SWC75
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- Because Bill Parcells was wrong. UNC’s record is not who they are. They are 1-4 but had 13 players suspended for different games in the first four weeks. All those players are back so this is a different team.
- They still managed to beat Pittsburgh, who just beat us. They ran out of time vs. California after falling behind 0-17 at the half, (final score 17-24). They recovered an onside kick only to have it negated by a blocking foul. They should have beaten Virginia Tech last week, gaining 522 yards on Bud Foster’s defense. They had a 16-7 third quarter lead and fumbled at the goal line with a 19-14 lead and just 2:51 left in the fourth quarter.
- Their strength is their running game and that’s our defensive weakness. That’s probably the worst combination of the other team’s strength and our weakness we could have. Clemson and Pitt won by “feeding the pig” against us and UNC can do that, too.
- Their defensive strength is their front four and we saw what happened to Dungey under pressure vs. Pitt. If they can stuff the run and get after Eric, we are in deep trouble.
- I know our offense has put up some good numbers, mostly against those first four teams which were probably the weakest four teams we will play this year. But Dungey is erratic passing the ball when he doesn’t have a dominant receiver to make him look good. We are a better running team than we have been but we are not truly a running team and Dungey is once again our leading rusher. He gives us an extra dimension but your quarterback shouldn’t be the bell cow of your running game. We averaged 523 yards and 49.5 in those first four games, 341.5 and 30 since.
- The Pitt game was the first one in which we didn’t have a big advantage in field position. Can we return to dominance in that stat or are we going to have to slug it out in even terms with the Tar Heels?
- These schools have played 4 times and the home team has lost every game.
- Are we there yet? I asked Dino Babers at the beginning of the season if we had enough depth to compete at a high level for the entire 3 months and 12 games of an ACC schedule. His answer: “We will in about a year and a half.” In other words, not this year. If we lose this game we will likely lost to NC State, (who always beats us). Then we will go on the road and those last two games: Notre Dame and Boston College away from the Dome loom. It looks like another season with a promising start and a dismal ending. Someone compared it to Charlie Brown trying once again to kick the football only to have Lucy pull it away again:
- They still managed to beat Pittsburgh, who just beat us. They ran out of time vs. California after falling behind 0-17 at the half, (final score 17-24). They recovered an onside kick only to have it negated by a blocking foul. They should have beaten Virginia Tech last week, gaining 522 yards on Bud Foster’s defense. They had a 16-7 third quarter lead and fumbled at the goal line with a 19-14 lead and just 2:51 left in the fourth quarter.
- Their strength is their running game and that’s our defensive weakness. That’s probably the worst combination of the other team’s strength and our weakness we could have. Clemson and Pitt won by “feeding the pig” against us and UNC can do that, too.
- Their defensive strength is their front four and we saw what happened to Dungey under pressure vs. Pitt. If they can stuff the run and get after Eric, we are in deep trouble.
- I know our offense has put up some good numbers, mostly against those first four teams which were probably the weakest four teams we will play this year. But Dungey is erratic passing the ball when he doesn’t have a dominant receiver to make him look good. We are a better running team than we have been but we are not truly a running team and Dungey is once again our leading rusher. He gives us an extra dimension but your quarterback shouldn’t be the bell cow of your running game. We averaged 523 yards and 49.5 in those first four games, 341.5 and 30 since.
- The Pitt game was the first one in which we didn’t have a big advantage in field position. Can we return to dominance in that stat or are we going to have to slug it out in even terms with the Tar Heels?
- These schools have played 4 times and the home team has lost every game.
- Are we there yet? I asked Dino Babers at the beginning of the season if we had enough depth to compete at a high level for the entire 3 months and 12 games of an ACC schedule. His answer: “We will in about a year and a half.” In other words, not this year. If we lose this game we will likely lost to NC State, (who always beats us). Then we will go on the road and those last two games: Notre Dame and Boston College away from the Dome loom. It looks like another season with a promising start and a dismal ending. Someone compared it to Charlie Brown trying once again to kick the football only to have Lucy pull it away again:
