Pack Heads to ‘Ville…Upset Special?

Hello again my Wolven friends.  I’ve been away, but now I’m back (everyone groans).

In all seriousness, my apologies for being absent since baseball ended.  Life has a way of inserting itself into….well, life.

I’m kinda doing this on short notice today because our good friend, BJD95 is on loan to the gods of Best Buy.  Or maybe Lowe’s.  Or maybe Home Depot.  WhoTF knows with that guy?  Either way, he’s otherwise engaged with appliance delivery, so you’re stuck with me for this week.

The Pack rolls into Louisville today at 12noon EDT to see if they can run with the horses.  Last week, we managed to stay with the Tiggs pretty well.  My kingdom for a kicking game.  I was in the mountains of NC/VA with only spotty cell coverage to keep up with the score.  So I was spared most of the heartache.  Mostly.  I knew we’d tied it at 17, and lost coverage to keep up with the score.  At a roadside store, a very kind hearted VT fan was listening to their game.  I asked if he knew anything about ours.  He didn’t.

But he did call his buddy to find out for me.  He told me we were driving for the winning FG.  “No…no, we aren’t” I told him.  A few minutes later he came to the back of the store to find me and tell me we’d missed.

Nonetheless, this guy was aces to have gone out of his way to help me keep up, in spite of the result.  Hat’s off to you mountainous VT fan.

‘Ville is a nearly 3 TD fav currently.  -20.5 is the last line I saw.

Lamar Jackson is probably the Heisman front runner currently.  It’s time to dash his hopes IMHO.  Hit him hard, hit him often.  Give him the Teddy Bridgewater special…

Here’s some links….

How to watch Louisville vs. NC State online: Live stream, TV channel (SI.com)

The Cardinals (5–1, 3–1 ACC) came away with a 24–14 victory over Duke in its last outing. Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson continues to solidify his status as Heisman frontrunner, throwing for 1,806 yards and 15 touchdowns, and also running for 960 yards and another 11 scores so far this season.

The Wolfpack had a chance to pull off an upset over Clemson and put a serious dent in the Tigers’ bid to return to the national championship game. But NC State Kyle Bambard missed a 33-yard field goal at end of regulation that would have won the game and Clemson eventually prevailed in overtime, winning 24–17.

Game Day: Louisville vs. NC State (CardChronicle.com)

DEFENSE

NC State has never been known as a defensive powerhouse school but the 2016 defense has shown to be much improved. The Wolfpack has a front seven that has really gotten after the quarterback and they have a back end that has been serviceable at stopping the pass. The Wolfpack has a good amount of speed but they will be tested with trying to contain Lamar Jackson in the run game.

Never say never, jerkweed.  It hasn’t been that long ago that our D-line dominated the NFL draft.  You’ve really pissed me off now.  Now I want us to not only beat you and ruin your boy’s Heisman hopes, but I want us to hurt him.

Louisville to wear glow-in-the-dark gloves and cleats against N.C. State (NBCSports.com)

Obviously, the good folks at the ‘Ville can’t tell time.

OK, I’m out of time.

These Game Day guys have all picked against us as I type.  Can’t blame ’em.  But it’s time to SHOCK THE WORLD!!!!!!!

White on Red unis today guys.

 

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  • #108802
    Heelh8r
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    If we had been clicking we could have hung 40 on Clemson. Whatever. Either you click or you don’t click, that’s all that matters.

    #108803
    tjfoose1
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    Word is its 8 wins or bust, not from the AD, but from the money.

    #108804
    Rick
    Keymaster

    I got a post stuck in the filter.

    I don’t see one.

    That is a sadness. It must have gone straight to the bit bucket.

    It was a masterpiece of logic and prose and I feel physical anguish at knowing the world has been deprived of my genius.

    I am openly weeping at the mere thought we would lose such a magnum opus. 😉

    #108805
    Rick
    Keymaster

    Word is its 8 wins or bust, not from the AD, but from the money.

    Interesting
    Anyone know how that would work with a lame duck AD?

    #108809
    choppack1
    Participant

    So, does that include bowl games?

    I guess she was expecting him to go 4-4 in conference and 4-0 ooc.

    I don’t think that was totally reasonable given our history unless she and her agent share fleck, Herman or miles’ agent.

    #108810
    MISTA WOLF
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    Herman will be at Texas and Petrino to LSU? Fleck won’t come to NC State. I do like his pedigree.

    #108811
    TheCOWDOG
    Moderator

    Chops. Yow and Doeren do not share agents. We’ve been through this before. Doeren and Gott, do.

    Can’t believe you guys didn’t see the pictures on the wall. Geesh…

    What did I tell you going into the Wake game?

    #108812
    mak4dpak
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    Shoulda beat Clemson, got embarrassed by Louisville. Regardless of the final score, they are both Ls in the loss column. But then we were expected to lose those 2 anyway. What we do from here on is gonna show us where we are headed.

    #108813
    choppack1
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    So cow – is that the regular season #? I gotta figure if that was fire him now and get it over with.

    With this schedule, I don’t know if Sheridan goes 8-4 regular season…or, were you predicting 4-8.

    #108814
    TheCOWDOG
    Moderator

    I told you to take an 8 and file it away. I gave you 8 the hard way. They are stuck on 4s.

    #108815
    rthomas44
    Participant

    Petition will never leave Louisville, his buyout is north of 10mil.

    #108817
    ryebread
    Participant

    The question is whether the 8 is this season or next…. 😉 And Cow to his credit did say 8…

    I really want DD to succeed. I just don’t think he’s going to ever be more than about 7-5 without scheduling 4 patsies in the non-conference. His in game coaching alone is worth 6-10 points a game for the other team.

    #108830
    PackerInRussia
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    Rick wrote:
    pakfanistan wrote:
    I got a post stuck in the filter.
    I don’t see one.
    That is a sadness. It must have gone straight to the bit bucket.

    It was a masterpiece of logic and prose and I feel physical anguish at knowing the world has been deprived of my genius.

    Call up Julian Assange and/or Russia. They should be able to locate that for you. Once they’re done with it.

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