

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N.C. State's Brown says having Wilson back will help

Wolfpack running back Andre Brown in practice July 31, 2008.

By Ty Johnson

Sep 11, 2008

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N.C. State’s sideline shuffle has continued into Week Three as injuries have continued to plague the Wolfpack, but senior Andre Brown said depth would not be an issue when State faces Clemson in Death Valley Saturday at noon.

“We feel good [about our depth],” Brown said. “The next guy just steps up and we keep moving. It’s a good opportunity for someone else to come in and make plays.”

Brown is no stranger to playmaking opportunities due to injury, as junior running back Jamelle Eugene’s ankle injury before the season opener landed him in the starting job. Brown has averaged 3.8 yards per carry over two games while sharing time with sophomore Curtis Underwood Jr.

With Eugene’s status still in question Brown mentioned one returning player who would help the running game _ the team’s starting quarterback.

“Russell [Wilson]’s back and that’s a good thing,” Brown said. “[He] is a good dual-threat quarterback and him throwing the ball and running a little bit will help us.”

Brown also hinted that the redshirt freshman’s presence under center will allow the team to get back to the offensive strategy that began in the first half of the South Carolina game.

“We’re going to do a little option,” Brown said. “I look forward to him being back and giving us another threat in the shotgun spread.”

But in Death Valley against the Tigers, Brown said the game wouldn’t be decided based solely on Xs and Os.

“It’s a big game,” Brown said. “They’re in our division and in our conference, so we feel like it counts twice and if we go down there and get a win, [it will] set the tone on our side of the conference and let the other teams know we’re something to be dealt with.”

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Lets all just wait until November 22nd. See ya boys in Chapel Hill.

it's ridiculous to bring education into sports talk.

although i will defend. from personal experience, state has a great engineering programs (lots of them), as well as math, physics, vetenarian (i'm just going on herseay on that one)

I guess unc has better liberal arts programs. You can't really compare the two.

And congrats to UNC's football team...pretty impressive performance tonight in the passing game.

Leave it to an obnoxious Carolina fan to bad mouth State in every way possible. My NC State education, as we like to call it, has helped me to a career in which I work WITH CAROLINA GRADS who have chosen the same career. Believe it or not, you don't have to go to Carolina to be successful. Honestly, the Carolina grads I know don't denigrate NC State at all, some light fan trash talk over athletics is the most we do. It's usually the trailer park Carolina wannabe's who have or had a snowball's chance in Hades of going to any 4 year college who talk all the junk.

HAHA, never heard that one before, State fan. haha. Really using that State College edgimacation you got from that thar skool.

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