Pump up time! To bowl, or not to bowl?

HUGE game for the Wolfpack today! (Link) All the marbles on the line — either Tom O’Brien will go to his third bowl in five years at NC State…or he won’t. We will either have two straight winning seasons…or we won’t.

Joe Giglio sets the table for you here…but nobody did a better job of setting the historical backdrop of today’s game than our very own ‘ruffles’ in this fantastic entry. You can click herefor CFN’s take on the game; and Caulton Tudor projected a similar score (link).

The regular-season finale finds the Wolfpack (6-5, 3-4 ACC) with a lot more to gain than anyone could have guessed three or four weeks ago. It’s hard to remember that Maryland (2-9, 1-6) started the season with that impressive win over Miami. That game must seem like a million years ago to Randy Edsall. Wolfpack, 31-14.

We’d like to remind you that we’ve been very active on the blog this week even while you were away with the turkey….so, please click through some of our work. And, as always, you can click here and participate in our message forums.

About StateFans

'StateFansNation' is the shared profile used by any/all of the dozen or so authors that contribute to the blog. You may not always agree with us, but you will have little doubt about where we stand on most issues. Please follow us on Twitter and FaceBook

'11 Football

365 Responses to Pump up time! To bowl, or not to bowl?

  1. hoop 11/26/2011 at 3:37 PM #

    Now all the sudden both O & D are playing like they want to win.

  2. WolftownVA81 11/26/2011 at 3:38 PM #

    Another dropped Washington pass. What gives.

  3. Lumbeeindian17 11/26/2011 at 3:38 PM #

    Did everyone see that Texas game the other night? Hey you never know

  4. WolftownVA81 11/26/2011 at 3:38 PM #

    Creecy gets it done on short yardage to 1st down.

  5. pack76 11/26/2011 at 3:39 PM #

    So, will UNX refuse a bowl???

  6. bill.onthebeach 11/26/2011 at 3:39 PM #

    ^Hoop…the operative word here is ‘Now’….

  7. tjfoose1 11/26/2011 at 3:40 PM #

    bill, yes.

    I think we saying the same thing. I put the play on the field as the responsibility of the coaches. I purposely used the word “play” and not “players”.

  8. Mike 11/26/2011 at 3:41 PM #

    WolftownVA81 – so am I. I have said that all season. Then again, when we try to throw downfield, Glennon cant hit the WR so why bother.

  9. nav 11/26/2011 at 3:41 PM #

    I think Glennon is afraid to throw deep. Sick of the short pass. And there seems to be no urgency.

  10. Wolfpack93 11/26/2011 at 3:41 PM #

    You’re not alone tj. As a faithful alum, I have to watch until the water stops churning above the sunken ship.

  11. tjfoose1 11/26/2011 at 3:41 PM #

    GAWolf can always make me laugh.

  12. pakfanistan 11/26/2011 at 3:42 PM #

    We’re going to score enough to make it look close. Cool, I guess.

  13. WolftownVA81 11/26/2011 at 3:42 PM #

    So does a new epic coach search thread start after the game regardless of the outcome or do we pick up on the current next coach thread?

  14. tjfoose1 11/26/2011 at 3:42 PM #

    Game is a microcosm of the season.

  15. bill.onthebeach 11/26/2011 at 3:43 PM #

    ^tj…. NP — doesn’t matter whether it’s FB or BB, a team’s personality is almost always a mirror image of the Head Coach. Fans of all flavors just want to be proud of their team and win most of the time. And yes, this team is “enigmatic”.

  16. Lumbeeindian17 11/26/2011 at 3:44 PM #

    We really are still in this one though…. I’m one of those die hard fans that doesn’t give up on a game until the clock says 0…. we’re only down 13 right???

  17. redcanine 11/26/2011 at 3:46 PM #

    Wolfpack ball? YES! Now, get into the damn endzone.

  18. tjfoose1 11/26/2011 at 3:46 PM #

    We have a chance… game and season will end same way

  19. Lumbeeindian17 11/26/2011 at 3:47 PM #

    WOLF!!!!!

  20. pakfanistan 11/26/2011 at 3:47 PM #

    Don’t tease me NC State….

  21. WolftownVA81 11/26/2011 at 3:47 PM #

    We have a chance on a recovered MD fumble.

  22. redcanine 11/26/2011 at 3:48 PM #

    did anyone see the fat guy pull his shirt over his head? Hilarious. hahaha

  23. pack76 11/26/2011 at 3:48 PM #

    Fumble!!! Okay, here we go!!!

  24. bill.onthebeach 11/26/2011 at 3:49 PM #

    PACK !! it ain’t over, yet

  25. Lumbeeindian17 11/26/2011 at 3:49 PM #

    YES WE DO WOLFTOWN

Leave a Reply