Couch Potato Day (potatoe if you're Dan Quayle)

NC State and UNC kick off today at noon. Despite both having beyond dismal records, today’s game will be intense for players and fans alike.

UNC coach John Bunting will be replaced by Butch Davis at the end of the season. I hope Coach Bunting stays with UNC in an administrative capacity. He’s a true blue UNC man. I wish he had more success – just not against NCSU. Davis has the potential to take UNC to national levels – just like he did at Miami. Hmmm – ominous clouds on the horizon for NCSU.

NCSU coach Chuck Amato is under increasing pressure due to our lofty ambitions and expectations and less than lofty results. I’m an ardent Amato supporter. I think he can, and will, take us to national heights in football. But for some reason, it just hasn’t happened so far. True, his second season was outstanding with the win over Notre Dame in the Gator Bowl. But our winning seasons have been barely – and come from behind. We need to be dominating – not squeaking by.

I too am getting antsy. I want NCSU to regularly compete for the ACC Championship. I want NCSU to go to a BCS Bowl on a regular basis. I want NCSU to play for a National Championship. I want NCSU to reach football dynasty level.

In spite of this year’s record – I see huge potential for next year. Save one, our loses have been by 8 points or less. We’re in every game. Graduation losses will not be much. We have the potential for a break out season next year. And we’d better do it. Butch Davis will be in town starting next year – and he ain’t gonna sit around with his thumb up his arse.

Both teams are playing for pride only. That’s all that’s left of this year’s season.

Mid-afternoon – Number 1 Ohio State and Number 2 Michigan play in their last game of the season. Winner goes to the National Championship Bowl – but hey – isn’t the whole idea to get numbers 1 and 2 in a matchup?

Well, here it is baby (thanks Dick Vitale).

Family and I and good friend Chip went to the NCSU at OSU triple overtime game a few years back.

WOW!

Those people in Columbus take their football very seriously.

We had a great time. So much so that we were somnambulant the next day (inside joke).

NCSU and UNC are traditional rivals. Of course, Michigan and OSU are one of the great rivalries of all time. I saw tons of anti-Michigan t-shirts at the game we went to. Some were hilarious but I can’t repeat them here on a family prime time blog. One I can report was: “Anne Arbor is a Whore”. You get the idea.

Condolences to Michigan fans on the loss of Bo Schembechler.

Tonight, Wake Forest plays Virginia Tech. Wake is having a super season. They are 9 – 1. I hope they’re 10 – 1 after tonight (sorry niece – gotta pull for Wake).

Just in case you couldn’t tell – I really enjoy college football. I’m just as nuts about college basketball as well. The NCAA tournament is something I look forward too all year.

Time to build a fire in the fireplace.

Y’all have a good day too.

Addendum

Family blog to the wayside – here’s the NC State abbreviated version of Carolina’s alma matre and fight song:

Far beyond west Raleigh’s ditches lies a place called Hellllllll
Where ten thousand sons of bitches call it Chapel Hill

Oooooh

They’re bastards born and they’re bastards breed
And when they die they’ll be bastards dead

So piss on Carolina ‘lina
Piss on Carolina ‘lina
Piss on Carolina ‘lina, go to hell heels . . . .

Wake Forest suuuuuucks

PS to the Addendum

UNC 23 - State 9

It was 16 - 9 with 2+ minutes left. State had the ball and looked to make another 2 minute drill to score. We fumbled and Carolina recovered in our end zone for the final touchdown.

Sigh.