Oct 8 | North Carolina State

[Irish Insanity]

I just heard that we were a one point underdog. Could that be possible? WTF!

Have you seen us play?

Georgia Dome - ACC triple header

That would be sweet to attend.

I'm supposed to be making the drive down to Raleigh from South Bend. I am now having second thoughts.

Do you own a boat?

 

[Irish Insanity]

Any way it gets moved to ND?

 

[Irish Insanity]

I just heard that we were a one point underdog. Could that be possible? WTF!

 

[calvegas04]

Any way it gets moved to ND?

and ruin the sell out streak?

 

[Irish Insanity]

and ruin the sell out streak?

We could still sell out. #WeAreND

 

[RDU Irish]

Latest forecast has the storm slowing down a bit and pushing east - making Saturday noon kickoff more feasible and Friday night pretty "safe". All subject to change and as reliable as any other weather forecast.

 

[BGIF]

NHC shows the track 50 miles or so off FL's east coast. Concurrently the Weather Channel is warning the track could make landfall OR move further to sea. They believe Tropical to Hurricane force winds will impact inland.

The storm northerly movement appears to be slowing. Jacksonville Friday. Savannah Friday PM through Sat PM. Charleston a couple hours after Savannah with Charleston getting 50-70 mph winds for 18-20 hours from Late Fri night through Sat afternoon. Myrtle Bch gets 40-50 my winds late Fri night through Sat morning then the wind picks up to 50-74 range in the afternoon (post ND game in Raliegh.) about three hours later 25-40 mph winds start to hit Wilmington. Wilmington doesn't get 50-74 mph winds until Sat evening say 6 pm. The storm is expected to take a strong turn to the east.

Could be good news for ND NCS but not for FL,GA, and SC coasts. Saturday roughly around noon the eye should be off Charleston. It doesn't reach the Wilmington area until after midnight Sun. Raleigh should get rain nut later, less severe and winds will be lower in the teens.

Savannah to Charleston are looking at a foot or more of rain. The I-95 corridor 10 inches. As far inland as Statesboro is forecast for 5-7 inches.

 

[RDU Irish]

We will know a lot more by noon today. If I were CBK and Swarbrick I would want to play Friday night and avoid the potential for bad winds.

 

[Classic Irish]

Thanks to those with Hurricane Matthew updates. Again, our flight to Raleigh leaves tomorrow morning, but we don't want to get there and find out that the game has been cancelled.

 

[kmoose]

We actually played a pretty good game, the last time we played in a Hurricane in the Carolinas....

 

[IrishGlory]

We will know a lot more by noon today. If I were CBK and Swarbrick I would want to play Friday night and avoid the potential for bad winds.

The only issue here is that the Carolina Hurricanes/Washington Caps have a game at PNC Arena and I believe they share the same grounds/parking as Carter Finley Stadium. The hockey game is only pre-season so I could see them cancelling it so the NCAA could fit in a game worth playing.

 

[Rack Em]

We could still sell out. #WeAreND

We could sell out like Max Redfield on a 3rd and long, play-action fake.

 

[ginman]

The parking lot is shared, but I don't think many people attend pre-season hockey down here anyway.

 

[IrishGlory]

While I understand and truly respect that this is a pretty complex decision, one has to be made sooner rather than later. Many people, including myself, have plans to travel to the game and driving 5 hours is no fun just to turn around and head back home. I certainly hope a decision is made no later than Thursday night.

On a positive note, some of the more recent weather forecasts may actually allow the game to be played as scheduled.

 

[IrishGlory]

The parking lot is shared, but I don't think many people attend pre-season hockey down here anyway.

Understood and agree... but it still adds to the complexity of the situation.

 

[T Town Tommy]

Interesting question:

has it ever happened in one season that a school who's nickname doesn't end in "s" has played five teams who's nickname doesn't end with an "s"?

Fighting Irish vs:

Nevada Wolf Pack
Syracuse Orange
NC State Wolf Pack
Stanford Cardinal
Navy Midshipmen

Trivial I know... but what are the odds of this ever happening?

 

[GrangerIrish24]

Interesting question:

has it ever happened in one season that a school who's nickname doesn't end in "s" has played five teams who's nickname doesn't end with an "s"?

Fighting Irish vs:

Nevada Wolf Pack
Syracuse Orange
NC State Wolf Pack
Stanford Cardinal
Navy Midshipmen

Trivial I know... but what are the odds of this ever happening?

Finally, a positive spin on the season!

 

[BGIF]

Matthew Impact on NCS Diminished

Matthew Impact on NCS Diminished

I've heard no report on game status from schools or ACC. However Matthew has slowed so will arrive in NC later (post game) plus storm is expected to start turning east south of Wilmington heading out to see so post game traffic will be impacted less than originally thought.

Matthew has been traveling clockwise around a high pressure system over the western Atlantic. The strength of this "High" could push Matthew closer to the US East Coast as it awaits an upper level trough from the Plains states. That push from the "High" farther west could track the storm closer to the north-central Florida Coast, then possibly closer to the Georgia and Carolina coast until the "trough" directs the storm more rapidly north and east by the weekend.

The weather channel earlier showed the trough which would block Matthew's northern movement while a high somewhere around Bermuda plus Hurricane.Nicole will influence Matthew's direction. Matthew may gobble Nicole.

 

[pumpdog20]

Interesting question:

has it ever happened in one season that a school who's nickname doesn't end in "s" has played five teams who's nickname doesn't end with an "s"?

Fighting Irish vs:

Nevada Wolf Pack
Syracuse Orange
NC State Wolf Pack
Stanford Cardinal
Navy Midshipmen

Trivial I know... but what are the odds of this ever happening?

No, but there's been 7 instances in the last 33.5 years that a team has played 4 other teams without an s at the end.

 

[BGIF]

Raleigh NC Nov 8 Forecast

Raleigh NC Nov 8 Forecast

Weather Channel 2:05 10/5/16


Rain likely. High around 70. Winds NNE at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 80%. Rainfall near a quarter of an inch.

 

[zelezo vlk]

Well it's a good thing that the team can at least fall back on the running ga-oh wait.

 

[BGIF]

I just heard that we were a one point underdog. Could that be possible? WTF!

When I first posted the vegas odds ND opened at -2.5 but quickly dropped to -2 with 94% of the bets on ND.

Then Kpenn found a casino that would accept his vbucks and he promptly bet NCS lowering the odds to ND +1. Now a number of IE posters have followed suit and ND has dropped to +2.5 with 83% of the betting on ... ND.

 

[BGIF]

..................................Notre Dame ............. Opponents
Rushing: Yards / Attempt 4.39 ........................ 4.23
Rushing: Attempts - Yards - TD 191 - 838 - 11 ... 220 - 930 - 13


........................North Carolina State ............. Opponents
Rushing: Yards / Attempt 4.79 ......................... 5.02
Rushing: Attempts - Yards - TD 142 - 680 - 13 ... 236 - 1184 - 16

 

[BGIF]

Well it's a good thing that the team can at least fall back on the running ga-oh wait.

EDITED:
NCS's rushing stats do look better than the UNC's stats I had incorrectly posted. I still don't see a problem for ND.
ND's OLine has been inconsistent with three new starters. I commented on that before the Texas game that we were replacing a couple of NFL players and a retiring upperclassmen. We were losing a lot of career start, "chemistry", and despite the talent of the replacements it would take a couple of games to develop. I specifically noted that the Texas OLine which we were ridiculing had more career starts on the field than we did.

EDITED:
Many of Kizer's sacks and the ND RBs TFLs were due to miscues by the OLine particularly in the center. Then in the Syracuse game McGovern limped of the field early in the game and never returned. Hunter Bivins subbed in at RG and was beaten badly on several plays. The defender facing him used a swim move and Hunter was attempting to block a body already past him. He looked like a rookie out there and I saw at least 3 TFLs/Sacks due to his man going unblocked. McGovern is supposed to be back according to Kelly's PC.


..................................Notre Dame ............. Opponents
Rushing: Yards / Attempt 4.39 ........................ 4.23
Rushing: Attempts - Yards - TD 191 - 838 - 11 ... 220 - 930 - 13

..................................Notre Dame ............. Opponents
Rushing: Yards / Attempt 5.01 ........................ 3.47
Rushing: Attempts - Yards - TD 166 - 832 - 12 114 - 396 - 5

DISREGARD THIS STAT, IT'S UNC NOT NCS. I cut and pasted from the wrong Home Page at CFB.STATS.COM
........................North Carolina State ............. Opponents
Rushing: Yards / Attempt 4.79 ......................... 5.02
Rushing: Attempts - Yards - TD 142 - 680 - 13 ... 236 - 1184 - 16


And what makes you think Kizer can't throw the ball in a 1/4 inch of rain over a 12 hour period.

The causal fans recall the bombs but Kizer has used the entire width of the field: Left, Center, and Right.

As well as the depth of the field: Short, Middle, and Long.

He also has hit as many as 10 different receivers in a game: WRs, TEs, and RBs, Seniors through true Freshman.

 

[zelezo vlk]

These rushing stats don't look like a problem for ND.

..................................Notre Dame ............. Opponents
Rushing: Yards / Attempt 4.39 ........................ 4.23
Rushing: Attempts - Yards - TD 191 - 838 - 11 ... 220 - 930 - 13


........................North Carolina State ............. Opponents
Rushing: Yards / Attempt 4.79 ......................... 5.02
Rushing: Attempts - Yards - TD 142 - 680 - 13 ... 236 - 1184 - 16


And what makes you think Kizer can't throw the ball in a 1/4 inch of rain over a 12 hour period.

The causal fans recall the bombs but Kizer has used the entire width of the field: Left, Center, and Right.

As well as the depth of the field: Short, Middle, and Long.

He also has hit as many as 10 different receivers in a game: WRs, TEs, and RBs, Seniors through true Freshman.

I know how well Kizer's played, but I also know that the O line has been extremely inconsistent, in addition to the TEs, especially in run blocking. Jamie at ISD just posted an article a few days ago detailing their struggles. NC State may have the best defensive line that ND faces all season and vs a maddeningly inconsistent O line, I think it's not crazy to harbor doubts.

 

[ACamp1900]

We are playing the 2016 NCS and not the 2002 team,....... correct?

 

[tko]

We are playing the 2016 NCS and not the 2002 team,....... correct?

Yes, but their QB will most likely play like Phillip Rivers or even better. It's just reality.

 

[dad4aa]

..................................Notre Dame ............. Opponents
Rushing: Yards / Attempt 4.39 ........................ 4.23
Rushing: Attempts - Yards - TD 191 - 838 - 11 ... 220 - 930 - 13


........................North Carolina State ............. Opponents
Rushing: Yards / Attempt 4.79 ......................... 5.02
Rushing: Attempts - Yards - TD 142 - 680 - 13 ... 236 - 1184 - 16

I know how well Kizer's played, but I also know that the O line has been extremely inconsistent, in addition to the TEs, especially in run blocking. Jamie at ISD just posted an article a few days ago detailing their struggles. NC State may have the best defensive line that ND faces all season and vs a maddeningly inconsistent O line, I think it's not crazy to harbor doubts.

Not too worried about being able to run against those stats. Especially since they have given up those yards playing William & Mary, East Carolina, Old Dominion and Wake Forest

 

[IrishLax]

Well, Wake Forest beat Duke soooooo.........

 

[Domina Nostra]

It's a crapshoot because so much of what makes our offense great is the passing game and the weather conditions suck.

At the same time, I think our offensive line will relish the chance (if its given to them) to just really ram it down someone's throat. Plus, I think the defense is going to be pretty good when they are not on their heels, considering the real issues are at pass rush and safety.

And I think there is a 0% chance the game is moved. The NC State people won't be able to bring themselves to part with any $.