UNC Football Catch-all | Bill Belichick Era underway

[Peppers49]

Haha. Yesterday, my wife, son, and I were debating whether this was a moral victory. Wife and I said yes, son was a no.

I mean it was certainly an improvement from our previous performances, but that bar was incredibly low.

I would have allowed for moral victories had we played TCU or Clemson close. These games against bottom programs like Cal have to be wins on the scoreboard though.

 

[SnoopRob]

Haha. Yesterday, my wife, son, and I were debating whether this was a moral victory. Wife and I said yes, son was a no.

Maybe it was a moral tie?

 

[NCK9]

 

[farce©]

Andy Dalton is killing them

 

[heelinhell]

I mean it was certainly an improvement from our previous performances, but that bar was incredibly low.

I would have allowed for moral victories had we played TCU or Clemson close. These games against bottom programs like Cal have to be wins on the scoreboard though.

I say we take a baby step and just win a game against a team that has a winning record.

 

[gregh1]

I sincerely think its coaching..............

And QB.

 

[rodoheel]

I say we take a baby step and just win a game against a team that has a winning record.

Yeah, I would settle for beating a top 100 team. (For reference, the current Sagarin ratings, which combine FCS and FBS schools, have Richmond at #195 and Charlotte at #201. Cal is #77, and we almost got them.)

 

[Zoo_View]

Sagarin Rankings for UNC’s upcoming opponents:

• UVA #32
• Syracuse #65
• Stanford #86
• Wake #66
• d00k #42
• ncsulol #52

 

[Peppers49]

Yeah, I would settle for beating a top 100 team. (For reference, the current Sagarin ratings, which combine FCS and FBS schools, have Richmond at #195 and Charlotte at #201. Cal is #77, and we almost got them.)

I don’t think beating Stanford or QB-less Syracuse would do anything for me. Syracuse would at least be on the road, but still.

Could we find a way to snag some combination of 2 wins from the UVA, Wake, Dook, State part of the schedule? Given the circumstances I would be impressed with that. None of those teams are world beaters but they are still noticeably better than UNC, and the real problem is that they will all be motivated to face us. Kinda hard to see it happening.

 

[rodoheel]

I don’t think beating Stanford or QB-less Syracuse would do anything for me. Syracuse would at least be on the road, but still.

Could we find a way to snag some combination of 2 wins from the UVA, Wake, Dook, State part of the schedule? Given the circumstances I would be impressed with that. None of those teams are world beaters but they are still noticeably better than UNC, and the real problem is that they will all be motivated to face us. Kinda hard to see it happening.

I'm doubtful of anything good coming from our current regime but beating any 2 of the teams you listed, except probably Stanford, would constitute major improvement over what we saw early in the year, and therefore at least some reason for optimism. Not saying those teams are great but they are at least real, credible football teams who have beaten other decent teams.

 

[gregh1]

Sagarin Rankings for UNC’s upcoming opponents:

• UVA #32
• Syracuse #65
• Stanford #86
• Wake #66
• d00k #42
• ncsulol #52

I wonder if that Cuse rank is based on metrics from back when their QB1 was playing.

Every yr it seems QB play is more and more important. Angelli was a great get from the portal (he had some relationship with the QB coach or OC).

 

[gregh1]

Have we discussed that trick play on the first TD drive yet? I was shocked that had been concocted and called.