Damn. Trevor Lawrence whipped ND's ass a little too hard. The committee loves ND, but after that shellacking....I don't know. If ND is forced out of the playoffs then they'll get the orange bowl over NC.
Whatever. I don't like ND as much as the next person, but I was looking forward to UNC playing someone good. They'll still get a decent game but it might be cinci/cc/Indiana now.
I hope USC loses tonight to Oregon. Seeing people act like they're a playoff contender is absurd.
A scenario that affects the teams of the three posters here:
If Clemson beats Notre Dame, north Carolina is locked in the orange bowl. Their most likely opponent is texas a&m. Things that could change this up:
-if northwestern beats ohio State -if tennessee breats texas a&m
Ohio State should win likely, but NC's opponent is basically the best non-playoff big 10/SEC. If tennessee wins then Florida and Georgia are the obvious ones that come to mind. If alabama tears florida up, then Georgia goes. If Florida plays alabama evenly and barely loses, then it's gonna be close. If Florida somehow defies odds and wins then that's chaos.
Obviously if Notre Dame 2-0s Clemson then UNC's out of that bowl. But I think Clemson will win. And NC's most likely(and only) opponents as of now in order are probably:
1. Texas a&m 2. Georgia 3. Florida 4. Ohio State
I could perhaps mention Indiana but there's no way. It's those 4 in descending likelihood. Obviously I'd love northwestern to beat OSU and give me my dream matchup, but that's the least likely
A guy I went to school with is the best and most known photographer on the island. He is always snapping shots when the hurricanes/northeasters hit, and this photo made Time Magazine's top 100 photos of 2020:
The first surge entering a ground level game room.
Lmao. I'd be pissed if that happened to NC. Mack has them very well disciplined. I was surprised to see them flipping the U upside down in the cameras yesterday lol. After the whole horns down debacle, stuff like that can land you in trouble.
ND would have to beat Clemson and Florida would have to beat Alabama for them to have a small chance at the playoffs now. We all know ohio state is going to roast northwestern going 6-0 against opponents with a .35 winning average or so.
Hot damn. After coming off of a very close loss to now Dame, unc breaks literally I think... 6 or 7 records.
At least I should get a good bowl game to watch. Especially if Clemson beats ND. UNC will be the #1 at large acc team that's non playoff. Meaning, even if they're #12 they'll get to face #5 or #6 in the orange bowl. Probably tx AM.
It was painful to watch. Dyami brown(top 3 most talented receivers in the country) got injured before halftime.....on a blocking play. When that happened even though it was tied at the half I was like fuck.... it's over. UNC has the best running offense in the nation but they NEED dyami brown to be making big plays when they're facing a good defense. It causes the LB's to drop back and play a safety role, and only charge the line when they're blitzing. 2nd half ND only had to focus on stopping the run and they shut UNC out.
It's a shame that UNC has no depth and an injury matters so much.
Another random stat: UNC's two running backs lead the nation, number 1 and 2, for most rushes 15+yards. Hell of a stat for 2 guys that are on the same team.
Damn. I missed your post else I would've made picks. Although I haven't followed NFL at all basically. Months ago I said that McCaffrey would get injured...and he did.
Haha you called the cowboys to win. That's the only game I watched.
UNC vs notre dame @ 330pm at. Watch out for javonte Williams. Forces more missed tackles than anyone in FBS by a fucking mile. Averages 120 yds per game. He's a future nfl star. Michael carter is UNC's other 100 yard back at 9th in the nation in the rb rankings. Javonte has the athleticism. Carter is basically a Giovanni bernard with excellent vision. If sam Howell has a good passing game the Irish are fucked.
Looks like the committee shares my optimism with UNC. That never happens Haha. UNC's ranking got bumped 6 spots.
Haha you're not. I know how I come off sometimes, I only do that hoping that y'all will give me the benefit of the doubt that im not bat shit crazy for my team and I appreciate that you guys relatively do just that and let me flap my jaw about my tar heels.
The reason why im doing it a little more than normal this year is really because.... they're just really freaking good. They're not consistent, which relates with your comparison to the Falcons. I just googled the matchup and this was the first break down that came up in Google. It might give a bit of a more unbiased break down than me
During their 2 losses it was painful for me to watch. Defense was super injured and they have no depth so it was bad news for UNC. The FSU loss, even though their defense sucked the offense didn't score in the entire first half.... 2nd half, the defense somehow shuts FSU out. So in a very generalized view, their offense seems to deliver 80% of the time, and their defense maybe 40% of the time. One game, Boston college their offense played like shit but their defense stepped up to limit BC to allow less points and yards than Clemson or ND did. Then, look at those offensive numbers from that article. So there is at least a little science behind my blind optimism for the heels at least. All it takes is for the defense to not show up which is mostly normal, then the offense to to have a less frequent bad day and they're fucked. If there were stats for the team with the highest ceiling and potential, but aren't fully consistent yet, nc would be the leader by a long shot.
They do have ONE thing that is very consistent. And that is that UNC is considered by many to be the best running offense in the nation. This is because they have two running backs in the top 10 in fbs. Both average more than a hundred yards a game. They swap them out systematically and they both stay fresh. They're really cool to watch.
Before I typed that post I saw that ND has several key starters out for the Carolina game NC is healed up too. I think they can do it.
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