And before a bye week - that's huge

1/22/2014 4:14:48 PM

My predictions:

Aug. 30 Georgia Southern (Wolfpack Club Day) - close W
Sept. 6 Old Dominion (Ag Day) - W
Sept. 13 @ South Florida - close L (we suck on the road, USF will be better next year)
Sept. 20 Presbyterian - easy W
Sept. 27 Florida State - embarassing L
Oct. 4 @ Clemson - embarrassing L
Oct. 11 Boston College (Hall of Fame Day) - close L
Oct. 18 @ Louisville - L
Oct. 25 Open
Nov. 1 @ Syracuse - close L
Nov. 8 Georgia Tech (Homecoming) - close L
Nov. 15 Wake Forest - close W
Nov. 22 Open
Nov. 29 @ North Carolina - close L

4-8 (1-7 ACC, 0-5 on the road, 4-3 at home)

Maybe if we pull off a couple of those close losses, then we manage to get into a horrible bowl game.

1/22/2014 4:17:31 PM

That'll make it a 1-15 ACC record for Doeren. Uff...

1/22/2014 4:25:15 PM

Aug. 30 Georgia Southern (Wolfpack Club Day)- better be a win, since they're transitioning to FBS, W
Sept. 6 Old Dominion (Ag Day)- garbage, W
Sept. 13 @ South Florida- they were awful last year. I've been to pro games at Raymond James. Not intimidating at all. W
Sept. 20 Presbyterian- seriously? W
Sept. 27 Florida State- 70 to 3 L
Oct. 4 @ Clemson- 40 to 3 L
Oct. 11 Boston College (Hall of Fame Day)- because we never beat these sorts of teams, L
Oct. 18 @ Louisville- road division game, L
Oct. 25 Open
Nov. 1 @ Syracuse- see Louisville, L
Nov. 8 Georgia Tech (Homecoming)- we'll pull out a W and set off an era of good feelings lasting the rest of the year...
Nov. 15 Wake Forest- always a W at home
Nov. 22 Open
Nov. 29 @ North Carolina- did I say "era" of good feelings? I meant 3 weeks. L

6-6 and a garbage bowl that not even UNC Pembroke should accept, but just enough to convince everyone he's turning the corner. We've always been really good at convincing ourselves that mediocrity is around the corner from greatness, when it's really just around the corner from mediocrity. We'll beat a MAC team in some bowl on ESPN2. What a joke.

[Edited on January 22, 2014 at 7:24 PM. Reason : preemptive 2015 prediction: 5-7, preemptive 2016 predition: 6-6, Doeren gone in 2018 ]

1/22/2014 7:21:10 PM

Doeren gone in 2018? That's a wyld predyction

[Edited on January 22, 2014 at 7:28 PM. Reason : ]

1/22/2014 7:28:25 PM

He's gonna ride the "we shouldn't fire him, he's almost there and we don't want to look like we don't give people ample time to put it all together" line for a few years.

1/22/2014 7:36:26 PM

"Just let him have 4 complete recruiting classes dammit"

1/22/2014 8:05:52 PM

No Thursday Night Games , hope we at least have a couple home games at night.

1/22/2014 8:07:36 PM

Reasons for Hope
-Second year in the system. Couldn't be any worse
-Almost all the DL is back. Teal and McGill should be absolute beasts
-Lots of young talent at WR with Ramos, Scantlin, Cherry, etc
-Brissett can't be as bad as Thomas/Mitchell ... right?

Reasons for Pessimism
-We didn't win a single conference game last year. That's really all that needs to be said.

1/22/2014 10:01:12 PM

We usually play our non-conference early season games at night. They aren't televised (except online) so we can do whatever we want, and obviously we prefer a cool night to a hot and humid day.

So yay for our PRIME TIME game being against THE BLUE HOSE.

I would wager we win at least 5 games, but the over/under off that is 2.

1/22/2014 10:05:55 PM

I'm at the point where I don't care about last season anymore. He gets a clean slate until he starts sucking again.

1/22/2014 10:19:12 PM

If we're giving him a pass for season 1 to get his guys in, we will have to wait till season 4 to see the results. Just having a 7-5 then season would be considered a success especially with FSU,Clemson Lousiville and LSU. Don't we have a home and home with LSU?

[Edited on January 22, 2014 at 10:31 PM. Reason : ]

1/22/2014 10:31:04 PM

We're in the division of death. 2nd Toughest division to win in college football.

1/23/2014 1:45:19 AM

That's fine with me. I don't want to get to the national championship by playing mediocre teams only to get blown away by the best team from another conference.

To be the best you gotta beat the best.

1/23/2014 5:46:35 AM

Heavyweights on the non conference schedule...
I think we have to win 7 games to be bowl eligible.

1/23/2014 8:23:00 AM

No. GS is now FCS.

^^ Are people already talking about hypothetical National Championships we could someday win? We never learn.

The word "Champion" should not be used in any context til we win at least 9 games and beat an SEC, B1G, or Big XII team in a bowl.

1/23/2014 8:48:28 AM

This is Doreen's year to prove his worth. I gave him a pass last year b/c he had Thomas and fing Mitchell a wide receiver playing QB. I'm not quite sure if any coach can overcome those circumstances as it was a circus. Thomas was honestly one of the worse if not worst QBs i saw play in 2013. He would give up on plays too early and run the ball, hold the ball too long when he had WIDE OPEN receivers, but that still didn't stop him from throwing 2:1 ratio in interceptions to touchdowns. As the season progress Doreen became more desperate for a win and tried some dumb shit like going for it in our own territory against Duke, but that's what desperation get ya. Anyhow, im NOT giving him a pass this year as he has Brisset and lots of young talent. I think he's done a good job recruiting so time to start competing. I'll wait until watching the spring game to have some expectations on what to expect this year but regardless i will NOT accept another winless conference record.

1/23/2014 8:57:20 AM

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"Doreen "

1/23/2014 9:02:27 AM

Hope we call a timeout before the GaSouthern opening kickoff. Just to set the tone for the season.

1/23/2014 10:19:24 AM

^^^ I like most of what you wrote there...but

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"i will NOT accept another winless conference record"

what are you gonna do about it?

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"Are people already talking about hypothetical National Championships we could someday will never win?"

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"4-8 (1-7 ACC"

I'll bet we do better than that. What's the wager rflong?

1/23/2014 10:38:05 AM

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"We usually play our non-conference early season games at night. They aren't televised (except online) so we can do whatever we want, and obviously we prefer a cool night to a hot and humid day."

they're not usually night games. more like mid-afternoon games. i consider a night game to be like an 8:00 start. our games against crap opponents are usually like 4:00 or 6:00 starts. i don't really consider those night games. you know because the game is played in day light.

1/23/2014 10:42:08 AM

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"I think we have to win 7 games to be bowl eligible"

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"GS is now FCS"

Think you meant to say FBS. One more time so everyone is clear; Georgia Southern is in the Sun Belt conference, Old Dominion is in C-USA, Presbyterian is FCS. We need 6 wins to be bowl eligible

[Edited on January 23, 2014 at 10:45 AM. Reason : context]

1/23/2014 10:44:25 AM

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"Doreen "

=

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1/23/2014 10:59:22 AM

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" what are you gonna do about it?"

(1) Write a 3000 word complaint to Debbie Yow, Mark Emmert, and oh yeah governor Mccrory
(2) Protest at NCSU sporting venues
(3) Talk shit on TWW

1/23/2014 11:28:09 AM

Aug. 30 Georgia Southern (Wolfpack Club Day) - W
Sept. 6 Old Dominion (Ag Day) - W
Sept. 13 @ South Florida - W
Sept. 20 Presbyterian - W
Sept. 27 Florida State - L
Oct. 4 @ Clemson - L
Oct. 11 Boston College (Hall of Fame Day) - W
Oct. 18 @ Louisville - L
Oct. 25 Open
Nov. 1 @ Syracuse - W
Nov. 8 Georgia Tech (Homecoming) - L
Nov. 15 Wake Forest - W (we're at home)
Nov. 22 Open
Nov. 29 @ North Carolina - L

7-5 Overall; 3-5 ACC

shitty schedule

1/23/2014 11:38:51 AM

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"Don't we have a home and home with LSU?"

we play at LSU on September 9, 2017, LSU comes to Raleigh on September 12, 2020. Plenty of time left for them to buy their way out of the game

1/23/2014 11:40:05 AM

I really don't see a situation where we lose to Louisville

1/23/2014 11:46:10 AM

need to just get to a bowl game

1/23/2014 12:21:13 PM

Aug. 30 Georgia Southern (Wolfpack Club Day) - W (barely)
Sept. 6 Old Dominion (Ag Day) - W
Sept. 13 @ South Florida - W (our WTF win of the year)
Sept. 20 Presbyterian - W
Sept. 27 Florida State - Huge L
Oct. 4 @ Clemson - Huge L
Oct. 11 Boston College (Hall of Fame Day) - Heartbreaking L
Oct. 18 @ Louisville - L
Oct. 25 Open
Nov. 1 @ Syracuse - L
Nov. 8 Georgia Tech (Homecoming) - L (NC State shit)
Nov. 15 Wake Forest - W (only because we're at home)
Nov. 22 Open
Nov. 29 @ North Carolina - L (shut the bed)

5-7 (1-7), program downgraded to Division II

1/23/2014 12:28:07 PM

too much Pessimism on this page!

1/23/2014 1:01:29 PM

Those who were willing to give Doeren a pass last season, I don't understand them not giving him a pass this season too. It will be atleast an year or two more before Doeren's recruits start performing.

It's a long way to the top, if you wanna BCS... riff riff riff riff...
It's a long way to the top, if you wanna BCS... riff riff riff riff...

[Edited on January 23, 2014 at 1:05 PM. Reason : ]

1/23/2014 1:03:30 PM

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"too much Pessimism on this page!"

our schedule last year was even more pitiful (8 home games) and we went 0-fer in ACC play and almost lost to Richmond. no reason not to be pessimistic. hell, going over on 2 wins is almost optimism compared to the shit we churned out last year

1/23/2014 1:06:56 PM

My prediction:

Brisket turns out to be a baller and is the running for ACCPOY
2nd in the Atlantic
9-3

1/23/2014 1:26:08 PM

1/23/2014 1:39:51 PM

LSU will back out when we hire Les Miles in 2017 but then reschedule when we lose every game and he hangs himself.

1/23/2014 1:55:15 PM

Entrance song preferences and guesses about what horrible logo we could use at midfield next would probably be a better use of your time and predictions right now.

1/23/2014 2:26:33 PM

I have a little more hope this season for our offense, not really losing any important pieces and adding 2 improvements at QB(Brissett to start and think McClendon would fit the offense better than Thomas but he should still RS).

One advantage to playing so many freshman/sophmores last year, is that this year we should have plenty of experience. Not this coming season, but the following year when most of our starters are Sophmore/Juniors with a couple of years of experience and Brissett is a senior SHOULD be the payoff year for last season and this coming season.

1/23/2014 3:10:21 PM

ok, "Why can't we be friends?" and the outline of the state of Alaska with a wolf howling at the big dipper

1/23/2014 3:11:47 PM

The middle of the field will be a giant ticket renewal form while the theme from "Brian's Song" plays.

1/23/2014 3:38:32 PM

A wolf wearing a pirate hat, and some Christian Nu Metal

1/23/2014 3:56:46 PM

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"the following year when most of our starters are Sophmore/Juniors with a couple of years of experience and Brissett is a senior SHOULD be the payoff year for last season and this coming season."

Next year is the year we are building towards our championship run. But that doesn't happen over night, even with a good coach like Duke has. We HAVE to win at least 4 games this year to be on track for a championship run next year.

But that's not happening. I'd be surprised if Coach Doh!ren could stumble his way to one win this year. Regardless, every week is just a suicide watch for the coach. We'll see if he makes it through the season.

1/23/2014 3:58:09 PM

1/23/2014 3:58:40 PM

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"I'll bet we do better than that. What's the wager rflong?"

5 lafta bucks. Seriously I am always a pessimist about State athletics that my predictions are usually on the low end of what I actually think we will accomplish. I do think we will win one of the 50-50 games between BC, Cuse, GT, or UNC and finish 5-7, but I know better than to wager on State. If I placed that bet, they'd probably go 9-3 and play in the Peach Bowl.

1/23/2014 5:46:34 PM

lock that fucking bet in right now

1/23/2014 7:22:30 PM

Aug. 30 Georgia Southern (Wolfpack Club Day) - W
Sept. 6 Old Dominion (Ag Day) - W
Sept. 13 @ South Florida - W
Sept. 20 Presbyterian - W
Sept. 27 Florida State - L
Oct. 4 @ Clemson - **upset W**
Oct. 11 Boston College (Hall of Fame Day) - W
Oct. 18 @ Louisville - L
Oct. 25 Open
Nov. 1 @ Syracuse - W
Nov. 8 Georgia Tech (Homecoming) - L
Nov. 15 Wake Forest - W
Nov. 22 Open
Nov. 29 @ North Carolina - W

9-3; 5-2 conference; 4-2 division

GO WOLPFACK!

1/23/2014 10:57:24 PM

1/23/2014 11:00:21 PM

The most unrealistic of those is beating Syracuse. We don't win road division games. An upset is more likely in general than winning against a mediocre division team on the road. I realize Clempson is also on the road, but that pick is meant to be audacious.

1/24/2014 12:22:38 PM

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"The most unrealistic of those is beating Syracuse. We don't win road division games"

The ghost of TOB?

1/24/2014 6:54:20 PM

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"We don't win road divisionconference games"

I ain't afraid of no ghost.

1/24/2014 7:07:52 PM

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"We don't win road divisionconference games"

1/24/2014 8:14:55 PM