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They had me 3 years ago at "arrove"
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Sunday, October 12, 2014
October 12, 2014
At yesterday's game, the weather started out sunny and hot. By halftime - heavy clouds had rolled in and it started raining and lightening.
Right before halftime - when you could see lightening in the distance - it was announced that spectators were encouraged to go to their cars in anticipation of a lightening delay.
During halftime - I was going to wait out the rain on the concourse under the upper deck - but announcement was made that all spectators were to evacuate the stadium.
So, I went to the truck and decided to head on home and watch the second half on TV. Partly because I did not know how long the weather delay would be - and mostly because of the disappointment in the very poor play by NC State.
Brett Friedlander of the Wilmington Star is a really good sports columnist. He sums it up perfectly -
http://acc.blogs.starnewsonline.com/44260/time-for-n-c-state-to-stop-pointing-fingers-and-start-manning-up/
Breakfast
Drove down to Fayetteville to have breakfast with my brother and sister-in-law. They were visiting from Georgia for Chuck's High School Reunion.
Fortunately Chuck called me this morning around 7:00.
I had set the alarm on the clock radio - but I think there must be an additional step to turn the alarm on. It's a Sony Blue Machine and the operation and controls, to be honest, kind of suck. It's hard to tune radio stations, it is overly complex to set the two alarms and also the blue on blue display is hard to see.
This Sony Blue Machine is a replacement for my previous Sony clock / radio that died a couple months ago. It's operation was also cumbersome and could have had a much better design.
Come to think of it - my Sony Stereo Receiver is also difficult to operate.
Sony makes great electronics. But their user-interface usually leaves a lot to be desired. Intuitive design is NOT Sony's forte.
Right before halftime - when you could see lightening in the distance - it was announced that spectators were encouraged to go to their cars in anticipation of a lightening delay.
During halftime - I was going to wait out the rain on the concourse under the upper deck - but announcement was made that all spectators were to evacuate the stadium.
So, I went to the truck and decided to head on home and watch the second half on TV. Partly because I did not know how long the weather delay would be - and mostly because of the disappointment in the very poor play by NC State.
Brett Friedlander of the Wilmington Star is a really good sports columnist. He sums it up perfectly -
http://acc.blogs.starnewsonline.com/44260/time-for-n-c-state-to-stop-pointing-fingers-and-start-manning-up/
Breakfast
Drove down to Fayetteville to have breakfast with my brother and sister-in-law. They were visiting from Georgia for Chuck's High School Reunion.
Fortunately Chuck called me this morning around 7:00.
I had set the alarm on the clock radio - but I think there must be an additional step to turn the alarm on. It's a Sony Blue Machine and the operation and controls, to be honest, kind of suck. It's hard to tune radio stations, it is overly complex to set the two alarms and also the blue on blue display is hard to see.
This Sony Blue Machine is a replacement for my previous Sony clock / radio that died a couple months ago. It's operation was also cumbersome and could have had a much better design.
Come to think of it - my Sony Stereo Receiver is also difficult to operate.
Sony makes great electronics. But their user-interface usually leaves a lot to be desired. Intuitive design is NOT Sony's forte.
Sunday, October 05, 2014
Wasn't Even This Close
Clemson's 41 - 0 shutout wasn't even this close.
Clemson pulled their starters early and kept the ball on the ground. Even forgoing scoring late inside the 10 and called a running play on 4th down just to keep the clock going and to keep from running up the score. Clemson could have easily scored 70 points on NC State.
It was a humiliating defeat.
The worst possible thing would be a let down from last week's awesome performance - and that's exactly what happened.
It will be difficult to regroup after this kind of loss. Next Saturday - Boston College at home.
Here's a stat that makes me very concerned about our next game -
In the first quarter of the NC State - FSU game the score was 24 - 7.
Over the next seven quarters through the Clemson game - NC State has been outscored 90 - 17.
Ranked Teams
The following AP ranked teams lost this week -
#2 Oregon, #3 Alabama, #4 Oklahoma, #6 Texas A&M, #8 UCLA, #14 Stanford, #15 LSU, #16 USC, #18 BYU and #19 Nebraska. That's 10 out of the top 25 teams.
All the naysayers who think #1 Florida State is over-rated may want to rethink their positions.
Clemson pulled their starters early and kept the ball on the ground. Even forgoing scoring late inside the 10 and called a running play on 4th down just to keep the clock going and to keep from running up the score. Clemson could have easily scored 70 points on NC State.
It was a humiliating defeat.
The worst possible thing would be a let down from last week's awesome performance - and that's exactly what happened.
It will be difficult to regroup after this kind of loss. Next Saturday - Boston College at home.
Here's a stat that makes me very concerned about our next game -
In the first quarter of the NC State - FSU game the score was 24 - 7.
Over the next seven quarters through the Clemson game - NC State has been outscored 90 - 17.
Ranked Teams
The following AP ranked teams lost this week -
#2 Oregon, #3 Alabama, #4 Oklahoma, #6 Texas A&M, #8 UCLA, #14 Stanford, #15 LSU, #16 USC, #18 BYU and #19 Nebraska. That's 10 out of the top 25 teams.
All the naysayers who think #1 Florida State is over-rated may want to rethink their positions.
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