North Carolina Tar Heels

[hedge]

"So basically U*NC is a glorified cocktail party that any moron can get a degree from. Welp glad to know your administration is honest about something. Your university is a worthless sack of shit. Congrats on having the same useless piece of paper as an illiterate jock."

And yet somehow I and thousands of others with that worthless degree have managed to eek out an existence in this cruel world. Funny how that works. Your degree seems to have come in handy as well, eh?

[hedge]

"Yep and those rankings like everything else about U*NC are based on perception and lies."

Perception is reality my friend (I learned that in philosophy 101 at UNC)...

[dave_rickart]

"Chapel Hill has a total undergraduate enrollment of 18,430, with a gender distribution of 41.8 percent male students and 58.2 percent female students."

like we've said all along, UNC is full of pussies....

[hedge]

The type of pussy you evidently loathe, thou faggoth...

[hedge]

"State's is about the number of academic programs we offer and campus activities."

Yeah, like Whining 101 and the wildly popular "We Hate UNC!" club...

[Owlman]

Not the best smack talk between universities I've heard. Pales greatly compared to A&M/Longhorn smack. C'mon, you guys can do better than that.

But to add more fuel, here are the criteria (much more than just the GPA) http://www.usnews.com/education/best-co ... s-rankings

[JRB]

Very uncharacteristic end-of-half sequence for a Larry Fedora offense. I know they're not out of this, and they get the ball first in the second half, but that was fairly weak.

[hedge]

I'm not surprised that our defense has given up this many points and a couple of awful big (huge) plays, but I'm kinda disappointed with our offense. A few sparks here and there, but I was expecting more...

[dave_rickart]

The Visor outcoached The hat

[hedge]

I think it was more their 320+ lb. offense line outmatched our 270 lb. defensive line. But hey, that's the game. We gave up 2 big plays for TD's (again, part of the game), but outside that, we played them pretty even. A few tweaks and we should compete for the ACC title. We are what we are. What we aren't is anything close to an SEC team...

[billy bob bocephus]

Spurious ought to be running his D through gassers and stadium steps today and tomorrow - good thing they gat a lighting delay to get rested up

[AugustWest]

The HEAD of the ACC Officials was asked (during the game - by a reporter) about this hit. His response was that the uncch player did NOT lead with his head/helmet, it was not helmet to helmet, it was not targeting, but it could have been flagged for a late hit. This was the HEAD of the ACC Officials and he was at the game and had watched the replays.

[KeviNole]

What's the controversy? I would agree with that assessment.

[hedge]

You can see the flag being thrown for a blatant holding by a USC player. I'm not disputing that the hit by the UNC player could've been called, but the official was responding to another penalty right as it was happening. But of course for Auggie, it's a conspiracy. Dude, you need another hobby...

[KeviNole]

Yeah, if that flag HAD been for an illegal hit I would agree with a conspiracy - against UNC. It came out way too fast to be for that hit.

I got home late - just in time for the lightning delay, so I didn't get to see much of the game. I assume UNC will be another "suck against OOC but great against the ACC" team?

[hedge]

Depends on how good SC really is. They looked like the real deal to me, even with Clowney not doing much. If that's true, we should do well against ACC opponents...

[AugustWest]

Yeah, if that flag HAD been for an illegal hit I would agree with a conspiracy - against UNC. It came out way too fast to be for that hit.

I got home late - just in time for the lightning delay, so I didn't get to see much of the game. I assume UNC will be another "suck against OOC but great against the ACC" team?

As hedge said the flag visible in the GIF is for a different penalty. The point is that an official looking at a player leading with his head and making helmet to helmet contact says it's not what it obviously is.

[hedge]

Unarguably helmet to helmet contact, which occurs on probably every play b/w some players. I can easily see how a reasonable person wouldn't necessarily see that as "leading" with the head, however. Looked more like he was just falling on top of the guy and their helmets popped...

[DooKSucks]

UNC was owned in the trenches. That's obvious.

Four plays decided this game:

1) The busted coverage that led to the first touchdown. UNC's corners are average on their best day and often vulnerable. Why leave them out there alone with the safeties being brought up for run support? That defensive strategy sucks with this team. Why they continue to do it is a fucking mystery.

2) The fumbled punt. UNC had put together an impressive drive. They forced USC off of the field. USC's defense was visibly gassed. Another touchdown makes it 17-14, and it's an entirely different ball game. Instead, the fumble happens.

3) Failure to convert on third down and having to settle for a field goal. Again, the team needed a touchdown, and it would have changed the complexion of the game. UNC failed to convert.

4) The Mike Davis touchdown. I don't think UNC will be the only team that has Mike Davis issues this season. He will light some teams up and has a bright future. However, there was no excuse for the defense letting him get through like that, but when you're playing boys (UNC's defensive line) versus men (USC's offensive line) there will be plays like that.

Conclusion: Year Two of Fedora will be much of the same. Renner wasn't sharp last night, but he went up against the best defense he has ever seen. UNC failed to execute. USC took advantage of its opportunities. This game come down to four plays, and the better team won each play. I thought the game would be more along the lines of 31-24 USC win though. I have the same concerns about UNC's defense and UNC's overall ability to take advantage of situations. Spurrier has made USC into a respectable Top 15-20 program, and UNC is still laying the foundations.

I pulled for UNC because I am from NC, have been a lifelong UNC fan and have an undergraduate degree from UNC. I am and will always be a USC fan second. However, the USC fan in me was pleased that USC was able to take advantage, but I was concerned at the defense acting gassed at times. This worries me. Clemson's staff will undoubtedly watch this game and prepare accordingly.

[AugustWest]

AS has already been said, Spurrier will have his D running gassers for the next two weeks. I doubt you see the same issues again. I really thought U*NC was going to turn the game around in the second quarter and would run it down USC's throat.