North Carolina State University Athletics
CALL IT, WOLFPACK AT THE MEINEKE CAR CARE BOWL
12/28/2005 12:00:00 AM | Football
Dec. 28, 2005
After taking a few days break for Christmas, the Wolfpack football team got together in Charlotte on Monday to begin bowl-week preparations. The team convened around lunchtime at the hotel, met as a team and then broke into position meetings before heading to Charlotte Country Day School for practice. The team worked out for just 15 periods on Monday, but made up for it by running 11 full gassers following practice. Most of the running was done in the dark because the lights failed to come on at the field, but eagle-eye Amato still managed to see who was and wasn't making their times.
The team was free last night and many of the guys headed to the malls to check out the after-Christmas sales. Many decided to stay in the hotel and play the video games set up next to the equipment room.
Wake-up call was 7 am this morning and the team dressed in the "lockeroom" and then went to position meetings. For bowl games, Eddie Gardner and his staff turn a hotel ballroom into a lockeroom, with each player's equipment laid out on chairs. There is a training room next door and meetings rooms for each position.
Soon after 8:30, the team loaded the buses and headed out to practice. It was around freezing when the team got to the field, but by the time practice ended, things had warmed up considerably. Practice was full pads, full contact today, complete with board drills, inside drill, pass rush, 11-on-11 and goalline. The defense was pretty dominant in goalline today, although Toney Baker did have one nice score.
After practice, the team ran more gassers and then the offensive and defensive linemen went to the weightroom at Country Day for a brief workout while the rest of the team headed back to the hotel More segment meetings followed and then the team broke for the day. Several of the guys are headed back to the malls, but many seemed to be heading for naps and relaxation. Except of course, for the players with young children. Leroy Harris, Dwayne Herndson, Marcus Hudson and some of the others go from football duty straight to daddy-duty, as the married players have their families here for the bowl game.
