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Fwen-tay. The elongation to three syllables irks me. Don't trust the B-squad from the ACC network for pronunciation. Or Mack Brown. Motoopookoo is not playing mike linebacker.
And this instability of home and homes will continue even more if/when the P5 becomes the P4 and the conferences expand again and possibly go to 9 conference games a season.
Like everyone else, I hate playing them every year. It is exactly like playing Boston College every year. We are supposed to beat them and for some reason someone wanted to make a rivalry out of it.
BUT I want to play devils advocate here. When Beamer said these OOC games were exhibition/practice, he was not wrong for those seasons. These games only matter if you are gunning for the playoffs. ECU is a talented team for a G5, but if we lose, people should make fun of us and not take us seriously because we shouldn't be taken seriously. We would not deserve a good reputation.
Also, if the stars are aligning and we are in the playoff hunt, we should beat them soundly, and a win versus ECU definitely looks better than a win against South Alabama, or SC State. I also think this is a good tuneup game especially for our defense because they have a talented offense that will move the ball through the air. It is a good test. And their defense is not horrendous either.
Now back to reality, screw ECU and I never want to see them on our schedule more than once in a 8 year span like the teams in the Atlantic division.
The fact that Wisconsin did postpone the series is a great illustration of why you can't fill out the schedule with home and homes. That stuff happens all the time, and if you have a non-conference schedule full of those games, you can be scrambling at any time to replace a postponed game. The stability of a sustained series is good, even if the opponent gets boring.
Ideally we just need to find another nearby school to rotate with ECU. ODU would be a good fit because it would give is a chance to play in 757 recruits' backyard.
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# | With a Bye Week to Breathe, Justin Fuente Offers His Thoughts on Potential Anthem Protests It's easy to parry when all they're doing is aiming for your weapon...
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# | With a Bye Week to Breathe, Justin Fuente Offers His Thoughts on Potential Anthem Protests What about those preseason games though.....
The light is on, it's donut time!
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# | With a Bye Week to Breathe, Justin Fuente Offers His Thoughts on Potential Anthem Protests You forgot about one ingredient
1 contract with the devil for his soul
So that's what the kids mean when they say "It's lit".
ECU fans definitely look forward to it. It is there chance to prove that they belong in the P5.
Still on staff and O made him the running game coordinator.
yeah me too...not proud of it but I wasn't ready to railroad Loeffler until after his 3rd year. And then I jumped on board that train towards the end
All our recruits should wear Dortmund jerseys honestly
This gives me an opportunity to say something nice about Marcus. He was talented. I approve of this gesture.
I'm out of nice things to say about Marcus.
Of course, this was met with a lot of white knighting on behalf of Loeffler, which didn't make much sense unless it was just blind optimism.
Guilty as charged.
I put PSU above Wisconsin by the end of the season, not currently. They have a new OC, new system, new young QB, and I expect growing pains (which I expected for us, too, but Trace McSorely ain't no Jerod Evans) that they'll resolve by the end of the year. As far as the quality of those QBs in college, I'd say they played well enough not to ruin the run game, which Wisconsin has always had and will always have due to the offensive line play they've consistently produced over the years. OL play is also the reason why I don't trust Wisconsin RBs in the NFL.
PSU's biggest problem is a lack of depth, and they'll get better this year by force due to injuries, specifically at LB. If they don't get that situation figured out immediately all bets are off.
No, a 7 point win over Temple isn't better than a 24 point win over MSU, but PSU gets Minn, MD, Purdon't, Iowa, Indiana, Rutgers along with missing Neb and PSU finishes the season at home vs. MichSt. The only surefire loss in that lineup is Ohio State. PSU isn't good this year, but neither are any of those other teams.
With improving depth and experience with the new offense, I think PSU has the ingredients to age well this year (and finish the season unranked), whereas I think Wisconsin has peaked for the year.
Don't think he committed....needs to get his grades up first.
Bethel High out in Hampton. AAA, produced James Gayle and Allen Iverson. He plays both DT and RB.
I see the offer on other sites, but ESPN is only one showing committed as of 01SEP. But his 247 profile has him wearing a Borussia Dortmund shirt, so we should pull that offer.
Whoever taught our offensive linemen the simple trick...
Defenses hate him!
Tip o' the hat to that ECU fan
Frank looks great.
Tim Settle is a beast NOT to be toyed with:
38-0
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# | With a Bye Week to Breathe, Justin Fuente Offers His Thoughts on Potential Anthem Protests So he's only planning on 12 games? No bowl? No ACCCG? And no playoffs?
Sheesh next he'll probably take the LSU job.
there are two things I'd like to point out:
1. Hind site is 20/20, and I can't say I would have made a different decision than O'Cain.
2. My distaste for NC State football is very deep-rooted and stretches back to a series of events that happened between 2006-2011. It pleases me to hear State fans moan about what could have been if Wilson had stayed.
Therefore, my previous post was 50% emotional 50% factual.