College Football Catch-All Thread

[takingAdookie]

Man do we suck, homies

 

[Calheel]

I like to look at Massey ratings. Its an aggregator of few dozen different rating sites.

For 2003, we beat Wake Forest (5-7 record) who finished the season rated #66.
In 2002, we only won 3 games but beat Arizona St rated #31.
In 2006 we only won 3 games but beat NC State rated #69.
In 2017 we only won 3 games but beat Pitt rated #47.
In 2018 we only won 2 games but we beat Pitt again who finished rated #38.

This season, our best win was against Stanford who finished #79.

This is the weakest "best win" since beating VMI in 1989.

I'm not sure winning a home game against a crappy Wake team in 2003 is any more impressive than winning a home game against a crappy Stanford team in 2025. That said, I am fine saying this is one of our worst seasons. I'd put in on par with 18, 17, 03, 02, 99, 89 and 88.

 

[Peppers49]

Throw in the whole staff/admin budget and it's not even close which is the worse.

We’re kinda splitting hairs about which seasons were statistically the worst, but at least you could chalk up some of those lousy Torbush/Bunting/late Fedora teams to the school generally being apathetic about the football program.

This season was uniquely miserable because UNC finally decided to push serious money into football and still managed to make one of tue dumbest hires in the history of the sport. Not only was the product on the field some of the worst football I’ve ever seen, we also had to put up with being the butt end of the joke at the national level because of the sheer scale and stupidity of it all. Depressing times for sure lol.

 

[uncjhodges]

We’re kinda splitting hairs about which seasons were statistically the worst, but at least you could chalk up some of those lousy Torbush/Bunting/late Fedora teams to the school generally being apathetic about the football program.

This season was uniquely miserable because UNC finally decided to push serious money into football and still managed to make one of tue dumbest hires in the history of the sport. Not only was the product on the field some of the worst football I’ve ever seen, we had to put up with being the butt end of the joke on the national scale because of the sheer scale and stupidity of it all. Depressing times for sure lol.

Id also add that some of those earlier teams, Fedora ones especially and Torbush in 1999, had significant injuries causing issues. Those Fedora teams, in addition to the Qb problem, were ravaged

 

[gregh1]

Id also add that some of those earlier teams, Fedora ones especially and Torbush in 1999, had significant injuries causing issues. Those Fedora teams, in addition to the Qb problem, were ravaged

Fed had recruiting limits due to sanctions, plus general ncaa spectre - that first yr had an insane amt of attrition which I always assumed to be a sign that academic side could no longer "look the other way" for a few yrs. 2017 would theoretically be a little smaller in count of 5th, 4th and 3rd year players.