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  • #35894
    1.21 Jigawatts
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    The NC State Wolfpack travel to South Bend, Indiana tonight at 9:00 EST to battle the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame (ACC Network – Tim Brando, Mike Gmi
    [See the full post at: NC State Wolfpack vs Notre Dame Fighting Irish Preview]

    #35896
    howlie
    Participant

    Nice article with info no other site has.

    I’m a dunce, & its probably just me, but I didn’t completely understand the ‘Advantages’ chart at the bottom. The polar bear icon used for one team got switched to the other team below… sometimes both icons are shown [meaning ‘draw’?], but then each team’s icons got switched…?
    Perhaps a ‘Dunce Key’ is needed at the bottom for folks like me to not be confused.

    #35897
    1.21 Jigawatts
    Keymaster

    Sorry for the confusion howlie, maybe this will help:

    – If I put the school logo up then that team has the advantage.
    – If I put both school logos up then both teams are so good it’s a draw.
    – If I put up the polar bear or statue then they are so bad it’s embarrassing to watch. It didn’t matter which one I used with which team, covering eyes polar bear or face palm statue, they are interchangeable.

    It was my first attempt at creating an advantage chart and this was all that came to mind to make it different. It’ll likely change as the season moves on.

    Hope that clears it up.

    #35899
    Wufpacker
    Participant

    I liked the statue/polar bear facepalms. It’s how I felt (and probably looked) during the 2nd half of the Pitt game.

    Very appropriate.

    #35900
    redisgood
    Participant

    I look for this game to get out of hand fairly quickly. Our guys psyche is pretty fragile after the Pitt 2nd half debacle, and it won’t take much for ND to break their spirit tonight.

    Also, if Cat struggles, I expect to see a ton of minutes from TL.

    #35902
    Wulfpack
    Participant

    I noticed ND was fairly big up front and beat Duke pretty good inside. Vandy has to stay on the floor. Not confident in this one tonight.

    #35904
    Texpack
    Participant

    Thank’s to DirecTV for the ESPN Full Court freebie this week. It will allow me to DVR the game while I sit in the Citizen’s meeting tonight.

    Looking for Cat Barber to rebound from his horrible turnover epidemic on Saturday and play a solid floor game tonight. That’s the only way we have a chance. Pitt waxed UMd last night which offered some encouragement that we may still compete for the title of Best Mediocre Team.

    #35906
    TheCOWDOG
    Moderator

    Effin’ awesome Jiggsie. From the optimism thru the picture chart.

    The propensity for being contrary in nature has the polar bear looking like an albino squirrel on my old Android.
    🙂

    #35907
    Fastback68
    Participant

    I feel like Julius Peppers because it took me over two weeks to find the Forums button on the revamped site. However, I should “get” an A for effort. dUNCe

    #35908
    PoppaJohn
    Participant

    Love the charts, however I agree w/ DOG … the polar bear looked very squirrel like. I do get the ‘hands over the eyes’ and agree. Definitely a keeper. Great job. Can’t wait to see one with more red.

    This one is likely a perfect storm of them evolving in a positive direction and our going the other way. I just don’t see us being able to get up off the floor after the Pitt game and going on the road to a very hostile environment and righting the ship. That just doesn’t sound like us.

    Anyone besides me think that Sherman could be the ND mascot? He just looks like that guy. (no offense intended Mr Sherman, just saying …)

    #35909
    BJD95
    Keymaster

    We could not possibly visit South Bend at a better time. They are feeling (overly) good about themselves, we’ve just been humbled. We aren’t as bad as we looked over the weekend, and the Irish ain’t as good. I think this game is a total coinflip.

    #35910
    vtpackfan
    Participant

    ND doesn’t give away the ball and cleans the defensive glass.

    This mean Buckets is going to have to show us he can generate offense another way (maybe as a decoy/distributor).

    We NEED to push the ball every shot and get it in underneath before anything else (by that I don’t mean “Coast to Coast” Cat.

    It has turned into teams not having to defend the 3 pt line or the post/baseline. Badminton courts are larger then the space you have to defend against us.

    Game in the 50’s. Please, please, please hit some three pointers so that we can atleast hit 50.

    #35911
    packof81
    Participant

    Is this game to be televised?

    #35912
    VaWolf82
    Keymaster

    gopack.com has the broadcast info on the schedule page.

    Tonight’s game is televised on “ACC Network”, so you’ll have to check your local listings to see what game you get. For instance, I’ll get VT vs ‘Cuse

    #35913
    old13
    Participant

    The game is on ESPN3 except for most of NC and SC, half of GA, and a little of VA. See linked map.

    http://espn.go.com/watchespn/blackout?id=1447648

    After what Pitt did to UMd last night, I don’t feel as bad about our game with them. Yes, BJ, a good time to play ND. Maybe the kids learned something about toughness Saturday and can implement it tonight.

    #35915
    PoppaJohn
    Participant

    This will be a good gauge of Gott & Co’s ability to focus the team. He couldn’t do it last year. Let’s see if he can pull it off with this young team.

    #35916
    13OT
    Participant

    The polar bear probably should instead have been a dead opossum, lying in the middle of the road.

    Or, maybe more appropriately it should have been done musically, on one side with the ND fight song and on the other with “Dead Skunk In The Middle Of The Road”.

    Dead Skunk – Loudon Wainwright 3rd – YouTube
    ? 3:04? 3:04
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UejelYnVI3U?

    #35917
    Hungwolf
    Participant

    Well I think we can see more of the same tonight, just like the Pitt game. ND going to lay off Cat and dare him to shoot the three. Until he will shoot that three and hit it, we will be playing four on five on offense.

    #35918
    packbackr04
    Participant

    I know not what this bear is you guys are talking about. i went through and re-read the entry by Jigga…. am i missing the chart? i am using internet explorer. should i try chrome?

    #35920
    FergusWolf
    Participant

    I’m using Chrome and I don’t see any dead possums, skunks, polar bears, victory formations, or anything else…except possibly echo’s of AJ McCarron’s mom hating on Jameis Wilson

    #35924
    tobaccordshow
    Keymaster

    I chuckled at the polar bear / statue icons. Bring em back!

    #35928
    bill.onthebeach
    Participant

    It’s anybody’s game tonight… just depends on which team has the worse case of the Sh%t… we discussed elsewhere.

    Guess we’ll all tune in around nine pm and find out who wants to play tonight and who doesn’t; who wants to coach tonight and who doesn’t.

    X&Os don’t matter much, neither does officiating unless they revert to their November form and blow 50 plus whistles.

    Otherwise, SOS as the last two weeks.

    #NCSU-North Carolina's #1 FOOTBALL school!
    #35932
    PoppaJohn
    Participant

    I will be doing the polar bear by 9:30 tonight, I am sure. Vandy and Cat will already have two fouls and will be gathering splinters, and Gott will have burned 2 timeouts as our only effective defensive strategy.
    I should have been a Duke (nope, they lost), Carolina (nope, they lost), Wake Forest fan!!

    #35935
    eas
    Participant

    I hope we see a little more WBS tonight. I know it’s not likely because ND is tall but he needs some more of that Freshman confidence like he had last year. We need CAT for transition and defense as well as WBS for a 1/2 court offense. I hope we can find a way to play them both at the same time. Maybe Zone D will allow is to use a smaller line up.

    #35936
    ILPackfan
    Participant

    I’m just hoping for a competitive game tonight. But I’ve got bad feelings about playing ND in South Bend and Sherman in particular. Still, 1-1 in conference would look a lot better than 0-2, so here’s hoping the Pack can pull this one off.

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