I like their mascot symbol for us: a wolf wearing shades.

We got the #5 spot (the "big" team that was really bad last week spot). Although Duke beat us out with #4 (not a big team, legitimate #4).

Quote :

""Are you out of your Vulcan mind?": Pointing out that the MAC allows non-qualifiers in his news conference was an undeserved low blow by Chuck Amato. "

9/12/2006 10:47:44 PM

kiss my ass espn and sports illustrated.

we will be in another bowl game this year

9/12/2006 10:48:37 PM

Wow.

And Chuck isn't on the hot seat??

9/12/2006 10:48:40 PM

i was waiting for this.

9/12/2006 10:49:31 PM

LOL

9/12/2006 10:50:36 PM

Oh no! We suck again!

9/12/2006 10:51:44 PM

oh yeah

9/12/2006 10:54:20 PM

the tarholes at espn were salivating at the chance to put us on there, im sure

9/12/2006 10:54:48 PM

of course, blame it on the tarholes, instead of our stupid ass coach or that really sorry ass game we just played..

OMFG ITS A CONSPIRACY!!!!!

9/12/2006 10:56:58 PM

yes it's all a UNC conspiracy to expose the hidden fact that we suck

9/12/2006 10:57:31 PM

^, ^^ HEY YOU AREN'T A REAL STATE FAN

[Edited on September 12, 2006 at 10:57 PM. Reason : FDSQ]

9/12/2006 10:57:33 PM

its a well-known fact that there are quite a few tarholes placed throughout the media, especially at ESPN.

Stuart Scott anyone?

9/12/2006 10:58:37 PM

i'm sure he is the guy who does the Bottom 10 too, I bet he has complete control over sportscenter, i mean he went to UNC and that must mean he owns ESPN and can do whatever he wants!

[Edited on September 12, 2006 at 10:59 PM. Reason : .]

9/12/2006 10:59:32 PM

^^wow aren't you smart.

i'm glad we all know this now, because we didn't before

[Edited on September 12, 2006 at 10:59 PM. Reason : fsd]

9/12/2006 10:59:36 PM

AWWW we are a joke now


what are the odds

9/12/2006 11:01:04 PM

you guys got to get over this whole making a bowl crap...

what does that even mean? We won 6 games and have 30,000 students=lots of money...

9/12/2006 11:05:44 PM

Did Stuart Scott have anyput for this one?

#10 http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?page=bottom10042

9/12/2006 11:07:50 PM

werent we ranked in the bottom 10 in basketball last year at some point or the year before?


OH BUT THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT SAID HERB WAS GREAT STATE FANS ARE STUPID!!!


this doesnt mean shit. Akron isnt that bad. This is as much a blow to Akron as it is to NC State if you take it as "we're so bad we lost to that terrible MAC team"

9/12/2006 11:08:25 PM

I swear, I've said it before and I'll say it again, its fucking hilarious how the media keeps making this shit up about our coaches (Chuck now, and they did the EXACT same shit about Herb when he was here and we lost a game) even if the fans arent actually calling for his head. Then, after reading all about how terrible we are and how its all the coaches fault, the fans start to side with the media - who then flip the script and make us out to be such terrible fans

its all some bullshit media game

9/12/2006 11:13:55 PM

There is a real chance we could loose every game outside of ECU

9/12/2006 11:15:57 PM

The number 5 spot is reserved for a team that is good yet got embarrassed. Which we did.

I'm happy that we weren't one the number 6 or 7 spot, which is so much worse.

Seriously, can anyone here think of a BCS school which at least gets moderate national attention that lost in a bigger upset? This isn't any "tarheel bias"

9/12/2006 11:17:44 PM

haha, what a bitchin logo

i mean, obviously it's a shot at chuck, but nonetheless

9/12/2006 11:18:01 PM

From Forde Yard Dash...

Quote :

"Chuck Amato (27), NC State. Coach Chest is under fire in Raleigh and is handling it with a notable lack of grace. Two days after losing at home to Akron, Amato took a shot at the Zips for accepting academic nonqualifiers into the school. A loss to the Zips has Chuck Amato complaining."They're in a conference that allows nonqualifiers in school," Amato said during his weekly news conference, according to The Charlotte Observer. "Nonqualifiers. Do y'all need to look that one up to write your stories? " … Do you know what kind of players nonqualifiers are, usually? They're inversely proportional to what their grade-point average is. They can make a big difference." Right. Certainly a bigger difference than the facilities, ACC revenue and television exposure NC State receives. It's a wonder how the poor Wolfpack could even stay on the field with the mighty Zips and their horde of sketchy students. "

9/12/2006 11:24:14 PM

we have television exposure?

9/12/2006 11:27:18 PM

Quote :

"There is a real chance we could loose every game outside of ECU"

ECU has VASTLY improved from 2 years ago.

They will give us a game and it would not surprise me at all if they beat us.

9/12/2006 11:32:22 PM

Quote :

"A loss to the Zips has Chuck Amato complaining."They're in a conference that allows nonqualifiers in school," "

I'm not sticking up for chuck for the comment, but god damn.....he wasnt complaining about it. He was trying to shut up Chip Alexander, and now everyone in the god damn country thinks chuck was just spouting off at the mouth unprovoked. This is total bullshit.

9/12/2006 11:40:10 PM

Quote :

"ECU has VASTLY improved from 2 years ago."

I thought this was true for a while, but they will likely start 0-4, unless they can squeeze out a win against memphis.

edit: well yeah from 2 years ago, but they still aren't great

[Edited on September 12, 2006 at 11:41 PM. Reason : 1hgds]

9/12/2006 11:40:49 PM

Amato is a dickless piece of shit, who is full of nothing but excuses.
Who says these things. You'd almost think he was joking, but then you remember he has no shame.

http://www.newsobserver.com/122/story/485335.html

9/13/2006 12:03:08 AM

damn son....preach on it

9/13/2006 12:03:49 AM

Quote :

"the tarholes at espn were salivating at the chance to put us on there, im sure"

The Tar Holes at ESPN could give two shits. STOP WHINING.

That loss to Akron was a fucking train wreck. You DO NOT lose to a mid-major MAC team or a I-AA team.

"They won their conference" BLAH BLAH BLAH.

Its fucking AKRON. Embarrassing.

Chuck is getting what he deserves

[Edited on September 13, 2006 at 12:07 AM. Reason : :]

9/13/2006 12:05:10 AM

lets talk about the app state game some more since it was also in the past

fuck looking ahead to this weeks game

9/13/2006 12:06:05 AM

At least NCSU won that game.

9/13/2006 12:08:45 AM

true but thats not my point

9/13/2006 12:09:21 AM

^^^thats what i'm talking about FUCK THE FACT THAT ITS ONE GOD DAMN GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Edited on September 13, 2006 at 12:09 AM. Reason : ]

9/13/2006 12:09:35 AM

wheres earl when you need him & his undeserved sense of self accomplishment & nc state swagger?

9/13/2006 12:09:43 AM

^

he's booking his flight to Tempe for the Fiesta Bowl

9/13/2006 12:10:43 AM

this is the position where they put a good team that had a bad week. any team that obviouosly isnt bad that makes the bottom team is obviously good thats why they made the bottom 10. duke made the bottom 10 after a loss in basketball last year.

9/13/2006 12:11:13 AM

Also from ESPN.com

Quote :

"Off the Mark Bad coaching. NC State coach Chuck Amato is on the hot seat again after the Wolfpack lost to a team they should have beaten. Amato chased the officials after Akron scored its game-winning touchdown. He wanted officials to review the play, but the Wolfpack already had used their three timeouts, so Amato couldn't challenge the play. Once again, NC State was ruined by stupid penalties. After Marcus Stone threw an 11-yard touchdown to Jamelle Eugene to go ahead 17-14 with 1:07 to play, the Wolfpack were penalized 15 yards for excessive celebration. That penalty allowed Akron to return the kickoff to its 33-yard line and set up its game-winning drive. It was the worst loss of Amato's mediocre tenure, which says a lot. In his six seasons, Amato has lost to North Carolina three times and Wake Forest twice."

Quote :

"Off the Mark ACC. We're going to start charging ACC commissioner John Swofford rent for this space. A week after I wrote the ACC race would come down to three teams, Florida State, Miami and Virginia Tech, the Seminoles nearly lost to Troy. At least Clemson confirmed my belief that the Tigers aren't ready to challenge for the league championship. As for the rest of the ACC, Boston College is pretty good, Georgia Tech is OK, Maryland is mediocre, North Carolina is below-average, NC State is worse, Wake Forest is struggling, Virginia is bad and Duke is, well, Duke. Watch out Pac-10. You're next."

Quote :

"Off the Mark Not-so-hot coaches. John Bunting (North Carolina). Chuck Amato (NC State). Al Groh (Virginia). Hal Mumme (New Mexico State). Phil Bennett (SMU). Walt Harris (Stanford)."

[Edited on September 13, 2006 at 12:29 AM. Reason : :]

9/13/2006 12:26:49 AM

lol worse than unc. get the fuck out of here espn.

9/13/2006 12:44:58 AM

we've been there before

9/13/2006 12:49:03 AM

The media hates CTC so much right now, they decided to go ahead and say we lost our first two games......just for good measure.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14808520/

9/13/2006 12:52:03 AM

Article Title: N.C. State coach making excuses after 2 losses
Losing to Appalachian St., Akron, leaves Amato ripping foes, not himself

............just in case they change it

9/13/2006 12:56:56 AM

that is wow. and if akron is the favorite of the mac they arent bad. media loves to blow stuff out of propotions

9/13/2006 12:57:51 AM

just a bad title


in the column, he says we beat App

9/13/2006 12:57:53 AM

it amazes me that companies like sporting news and msnbc could let something get up without editing.

9/13/2006 1:04:41 AM

people that freak out over shit like this dont deserve the title of 'fan'

9/13/2006 1:07:04 AM

People who don't think shit like this is embarrassing or pathetic don't deserve the title of 'fan'

9/13/2006 1:41:52 AM

we look like a shitty school with unsupportive fans, do you really think that they check for editing on teams that dont matter....b/c basically with our fanbase and medicore teams we have become that in the media's eyes. A football story about a real school with real fans would be checked over but not good ole nc state.

Most of you guys are fucking pathetic....so what we lost to fucking akron. Were we on our way to a national championship.....HELL NO. We have no quarterback....we havent since Rivers. Without a quarterback, we lack leadership, discipline and really any drive to win. Even worse we don't have fans, we when loose we turn our back on the team. We need to be fans and cheer for the team no matter what.

I am just interested to see how long Amato sticks with Stone, I am really interested to see if Burke is the real deal. If we catch another loss this weekend i would like to see the ball turned over to Burke b/c at that point what else do we have to loose.

9/13/2006 3:40:41 AM

He'll be herb'd by everyone who thought herb shouldnt have been herb'd.

9/13/2006 3:45:55 AM

Quote :

"werent we ranked in the bottom 10 in basketball last year at some point or the year before? "

I'm going to actually challenge you to find it...because I don't think so.

Our football program is SOOOOO much lower than our basketball program was under Herb the past few years. It's sad that we're going to look at both our bball and fball programs in a couple of years and be like..."man...remember when we had a decent bball program???...those were the days."


We're getting back to the Les Robinson/MOC years. At least I'm not in elementary school and getting harassed by the ridiculous amount of UNC and Duke fans everywhere.

9/13/2006 4:36:25 AM