INSTANT REAX: FSU/UNC
If Butch Davis is managing our team in an endgame scenario, we have a new addition to our living will. Please take the nearest well-maintained M40, load it with the asparagus spear-sized bullets they take, and then aim it carefully at our skull and fire using a well-calibrated scope. We’ll stay still for it, since the swift de-braining experienced would be faster and more pleasant than watching what will happen otherwise. No charges filed. We swear.
Instant reax here. By MVP, we mean real, literal value. Without Christian Ponder, Florida State would be Jacksonville State with much nicer stuff.
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Techie says:
Good thing they had that unsolvable Davis offense out there in the final drive. I’d hate to see what would have happened if they ran a “gimmicky high-school offense”.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:24 pm
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MCab says:
SAT time – Ponder:ACC Crompton:SEC
After the half, I was mocking FSU when they got the ball, but not for long.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:25 pm
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Mnyquist says:
Wait, FSU actually ended up WINNING?! Now I’m pissed that I left my TV after Halftime. Goddamn it.
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:11 am
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SuperJew says:
While wading deep into my liquor cabinet, the only thing I offer as a UNC fan (in regards to football) is profound sadness and disappointment.
Bourbon milkshakes, whisk me away to my comfortable street corner in the depths of shantytown. This football travesty can’t end soon enough for the state of North Carolina.
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:32 am
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Nathan says:
As a GT fan who’s had to listen over and over to UNC fans talk about how Butch was going to take them to the promised land because he didn’t run a “high school offense” and their program was a “sleeping giant” … I gotta admit I enjoyed tonight a lot.
To be fair – those UNC fans were right, Butch’s team doesn’t have a “high school offense”. It’s more like a “middle school offense”.
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:53 am
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Golden Hand says:
Despite Ponder’s brilliance, did anyone notice how insanely crappy Jimbo Fisher is at time management? How many delay of game penalties did they have because he wanted to discuss Camus’ “The Stranger” with Ponder over by the sideline, instead of sending in a freakin’ play? Bad time management = bad coach, because you know they’re wasting time in practice instead of getting in more reps (looking at you, Chan Gailey). Oh, and sweatervest = bitch mentality. It’s a 1:1 ratio.
October 23rd, 2009 at 6:52 am
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yoyofutbawl says:
Fell asleep with the score at 24-6. Woke up at midnight, turned off the TV. Woke up at 5 and see 30-27…huh?
Dook – the new powerhouse of NC football. That’s a sad comment.
October 23rd, 2009 at 6:56 am
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Brizzle says:
TJ Yates throwing 6 yard passes with 10 seconds left was awesome. What the fuck are you thinking? On a side note, I couldn’t help but think of Foghorn Bowden beating Butch the dog’s ass with a board Looney Tunes style.
October 23rd, 2009 at 7:30 am
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tbone says:
Anyone else notice Fowler refer to Ponder as “Weatherford” right before the 98 yard pass? Sheeeeeee-it. Night…meet…day. A really good QB can make any steaming bag of shit look reasonable. I’m looking at you Jimmah Clausen.
I do love the Mickey Andrew’s school of coaching. “I liked it better in the mid-90s when I could kill people with our front four and have the other seven guys just scratch their balls”. Nice insight on the way to the retirement home. Apparently that works better than “our DEs should crash down every play to clear a 15 yard running lane outside”. God bless guys who can’t do shit without ridiculous talent. We have a term for those guys….Larry Fucking Coker.
October 23rd, 2009 at 7:58 am
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gtne91 says:
Butch lost the game with the call to kick the FG on 4th and 1. Horrible decision. They were running the ball down FSU’s throat. Just keep doing it. A TD there gives them an 8 pt lead and a chance.
October 23rd, 2009 at 8:09 am
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Techie says:
Yeah, I thought the Mickey Andrews comments were hilarious.
“This was so much easier when we were dominant and I could just send a D -ine out there and say “Hold it there”. You mean I have to work at it these days?”
October 23rd, 2009 at 8:17 am
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Doug says:
Now I see why Holly was so vehemently opposed to the prospect of Tennessee going after Butch Davis to replace Fulmer. If you’d told me nine months ago that Lane Kiffin would end up looking like the smarter choice, I’d have laughed in your face, but now . . .
October 23rd, 2009 at 8:27 am
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Jack Fact says:
yoyofutbawl says:
“Fell asleep with the score at 24-6. Woke up at midnight, turned off the TV. Woke up at 5 and see 30-27…huh?”
Filed under: Things Bobby Bowden might have said.
October 23rd, 2009 at 8:49 am
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Targyle says:
At least we’re providing the ACC with some consistency this year?
October 23rd, 2009 at 9:23 am
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Counter Trap says:
Butch Davis is Mike Shula with rougher skin.
Dermatology–the little known camo.
October 23rd, 2009 at 9:37 am
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Erik says:
I would love to see a yardage and yards/play breakdown for UNC in terms of runs-to-outside vs. not-runs-to-outside. The ratio could easily be 2:1. Maybe more.
Only mix it up when more than one item is required in the mix. FSU seemed unaware that runs were allowed outside the hash marks, and they were equally out of position on the first outside run as the last. KEEP DOING THAT UNC.
ACC: All Coaches Crappy Fucking Amateur Hour. Sorry, no properly-abbreviated phrase was strong enough.
October 23rd, 2009 at 9:52 am
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Erik says:
SAME TO YOU, HTML! SAME TO YOU!
I want my damned strikethrough.
October 23rd, 2009 at 9:52 am
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yoyofutbawl says:
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Thanks & Amen. Give those boys some Free Shoes.
October 23rd, 2009 at 10:28 am
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Keith Byars' Right Foot says:
Butch Davis needs to be choked with his own headset. UNC was running outside on FSU all day, so what did Butch go to in the second half? Shockingly clever runs up the middle for 1.3 yards a pop and punts disguised as long passes into coverage. Brilliant!
As a retired Cleveland Browns fan, I have a warning for Tar Heels out there: Paul Hilton Davis does not handle stress well.
October 23rd, 2009 at 10:35 am
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PittsburghTiger says:
I knew UNC was in trouble because of two things:
1. In the first half Jesse Palmer was about to service UNC’s Offensive Coordinator.
2. And even before that the Tarheels came out in those hideous uniforms. Let’s see, we have one of the coolest colors in all of college sports, lets go to dark blue, which just about everyone has….
October 23rd, 2009 at 10:38 am
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I'm A Lasagna Hog says:
I used to smirk at the notion that UNC was going to supplant VT, GT, or Miami in the division. Now, I simply laugh.
October 23rd, 2009 at 10:46 am
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Vol says:
No one’s really commented on the fact that that’s a really fucking awesome picture of Butch Davis.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:06 pm
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InScoresofOtherGames says:
Take it from a ChiBears fan, that was all Shoop.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:48 pm
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Bamaleg says:
Please add Butch Davis to the long list of coaches we are THANKFUL we did not get (along with the guy at South Florida and the guy at meeechigan and the guy at UTEP*, etc.).
* OK, we know we actually got the guy at UTEP but, really, does that one count? I think not.
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:25 pm