The Heels left Durham with a W, which begs the question, does a win in the team's only rivalry game make the season a success? Short answer - no. Longer answer after the jump.
I know all of you hyper-aware, plugged in Frumpsters know by now, but Myron Rolle, Florida State's starting SS, was awarded the Rhodes Scholarship this past Saturday. Well done; you certainly have my respect and admiration. More praise after the jump.
So, in case you haven't noticed, some of us are a wee bit pumped up for the rivalry game tomorrow between State and carolina. I am no different. The douches are favored and "should" win this game, but that doesn't faze me. I have a good feeling about the game. You know who else has a good feeling about the game?? Unborn baby fetuses! (or is it feti?) Below is a picture I found here. It shows an unborn child already supporting the school it will undoubtedly follow through good and bad(mostly bad...sorry little guy/gal, it's an uphill battle). I take this as a good sign, GO WOLFPACK!!
More youtubage of The Pack after the jump!
(authors's note: Yes, I understand photoshop exists and that the date is 8/29/08...but I choose to believe it's real and ignore the date and still view it as a sign!)
(2nd author's note: Yes, I meant to leave carolina uncapitalized.)
There are few things in the world more satisfying to me than seeing a Heel suffer (after a sports defeat, of course). To all of my blue-brainwashed friends, I am sorry. Not really. And whether they want to admit it or not, they hate NC State. And I love it! So at high noon on Saturday, November 22nd, this rivalry will be renewed in front of the comatose crowd (except for the RED) in Kenan Stadium. Prediction after the jump, and as always.....GO TO HELL CAROLINA!!
Special thanks to James Henderson of www.packpride.com because I am obviously stealing the premise and the stats for this article from him.
Common themes this college football season:
The Big XII is sick...specifically at QB...the Big XII is what arena football wishes it was
The Big 10/11...whatever...is really boring
The SEC is down a little, mainly due to QB play
The ACC is bad
No doubt that the ACC lacks a marque team. No question that it has no national championship contender and has been without one from day one, when Clemson was spanked by 'Bama in a godawful beatdown that cost yours-truly big $texas (NEVER bet on a Bowden).
However, a closer look at the numbers may surprise you at how competitive the ACC really is...
In case you can't quite read that, let's just say it's probably safe to assume that the ole white flag of surrender is already flying above Toomer's Corner. Apparently Auburn fans across the state are canceling their annual "Beat Bama" parties in anticipation of a good, old fashioned beatdown at the tusks of the #1 ranked Crimson Tide next weekend. Sad, but true. More on this, and, some photos from past "Beat Bama" parties after the jump...
All sorts of of help from the refs. Too many men on the field? Okay, I'll stop. Seriously, though, what the hell? Apparently this infamous zebra, one Penn Wagers (he has a history...), has already been cleared of any wrongdoing for his brutal take down of USC East QB Stephen Garcia, making his first career start no less, in the Cocks showdown with LSU last Saturday in Columbia. Getting cleared by the SEC doesn't necessarily mean much, unfortunately, but even the Old Ball Coach himself has let this thing go, which I guess says a lot.
This is still a head scracher for me, however, not to mention a gut wrencher in terms of laughter. I posit that there are NCAA scholarship linebackers with weaker strafe technique than that displayed by Wagers here. Remarkable. To add insult injury, South Carolina lost 24-17...
So I was in court the other day, on the good side, and one of my colleagues, who happens to be a Mizzou fan, dropped an insane stat bombshell on me: Missouri's offense, through its first five games of the 2008 College Football season, has yet to go 3 and out.
Now, obviously, I found that claim to be a bit suspect. Just sounds a bit too implausible to swallow without at least a couple grains of salt. I didn't let on, of course, "wow, that's kinda crazy", and I had no basis to object, so I decided to investigate matters for myself before passing judgment.
Well, I examined the drive summaries for Missouri's games, and was shocked to find that this claim is, as a matter of fact, true...if you allow for one, minor, caveat. Remarkably, there have been no 3 and outs for Chase Daniel and the Tigers' offense on the year against D-I competition. Given the Tigers' schedule, that would include Illinois, Nevada, Buffalo, and, of course, the hapless Nebraska Cornhuskers. However, Mizzou has also played I-AA (I refuse to call it by the new name) Southeast Missouri State this year, and somehow managed to go 3 and out twice against what we must assume to be a very stout Redhawks defense.
So, as long as you're willing to let a lower class gaffe slide, I'm willing to decree that Missouri's offense having yet to go 3 and out (against D-I competition) this season is truly one of the most ridiculous College Football statistics I've ever seen. Ever. Just how good are these guys? #17 Oklahoma State and #5 Texas, over the next two weeks, may help us find out. I may tune in for no other reason than to simply see when this 3 and out streak ends...
On a brisk Thursday night in which the nation fully expected, and rightfully so, some Trojans to really stick it to a bunch of Beavers, the Beavers pulled a shocker, came hard, and came out on top. Oregon State's improbable 27-20 victory makes it two in a row now over USC in Corvallis, and significantly shakes up the 2008 college football landscape. This was supposed an easy conquest for Southern Cal, but they came out flacid; their confidence, enthusiasm and morale appeared low from the start, and they could just never get it up.
The Trojans' vaunted offense, expected to come into Corvallis and mercilessly penetrate through and score, multiple times, on an inexperienced and previously slayed Beaver defense, was held in check for nearly the entire night. The Trojan defense, commonly considered to be the nation's best, and expected to at least provide a reservoir like protection and containment of any Beaver advances, was gashed, battered, broken and busted wide open by a resilient, grinding Beavers' offense. Trojan fans certainly learned that, despite how good the odds are, the only sure way to ensure you don't get exposed is to simply not step on the playing field at all, but we all know that's not a reasonable alternative.
The only question that remains now is whether the pollsters will actually be able to convince themselves to drop USC to #2. We all know they don't want to. Congratulations, Beavers. I would have paid a pretty penny to be up in that stadium of yours last night, dancing on your field, smelling your majestic Oregon aromas. Maybe some other time. 2010?
There's been a lot of hoopla about ESPN allegedly dropping the ball by not running the clip of the Dawgs' Knowshon Moreno hurdling a Chippewa defender (or really any highlights from the game) last Saturday through the ole Bristol Hype Machine. I think they may have finally got around to showing it on, like, Tuesday or something, but for it to not even make the package for Gameday Final is beyond me. The #2 team in the country, SEC East leaders putting a beatdown on the defending MAC champions isn't all that newsworthy, I agree. But a Heisman candidate doing some of the things Knowshon did here? This could have been Moreno's "Heisman Hype Clip", ala Charles Woodson's one handed pick or something, but instead we don't even get a little taste of the glory? To see what it tastes like? Come on, Bristol.
Anyways, I won't drop "conspiracy" outside of quotation marks (yet), but I will say that the likelihood of this happening to Beanie Wells or Tebow, or anyone on the USC roster, is extremely low. ESPN has their favorites, and they have their reasons (arguably good reasons). I understand ESPN is a business first and foremost, I just think they should run that as a disclaimer from time to time in their Bottom Line ticker or something...
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So I was in court the other day, on the good side, and one of my colleagues, who happens to be a Mizzou fan, dropped an insane stat bombshell on me: Missouri's offense, through its first five games of the 2008 College Football season, has yet to go 3 and out. 
