WCU vs. NC State – Semi-Live Blogging

Hello, everyone! I am cooking dinner and this is my first rodeo with ESPN3.com’s streaming video feed.

6:05 – Catamounts start inside their own 15, but pop off a 20 yard run on their first play. I think we’ve seen this movie before. Second play (QB keeper) picks up only nine!

6:10 – WCU converts on 4th and short. Just like last year, we bite on any misdirection or ball fake.

6:12 – Holy f-cking shit. That’s all I’ve got folks. It’s quite possible we suck even more on defense this year!

6:15 – In case you’re wondering (and I know you are!), tonight’s dinner menu is roasted pork tenderloin with saffron rice and baby carrots. Not too bad for a Dad on solo duty.

6:17 – Three and out. I need a shortcut key for “Holy f-cking shit.”

6:18 – But alas, the Catamounts dropped the punt. Wolfpack in field goal range. Woohoo!!!!

6:19 – First play post-turnover is a 26-yard TD pass to TJ Graham. Hopefully WCU muffs the kickoff so we don’t see more of our “defense.”

6:23 – Scoreboard gremlins. That didn’t take long.

6:27 – Things you won’t learn from listening on the radio. Western’s coach is really fat. Almost Mangino fat. Another 8 yard run up the middle. Holy f-cking shit.

6:29 – Dumb bastards tried to throw. On first and third down. Now is the time on Sphrockets when they punt. Pack ball near their own 30. Virtual TV timeout, I go to check on my rice.

6:32 – Owen Spencer makes a routine catch! Don’t see that too often.

6:34 – Dean Haynes does not look very good. Against a weak 1-AA defense.

6:35 – That fumble will be overturned after replay review. Despite what the D-list announcers say, it was not close at all.

6:41 – Another six points for TJ Graham. So, we have maybe two players that would be first team all-Southern Conference.

6:58 – Sorry for the delay (eating). TD pass #3, and the offense is now performing as expected. We just can’t run or stop the run. Like, at all.

7:00 – tvp brings up a good (and very accurate) point. Our OL is pass blocking really well, but the run blocking still sucks. Here’s hoping that when the level of competition increases, we continue to play to our strengths and pass a whole hell of a lot.

7:08 – Warrick Dunn is not good in the broadcast booth. Better than Doc Walker? Sure. But not good. Pack finally gets a good running play.

7:10 – Not sure Wilson’s been touched yet. His uniform sure isn’t dirty.

7:12 – The biggest positive so far has to be TJ Graham. He’s really playing well. First down from the 11.

7:14 – Midnight toker George Bryan gets into the scorebook. 28-7 now.

7:15 – Jacksonville State converts the 2-pointer and stuns Ole Miss in double OT. Not a good day to be Houston Nutt.

7:21 – In case you had forgotten – Russell Wilson is really good. A magician in the two minute drill, and in turning a negative play into something positive.

7:24 – Now is the time on Shprockets when we practice kicking FGs from the hash.

7:26 – Not exactly a thing of beauty, but it stayed inside the left upright. It will be 31-7 at halftime. We will see what the backup offense can do in the second half, I’m sure.

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1995 NC State graduate, sufferer of Les and MOC during my entire student tenure. An equal-opportunity objective critic and analyst of Wolfpack sports.

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91 Responses to WCU vs. NC State – Semi-Live Blogging

  1. JEOH2 09/04/2010 at 7:38 PM #

    Co-MVPs: Russell Wilson & T.J. Graham

  2. SaccoV 09/04/2010 at 7:40 PM #

    Highstick, it wouldn’t bother me if Auburn went down too.

  3. NCStatePride 09/04/2010 at 7:40 PM #

    Has to be moralizing for WCU to watch the Wolfpack use them for rushing practice.

  4. NCStatePride 09/04/2010 at 7:49 PM #

    UNC fans are already sending me tweets about hoops. Man… top 10 ways to tell when Carolina knows their ship is sinking…

  5. SaccoV 09/04/2010 at 7:50 PM #

    Tom O’Brien not on my happy list right now. Why the hell is RW still in the game?

  6. JEOH2 09/04/2010 at 7:51 PM #

    I was going to ask the exact saaame thing Sacco…

  7. NCStatePride 09/04/2010 at 7:54 PM #

    Ditto. I want to see how he behaves. I’m thinking we’ll see a Glennon 4th quarter.

  8. SaccoV 09/04/2010 at 7:56 PM #

    I already posted a thread on SFN forums about Opening Week A–hole coach; I didn’t post that with the thought that my own coach would make the list.

  9. Plz2BStateFan 09/04/2010 at 7:59 PM #

    THEY GOT A WOLF DOG!

    I EMAILED YOW ABOUT THAT AND SHE PULLED THROUGH!@

    STATEFANS BTTT the spring game wolf dog article!

  10. BJD95 09/04/2010 at 8:00 PM #

    OK, I will admit it. My kid wanted the computer and I was getting bored. So I’m watching the Schadenfruede Bowl.

    UNC’s 3rd/4th team RB fumbled on their second offensive play. Under review, but it will be LSU ball.

  11. FuquayWolf 09/04/2010 at 8:01 PM #

    Listening to the Debbie Yow interview. I-M-P-R-E-S-S-I-V-E! First thing they asked her was about her new office. Her reply – she has ditched the TV and the couch, she won’t be watching TV in her office. Instead, her office is a big conference room – she called it her “war room.” If that’s not a statement about the difference between her predecessor and her, I don’t know what is.

    I really hope someone more technology savvy has been able to capture that interview. Really impressive stuff, and if anyone else was still doubting that we didn’t make the right hire for AD, let them listen to that interview. She went out of her way to compliment the Wolfpack Nation. And, we finally got red in the end zones and a live wolf on the sideline (ok, a wolf-dog, but it’s still a start).

  12. NCStatePride 09/04/2010 at 8:02 PM #

    BJD, I’m DVRing it. Thought it would be worth some laughs.

  13. SaccoV 09/04/2010 at 8:08 PM #

    UNC fumbles on BOTH their 1st AND 2nd possessions. Boy, we’re Marvin Austin when you need him … oh, wait. He’s not a center, or a QB or a RB.

  14. NCStatePride 09/04/2010 at 8:11 PM #

    Glennon scores his first TD. There, be happy Sacco.

  15. BJD95 09/04/2010 at 8:15 PM #

    7-0 LSU. Geaux Tigers!

  16. SaccoV 09/04/2010 at 8:15 PM #

    Thanks NCStatePride. I’m much happier now.

  17. NCStatePride 09/04/2010 at 8:25 PM #

    GLENNON LIMPING OFF THE FIELD….

  18. Phang 09/04/2010 at 8:26 PM #

    Yikes! Glennon hyperextended his knee 🙁

  19. SaccoV 09/04/2010 at 8:26 PM #

    Damn karma!! I wish that SaccoV would shut up!

  20. NCStatePride 09/04/2010 at 8:27 PM #

    Imhoff on the other hand is… uh… not too good…

  21. NCStatePride 09/04/2010 at 8:33 PM #

    Man… the offense’s performance and rate of penalties is looking a lot like the 2006 season…

  22. NCStatePride 09/04/2010 at 8:49 PM #

    Wolfpack over Catamounts 48-7. It may not have been a huge opponent or a defining game, but it’s a win and a good night to be a part of the Wolfpack. Take it for what it’s worth.

  23. highstick 09/04/2010 at 8:51 PM #

    Dang, LSU sorta stinks!! I was afraid of this!!! Sacco, you pulling for the Heels too??

  24. Phang 09/04/2010 at 9:09 PM #

    Cupcake is at the game! (in the stands)

  25. BJD95 09/04/2010 at 9:43 PM #

    Yeah, I’m sure the Hole administration was thrilled to see fatso in the stands. This guy doesn’t know how to take a hint.

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