nate irving being out is the sole reason we have more than two losses on the year.

11/23/2008 12:46:39 AM

^Irving being out + RW's concussion I'd say.

11/23/2008 12:49:22 AM

Quote :

"I constantly see comments like the Carolina Board saying, "wait, don't they have a horrible defense" or people bringing up how statistically bad we are without any mention of how many people we've had out. I would almost guarantee that the majority of fans of other ACC schools just thought we were a bad team."

so carolina fans are your barometer of the national voice now??

as for the majority of acc fans, i live in fl and work in engineering so i know fsu, gt, clem and vt people and many of them have commented on how we have had so many injuries. also, the espn acc blog writer is ALWAYS talking about how many injuries we've had.

11/23/2008 12:49:30 AM

^^ i was joking, there were a lot of reasons, and they were not all injury related.

11/23/2008 12:50:09 AM

^

edit: I do honestly feel that if we had Nate Irving healthy the whole year that we would've won the BC, FSU, and Maryland games. I know that's a lot of credit to give one person but we look different with him out there.

[Edited on November 23, 2008 at 12:56 AM. Reason : edit for content.]

11/23/2008 12:50:52 AM

WE RUN THIS SHIT

OUR STATE

11/23/2008 12:58:56 AM

i'd be more inclined to say that about clem johnson. byers missed a whole lot of tackles over the season

11/23/2008 1:02:39 AM

TOB bent Butch over his knee and spanked him because he is his daddy.

11/23/2008 1:14:16 AM

http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?SID=1144&CID=880345

wilson gets a mention on rivals.com winners/losers section. good to see we are starting to get some (positive) national attention

11/23/2008 1:53:49 AM

Hey you guys remember when UNC beat us a few years ago when we weren't even ranked, and they rushed the field?


Yeah, no rivalry there.

[Edited on November 23, 2008 at 3:24 AM. Reason : don't think we were ranked anyway, if we were it wasn't high]

11/23/2008 3:13:04 AM

UNC is a joke at football... lol choo choo isn't walking through that door... pull up the all time record and play down the WWII stats all you want, UNC is our bitch, and Tom O'brien will keep it that way.

11/23/2008 4:25:33 AM

From the Losers section of the Rivals.com Winners/Losers:

Quote :

"North Carolina quarterbacks. Quarterbacks weren't North Carolina's only problems against N.C. State, but they sure didn't help. Butch Davis re-opened the competition between former starter T.J. Yates and Cameron Sexton, who had the hot hand in four wins. Neither was effective against the Wolfpack. Yates started and was 10-of-22 with a pick. Sexton entered the game in the fourth quarter and threw two picks."

Somehow that sounds EXACTLY like our old Evans vs Beck situation.

11/23/2008 4:50:46 AM

http://blogs.newsobserver.com/accnow/video-nc-state-unc
This gets really good at about the 3:14 point.

11/23/2008 7:19:12 AM

11/23/2008 7:57:48 AM

good win.

you couldn't pay me to start Spencer though.

he should get picked up by Seattle

11/23/2008 8:24:35 AM

I knew this thread would be long but holy shit

11/23/2008 8:39:49 AM

Owen is a tough case, because the guy can flat out run and runs great routes, gets open......he just seems to drop half of his balls.

I'd be way more inclined to keep encouraging him and also get him on some hand and arm strength routines...he's a pretty lean guy.

But what you don't do out of frustration is just cut a young kid like that with tons of promise.

11/23/2008 8:51:14 AM

Quote :

"I cannot emphasize enough how awesome it is to not just think, but know that next week our team will give just as good an effort as they did the previous."

yeah, kind of like how they gave so much effort last season against Maryland when a bowl game was on the line?

11/23/2008 9:03:54 AM

I wouldn't be all that surprised to lose to Miami.

I can guarantee that we won't get shut out tho.

11/23/2008 9:28:41 AM

^I heard it straight from the mouths of several players that they did not want to practice anymore or go to a bowl, therefore tanked against MD

I don't think that will be their mindset this time around, different attitude right now.

11/23/2008 9:29:24 AM

Quote :

"I heard it straight from the mouths of several players that they did not want to practice anymore or go to a bowl, therefore tanked against MD"

why the hell would anyone think like this. Hell, pride alone should make them want to have a winning season. Not to mention all the free shit the players get with a bowl game.

11/23/2008 9:39:50 AM

anyone know if this is going to be re-aired or not? ESPNU or anything?

i forgot to DVR it yesterday.


OH and next week against THE U is at NOON. Fuckers.

11/23/2008 9:45:38 AM

WHERE IS THAT FAGGOT, WUT? LOL!!!!!!!111

11/23/2008 9:49:16 AM

He was here on page 40 or 41 trying to troll out the "non-rivalry" argument.

11/23/2008 9:50:59 AM

by the way can we get Nate Irving a raise?

11/23/2008 9:51:19 AM

a quote from the Inside Carolina board, oh man they are melting down over there:

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" Posted: Yesterday 5:00 PM RE: Was that last TD by State really necessary? MOOu could've hung 50 on us if it wasn't for their WR dropping touchdown passes.... who really cares, this team......sigh....i just don't even care"

11/23/2008 9:53:10 AM

Quote :

"by the way can we get Nate Irving a raise?"

Willie deserves a bonus!

11/23/2008 9:55:21 AM

^^I got a good laugh out of the accidental fagginess of

Quote :

"yes we deserved it. Good for the peckers ! shove it down our throats like that. I want them to taste this for a long time. "

Another good one:

Quote :

"If Butch leaves maybe we can get TOB."

[Edited on November 23, 2008 at 9:59 AM. Reason : .]

11/23/2008 9:57:47 AM

It will be really interesting to see what happens next week at 3:30 on ESPNU. Duke has put up some good games against the holes recently, maybe this is they year they take back the bell? That would be fucking hilarious.

11/23/2008 10:09:08 AM

GO DOOK. There will be an epic meltdown in chapel hill if they can pull it out.

11/23/2008 10:13:30 AM

Quote :

"this quote from UNC's Cooter Arnold at UNC's Monday presser: On the UNC-NCSU rivalry games - "They are real competitive. To them it's like a championship game for them to beat us. And right now, with the way we're going, they're looking to mess up what we've got going and we're not going to let them do that." ***** Some Quotes From Eugene: "That's the o-line. Anybody can run behind that. They really just dominated the defensive front. I don't even know if they really wanted to play today. Towards the end of the game, it seems like they kind of gave up. The oline just beat them to sleep really." "They've been doing a lot of talking throughout the week, talking about this is our championship game and stuff like that. We're just trying to take it a game at a time and win each game. They've been hyped up so much by the media that they forgot who they really are and who they were playing. The oline came and showed them what it was.""

11/23/2008 10:18:13 AM

haha give Eugene a raise too!

11/23/2008 10:34:22 AM

I dont get where some of them are saying we ran up the score. You shouldnt call off the dogs until you get a comfortable lead, which Id say was 31-10. We pretty much ran the ball the rest of the game, which resulted in a FG and a TD after getting the ball on their 2. Thats not running up the score...what should we have done, taken a knee 3 times and punted the rest of the game?

11/23/2008 10:56:48 AM

Quote :

"They've been hyped up so much by the media that they forgot who they really are and who they were playing"

11/23/2008 10:56:49 AM

oh shit, when you think those faggots can't get any stupider

"need rule against stripping the ball "

http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=78&f=1408&t=3451163

LOL! We they probably want a rule against running the football too.

11/23/2008 11:09:26 AM

That is pathetic.

I love how he's getting totally flamed for being an obvious pussy.

11/23/2008 11:17:20 AM

yeah atleast he is getting flamed for it, I don't think I could even make up that kind of bullshit.

11/23/2008 11:20:06 AM

haha @ that guy

to their credit it does just seem to be the one guy that feels that way, but damn if that was posted here, i wouldnt put it past the mods to suspend him for stupidity

11/23/2008 11:21:22 AM

Quote :

"http://blogs.newsobserver.com/accnow/video-nc-state-unc This gets really good at about the 3:14 point."

lmao!!!! definitely worth watching... thx idrive67

11/23/2008 11:23:12 AM

^ i love the 2:17 mark. pure class.

11/23/2008 11:34:50 AM

I love how it was basically a home game for us throughout most of the 4th quarter.

11/23/2008 11:40:28 AM

sorta felt that way the whole game actually

11/23/2008 11:42:01 AM

^yea you could barely hear them at the beginnng of the game

11/23/2008 11:43:25 AM

damn I need to find a replay of this game. Doesn't ESPNU run replays at like 3:30 in the morning of football games?

11/23/2008 11:45:05 AM

Quote :

"Owen is a tough case, because the guy can flat out run and runs great routes, gets open......he just seems to drop half of his balls. I'd be way more inclined to keep encouraging him and also get him on some hand and arm strength routines...he's a pretty lean guy. But what you don't do out of frustration is just cut a young kid like that with tons of promise."

I am glad someone in this thread has damn sense

11/23/2008 11:55:15 AM

Great Picture. I love how they were running in the endzone while the game was still going on.

11/23/2008 12:06:48 PM

11/23/2008 12:14:05 PM

Quote :

"Quote : "I heard it straight from the mouths of several players that they did not want to practice anymore or go to a bowl, therefore tanked against MD" why the hell would anyone think like this. Hell, pride alone should make them want to have a winning season. Not to mention all the free shit the players get with a bowl game."

I could see some of Chucks undisciplined players doing something like that since TOB probably works them a lot harder and holds them accountable for their mistakes, practices probably were a lot harder and worse for them than under Amato, especially if they never bought into TOB's system and style.

TOB had to, and continues to clean house and get rid of players that have the wrong mindset or aren't contributing like they should, i.e. the players that transferred or were removed from the team in the past, and now with Curtis Crouch

[Edited on November 23, 2008 at 12:18 PM. Reason : not that I believe that's what happened, but I could see it]

11/23/2008 12:15:36 PM

[Edited on November 23, 2008 at 12:22 PM. Reason : ]

11/23/2008 12:21:36 PM

haha 41-10...wtf...how the hell did that happen anyways

11/23/2008 12:22:44 PM