Canada to Pittsburgh (and I'm not talking about the flight).

Who will the new OC be?

1/8/2016 5:33:18 PM

Lock delete suspend

1/8/2016 5:55:40 PM

Why lock it? Yeah Jaybee normally trolls, but might as well move the discussion on next season's train wreck to its own thread. 6-6 is probably what we are looking at IF we can beat ECU. Best case scenario is 8-4. 5-6 potential top-25 teams on the schedule (Clemson, Fsu, UL, ND, UNC, Miami).

My prediction: 5-7, DD gets let go after loss to UNC. We make another disastrous head coaching hire in Dec, many players transfer, and repeat the cycle in 4 years when we fire DDs replacement.

[Edited on January 8, 2016 at 10:45 PM. Reason : Ds]

1/8/2016 10:44:13 PM

^looks about right.

1/8/2016 11:18:20 PM

^^ yup

^^^ wtf wolfbro?

1/9/2016 1:41:07 AM

I feel the boobs fire and brimstone raining down on Doeren after week 2

1/9/2016 1:44:11 AM

6-6

1/9/2016 9:40:10 AM

9/3 William & Mary
9/10 @ECU
9/17 OCU
10/8 Notre Dame

ACC games
@Clemson
FSU
@UNC
Wake
BC
@Syracuse
@Louisville
Miami

yeah...i'd say winning 7+ games is gonna be tough. QB play is gonna determine a lot.

1/9/2016 9:42:29 AM

9/3 William & Mary - W
9/10 @ECU - W
9/17 OCU - W
10/8 Notre Dame - L

ACC games
@Clemson - L
FSU - L
@UNC - L
Wake - W
BC - W
@Syracuse - W
@Louisville - L
Miami - L

1/9/2016 1:57:55 PM

^doesn't seem unreasonable at all...would hope that we steal one out of Miami, @UL, @UNC. i'd expect us to be underdogs in those games. that's a way too early guess, but it seems like a relatively safe guess. it'd be great to finally win a game under DD in which we weren't favored to win.

1/9/2016 2:07:28 PM

I know I am excited and I am glad that my thread will be the gathering place for NC State football in two thousand and sixteen.

[Edited on January 10, 2016 at 1:20 PM. Reason : d]

1/10/2016 1:04:18 PM

Quote :

"^doesn't seem unreasonable at all...would hope that we steal one out of Miami, @UL, @UNC. i'd expect us to be underdogs in those games. that's a way too early guess, but it seems like a relatively safe guess. it'd be great to finally win a game under DD in which we weren't favored to win. "

Yeah, but if we steal one of those and get an atypical-for-DD win, then we'll probably have a loss to a team we're supposed to beat. @ECU is probably the most likely but it could also be BC or @ Syracuse.

1/11/2016 4:24:11 PM

http://gopack.com/news/2016/1/11/FB_0111165338.aspx

Eliah Drinkwitz from Boise State new OC

1/11/2016 5:09:33 PM

i think that's a good, pleasant hiring. nice

1/11/2016 5:14:52 PM

Actually a better than expected hire

1/11/2016 5:15:23 PM

We have the goofiest looking staff in the NCAA. Man boobs DD and Best Buy Geek Squad Drinkwitz.

Can't argue with the hire other than maybe questioning how well he will do recruiting. Came from Malzahn's staff and the jury is still out a bit on him. I know a few Auburn fans who are ready to kick old Gus to the curb.



[Edited on January 11, 2016 at 5:17 PM. Reason : sorry for the large image!]

1/11/2016 5:16:35 PM

Quote :

"As offensive coordinator for Boise State, Drinkwitz's offense ranked in the Top 15 in the nation in points per game and total offense in 2015. The Broncos averaged 39.1 points and over 500 yards of offense per game this past season. "

Someone tell me how Boise St's offense did in 2014. I need to know if he's riding updrafts or if he had any real impact.

[Edited on January 11, 2016 at 5:23 PM. Reason : 9th in scoring in 2014, looks like they regressed some]

1/11/2016 5:20:58 PM

They were better in 2014.

1/11/2016 5:24:02 PM

1/11/2016 5:41:20 PM

they had a true frosh QB in '15 FWIW

1/11/2016 6:16:20 PM

Yeah I was going to mention ^ that too.

True freshman qb and top-15 offense is impressive on paper. Haven't looked at Boise's schedule last season, but I remember them butt raping UVA so consider me impressed. Hope he can recruit though.

1/11/2016 8:19:27 PM

Yow doing work, getting the next HC on the staff to save an embarrassing search after Doeren gets shitcanned for going 5-7 next year

1/11/2016 8:28:57 PM

^^ saw a few folks on twitter commenting that he was regarded as a strong recruiter...but that might all just be folks being optimistic in the moment. guess time will tell. but on the surface, this seems like a solid hire with a lotta promise. i'm pleased.

1/11/2016 11:21:40 PM

that Idaho pipeline

1/11/2016 11:26:06 PM

Sad how so called state fans will be actively rooting for us to lose to ecu because the coach isnt winning it all

1/11/2016 11:27:06 PM

^^yeah i thought about that too...he has no apparent ties to the region. but a good recruiter is a good recruiter wherever he is (assuming this guy's a good recruiter).

will he be coaching the QBs as well? iirc, Canada coached QBs too.

[Edited on January 11, 2016 at 11:27 PM. Reason : f]

1/11/2016 11:27:36 PM

Canada hung 70 on Nebraska before we hired him. Past achievements don't mean shit when you coach at the mediocre dumpster fire like here

1/12/2016 12:26:18 AM

Ledford's OL and running game at App St. were 6th in the nation in total rushing yards.

not bad.

1/14/2016 3:21:34 PM

Quote :

"mediocre dumpster fire"

1/14/2016 3:32:15 PM

Quote :

"Canada hung 70 on Nebraska before we hired him. Past achievements don't mean shit when you coach at the mediocre dumpster fire like here"

Canada was successful this year despite extreme adversity. You can't argue with the facts. People need to accept the fact that we had the #22 offense in the nation this year despite losing our best 2 players.

1/14/2016 4:17:18 PM

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/14632442/thaddeus-moss-son-nfl-great-randy-moss-commits-nc-state-wolfpack

this should be fun

1/23/2016 10:28:24 PM

^^ I imagine that our stats were inflated because of the weak OCC schedule. When we were in ACC play it looked like we had no where near a top-25 offense.

1/23/2016 10:45:12 PM

IOP1

1/23/2016 11:49:55 PM

^^well yeah, that's definitely true. but the troll only looks at box scores.

1/24/2016 12:03:06 AM

Man I swear some of you guys are dumb. Its one thing to not know how offensive efficiency is calculated but i've posted over and over about how its adjusted for strength of schedule so if you don't get it by now, you are just that dense.

and then yrey takes it a step further and says we didn't look like a good offense against acc teams when we scored at will against the nation's #2 and #3 defense (BC and Clemson). Sure, we had bad games but so does everyone and it all balanced out to us dropping to #23 after the bowl.

1/24/2016 12:13:25 AM

Quote :

"Team efficiencies are based on the point contributions of each unit to the team's scoring margin, on a per-play basis. The values are adjusted for strength of schedule and down-weighted for "garbage time" (based on win probability). The scale goes from 0 to 100; higher numbers are better and the average is roughly 50 for all categories. Efficiencies update daily during the season"

Whose the troll now?

1/24/2016 2:28:05 PM

I'm glad that we don't have Canada now. He would have wasted Thad just like he did with D. Grinnage.

1/24/2016 2:49:58 PM

^^^ Try getting a life instead of posting shitty charts that I never saw and have no desire to. Lets see, scoring at will against BC means 24 points. It gets better, our so called
firepower offense amassed a whopping 13 points against VT and Louisville. but, but, that no huddle #22 offense tho.





[Edited on January 24, 2016 at 5:30 PM. Reason : .]

1/24/2016 5:28:43 PM

Quote :

" I never saw and have no desire to"

So you have no interest in being objective and considering facts (by acknowledging a widely accepted, standardized system of offensive rankings) when evaluating our offensive performance? got it.

Is your entire analysis based on 1 game? 2 games?

[Edited on January 24, 2016 at 5:36 PM. Reason : WHAT A CLOWN]

1/24/2016 5:36:10 PM

^ sniff sniff, I've never been more proud son, never more proud, son.

1/24/2016 6:43:45 PM

Quote :

"Lets see, scoring at will against BC means 24 points."

i mean, only 2 teams scored more than 24 vs them all year. so "scoring at will" isn't the best phrase...but we definitely did what most teams couldn't do vs their stout D. Notre Dame mustered 19 and FSU 14 vs their D.

1/24/2016 10:48:10 PM

Straight Cash, homie.

1/24/2016 11:41:23 PM

MJ Salahuddin and Kenton Gibbs are no longer on the roster...not sure about Gibbs, but it's no surprise MJ isn't. he tore his ACL for the 2nd time before the bowl game, so his career is likely over.

http://www.backingthepack.com/2016/1/25/10825934/salahuddin-gibbs-no-longer-on-nc-state-football-roster

this article says Gibbs is on "medical hardship scholarship" so i assume that means he suffered a major injury, but no idea what it is.

1/25/2016 8:48:47 AM

yeah I think those medical hardships actually got announced 2-3 weeks ago (or at least that's when I remember seeing it on PP). Gibbs tore his achilles a couple years ago and apparently could never get healed.

1/25/2016 11:54:35 AM

New OC looks kind of like Ed Helms:





[Edited on January 25, 2016 at 12:28 PM. Reason : .]

1/25/2016 12:28:03 PM

Football schedule supposedly out today at 3pm. Apparently playing UNC on Black Friday.

1/26/2016 11:39:10 AM

Quote :

"New OC looks kind of like Ed Helms:"

How convenient.

1/26/2016 11:55:13 AM

The head coach of Vandy basketball, Stallings, looks like the fat guy from the Office too. Amazing...

1/26/2016 12:19:11 PM

2016 Schedule:

Sept. 3 WILLIAM & MARY (Wolfpack Club Day)
Sept. 10 @ East Carolina
Sept. 17 OLD DOMINION (Hall of Fame Weekend/Varsity All-Sports Reunion)
Sept. 24 BYE
Oct. 1 WAKE FOREST
Oct. 8 NOTRE DAME (50th Anniversary of Carter-Finley Stadium)
Oct. 15 @ Clemson
Oct. 22 @ Louisville
Oct. 29 BOSTON COLLEGE (Homecoming)
Nov. 5 FLORIDA STATE
Nov. 12 @ Syracuse
Nov. 19 MIAMI (Fla.)
Nov. 25 (Fri.) @ UNC-CH

[Edited on January 26, 2016 at 3:09 PM. Reason : ]

1/26/2016 3:09:41 PM

Another season of snooze for the sleeping giant of the ACC

1/26/2016 3:16:59 PM