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Oh ye of little faith....I harken back to 1981 when our
Sep 29, 2019, 4:17 PM
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Tigers beat UNCheat 10-8 and went on to win the national championship.
I certainly don't recall a collective meltdown by our fans after we won that game. Sometimes, it pays to have a little perspective and right now, it appears some around here need some.
There is no such thing as an "ugly" win. I also know the coaching staff seems to be able to right the ship after these "off" games we seem to sleepwalk through once per season. The staff deserves the benefit of the doubt.
But I will close with this prediction: I'm willing to bet FSU will come in here and play C2 just like the Tar Holes. We will have to stay committed to the run game and attack the MOF more. Screens, tunnel screens and quick outs won't cut it until they bring one safety in. Oline will have to play better---very poor effort collectively on pass pro and run block.
Can we turn it around? Recent history indicates we will do so emphatically.
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Re: Oh ye of little faith....I harken back to 1981 when our
Sep 29, 2019, 4:21 PM
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Wideouts go deep, play action, hit the TE slant across the middle.
60% of the time it works every time.
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Re: Oh ye of little faith....I harken back to 1981 when our
Sep 29, 2019, 4:26 PM
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while I like the theme, only a few guys like me would see '81 as recent history !
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I get your point
Sep 29, 2019, 4:28 PM
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but that was a top 10 UNC team and the game of the year for us other than the Orange Bowl. Not really the same situation.
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Re: I get your point
Sep 29, 2019, 4:35 PM
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Perhaps but my point is really this: a Mack Brown -coached team is a dangerous team and there is no shame in beating him on the road by a point. So ranked or unranked, if Mack Brown is coaching, you need to bring your A game.
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Re: I get your point
Sep 29, 2019, 4:45 PM
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And we didn't, which scares me a little.
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Re: ok tulane 13-5***
Sep 29, 2019, 4:59 PM
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I remember people being upset about Tulane and unsure after UNCheat in 81.
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Re: I get your point
Sep 29, 2019, 4:49 PM
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That team beat an unranked Tulane team 13-5 on the road. They also beat #4 UGA. Point is, one game doesn't define the team, and they can improve. We've seen this scenario about every year lately. Thankfully we won. Offense obviously has some issues.
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Re: I get your point
Sep 29, 2019, 6:38 PM
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8th ranked & defending ACC Champs-
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Re: I get your point
Sep 29, 2019, 6:41 PM
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#### Crum was the UNC HC not Mack Brown-
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the '81 unc was top 10 the '19 unc is top 100***
Sep 29, 2019, 4:43 PM
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Re: the '81 unc was top 10 the '19 unc is top 100***
Sep 29, 2019, 4:50 PM
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And what about Syracuse in 2017? Pitt in 2016? Were they ranked?
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UNC was ranked in 81. But Tulane was not. Neither was
Sep 29, 2019, 4:45 PM
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Pitt or Cuse when we lost. The most accurate thing Dabo says, “winning isn’t easy”
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Don't need to go back that far..
Sep 29, 2019, 5:08 PM
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2016 Nc St at home. Completely and totally outplayed. They miss a chip shot FG for the win. We win in OT, win Natty later on.
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Re: Don't need to go back that far..
Sep 29, 2019, 5:11 PM
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I'm convinced that was Divine Intervention.
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True, but UNC was a top team that year.
Sep 29, 2019, 5:48 PM
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And there are plenty of "VERY UGLY" wins, just no "bad" wins, because an ugly win is better than ANY kind of loss.
But nobody's going to care one iota about this game if we hoist another trophy this year.
The reason some fans are making such a big deal about it is that they're worried our sub-par performance indicates that we won't be hoisting a trophy this year, and it makes them curl up in fetal position sucking their thumbs.
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With you on the ugly winning part but UNC was a top ten team***
Sep 29, 2019, 6:44 PM
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That '81 UNC team was 11-1 the prior year, and ranked
Sep 29, 2019, 6:54 PM
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in the top 10 when we beat them. They finished 10-2 and ranked ninth that year.
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Re: Oh ye of little faith....I harken back to 1981 when our
Sep 29, 2019, 8:23 PM
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RB -- wasn't the team 6-5 the year before after dominating natl champ UGA and losing a ret'd punt and pick six?
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