If I Knew The Answer I'd be Rich

Why is it that one week a team commits 14 penalties, allows a team to score on a Hail Mary and then the next week they knock off the third best team in the country and the best in the ACC.  If there was a coach that had the answer then they would win every game

Even while falling behind 16-0 in the first half I could tell that the Pack was not playing that badly just getting beat by a better team. There is no doubt that State became more aggressive on defense with blitzes and Mike Glennon five yarded Florida State to death in the second half.  Still without the partial blocked punt and great field position State may not have had enough time to go 80 yards to win.

There is just something in us that when we think everything is under control that is when disaster happens.  The Titanic Sunk because because they thought they were unsinkable and yet it sunk.  Florida State thought that they had control of the game and they did until they thought they had control and then they didn't.

North Carolina's victory over Va Tech was outstanding but here is a problem for the Tar Heels.  Don't know now that this just might be the worst Tech team in 20 years.  Pittsburgh handled the Gobblers.  Any victory is good and in the preseason this one might have been marked as  a Hokie win but the way the season has unfolded it was one the Tar Heels needed and they got it.

Duke is 5-1.  Duke outscored Virginia 27-0 in the second half.  Now this is Duke we are talking about when they are suppose to be shutout and the other team scores 27 on them in the second half.  Coaches are salesman and not only has the Duke players bought Coach Cut's sales pitch but Duke is expanding  Wallace Wade.  Everyone in Durham is buying in on David Cutcliffe.

Wake Forest lost at Maryland and for the first time I got a chance to watch Whit Barnes play for the Deacs for more than just a few plays.  The former Gryphon now a redshirt Junior started at right guard and for the most part played pretty well.  When your team only scores 14 points it hard to feel like you played well in a loss.

Just got word from Brooks Doughtie that the N C State Tri team has qualified for the National Tri Championships in the spring.  Today was the conference championships in Endicot Maryland.  The top ten teams qualify.  The Tri team is not a varsity sport so the club conference is a lot more schools than just ACC schools.  The men finished third.  Not bad since two of State's top three were out injured.