As you can tell, we are still too depressed to spend much time harping on the dagger to the heart that we took yesterday. I am still emotionally and physically drained. ‘Miserable’ would be the more accurate description right now.
With this said, I am going to take a moment to turn your attention to our message forums if you are looking for some timely Wolfpack topics to discuss.
Of all the articles out there that I could’ve chosen to highlight today, I thought this one from Brett Friedlander might’ve done the best job of encapsulating why yesterday’s loss was so difficult for Wolfpackers – “Wolfpack’s demise began long before decisive punt return”.
The play everyone will remember for years to come is the 74-yard punt return by Giovani Bernard with 13 seconds remaining to give North Carolina a stunning 43-35 victory against N.C. State at Kenan Stadium on Saturday.
That, however, was only the final, dramatic exclamation point in a series of pivotal mistakes – many of them self-inflicted – that helped ended the Wolfpack’s five-game winning streak against the rival Tar Heels.
“It looked good, senior offensive guard R.J. Mattes said after it was all over. “We never capitalized when we should have,†senior offensive tackle R.J. Mattes said after it was all over. “We stalled in the fourth quarter, obviously. Even though that punt return cost us the game, that’s not what caused it. We didn’t capitalize when we should have.
If you are a real glutton for punishment, you can click here to try to count the penalties that Rob Cherry’s ACC Officiating crew missed on Gio Bernard’s punt return. I can’t bare to watch.
