Week 4: North Carolina State @ Cincinnati (Thursday Night)

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Little Danny
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Sep 21, 2011 10:48pm
The Wolfpack travel to Nippert Stadium for the Thursday night ESPN broadcast. UC looks to avenge last year's 30-19 loss.

NC State QB Mike Glennon has done a pretty good job filling in for Russell Wilson. However, the Wolfpack defense has been snake bitten with injuries on the defensive side of the football. UC comes off an explosive win over Akron. UC running back Isiaih Pead has proven to be a game breaker in every contest, including his 65 yard TD run against Tennessee.

With talks of conference relignment out there, the folks in Clifton have been rallying around the 'Cats. Look for a pretty raucous crowd for the homefolks on national TV.
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Sep 22, 2011 1:32pm
The UC game tonight on ESPN is a Black Out Game. UC's sideline reporter has just tweeted there may be a uniform surprise. Will we see these helmets?

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Sep 22, 2011 7:45pm
[h=2]GO
WOLFPACK!![/h]
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karen lotz
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Sep 22, 2011 8:06pm
No flat black helmets. :thumbdown:
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Tiger2003
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Sep 22, 2011 8:18pm
76 yard punt. Damn.
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Tiger2003
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Sep 22, 2011 8:19pm
Dumb dumb penalty.
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karen lotz
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Sep 22, 2011 8:46pm
Looks like the Pack is rattled by the Thundersticks.
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captvern
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Sep 22, 2011 9:03pm
Collaros playing well and it looks as though the bearcat defense has improved
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bigkahuna
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Sep 22, 2011 9:03pm
Reps to the crew for showing some love to Skyline/Cincinnati style Chili.
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karen lotz
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Sep 22, 2011 9:09pm
captvern;907367 wrote:Collaros playing well and it looks as though the bearcat defense has improved
Yeah Collaros is tailor made for that offense. Wouldn't have minded him following Kelly to ND.
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captvern
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Sep 22, 2011 9:30pm
karen lotz;907375 wrote:Yeah Collaros is tailor made for that offense. Wouldn't have minded him following Kelly to ND.
Yea the 5 or so games he started under Kelly Collaros put up playstation numbers
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dat dude
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Sep 22, 2011 10:23pm
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karen lotz
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Sep 22, 2011 10:27pm
How bad is State?
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dat dude
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Sep 22, 2011 10:40pm
Man, as a fan of OSU I remember the recruitment of Isiah Pead. If he could have got his grades up, he would have got his OSU offer. I can remember watching this highlight video back in the day and my jaw dropping (especially the third highlight):

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bigkahuna
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Sep 22, 2011 11:17pm
^^^A lot of those can be credited to piss poor tackling by some of the slowest teams I've ever seen
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dave
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Sep 22, 2011 11:54pm
Love night games at Nippert. UC is better than last year, but not by much. NC State was pretty terrible.
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Sep 23, 2011 12:07am
So listening to ESPN radio I heard NCST had -26 yards rushing... That is fucking terrible.

lotz State is terrible this year. They would be decent if Wilson didn't go to Wisconsin.
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karen lotz
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Sep 23, 2011 12:11am
their defensive line is really bad. At one point, they had a walk on playing that up until tonight had been an offensive guard. Not an ideal situation.
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Sep 23, 2011 12:13am
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Sep 23, 2011 1:20am
Good atmosphere tonight there tonight. UC dominated the lines, and that was the game. Collaros looked good and Pead is a great player, but NC States offensive line was atrocious. UC can compete for the Big East no doubt, but I think West Virginia and South Florida are both probably a little better. Will be interesting to see how the crowds are at Paul Brown Stadium for the next 2 home games there.