“Welcome to the Football Apocalypse” Post Game Thread

Have at it, folks. I’m out of words to describe this horse crap. Don’t tell me that we’re young, don’t tell me to be patient. The football product Tom O’Brien and staff have put on the field the past two weeks has been embarrassing. We might as well wave the white flag – our players and coaches (to a man) sure did that today.

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32 Responses to “Welcome to the Football Apocalypse” Post Game Thread

  1. Mark_Wolfpacker 10/11/2009 at 3:38 PM #

    “Get rid of him and Justin Byers ASAP!”

    +1

    Byers repeatedly missed his tackles, over and over and over. And then that tremendous bungle with the ball bouncing off his shoulder while he ran and looked out into the crowd….

  2. packpower17 10/11/2009 at 9:32 PM #

    As state fans we always get at other NC schools with well wait until football season… Football season is here and we are last in the ACC… When basketball comes we will be at the bottom of the ACC. When do we as state fans get a good sports team besides rifle????

  3. john of sparta 10/11/2009 at 10:16 PM #

    how much longer until We Are:
    1. south carolina state.
    2. virginia state.
    3. tennesse state.
    4. georgia state?
    FSU, PSU, OSU, ASU…etc.
    gotta break out ahead by
    winning.

  4. Dogbreath 10/12/2009 at 8:13 AM #

    If I saw any evidence that our administration had a plan for making NC State a top 10 public research institution across the science and technology curriculums (eg. Cal Tech, MIT, etc) I would gladly endorse the deemphasis of athletics at State.

    As it stands, we get to stand in the bleachers and cheer for a bunch of 850 SAT guys to tarnish what is left of our brand by putting an embarrasing product on the field.

  5. pack44fan 10/12/2009 at 9:38 AM #

    I understand the “bend but don’t break” defensive philosophy is intended not to give up a big play, but heck, when the other team nickels and dimes you down the field and still scores, what good is it? The cushion that our db’s give the receivers on the other teams is ridiculous!!!!! I would have thought that a defensive coordinator with Archer’s experience would have at least tried bump coverage to stop the 5 and 10 yard crap…..Oh well, what do we as fans know???? All I know is it doesn’t feel good to think that Duke as surpassed us in football, I mean how much lower could have Duke been when Cutcliff was hired???

  6. ryebread 10/12/2009 at 1:49 PM #

    Dogbreath: I actually agree entirely. I’d prefer spending the $$$ to improve the academic posture of the school instead of chasing athletics. The latter hasn’t done anything since 1989 in a revenue sport and probably won’t do anything in the foreseeable future.

    Let’s be honest as well. Athletics has way too much emphasis and emphasis that it outside of the mission statement of the school, which is to educate students. The circular goal of big money sports is trying to get boosters to give more $$$ which will ultimately help education. Let’s just improve the education and cut out the middle men.

    I think we could legitimately focus on Engineering and the Sciences and push into the top 10 nationally. It’d be better for the school, better for our alums and do more for our brand than pursuing the college athletics arms race. We can still participate in sports, but treat them the way that Vandy, Northwestern and others do.

    I really hope we land someone who shares this vision with the search for the new Chancellor. If we get another in house, status quo promotion, or another “let’s improve CHASS” hire, I’ll probably vomit. I’ll also realize that our administration is never going to get it.

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