NC State wins........

I predicted the score to be 24-7....close enough....but the sad part is I hit the amount of turnovers right on the money.

 

Stone has got to be better if State expects to do anything this year, but there sure are a lot of good running backs on that team.

Oh, and Richmond beat Duke. I feel so bad for those guys. Shit. I wish they'd have one good season just to break the monotony.

 

Appalachian State's Corey Lynch, left, dives trying to tackle North Carolina State's Andre Brown (24) during the first half of a football game in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, Sept. 2, 2006. Brown scored a touchdown on the play. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)


Appalachian State's Harrison Ritcher (28) dives in for a touchdown against North Carolina State during the first half of a football game in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, Sept. 2, 2006. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)


North Carolina State's Toney Baker (22) jumps over Appalachian State's Pierre Banks (31) on his way to a touchdown during the second half of a football game in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, Sept. 2, 2006. North Carolina State won 23-10. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

 

From the News and Observer...

Appalachian State-NC State audio slideshow

 

Good job 49er

That pic does not do justice to what happened to Lynch, My first cousins son backs up Lynch and my 11 year old said "Boy I'm glad Billy wasn't in there". It was a big boy hit for sure.

 

From a blog written prior to Saturday's game by Andrew Jones, Wilmington Star-News...


Chuck Amato Vs. Mike O’Cain

O’Cain coached seven seasons (1993-99), Amato is in his seventh campaign

Overall Record
O’Cain 41-40; Amato 46-28

ACC Record
O’Cain 26-30; Amato 23-25

Vs. Ranked Teams
O’Cain 9-21 overall, 4-7 at home; Amato 5-11 overall, 1-7at home

Vs. ACC Ranked Teams
O’Cain 7-17 (3.3 per season), Amato 5-9 (2.3 per season)


Notes
*O’Cain coached six games (2-4) against ranked non-ACC teams; Amato has faced two (0-2).

*O’Cain was 3-0 against Division I-AA schools; Amato is 5-0.

*While O’Cain was coach, arch rival UNC was ranked in four of the seven meetings, once at No. 8 and another time at No. 4. UNC hasn’t been ranked in its meeting with Amato’s teams.

*Rival UNC was ranked for 53 weeks while O’Cain was coach; just once during Amato’s tenure.

*Rival UNC was ranked for 26 weeks in 1996 and 1997, 16 times in the top 10. UNC hasn’t been ranked once since Nov., 2001.

*O’Cain also had home-and-home series against Purdue, Baylor, Louisville, Alabama, Syracuse (when it had McNabb), at home against Texas Tech and at Texas. Amato’s teams have played home-and-home with Indiana, Texas Tech, Ohio State and Southern Miss.

*O’Cain’s teams were ranked 14 times, 12 times in his first three years; Amato’s teams have been ranked 16 times, 14 times in his first three years.

*O’Cain lost twice to ECU, once 50-29 in Charlotte, and was 0-7 against UNC, including a loss to a 3-8 Carolina team that had no quarterbacks left for the game. Amato is 3-3 versus UNC.

 

Well they went bowling in '94.


But yeah, one of the med students here at ECU was on Duke's team in the late 90's. We were talkin about college and stuff, and he just kinda came out with the comment "would have been a lot more fun if we won some games. We won like 6 games in my four years." I felt bad for the guy.

 

If it wasn't for the fact that the ACC would drop them I wonder if Duke would consider eliminating football or at least moving to a lower division? That has to be a major money loss each year..

 

you can thank the crappy dook fans for that. they'll show up in droves for b-ball...but they all pull for a different school in football. if they didn't do that...who knows, they may be able to turn it around.