#22 NC State (5-1)
	vs
	Syracuse(5-2)
	Saturday, October 27th, 7:00pm TV: ESPN2

10/24/2018 8:17:18 PM

#AE4STM

10/24/2018 8:59:44 PM

I hope we win!

10/24/2018 9:08:54 PM

Lose this game and we can forget being ranked again for a while.

10/24/2018 10:42:19 PM

Cuse is going to be up for this game, mainly because they're coming off 2 shitty close games and we're ranked going into their place.

Now to see if our guys have a hangover loss from the Clemson game or if our leaders can get our guys motivated and prepared. We should beat them if we play like we did against UVA or 1st half of the BC game.

Interestingly enough the line opened at Cuse -1 and is now at State -2.5. So people are clearly putting money on us and Vegas saw it as essentially a pick'em with slight favor to the home team.

10/25/2018 9:18:38 AM

^ I wonder how much of that has to do with the 'cuse QB situation

10/25/2018 9:51:51 AM

Quote :

"I hope we win!"

Don't be silly

10/25/2018 10:27:52 AM

Dancing L

10/25/2018 11:27:23 AM

I want to think we got this but

We gon get our shit pushed in

10/25/2018 9:19:27 PM

i haven't watched a syracuse game this season, what is their o-line like?

10/26/2018 9:04:28 AM

I hope our guys still feel like they have something to play for. Winning the division, having an ACC or even CFP shot isn't the same as paying for 11 wins or a peach(?) bowl berth.

Clemson still has FSU, UL, BC, Duke and S. Carolina. I fully expect them to keep rolling, and the chance of them dropping two is slim, but you never know - particularly if a key player gets hurt.

This game feels like a classic NC State loss and Cuse will definitely play us tough. I think the pick em odds are pretty spot on, just depends on which team shows up.

10/26/2018 9:34:46 AM

We seemed to bounce back fairly well last year. Lost to ND, turned around and played clemson really well. Lost to clemson and beat BC. That had all the makings of a classic letdown but we managed to win. I think we should be alright.

10/26/2018 10:02:39 AM

Cuse will bring trouble to every opponent, like what they did in the Death Valley.

10/26/2018 10:25:46 AM

Clemson still beat them with a 3rd string QB. Regardless, this game will be tough. What's the status on injuries?

10/26/2018 11:18:09 AM

clemson still would have beat us with that qb so im not sure what you are trying to say

10/26/2018 12:48:46 PM

I don't agree.


Most of the damage in that game was self inflicted, I am not saying we definitely would win but I think we are a better team that Syracuse and changing the QB to a 3rd stringer changes our defensive approach.

[Edited on October 26, 2018 at 12:54 PM. Reason : .]

10/26/2018 12:52:14 PM

We scored 7 points.

10/26/2018 2:02:26 PM

Yea and our best starting field position all day was our 31 yard line. Maybe the backup torches us just as bad, but maybe we hold him down, maybe cause a TO, and have a drive or 2 start closer to the 50 then our own end zone.

Cuse had 14 more total yards than we did. They had drives that started at the Clemson 38,30, and 10 yard line and got 10 pts out of those 3 possessions.

Clemson also barely even let the backup throw and we were stopping the run fairly well.


[Edited on October 26, 2018 at 2:59 PM. Reason : E]

10/26/2018 2:50:22 PM

I've got a bad feeling about this. I still don't understand what we've done to have such high expectations after not looking all that impressive against sub-par competition.

The ESPN matchup predictor, which only gave us a 10% chance to beat Clemson but had us as strong favorites for every game after, has us now at 49% for this one. I'm not really sure why our stock fell so far after doing exactly what was expected last week, but this is where I thought we should have been before.

10/26/2018 4:58:54 PM

The “high expectations” are based on us being better than the rest of the teams on the schedule. Not that we’re a top 10 elite team. We are just better than a lot of other team in a down year for the ACC.

I also reject the idea that we looked bad vs sub par competition. We dominated Ga State and Marshall (fumbled kickoff made that game look closer than it was, we were in control all along) and dominated UVa too. Had a bad game with turnovers vs BC and still kinda easily won that game. It was in doubt briefly at the end but we mostly cruised to victory.

10/26/2018 5:14:08 PM

I didn't say we looked bad, I said unimpressive. Beat teams we should have beaten but not by any special measure or degree, and like you said a couple were closer than they should have been.

We have no more opportunities to take on elite teams, so even if we do win out I can't imagine we're going to get invited to a top-tier bowl even with one loss if we don't have a signature win.

10/26/2018 5:38:56 PM

If we win out and go 11-1 they can put us in whatever crummy bowl and it won’t matter. It’ll still be the best season ever and I’ll gladly sign up for that now.

10/26/2018 6:35:44 PM

Virginia is 5-2 and first place in the Coastal.

10/26/2018 9:24:29 PM

If we won out and went 11-1 with our only loss being on the road against a playoff team, we’d likely be ranked in the Top 10 and get an invite to a New Year’s Six bowl. Sign me up if that were to happen. That would be the greatest season in State history. Maybe it could help me forget the Jay Davis/Marcus Stone/Daniel Evans/Justin Burke/Harrison Beck years. I feel bad for those that went to State from Fall of 2004 and graduated in Spring if 2008. They got no Rivers and no Wilson. I at least got the final 2 years of Rivers when I went to State. Who was that tall Italian looking QB that we had that everyone hoped would be good, but never played? I think he had went to a Cardinal Gibbons High School, but one from Florida.

10/26/2018 11:15:08 PM

Finally an optimist!

10/27/2018 10:49:41 AM

FYI Giglio has been outlining how, even at 11-1, we would likely be in Orlando. Orange isn't available last year some we'd have to be top 10 CFP. That's a long way to go with no ranked teams in our schedule

10/27/2018 11:57:12 AM

Quote :

"Cuse will bring trouble to every opponent, like what they did in the Death Valley"

Quote :

"Clemson still beat them with a 3rd string QB"

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"clemson still would have beat us with that qb so im not sure what you are trying to say"

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"I don't agree"

lolololololol

10/27/2018 1:29:37 PM

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"If we won out and went 11-1 with our only loss being on the road against a playoff team, we’d likely be ranked in the Top 10 and get an invite to a New Year’s Six bowl"

If the currently higher ranked team teams the rest of the way, then Bama, Clemson, ND, Michigan make the playoff. We'd have to jump over one of these teams to make the top 10:

Georgia (losses to Bama, LSU, wins over Florida, Kentucky, Auburn)
LSU (losses to Bama, Florida, wins over Miami, Auburn, Georgia, MissSt, TAMU)
Florida (losses to Kentucky Georgia, wins over MissSt, LSU)
Texas (loss to Maryland, wins over OK, TCU, USC, WV)
Oklahoma (loss to Texas, wins over TCU, WV)
UCF (undefeated)

And in between us and that group is still Ohio State, Kentucky, West Virginia, Washington State, TAMU, Penn State...

11-1 with our most signature wins being UVA and Syracuse would not in any way guarantee a NY6 invite at this point. A lot of other things will have to happen on the way.

10/27/2018 3:11:35 PM

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"Cotton: CFP semifinal Orange: CFP semfinal Rose: guaranteed Big Ten-Pac 12 Sugar: guaranteed SEC-Big 12 Fiesta: open* Peach: open* One spot in Fiesta/Peach guaranteed to highest Group of 5 team. That leaves three "open" spots, based purely on the CFP rankings "

From Giglio. Under your scenario we don't need to jump UCF, #2 SEC, #1 big 12, #2 big 10 or #1 pac 12 bc they would all be in regardless.

10/27/2018 3:34:00 PM

Be careful how you discuss these optimistic and hopeful hypotheticals. Some State fans might take delight in it later if we lose!

10/27/2018 4:13:17 PM

This is the strangest combination of personalities and accents I've seen for a broadcast.

10/27/2018 7:09:26 PM

Along with a terrible looking field

10/27/2018 7:16:07 PM

And a terrible looking defense

10/27/2018 7:16:50 PM

WE. GOT. THIS.

10/27/2018 7:17:17 PM

Oh hell yeah, Finley!

10/27/2018 7:23:31 PM

This game is bringing the lolz early

10/27/2018 7:29:03 PM

and Tanner Ingle gets beat deep again

10/27/2018 7:30:56 PM

Stephen Griffin was be terrible to not beat out Ingle jeez

10/27/2018 7:32:10 PM

Why did Riley not try throwing it away?

10/27/2018 7:33:59 PM

sweet question dude

10/27/2018 7:35:58 PM

WELP

10/27/2018 7:39:07 PM

that 11-1 is lookin like a lock

10/27/2018 7:39:48 PM

the real question you should have asked was "why are we still running these dumbass trick plays and taking the ball out of finley's hands on the road"

[Edited on October 27, 2018 at 7:41 PM. Reason : dave has never seen a bit of trickeration he didnt want to fuck]

10/27/2018 7:40:28 PM

Looks like Riley got beat/went the wrong way there. Should have let jfj/prescod handle that inside man

10/27/2018 7:44:07 PM

Looks like we'll be passing on every play the rest of the game.

10/27/2018 7:49:54 PM

Missing Ricky Person

[Edited on October 27, 2018 at 7:51 PM. Reason : lol I’m behind and rg2 wasn’t yet hurt when I posted that. Christ. ]

10/27/2018 7:50:28 PM

ah yes.we, the paper tiger.

10/27/2018 7:53:13 PM

Ingle...

10/27/2018 7:53:37 PM

Quote :

"the real question you should have asked was "why are we still running these dumbass trick plays and taking the ball out of finley's hands on the road""

Because the passing game has been fucking awesome so far

10/27/2018 7:53:56 PM

we called that play after hitting emeka on a long TD

[Edited on October 27, 2018 at 7:56 PM. Reason : a lot more awesome than bullshit garbage 5-10 yards in our backfield]

10/27/2018 7:55:38 PM