{"id":397,"date":"2010-11-10T14:55:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-10T21:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capitalsports.us\/?p=397"},"modified":"2010-11-10T14:55:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-10T21:55:00","slug":"n-c-state-like-unc-faces-uncertainty-at-running-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=397","title":{"rendered":"N.C. State, like UNC, faces uncertainty at running back"},"content":{"rendered":"
N.C. State\u2019s situation at running back has been unsettled much of this season, and that\u2019s the case again as the Wolfpack heads into Saturday\u2019s home game with Wake Forest. Dean Haynes, the surprise starter at the beginning of the season, took a blow to the head against Florida State, and coach Tom O\u2019Brien held him out of the Clemson game.<\/div>\n
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<\/a>O\u2019Brien said Haynes is \u201cfull go this week,\u201d but would not commit to how much he will play.<\/div>\n
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\u201cHe\u2019s back in the mix. We\u2019re still – because of some situations – not sure who will start on Saturday,\u201d O\u2019Brien said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
O\u2019Brien should be commended for holding Haynes out in a sport where concussions rank as real problems. Many doctors, led by Dr. Kevin<\/span><\/i> <\/i>Guskiewicz at UNC, have urged football coaches and leagues to take the threat of concussions seriously, since one concussion can lead to another. (In case you missed it, NBC 17\u2019s Penn Holderness just did a piece on Guskiewicz).<\/a><\/div>\n
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O\u2019Brien pointed out that he held Russell Wilson out in a similar situation after Wilson took a blow to the head at South Carolina in 2008.<\/div>\n
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Haynes, a redshirt freshman, lacks Mustafa Greene\u2019s explosive talent. But Greene, a true freshman, His game-by-game rushing totals are 35, 55, 84, 68, 91, 11, 75, 76 and then 26 against Clemson.<\/div>\n
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\u201cConsistency is tough to get out of a freshman,\u201d O\u2019Brien said.\u201dThere are so many things that go into playing and participating football-wise and campus-wise and everything else.\u201d<\/div>\n
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But, O\u2019Brien said, \u201cWe\u2019ve gotten a lot of good football out of Mustafa and he\u2019s got more to give.\u201d <\/div>\n
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