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I think if we’re going to do a “Blackout” we need to go all the way with this; play with black uniforms at night and No Lights. That way we can all avoid watching Fugly football. đ
Now for my chance to show how little I have kept up with other schools over the last year.
UNLV (+24) @Arizona (Friday 8/29 10:30pm)
Rich Rod’s offense just isn’t working and now he needs to find replacements at key positions. UNLV is retooling and breaking in a new QB but has 2 really good WR’s to sling it to.
App. State (+34.5) @Michigan (Saturday 8/30 12:00pm)
Michigan’s offense has the potential to put up big points but you just never know if they’ll show up to do that. I know nothing about App St but I’m venturing a guess they can keep it under 5 TD’s.
Georgia Southern (+22.5) @NC State (12:30pm)
If there’s one thing we know it’s that State couldn’t do squat with the ball last year. I’m not saying they won’t be able to figure it out but to expect Brissett and the rest of the team to do so in the first game is just too much.
Clemson (+8) @Georgia (5:30pm)
I’ve got to pick this one for the wife’s sake, or should I say for mine. She’d kill me if I didn’t pick her beloved Bulldogs. This time though I agree. Clemson is having to replace way too many parts to have their stuff together for an opening game between the hedges.
Wisconsin (+4.5) LSU (9:00pm)
The Mad Hatter. Big Lights. You know something crazy is going to happen. LSU just has better athletes than the Badgers and with Cam Cameron as OC I see points being put up on the board. Wisconsin just won’t be able to match LSU’s speed and thus keep close enough.
I want to point out something for everyone and it’s not a knock on Brissett just want to put him in the context of recent history at NC State.
We all know State has had 3 future starting NFL QB’s on the team since 2000. So what has State done in conference when you compare those 3 QB’s (Rivers, Wilson, Glennon) and everyone else?
(Rivers)
2000: 4-4
2001: 4-4
2002: 5-3
2003: 4-42004: 3-5
2005: 3-5
2006: 2-6
2007: 3-5(Wilson)
2008: 4-4
2009: 2-6
2010: 5-3(Glennon)
2011: 4-4
2012: 4-42013: 0-8
PR/RW/MG: 36-36 (.500)
Everyone Else: 11-29 (.275)So even with future starting NFL QB’s State has been .500 and down right awful without them. Football is a team game and yadda yadda yadda. This shows what the coaches have failed to put on the field and only the saving grace of extremely talented QB’s has prevented State from being a doormat the entire time.
What does this mean for Brissett? We know there’s very little talent or depth surrounding him for 2014 so please don’t expect this team to do better than 2 ACC wins unless Brissett shows future NFL talent that hasn’t been seen on the field yet. Even Russell Wilson went 2-6 in 2009 with an underperforming team.
Pat Forde (Yahoo Sports)
UNC professor blasts university and its athletic heroes in defense of Rashad McCantsJay Smith has had enough of the vilification of Rashad McCants.
Smith, a North Carolina history professor who is co-authoring a book titled “Cheated: The UNC Scandal, the Education of Athletes, and the Future of Big-Time College Sports,” emailed me Saturday. He was angry about comments he read in my Thursday column from Dean Smith-era Tar Heels who were critical of McCants in the wake of his allegations of academic fraud during his 2002-05 tenure as a basketball player at the school.
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Smith believes that instead of the backlash on McCants, more attention should be paid to coach Roy Williams and his staff. In particular, Williams’ longtime academic counselor, who came with him from Kansas to North Carolina in 2003. Wayne Walden’s name has been in the news since 2012, but Smith believes there should be more scrutiny of his role at UNC.
“When Roy Williams came here from Kansas, he brought with him the team academic counselor who had served him so well at Kansas: Wayne Walden,” Smith wrote. “He regarded Walden as such a vital contributor to the good fortunes of his teams that he was practically moved to tears when Walden departed in 2009. Walden knew every detail about the academic lives of those players; he had to. He registered them for their courses, for crying out loud. [And that means he got on the phone with the Department of African and Afro-American Studies and he put them in paper classes.] Walden also spoke with Williams every day; he had to. Williams’ claim that he had no earthly idea that his players were floating along on paper classes â and that he never would have guessed that one of his stars was enrolled in four no-show classes in the spring of 2005 â is nothing more than a confidence trick. He’s counting on the customary journalistic favoritism, and journalists’ amazing lack of curiosity, to enable him to tell this whopper and walk away with his aura intact. We’ll see if that works.”
Does anyone know if he can play defense?
If he can I’m sure MG will fix that before he sees the court.
Here’s my 2 cents, and I’m sure many have heard me say this before, but my gripe is with the home schedule vs. the cost associated with attending (LTR/Season tickets/Parking Pass/Gas/Time) and year after year I’m consistently on the short end of the stick. In fact I’m bent over a barrel while the admin uses said stick. You take away all the crap of TOB, lack of talent, finances, yadda yadda yadda, and just look at the home games those in attendence are forking over money for and can anyone honestly say you’ve gotten your money’s worth since the last time SoCar came to Raleigh? As I’ve gotten older, as my kids are getting older, the progressively worse gameday atmosphere being promoted by this school, and as the product on the field has gotten worse and the quality of competition at Carter-Finely has as well, I’m at the point I can honestly say if I stopped buying tickets I’d barely care about NC State football. That’s how bad it’s gotten, for me at least. Not to mention if you want to know the real market value of NC State football games you need to look no further than what people are able to resell their tickets for. So to conclude, while I know Yow has a plan, I don’t agree with all of it, mainly the lack of attention being placed on the paying customers.
The delusionally optimistic are excited at the start of every season. All too often, that excitement is extremely short-lived.
Something about last year finally pushed me out of the delusionally optimistic group.
I’m pretty sure the Notre Dame games were set up by the ACC in the deal with ND, who is required to play X number of ACC teams every year. So again, it wasn’t NC State who set up a game against a Power 5 team.
“Like something youâd expect from a novel about a bureaucratically-controlled, dystopian future or something.”
Future??
Dark Helmet: What the hell am I looking at?! When does this happen in the movie?!
Colonel Sandurz: “Now”. You’re looking at “now”, sir. Everything that happens now is happening “now”.
Dark Helmet: What happened to “then”?
Colonel Sandurz: We passed “then”.
Dark Helmet: When?
Colonel Sandurz: Just now. Were at “now,” now.
Dark Helmet: Go back to “then”!
Colonel Sandurz: When?
Dark Helmet: Now!
Colonel Sandurz: Now?
Dark Helmet: Now!
Colonel Sandurz: I can’t.
Dark Helmet: Why?!
Colonel Sandurz: We missed it.
Dark Helmet: When?!
Colonel Sandurz: Just now.
Dark Helmet: … When will “then” be “now”?
Colonel Sandurz: Soon.1.21 Gigawatts to be so young you sure write like an old bitter man.
The only bitterness I have is being a paying customer (LTR/Season ticket holder) and getting shat on by the very people who’s product I pay to watch. As for the rest, well that’s just being realistic after 21 years of being a State fan, following since Robinson, O’Cain, Sendek, Amato, Lowe, and TOB. Plus if anyone can’t see the piss poor talent level on the team left by TOB and is sitting there with delusions of grandeur that State will be anything but a bottom feeder for at least 3 seasons then they are not living in reality and I’ve got some beach front property in Kansas to sell them.
1.21 depends on definition of âsuckâ. You conceding the season this soon?
Here’s my comment from the thread about State possibly making a bowl game this year and nothing has happened in the few weeks since that has changed my mind.
I personally will not drink the (Back-up/Transfer) Brissett Kool-Aid after tasting the (WR-turned-QB) Mitchell Kool-Aid last year. This team just may be better than last year but this schedule doesnât hold many test to prove it. So please forgive me if I donât jump on the bandwagon pulled by flying unicorns farting rainbows as to the summer outlook for the upcoming season and achieving the magical 6 win total to travel to the Beef OâBrady Bowl. It frankly doesnât take much more than Tee-ball level talent to reach 5 wins this season, i.e. having one key player better than everyone else on the field.
So no I haven’t conceded the season already but I sure as heck ain’t expecting the same crappy team from last year to magically improve, no matter how much better Brissett is compared to Mitchell/Thomas. As for Doeren, he didn’t have the unrealistic high first season to get me giddy with anticipation (i.e. put on my rose colored glasses) and thus he has to earn my praise by producing a quality product on the field. I’ll give praise to players and coaches alike when they go out there and show me they deserve it; just for the record getting to 6 wins with this year’s schedule will not equal a quality product. Until then I will continue to base my assumptions of this year’s team solely off of last year’s product.
Nice catch. Donât forget GT and WF as well, it must be because they scheduled 8 home games the year before or after the 6 home game season right??
Louisville 2013 (7 home games) 2014 (6) 2015 (7) NOPE
Wake Forest 2013 (6) 2014 (6) 2015 (6) NOPE
Georgia Tech 2013 (7) 2014 (6) 2015 (6) NOPE
North Carolina 2013 (7) 2014 (6) 2015 (??) NOPE 2 games on books: 1 Home (Illinois) 1 Neutral (So.Carolina)Doesnât North Carolina know they have to schedule wins to give them a chance at making the Beef OâBrady Bowl?? Why would anyone schedule a BCS team, let alone 2 BCS teams in the same season?!?!
I could care less about the helmets. They could all have uniforms dressed like the Legion of Doom, it’s still not going to change the fact we suck.
Here are Stateâs 3 football âtraditionsâ
1. Replace last yearâs lame gameday âtraditionsâ with this yearâs new lame gameday âtraditionsâ.
2. Wasting seasons with NFL talent QBâs.
3. Screwing over season ticket holders and generally insulting those who are in attendance.To be fair, it looks like we are moving away from Tradition #2!
While getting stronger with #1 & #3. Of course if we move much further away from #2 we won’t have to worry about 1 & 3 anymore, there won’t be anyone willing to pay to continue watching a dumpster fire.
Here are State’s 3 football “traditions”
1. Replace last year’s lame gameday “traditions” with this year’s new lame gameday “traditions”.
2. Wasting seasons with NFL talent QB’s.
3. Screwing over season ticket holders and generally insulting those who are in attendance.Incident report reveals details in Jameis Winston crab leg theft
Jameis Winston has been reinstated to the Florida State baseball team after completing the community service, but new details from the crab leg incident have surfaced that suggest a less-than-innocent mistake.
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via Tallahassee.com:
Sgt. Benedict informed me earlier video depicted Mr. Winston placing the order and leaving the store. Mr. Winston proceeded from the seafood counter to the rear of the store. He walked north through the rear aisle, stopping at the dairy case. Mr. Winston selected a stick of butter from the dairy case and walked toward the front of the store. When Mr. Winston reached the front of the store, Deputy Graves was visible in front of Mr. Winston. Deputy Graves was working as security detail in the store in an off duty capacity at the time of the theft. Mr. Winston paused visibly near a series of sale bins and allowed Deputy Graves to pass in front of him. The pause appeared to be an attempt to avoid walking in front of Deputy Graves. Mr. Winston then walked behind Deputy Graves, passed all points of sale, and exited the store without paying for the merchandise. Mr. Winston did not approach any of the available checkout stands or complete any transaction in the store.
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In his statement last week, Winston blamed the incident on “youthful ignorance.”
I obviously haven’t seen the tape but that description sure doesn’t sound like “youthful ignorance”. If any local seafood business (of an opposing school playing at home against FSU) was smart they’d pass out Crab bibs for the game.
402 here but only because I still like my family…well, most of them.
126 hipsters for me. Was penalized for letting one go because he was in the crowd and for not owning a roller. I know what’s on my Christmas list.
Give me Maggie with her british accent and rosita as is.
I donât think you have to be PC to think Donald Sterling is a racist POS.
The nice thing about him is heâs out in the open about it. He doesnât hide it behind coded language.
So are you trying to imply anything?
I think he’s saying Politicians are POS. đ
I personally will not drink the (Back-up/Transfer) Brissett Kool-Aid after tasting the (WR-turned-QB) Mitchell Kool-Aid last year. This team just may be better than last year but this schedule doesn’t hold many test to prove it. So please forgive me if I don’t jump on the bandwagon pulled by flying unicorns farting rainbows as to the summer outlook for the upcoming season and achieving the magical 6 win total to travel to the Beef O’Brady Bowl. It frankly doesn’t take much more than Tee-ball level talent to reach 5 wins this season, i.e. having one key player better than everyone else on the field.
2013 Results for 2014 Teams
Presbyterian (3-8) 1AA
Georgia Southern (7-4) 1AA*
Old Dominion (8-4) 1AA*
@South Florida (2-10)
Wake Forest (4-8)
Boston College (7-6)
Georgia Tech (7-6)
@Syracuse (7-6)
@North Carolina (7-6)
@Clemson (11-2)
@Louisville (12-1)
Florida State (14-0)*Will be classified 1A in 2014
but a bowl appearance wouldnât be unrealistic.
Wait, so a bowl appearance requiring only 6 wins to go isn’t unrealistic when NC State plays Georgia Southern, Old Dominion, South Florida (2-10 last year), and Presbyterian? Sprinkle in home games against BC and WF and a trip to Syracuse.
Sure am glad we’re paying millions of dollars for this measure of success. Break out the checkbook boys, it’s time to raise Dues/Ticket Prices!!!!
And dagnabbit, You people better be in your seats the whole game or we’ll never beat these Titans of Football and miss out on the amazing destinations of the Detroit Lions or Birmingham Bowls.
This is ridiculous. Why do I continue to pay my LTRs is beyond me. Itâs a special form of insanity.
The sad thing is I’m in the same stupid boat as you. What’s worse is now that I can’t go every weekend we suck so bad I can’t even give away my tickets, let alone recover my cost against this beyond awful schedule.
This line about âI understand the complaints, in partial context,â Yow said, âbut we have to give ourselves a chance to be competitiveâ holds absolutely no water when you look at the teams we have scheduled in the future. Either they expect us to never improve from the dumpster fire we are currently in or they are lying to us.
You know how you can tell if someone is a runner?
Donât worry, they will tell you.
Yes, I’ll readily admit I am one of the ones who talk about running but it’s no different than anything else going on in my life: wife, kids, sports, dog, work, or any activity that I do. The key is like any conversation, keep to the subjects you have in common because people don’t want to hear a dissertation on a subject they could care less about. Heaven help you though if it’s a subject we have in common. đ
The average FF spread (ORtg-DRtg) over the last 11 years is 24.5 with the smallest spreads being 14.3 & 14.7 (2011 VCU & Butler).
Gottfried’s NCAAT Year Spreads (2004-Present):
2004 15.6 (E8)
2005 18.6 (R64)
2006 12.1 (R32)
2012 12.8 (S16)
2013 15.7 (R64)
2014 11.0 (R64)The number of teams that made the FF with a spread of 18.6 or less since 2004 = 6 (13.6%)
Gottfried’s NCAAT Year DRtg (2004-Present):
2004 97.6 (E8)
2005 97.9 (R64)
2006 100.1 (R32)
2012 97.1 (S16)
2013 98.4 (R64)
2014 102.8 (R64)The number of teams that made the FF with a DRtg of 97.1 or greater since 2004 = 1 (2.3%) [2014 Wisconsin]
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When you look at the last 10 years the national champion never had less than 114.2 ORtg (2011 UConn), a DRtg greater than 92.9 (2009 UNC), or a spread less than 22.5 (2011 UConn). The average over the last 10 years for the national champion has been ORtg 119.2, DRtg 90.0, Spread 29.2.So what does that mean for 2014 FF?
Well if no team with greater than a DRtg of 92.9 then you can eliminate Wisconsin (97.1) and Kentucky (96.7). If no team with less than a ORtg of 114.2 has won then you can eliminate UConn (111.6). You can also eliminate by a spread less than 22.5, Kentucky (21.3) and UConn (18.7). Sorry BJD, ShadowPack doesn’t have a chance.
So there you have it, your 2014 National Champion…Florida. (I reserve all rights to go back later and delete this if it doesn’t come true)
