UNC @ Charlotte

Peppers49 said:
To be fair to you, UNCC’s growth really ramped up in the last 15-20 years. I grew up in the Charlotte area and the school’s size and reputation is a lot different than it was 20ish years ago.
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When I was in high school and college (the 90s), having grown up in the greater Charlotte area, UNCC was a commuter campus and, essentially, a 4-year college version of a community college. That's not to say it wasn't able to provide a quality education, but the folks that attended UNCC were largely those who were unable to move away for college (for various reasons) and chose UNCC because of geographic location & being able to stay home.

When I moved back to the greater Charlotte area a number of years ago and then had my oldest kid in HS a few years ago, I was amazed that the difference in perception among HS students I know (and know of) concerning UNCC. It's now a school that students consider alongside many other UNC system schools for a variety of reasons, including students who intend to live on campus and are looking for the "typical" college experience. You're correct that the school's reputation is vastly different now than it was 25-30 years ago when I was last really familiar with it.
 
I was a student at UNCC when we went to the Final Four in 1977.

I hate the whole "Charlotte" thing. I didn't go to school at "Charlotte", I went to UNCC. I don't know anyone who went to school there who refers to it as "Charlotte." I understand why they are trying to carve out a unique identity since UNCC confuses too many people, but "Charlotte" is a big miss.
 
farce© said:
I was a student at UNCC when we went to the Final Four in 1977.

I hate the whole "Charlotte" thing. I didn't go to school at "Charlotte", I went to UNCC. I don't know anyone who went to school there who refers to it as "Charlotte." I understand why they are trying to carve out a unique identity since UNCC confuses too many people, but "Charlotte" is a big miss.
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Especially when downtown Rock Hill is about as close to downtown Charlotte as UNCC. Really good school that does great research in this community. But it's WAY closer to Harrisburg than to Charlotte.
 
lawtig02 said:
Especially when downtown Rock Hill is about as close to downtown Charlotte as UNCC. Really good school that does great research in this community. But it's WAY closer to Harrisburg than to Charlotte.
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No, it is close to Harris burg but it is IN Charlotte. Is SouthPark in Charlotte? Is Ballantyne? Don’t you live in Charlotte? You realize there is more to Charlotte than proximity to downtown.
 
farce© said:
No, it is close to Harris burg but it is IN Charlotte. Is SouthPark in Charlotte? Is Ballantyne? Don’t you live in Charlotte? You realize there is more to Charlotte than proximity to downtown.
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Fair enough. I think of the whole region as Charlotte. I live very close to downtown. And yes, I can get to Rock Hill faster than I can get to UNCC. But they're both very important parts of this region.
 
Ah the days of Cedric “Cornbread” Maxwell, Lew Massey Chad Kinch and coach Lee Rose.
Helluva squad and would have given Dean and co. fits in that title game 1977. Niners should have beaten Marquette in the semis. And of course we should have won the natty. Even though we were banged up - we should’ve won.

But I digress.

Heels need to come out at 7pm Saturday and play smash mouth football and whip UNCC in every phase of the game.
 
Icky Mettle said:
Yeah, it’s a big school where one can get a quality education. I know a lot of very bright and successful people who went there.

But it would be an absolutely terrible school to attend for the college experience. Such a large percentage of its student body is from the area. Many of those students continue to live at home with their parents or rent apartments off-campus. Many of those who live in campus dorms go home for the weekends. Outside of attending class, there’s very little campus life...
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Believe it or not! There really are people who can only afford to attend college for an education rather than "the college experience". If UNCC had been there in early 1950s, I likely would have been one of those students.
 
tarheelbillie said:
Believe it or not! There really are people who can only afford to attend college for an education rather than "the college experience". If UNCC had been there in early 1950s, I likely would have been one of those students.
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True. But you can get the college experience for about the same price at just about any other UNC system school. Though I do understand if you live in the Charlotte area, then that may be the most affordable option for a quality college education, as you can attend school there while continuing to live at home with parents. But unfortunately, unlike those other UNC system schools, it just isn’t going to offer that same college experience. That’s its one drawback.
 
Centerpiece said:
Ah the days of Cedric “Cornbread” Maxwell, Lew Massey Chad Kinch and coach Lee Rose.
Helluva squad and would have given Dean and co. fits in that title game 1977. Niners should have beaten Marquette in the semis. And of course we should have won the natty. Even though we were banged up - we should’ve won.

But I digress.

Heels need to come out at 7pm Saturday and play smash mouth football and whip UNCC in every phase of the game.
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hate to break it to the masses but that team i watched monday night is seriously devoid of talent and will lose a lot this yr even with our putrid schedule
 
UNCC is legitimately awful. I know sometimes people underestimate an obscure G5 team like that and automatically assume they are bad even when they are halfway decent, but Charlotte is one of the worst FBS teams in the country. Even the most pessimistic among us should expect at least a comfortable win, if not an outright blowout.

If it’s a remotely close game in the second half then all you can do is laugh. I would be way past the point of getting mad or upset.
 
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Yes, the line opened at -21.5 but quickly adjusted after bettors realized our shitty showing vs TCU
The line is holding at -13.5
Fox Sports is predicting a UNC win
But only 29-24. Apparently they think we will not only NOT cover the spread, but that we barely win by less than one TD.
Ouch.
I truly hope it’s not that close. I would rather my initial prediction of 42-17
If UNCC is truly as bad as Peppers says, and the Heels come out with something to prove about how Monday night was an outlier, an exception… then I would hope my prediction is a little more accurate than Fox sports
 
Batt Boy said:
opened at -21.5 and action has us down to -13.5. We are pitiful.
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When was it -21.5? I have seen it between -12.5 and -14.5 since Tuesday morning. Did it open before our TCU game on Monday? If so that would make sense.

Overall I agree with cford and others - anything other than an easy win would be about as alarming as the TCU result. Charlotte is bad. They got dominated by an App team that I suspect most likely isn't very good (I didn't watch a minute of the game but App has been mostly down in the last few years) and their starting QB is a guy we basically pushed out of our program. I don't care about 70 new players or short rest or whatever; we're paying our coach $10 million, they're paying theirs a fraction of that, and their whole program is guys who would kill to be at our program. If we don't have clearly better talent than them and/or our coaches can't outcoach theirs, that's a real problem.
 
Im not sure what someone would have to pay me to drive from Cary to Charlotte to attend this game, but it would be quite a bit of cash.
 
CFordUNC said:
Shoot, I live about 20 mins on the nose from UNCC’s stadium and I’m not sure I have a price!
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And, one of these diehard Tar Heel fans interned with the football program while an undergraduate and the other is a longtime Rams Club member and season ticket buyer in football, basketball, and baseball.

Charlotte might have made a good decision playing this game in its small stadium rather than renting the Panthers’ stadium.
 
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