(07-19-2017 10:01 AM)Wear Purple Wrote:  

(07-19-2017 09:54 AM)HyperDuke Wrote:  Oh man, the game in Raleigh is going to be BANANAS.

Speaking of, for selfish reasons, I'd like to see NC State have a really good season this fall and the Pack sign HC Dave Doeren to a healthy raise and extension. This will be his 5th season in Raleigh. His program is in an incredibly difficult division. While he has made some smaller meaningless exhibition games in late December in the last 3 seasons, his overall ACC record thru 4 years is 9-23 (never finishing at least .500 in any season). If the Pack stinks it up this year, they may be looking elsewhere come December and I'd prefer that not be the case (wink wink).

No doubt, Doeren has made them better and better every year he's been there, but when you have 3 top ten teams are in your division (Clemson, FSU and Louisville) --and you play them in a murders row along with Notre Dame over a 4 week period--it makes it kind of tough to break through. Having said that, the Pack was a dropped INT and a wide right 33 yard FG from beating both FSU and Clemson last year respectively. The Clemson game was in Death Valley. NC State SH!T strikes again. Of course, they had the WTF games last year also, ECTC and BC.

Our game in 2018 will be the first time I have ever pulled against the Pack in my life, but there's no doubt where my loyalties lie.