First rule of Sports Talk

11/11/2015 2:25:47 PM

Never respond to E Man?

11/11/2015 2:29:14 PM

ok after researching the stone ages of nc state football. I'd say a chance for arguably our best season since the 70s.

[Edited on November 11, 2015 at 2:31 PM. Reason : holy shit we were dominant in football and basketball at the same time]

[Edited on November 11, 2015 at 2:38 PM. Reason : im such a troll for comparing this to the dream season of 1910]

11/11/2015 2:31:08 PM

wow. that's awesome. 9-3, at best, with an invite to a second tier bowl game. best. season. ever. man our football program really does completely suck.

11/11/2015 2:59:32 PM

for some reason, I always thought that gator bowl year was our best season ever. I guess because of my age, I never thought about the conference championships in the 50s 60s and 70s. One thing about me is that I'll provide full disclosure and transparency when I'm wrong. You can't say that about many posters.

11/11/2015 3:06:06 PM

Our best season ever would be a nice turnaround from our worst season ever just 2 years ago

11/11/2015 3:41:54 PM

^^ this is true. I for one admire his objectivity. And to be honest, in football do you really count the ACC before FSU joined? So I wouldnt say you were fundamentally incorrect E man, although I might throw in that year that P. Riv beat the shit out of that other Wolf Padck team as the best

[Edited on November 11, 2015 at 6:21 PM. Reason : d]

11/11/2015 6:20:41 PM

Trolls feeding trolls.

P Rivers season in 2002-2003 when we beat ND in the Gator Bowl for our only double digit win season is easily our best season in modern history. We don't have a chance at 11 wins nor a top 12 ranking so STFU Earl.

11/11/2015 7:58:57 PM

sorry, not Wolf Pack, was thinking of Nevada, but it's New Mexico instead, I agree, with that win that was the best season. However not getting blown out by Ohio State AND beating Texas Tech and UConn the following year was pretty big

[Edited on November 11, 2015 at 11:20 PM. Reason : d]

11/11/2015 11:19:26 PM

I agree with Rivers' junior season being our best season in recent memory. Seems pretty obvious, since we haven't won a conference championship since the late 70s so it's all about wins, and 11 is the most. Ultimately it's about wins and losses. Like how our 8 conference losses 2 years ago were our worst season in school history.

11/11/2015 11:39:31 PM

Quote :

"...but the simple fact that I can make that statement says a lot"

11/11/2015 11:44:11 PM

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"P Rivers season in 2002-2003 when we beat ND in the Gator Bowl for our only double digit win season is easily our best season in modern history. We don't have a chance at 11 wins nor a top 12 ranking so STFU Earl. "

i agree...but i'd also like to point out that we did play 13 regular season games + a bowl that year...so the 11 wins is somewhat inflated. but, yeah, it's still our best season in recent history.

11/12/2015 7:43:14 AM

I would argue playing up to 10 wins in a tough division is a better season than playing down to 11 wins in a shitty conference but I know most people here wouldn't buy that so I'm not even going to put it out there.

11/12/2015 10:04:24 AM

hopefully they will learn one day

11/12/2015 11:35:18 AM

the division isnt tough

its top heavy

11/12/2015 11:51:47 AM

I read somewhere that we haven't had an opponent called for an offensive hold all season. I'm pretty sure our front line isn't all that bad to not get a hold call.

11/15/2015 12:15:58 PM

^i definitely don't remember offensive holding being called in our favor this year. tbh, offensive holding seems to have hardly been called at all this year. it doesn't make sense, imo.

refs definitely missed blatant holds yesterday.

11/15/2015 12:23:12 PM

not gonna start the game thread, but 3:30 kick next week

11/22/2015 2:23:01 PM

^ I am excite. Hoping for good weather to end the tailgate season on.

11/22/2015 4:35:52 PM

http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/sec-football/sec-bowl-projections-week-12-2015/

Oh, you want some more bitches? We are much much better than we were last time. Like the Dome, the place would be 80% orange.

11/22/2015 7:48:21 PM

^ I'm sorry that your team has to go to such a shitty bowl in Charlotte.

11/22/2015 8:03:27 PM

I know right, we need to play a softer schedule yo

11/22/2015 8:11:25 PM

If that played out, I'd definitely be rooting for muh Vawls. If Tennessee lost in football to State in the CecilsCockRing.com Bowl, you'd leave TWW forever.

11/22/2015 8:27:03 PM

Has anyone heard anything about Burris's injury? Definitely need him against UNC

11/23/2015 10:34:14 AM

I think we have a chance of keeping this close. Our offense won't have trouble running on UNC. I think our D line is one of the best units they have played this year.

11/23/2015 10:47:29 AM

I don't think it's a stretch to say we're one of the best (possibly even the best at this point) teams UNC has faced this year, and that's really, really sad.

11/23/2015 11:07:24 AM

^^^burris sounds like he'll play

^yeah...by no means are we all that good, but we'll be probably as tough of a test as they've face all year. especially since it's in raleigh. i think we have a better home field advantage than pitt did.

11/23/2015 2:37:51 PM

Eh, UNC has played a weak ass schedule, but I'd argue that VT and Pitt are better teams then our squad. We lost to VT with their starting QB out and Pitt just beat Louisville.

[Edited on November 23, 2015 at 3:52 PM. Reason : .]

11/23/2015 3:52:05 PM

That game at VT was their toughest of the season. VT had all the emotion with it being Beamer's last home game and them fighting to keep that pointless bowl streak alive.

UNC's season, outside of the INTs in the SC game, has played out perfectly. The only preseason "good" team in the Coastal, GT, shat the bed massively, only Pitt stepped up and that is with a 1st year coach and it's best player (Conner) out for the season, and everyone else was average to bad. That could never happen for State.

11/23/2015 5:15:50 PM

VT is definitely better than us. And UNC-CH just beat them in one of the toughest atmospheres they could play them in. Not feeling good about this game.

11/23/2015 5:42:20 PM

VT is awful. A good atmosphere doesn't make up for a bad team and questionable coaching (Beamer should have retired already).

Luckily this is a rivalry game so we should make it closer than it should be.

11/23/2015 5:47:41 PM

Agreed.

We will dominate them. They still cannot stop the run and their offense is suspect upfront.

They've played terribly bad defenses. Hopefully Hux dials up more of those same formations and lineman splits that threw them off so bad last year.

11/23/2015 8:53:00 PM

^^I didnt say they were good. They are pretty bad, especially their offense. I said they were better than us. As shown when the whooped us in October.

Considering that UNC-CH was beating them pretty convincingly until their QB made a bunch of terrible plays in the final 2 minutes, I would be surprised if we keep this within 3 scores. But you never know with rivalry games.

[Edited on November 24, 2015 at 12:09 PM. Reason : ^ VTs defense is actually pretty good.]

11/24/2015 12:09:01 PM

VT won so they'll probably steal our game from muh Vawls in Charlotte, looks like its off to ?Shreveport

11/28/2015 3:39:24 PM

I wonder if Dayes will think about the nfl draft after dealing with his injury this year. Seems like he would get drafted.

11/29/2015 5:37:59 PM

I think the Military Bowl will make a strong play for NC State if the Hokies go to the Belk Bowl.

If that happens, I'll give y'all a long post on what to do, where to stay, and where to eat in the area.

11/29/2015 8:14:14 PM

Would rather play a P5 team. Interesting thing is if we beat a P5 team in a bowl game it will probably be the best win of DD's career.

11/29/2015 8:50:25 PM

yeah i'd rather play a p5 team too.

and according to this, it looks like duke has a better shot at the military bowl than we do.

http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/nc-state/state-now/article47086820.html

11/29/2015 8:52:32 PM

guys we're going to Shreveport or Detroit. either one is a fitting end to this season.

11/30/2015 9:00:52 AM

samuels and thuney 1st team all-acc
mike rose 2nd team

11/30/2015 3:15:43 PM

maybe Brissett can win Quick Lane Bowl MVP so he has something the announcers can praise him for from college when he's QBing the Oakland Raiders instead of "4th place ACC Atlantic"

11/30/2015 3:26:17 PM

^^I'll take it

11/30/2015 5:01:07 PM

All I want for Christmas is us not losing to a 5-7 San Jose State team in our bowl game.

12/6/2015 9:03:00 AM

Just saw they might have us going to the military bowl to play against Navy. That probably wouldn't turn out well for us

12/6/2015 9:11:03 AM

yeah i don't wanna play navy. they should definitely beat us and it's not a very appealing matchup. i'd rather go to detroit or shreveport and play a P5 team...even if we lose, seems like a more appealing/interesting matchup

12/6/2015 9:54:10 AM

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"Just saw they might have us going to the military bowl to play against Navy. That probably wouldn't turn out well for us"

Sad difference from the Philip Rivers days of 2002.

12/6/2015 10:32:17 AM

I'd rather play Navy than San Jose State. Y'all are making Navy out to be Bama or something. We'd probably be favored.

12/6/2015 10:49:12 AM

5-7 San Jose State really making a bowl? Way too many of them.

Tulsa is a better "name". Navy beats both.

12/6/2015 11:17:12 AM

they should have a bunch of mini playoffs instead of bowls.

12/6/2015 11:29:54 AM

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"I'd rather play Navy than San Jose State. Y'all are making Navy out to be Bama or something. We'd probably be favored."

for the sake of playing a "name" team, yeah i'd prefer Navy to SJSU. i'm not saying i don't wanna play navy because they're great, although i do think they're better than us. but what i was saying was that i'd prefer a SEC or B1G opponent (shreveport or detroit) simply for the name. not to mention, the extra practices in preparation for the bowl are not as important/helpful if you're prepping for an option offense that you may see at most once in 2016.

[Edited on December 6, 2015 at 1:54 PM. Reason : g]

12/6/2015 1:53:49 PM