NCSU 38 - Pittsburgh 31

 

 

NC State won a very tough game against Pittsburgh on a wet Saturday afternoon.

It was one of the hardest played games I've seen in quite some time.

There's a reason Pittsburgh is expected to win the Big East Conference. They are a big, fast, hard hitting, physical team.


Thanks to Chip, John and Erika for joining me at the game.

Photos from the News&Observer.

Synapses

Memory is an interesting thing.

Supposedly, all our memories are stored in our brain. We just don’t have the ability for total recall. But – we all have memories that pop up now and again that we remember with full clarity.

When I was about 6 or 7 years old – my sister, *Georgiana, taught me Puff The Magic Dragon.

I remember sitting with her and going over the lyrics until I learned the whole song.

I even remember not caring much for the slow part of the song but liking it when it picked up at the very end with the refrain again.

I also remember asking her what the song was about, where that sea was, and did there ever really used to be dragons?

I love music.

In my house - usually the radio (or nowadays the computer through the stereo) is playing music rather than the TV being on. To this day, that song is still one of my favorites.

It's so cool to have learning that song as one of my life long, never to fade away, memories.



Thanks to Peter, Paul and Mary.

Mary Travers: November 9, 1936 – September 16, 2009.


Oh yeah, BTW

*Mike -

Thank you to you too.

You're the bestest sister ever.

Just How Bad is Western Kentucky?

State beat Murray State 65 to 7 Saturday.

It wasn't even that close.

Still - I'm not sure how our Offensive Line is going to be. Certainly better - but will they be good enough?

Coach TOB played backup QB Mike Glennon in the second quarter, most of the third and part of the fourth. Then he put in our third QB Imhoff with instructions to hand off to the running backs each play to run the clock out.

In fact, we punted for the first time in the fourth quarter. After that, it was hand off each down - including fourth down and turn the ball over on downs.

Which brings us to Western Kentucky. Murray State beat them the week before - 66 to 10.

Pretty much a ho hum game - but as always - we stayed to the end.

Thanks to Chip, John and Dwayne for going to the game with me.

One Minute Football

Want to see the entire South Carolina at NC State game from last Thursday? In under a minute?

This is a neat time lapse video from the local cable TV news - News14Carolina.

It works best after it starts if you 1) Click on the video to take you to the youtube.site and then 2) Click on the HD button for a high quality version.

Feeding Mama Raccoon and Her Kitts

Here's a little video of our, almost nightly, routine. Only 2 of the kitts (and mama raccoon) are in the video. I thought maybe we had lost one. But number 3 showed up later.



Saturday

Went to hear some music at the Moncure Fire Department. It was a fund raiser for the local 'Food Bank' operated by the New Hill Baptist Church.

 

Live music is always good - and a couple of the groups were excellent. Also, the BBQ was tasty as always.

I thought this was a pretty cool shot of one of the fire trucks.

 

The Crying Game

Some excerpts from The President's Speech:

"...it’s not always easy to do well in school. I know a lot of you have challenges in your lives right now that can make it hard to focus on your schoolwork."

"But at the end of the day, the circumstances of your life – what you look like, where you come from, how much money you have, what you’ve got going on at home – that’s no excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude. That’s no excuse for talking back to your teacher, or cutting class, or dropping out of school. That’s no excuse for not trying."

"Where you are right now doesn’t have to determine where you’ll end up. No one’s written your destiny for you. Here in America, you write your own destiny. You make your own future."

"We need every single one of you to develop your talents, skills and intellect so you can help solve our most difficult problems. If you don’t do that – if you quit on school – you’re not just quitting on yourself, you’re quitting on your country."

That socialist commie bastard!

The nerve of him trying to encourage individual responsibility, staying in school, respect for your teachers, studying hard and doing your homework.

Debating differences in opinion are a fundamental part of Democracy.

So here's my opinion.

I think some people should have paid more attention in school - in Civics Class for instance.

And maybe they should pay a little less attention to bloviating demagogues - Glenn Beck for instance.

I also think melodramatic Crying Mom could get a better grip on reality.

The Score Is a True Indication

State's Offensive Line Lets Russell Wilson Get Sacked 6 Times

It was supposed to be a good NC State offense vs. a good S Carolina defense. And an average State defense vs. an average S Carolina offense. I expected a score of 21 -17 or there about.

What happened was a weak State offense / strong defense vs. a weak S Carolina offense / strong defense.

When neither offense can get anything going – you have a low scoring game. Both team’s offenses were awful. State’s offense sucked a little worse than S Carolina’s.

S Carolina 7 – NC State 3 is about as low a score as you can get. It sums up the game exactly.

Technically you can have a 3 to nothing game – but . . . . .

I don't think you can call it highlights - so let's just say - here's some video of the game:



Still – being there was exciting.

Carter-Finley was packed and rocking. South Carolina brought a lot of fans and filled up the visitor sections with a scattering of them elsewhere using scalped tickets. Everybody stayed till the very end.

The game may have been a sleeper to watch on TV – but in the stadium – it was still a lot of fun.

Thanks to David S and his mom for going to the game with me and the Nuke’ster.