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I have no idea what next year looks like for UNC Football.

Mack Brown has been saved by amazing QB's at this point and I am not convinced about what we have coming in.
Almost all the players that I know by first name are gone. I am not sure who our go to talent will be other than Hampton.
I feel like historically, Mack has had talent coming in, and I am not convinced this is the case this year, and while I see State and others pulling major talent out of the Portal; we don't seem to be.

Are we heades for a 3 win season? Are we better off than I think? Are there plans beyond Mack Brown in the works?
Somebody give me forecast for next year. (I hope it is better than I think).

I doubt we will see the rope a dope performance we saw in early December when Carolina was down as much as 16 points at home to the Seminoles and then changed the game completely by making a few changes DEFENSIVELY and stormed back and grasped Victory from Defeat.

For you young bucks and fans I will give you a quick history lesson as champion George Foreman put up his heavy weight boxing champion of the world belt against an aging but still dangerous Mohammed Ali.

Many people have said Ali had quick hands which lead to quick shots but many also said was a master of psyching out his numerous opponents.

For some reason Foreman agreed to fight Ali outside at midnight in hot and humid Zaire South Africa.

Heavy money was being bet on Foreman because he was crushing opponents at a record pace in early rounds but similar to Mt T IN Rocky III he thought nothing about the heat and fatigue as he just wanted to end the Ali legend by throwing heavy blows to the body which only landed against Ali’s protective arms and elbows.

Eventually Ali just laid on the ropes taunting Foreman to beat on him which he did but throwing all those bombs in the intense heat took a heavy toll on Foreman and he began to drop his arms in fatigue

Like a pissed off Cobra Ali sensed this and came off the ropes and began a serious of jabs, upper crosses, hooks and straight on the money punches that knocked the champion to the canvass where he would never recover before Ali has shocked the world and all of the so called experts but becoming champion because basically of his smarts of using the rope a dope.

So in a nutshell when Carolina hosted Florida State in their first ACC battle the Seminoles really took it to the Tar Heels in the first half scoring at will and it looked worse than Custer at Little Big Horn.

The ABCers and you know who you are were jumping for joy thinking to themselves that “I told you that Coach Davis was over his head when in came to coaching Carolina “ but then those same I told you so couch coaches ran right smack into their Waterloo as Coach Davis had his own rope a dope idea as he had his team go into a full court press and that move pretty much caught FSU with their Seminole pants down

Inserting Trimble Carolina went small with a three guard defensive attack and Florida State just completely fell apart.,Their guards could not get over half court and when they did they committed turnover after turnover as UNC slowly got back into the game.

FSU called several timeouts but none of them helped as Carolina continued to make steals and deflect passes and more importantly starting to make shots. Carolina had somehow got off the canvass and ropes and thru a knockout of their own in front of a loud and happy crowd and as the final bell went off had won a impressive win.

I am sure after being caught off guard and losing that big lead on the road the FSU coaching staff and players have worked on how to beat a full court press but I would not be surprised if Coach Davis and staff have another trick to try on FSU when the time is right.

Well let’s hope so as FSU is really big, talented and actually go 12 deep. Will the contest be as memorable as the famous Rumble in the Jungle between Foreman vs Ali 50 years ago I don’t know but we can all hope.

You are more than welcome over the history lesson

So what happens if teams say you know what we going to not let this guy beat us and they do box and 1 or straight jump him as soon as he gets the ball double team. I just hope when it happens because it will we need players to step up.I was just thinking this last night as he was Being that Guy!!!!

I’ve lived here 30 yrs and have only seen this phenomenon 3 times including today. It is absolutely bizarre and is the inspiration for the Stephen king movie. It happens when the air is unusually warm (83 today) and the water very cold. It’s not Your typical fog by far. It’s much denser. Visibility is about 6 feet. From a distance it looks like a blanket laying on the ocean. And as you approach it it looks like a wall. It also drenches you as the moisture content is so high. Incredible sight. It’s like a sci fi movie.

CAROLINA 75, FLORIDA STATE 68
JANUARY 27, 2024
TUCKER CENTER
TALLAHASSEE, FLA.

UNC Scoring Leader: RJ Davis 24
UNC Rebound Leader: Harrison Ingram 17
UNC Assist Leader: Elliot Cadeau 6
Team Records: UNC 17-3, 9-0 ACC; Florida State 12-8, 6-3 ACC

• Carolina became the first team to win 750 regular-season ACC games.
• Carolina is 9-0 in the ACC for the ninth time, and the first time since starting 11-0 in league play in 2000-01.
• Carolina won its 10th straight game for the first time since winning 11 in a row in 2016-17 (the last six games) and 2017-18 (first five games).
• The Tar Heels are 5-0 on the road in ACC play.
• This was the fifth consecutive ACC road game this season the Tar Heels held the home team under 70 points. It is the longest-such streak since 1982. From 2/11/1980 to 1/23/1982 the Tar Heels allowed fewer than 70 points in 13 consecutive ACC road games (the Tar Heels went 10-3 in those games).

• Carolina won despite tying its season high with 17 turnovers (in the loss to Kentucky). The Seminoles scored 26 points off those turnovers, the most by an opponent this season (Kentucky scored 19).
• The Tar Heels committed 12 first-half turnovers and only five in the second.
• FSU shot 50.0 from the floor in the first half and only 36.7% in the second. The second half was the 24th time in 40 halves UNC held the opponents under 40% from the floor.
• Carolina outrebounded FSU, 41-32, the ninth straight game UNC has outrebounded the opponents (won all nine). The Tar Heels are plus 122 on the boards in the nine games.
• Carolina has led by double digits in all nine ACC games. UNC beat the Seminoles by eight points at home and seven here in Tallahassee, the only two ACC games the Tar Heels have not won by double digits.

• Carolina has allowed 70 points or fewer in 10 straight games for the first time since 2006-07.
• Carolina had a 10-0 run in the first half, the 14th time in 20 games UNC had at least one 10-0 run (UNC is 12-2 when it has a 10-0 run).
• RJ Davis scored a game-high 24 points. It was the 16th time he led UNC in scoring this season, 13th time he scored 20 or more points and the 10th time he was the leading scorer on both teams.
• Davis made two three-pointers, extending his school record to 17 consecutive games making multiple 3FGs.
• Elliot Cadeau scored a season-high 16 points. He had 14 in the previous game vs. Wake Forest, marking the first time he has scored in double figures in consecutive games as a Tar Heel.

• Cadeau made a season-high eight free throws (in nine attempts).
• Harrison Ingram had 13 points, 17 rebounds, three steals and one blocked shot. It was his sixth double-double of the season (he had five in two seasons at Stanford) and the sixth time in the last eight games he had 10 or more rebounds.
• It was Ingram’s third 15-rebound since the start of the new year. He had 15 at Pitt, 19 at NC State and 17 in Tallahassee.
• Ingram made three 3FGs, the sixth time this season he made three or more, and the first time since he made three vs. Charleston Southern on December 29.
• Cormac Ryan made three 3FGs, all in the second half. It was the fifth time he made at least three 3FGs this season.
• Armando Bacot played in his 152nd game, tying Deon Thompson for the second most in UNC history. Leaky Black holds the record with 155.
• Bacot had four rebounds, including three defensive. He is the first Tar Heel with 1,000 career defensive rebounds (has 1,001).

Carolina-Florida State
• Carolina is 55-16 all-time against the Seminoles, including winning four straight and 13 of the last 17 games.
• UNC is 19-8 against FSU in Tallahassee, all at the Tucker Center.

Next Game: Tuesday, January 30 at Georgia Tech (7 p.m., ESPN)

Some different things for this game. The contest will be on the CW channel which everyone does not have and it has a scheduled tip off at 2:15 pm in Chestnut Hill…

BC is not having a bad year as they come in 11-6 overall and 2 up and 4 down in the ACC…

They have three starters scoring in double digits lead by their 7 foot center Quinten Post who leads the team with 16.9 ago and 7.4 rpg. He reminds me a lot of Flipowski of Duke as he is a dual threat inside as well as outside and is hitting 41.7 from downtown. Bacot, Washington, Ingram and Withers will probably all get their opportunity to slow the big man down a bit.

Claudell Harris at 6.3 and Zaeden Zachery at 6’2 are his backcourt mates and they are presently averaging 15 ppg and 12.2 ppg. They also can shoot the three.

BC on paper are better than Louisville and they are playing at home in front of a sold out arena so I for one think this basketball battle will be much closer than the experts have picked. Whoever wins the battle in the paint between Bacot and Post will probably be the decisive factor on who wins. In a shootout that goes down to the final couple of minutes I believe Carolina behind Davis and Ryan clutch free throws will prevail by about six points…

ODDS
-8.5 UNC
Over/Under 154.5


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