42 Responses to “Wolfpack 91 – Holes 83 “Butt Kicking” Headlines”

1. 

   JohnGalt78

   01/27/2013 at 11:03 PM #

   has UVA forfeited the Tuesday game?
2. 

   WeAreCured

   01/27/2013 at 11:38 PM #

   Agreed. The Wahoos are going to give the guys fits in Charlottesville. Their defense has been amazing thus far, with a max of 64 points allowed and holding teams to as low as 36, giving them a defensive efficiency rating of 13th in the nation (State is 151 in comparison). It will be a battle between State’s 10th ranked offensive efficiency rating and the ‘Hoos 13th ranked defensive efficiency rating. This game has the potential to be very ugly, which worries me, as ugly games have been a coin toss for State so far. I’ve got my fingers crossed that Tuesday will be a little better to us this week. We will win.
3. 

   JeremyH

   01/27/2013 at 11:39 PM #

   Good point. Just happened to see Miami for the first time this season in the FSU/Miami game and making remarks.

   : )
4. 

   Wufpacker

   01/28/2013 at 12:02 AM #

   Miami only came up now (for me at least) because they were the Sunday game tonight vs FSU, and dispatched them without hardly breaking a sweat in the second half.

   Not overlooking UVa at all and we’ll have to play well to win in Charlottesville. But since I’m not playing, I don’t have to worry about overlooking them anyway.
5. 

   PackerInRussia

   01/28/2013 at 6:06 AM #

   “By the time it was over…relief greatly outweighed exhiliration.”

   I felt the same way. I went from on top of the world to relief that they held on. Glad they won, but those last 10 minutes were scary. I think they came out so fast and hard they got tired. I remember one play where it looked like Lorenzo was starting to move in slow-motion.
   I remember my senior year of high school running in the state cross country meet. It was my last high school race and my first time at state. I was so hyped for it that I went out running at the same pace I ran the 800m. I was way out in front for a while. Unfortunately I wasn’t so far out in front that I couldn’t be overcome. I was dead with a mile left and barely survived the race. Glad that didn’t happen on Saturday. At least we know how big of a lead you need to avoid a furious comeback.
6. 

   Wulfpack

   01/28/2013 at 6:40 AM #

   I don’t think we will have too much trouble with the Cavs but Miami could be a different story.
7. 

   BJD95

   01/28/2013 at 9:27 AM #

   I think we have a better chance of beating Miami than winning at UVA. If I had to paint a picture of our worst matchup…it’s on the road in Hooville.

   Just MHO.
8. 

   triadwolf

   01/28/2013 at 9:37 AM #

   “I don’t think we will have too much trouble with the Cavs but Miami could be a different story.”

   There is no team that you can confidently say will not give us much trouble going forward. The road will be an adventure for us at any venue, and Clemson is evidence that no game is a gimme at home either. But as Pack fans we don’t know any other way (at least not for quite a while).
9. 

   PackerInRussia

   01/28/2013 at 9:41 AM #

   Was also pleased with the non-rush. I was against it from the beginning and it sounded like there were no plans to, but it would have seemed a little anti-climactic after being up so much and then having to hold on the way they did.
10. 

    packof81

    01/28/2013 at 9:47 AM #

    I too was relieved that out team held on and got the win Saturday. It once again validated the old saying about Carolina. You can’t just beat ‘em. You gotta double beat ‘em. And we even had fair officiating.

    As for the upcoming games, both UVA and Miami will be tough. I’m keeping my fingers crossed.
11. 

    wufpup76

    01/28/2013 at 10:52 AM #

    UVa is another nightmarish match-up for us. We don’t adjust too well to ‘style of play’ problems.

    But it’s time to start winning games like that AND time to start collecting road scalps.

    We need them.

    It’s funny, I have every confidence in playing with and having every chance to beat Duke, Chapel Hole, and Miami b/c of style of play, match-ups etc. … It’s the lower part of the conference that I dread seeing up next.

    It’s like Herb is Agent Smith from the Matrix and has made a copy of himself as coach at FSU, Virginia, Clemson, Maryland etc …
12. 

    Wufpacker

    01/28/2013 at 4:50 PM #

    ^ Maybe we’ll luck out and Gott will turn out to be Neo.

    MR. GOTTFRIED!!

    There’s a joke in there somewhere about the red pill vs. blue pill too.
13. 

    MrPlywood

    01/28/2013 at 6:05 PM #

    Tiger Woods won today by 4, after being up by 8 with 5 to play. He played the last 5 holes 4 over par. It felt like Saturdays game – a W, but anti-climactic while exposing some shortcomings that need work.

    On the bright side, the guys for sure now know that every game is 40 minutes. On the down side, I didn’t want the Heels to take anything positive from that game – now they think that they can score on the Pack if they play their game.

    The biggest positive is to get over the mental hurdle of beating the Holes. Next step, follow up with a road W at VA., and get over THAT hurdle.
14. 

    mak4dpak

    01/28/2013 at 7:24 PM #

    The pattern has to be broken. Big win, then play like crap afterwards. So we got the big win over the holes, now we have to show up and play UVA the same way, minus the last 10 minutes. Win the game, and Miami will certainly have their hand’s full on Saturday. We can beat anyone when we show up, and play. Go Pack!
15. 

    ADVENTUROO

    01/28/2013 at 8:26 PM #

    I’m surprised that no mentioned the throwback coat that Coach Roy was wearing. It was NOT quite in the same vein as Coach Sloan’s but it was getting close. Both me and my DW noticed it and had the same thought.
16. 

    PackerInRussia

    01/28/2013 at 10:13 PM #

    “On the bright side, the guys for sure now know that every game is 40 minutes. On the down side, I didn’t want the Heels to take anything positive from that game – now they think that they can score on the Pack if they play their game.”

    Can they really take that away, though? I think that if they’re honest, they’d have to admit that to repeat the same strategy, they’d first have to let State get worn out by nearly running them out of the building and getting a huge lead. Then, when the D seems pretty tired, they’ll start jacking up tons of 3′s and hope that most of them go in again. Not exactly a blueprint for success.
17. 

    YogiNC

    01/29/2013 at 11:52 AM #

    TV gives all us guys named Ted a bad name, thanks for nuttin’ TV.