Just starting up an "all-hands" review on what you guys think of our football program as far as coming out this season in the new 12-game ACC season...

Amato says that he's planning to take us to the ACC Championship game, COOL or BULL?

7/24/2006 2:03:04 PM

be prepared for a lot of "we suck" responses and shots at chuck.

honestly i don't feel that confident about making it to the ACC Championship this year, i can't help thinking we had a better overall squad last year, especially on D. behind the line on O, we're good to roll, but i'm worried about the lines and coaching on both sides of the ball

7/24/2006 2:08:47 PM

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"COOL or BULL?"

7/24/2006 2:18:36 PM

you can read my thoughts in any of the other 4 threads about 06-07 NCSU football. The 07 is not necessary though, as we will not be playing on New Years day or thereafter.

7/24/2006 2:20:31 PM

Bull, however i'm not expecting anything this year

7/24/2006 2:20:47 PM

How many games does a coach usually have to lose, before he's replaced?

Just curious

7/24/2006 2:23:37 PM

the acc as a whole will be down this year, so that might help us out, but an acc title game stretching it.....

watch out for clemson this year.

7/24/2006 2:24:46 PM

^^unless we go something like 4 and 8 or worse, amato will be back next year.

7/24/2006 2:25:54 PM

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"watch out for clemson this year."

Been hearing that like the last 5 years. Show me something. They are a lot like us, loads of talent, little results. They also are like us in that they will beat the best teams (FSU, Miami, VT) and lose to the shitty ones like Wake and UNC.

7/24/2006 2:47:21 PM

^they looked really good at points last year....and they didn't lose that much (in terms of players).

7/24/2006 3:02:27 PM

Watch out for Clemson's version of Jay Davis...4 years of Whitehurst now they think the savior is coming in. We all know that replacing a 4 year QB doesn't always go as planned.

Expectations are so high for clemson that if it doesn't go well...I expect Boos in Death Valley.

7/24/2006 3:08:56 PM

clemson will win the division, and play in the title game.

7/24/2006 3:14:24 PM

mediocrity

7/24/2006 3:15:42 PM

4 wins

7/24/2006 3:17:19 PM

^^describes the whole acc this year

[Edited on July 24, 2006 at 3:17 PM. Reason : ^]

7/24/2006 3:17:34 PM

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"4 wins"

I'd put up a wager saying they get more than that.

7/24/2006 3:18:34 PM

i really think we'll get somewhere around 8 wins, not including bowl.

7/24/2006 3:22:49 PM

We'll do a hell of a lot better than most people think.

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"Watch out for Clemson's version of Jay Davis...4 years of Whitehurst now they think the savior is coming in. We all know that replacing a 4 year QB doesn't always go as planned"

It's a bit easier when your entire OLine returns (14 of the top 15 offensive linemen from last year's team return this season - only loss was a 2nd stringer last year) and your RBs are more proven than ours were 2 years ago.
Clemson will be good this year.

7/24/2006 3:24:10 PM

i'm with packboozie... i dont see clemson doin anything special

7/24/2006 3:24:34 PM

6-6

7/24/2006 3:28:54 PM

losing to UNC for the 3rd straight year

7/24/2006 4:03:49 PM

^ i don't see it happening

7/24/2006 4:06:09 PM

orange bowl victory

7/24/2006 4:07:21 PM

^^ i didn't see it happening last year or the year before...but hey.

7/24/2006 5:07:55 PM

^^^What is funny is that Carolina will have a better team this year than they have the past 2 seasons when they beat us.

7/24/2006 5:10:34 PM

5-7 or 6-6

7/24/2006 5:11:21 PM

im tellin yall, 7 wins or Chuck is goneeeee. Straight from the belly of the beast.
this does include bowl game though.

Clemson naaa i dont see them doin too much this year, although Miami and FSU will dominate especially with their rookie QB's a year older, stronger and wiser.

7/24/2006 5:23:57 PM

my thoughts.

1) our offense can only get better
2) our defensive talent is not where it has been the past two years, but if they give a consistent effort, they will be just as effective. It all depends on if they are going to take games off (like Wake and UNC) or if they decide to "show up".

7/24/2006 5:42:24 PM

I think we'll be decent this year. O-line should improve, as should the rest of the offense. WR is a question mark again this year. Defense won't be top-10 like the last two seasons, but I don't think it'll drop off nearly as much as some people think. I feel pretty good about our secondary, and we'll have plenty of size and talent on the D-line still...

I'm thinking we could be pretty good in '07. We have a lot of youth on both sides that may need some experience, and we'll have either a senior leader in Stone or fresh talent in Burke.

7/24/2006 5:55:05 PM

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"i didn't see it happening last year or the year before...but hey"

I know, but... I just don't wanna be depressed about it anymore.

7/24/2006 6:04:13 PM

6-6 and average.

7/24/2006 9:40:43 PM

well 1 thing is certain...

Amato is rock solid about his thoughts on the team. he even defined last year as the "most successful season" that hes been a part of.

check out his interview on gopack.com @ media day.

i guess its good that he has confidence, sometimes i just seems he lacks common sense.

7/24/2006 11:24:44 PM

all i know is that those cocky fags from UNC are going to get crushed by the Irish on my birthday!

7/25/2006 12:31:04 AM

haha thats awesome

7/25/2006 12:31:29 AM

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"I know, but... I just don't wanna be depressed about it anymore. "

7/25/2006 12:59:44 AM

A winning record will satisfy me as long as we beat UNC for once so I can quit hearing about it for the love of god.

7/25/2006 12:59:50 AM

^ honestly, if we lost all the games but that one... i could mark the season up in the W column

7/25/2006 1:02:08 AM

its amazing how tough state fans are. amato has done wonders for our program. this years team is gonna surprise a lot of people.... the expectations (minus the arrival of amato) remind me of '00.

7/25/2006 2:33:24 AM

paging fabalus for the 411 on chuck's required win total to stay afloat

7/25/2006 3:29:29 AM

^^It's not that the fans are tough, but after having a top ten offense one year, then the number one defense the next, it just gets very frustrating knowing how much talent we've had in here the last 10 years

7/25/2006 8:21:05 AM

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"im tellin yall, 7 wins or Chuck is goneeeee. Straight from the belly of the beast. this does include bowl game though. "

except we won't be able to make a bowl with 6 wins this year, because one of those wins will most likely come from a IAA team

7/25/2006 8:53:47 AM

http://www.heraldsun.com//sports/18-754965.html

Picked last in the division. WTF?

7/25/2006 10:14:32 AM

i think its very much possible to finish last in our division this year
if the offense doesnt click and the D doesnt step
we are in a lose lose situation

7/25/2006 10:42:39 AM

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"Here's why Duke sometimes is called a football graveyard -- the Devils have had just three seasons of winning more than six games (1988 and '89 under Steve Spurrier and 1994 under Fred Goldsmith) in the last 42 years. "

HAHA, wow . . . that must be awful. Maybe Duke should go to 1AA

[Edited on July 25, 2006 at 10:47 AM. Reason : ]

7/25/2006 10:47:09 AM

i tried not to have any expectations this year, but after reading everything, i think i do. here's my take

our schedule allows us to win more. with 4 non-conference games, we have 3 gimme wins, i'm worried about the southern miss game, just a feeling. so thats 3 wins so far. between wake, maryland, uva, and carolina, we will be evenly or closely matched. i say we win 2, or maybe 3 of those games. 5 wins so far (thinking worst case). FSU and BC will be the tougher games, even though they are at home, not sure about these. but for some reason we step it up against FSU, between these 2 games and clemson, 1 more win.

summary:
6 wins, dissappointed
7 wins, eehh, there's always next year (my money is on 7 wins this season)
8 wins, i'll take it
9 wins, impressed

7/25/2006 10:54:23 AM

you just assumed we'd beat APP?????? Did you watch the Middle Tennessee game last year?

7/25/2006 11:07:25 AM

Its easy to figure out this team...just look at the schedule:

Appalachian State - W
Akron - W
@Southern Mississippi - W
Boston College - L
Florida State - L
Wake Forest - W
@Maryland - L
@Virginia - W
Georgia Tech - L
Clemson - L
@North Carolina - W
East Carolina - W

6-6 (3-5) probably good enough for 4th in the Division...we are so good at being 4th, why not.

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"^ honestly, if we lost all the games but that one... i could mark the season up in the W column "

I'd be happy with 2-10 as long as the wins were UNC and Maryland.

[Edited on July 25, 2006 at 11:13 AM. Reason : .]

7/25/2006 11:11:39 AM

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"we have 3 gimme wins,"

Bullshit. We have ONE gimme win. That is ASU.

Akron is a VERY good team, their QB will play in the NFL, and ECU is a lot better under Skippy Holtz.

Hell just read this: http://www.gozips.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=47122&SPID=4319&DB_OEM_ID=10800&ATCLID=507605

Now tell me how good you feel about the Akron game. MAC champs and are ranked HIGHER than us in 3 out the 4 publications mentioned.

7/25/2006 11:49:29 AM

I'd bet it is more like this:

Appalachian State - W
Akron - W
@Southern Mississippi - W
Boston College - L
Florida State - W
Wake Forest - L
@Maryland - L
@Virginia - W
Georgia Tech - L
Clemson - W
@North Carolina - L
East Carolina - W

7/25/2006 11:55:34 AM

^ If our season ends up looking like that next year, Chuck won't be the only one receiving heat from the fans and alumni (even with the expanded stadium)...

7/25/2006 12:20:24 PM