The #goacc Moment of the Week (10/31/2016)

The weekly in-depth look at the best (worst?) moments in ACC schadenfreude.

Folks, I’m not going to lie it took me a lot of energy to even write this week after what happened Saturday. Still quite haven’t come to grips with the fact that the Pack lost to Boston College, but perhaps we can make things a tad better by making fun of things from the rest of the conference. Last week, we saw Louisville’s glow in the dark cleats used during a day game win over a pretty tough field. We’ve got another stacked field, plus quite possibly the most ridiculous #suregrin winner we’ve had in awhile and of course, some wrasslin’ wisdom. Let’s get down to the vote, which is your #goacc Moment of the Week? Vote below!

1. Jay Williams protecting the streets as Michelangelo.

(h/t @RealJayWilliams).

Keeping these city streets safe. #Turtlepower http://pic.twitter.com/nIkuwGUVUL

— Jay Williams (@RealJayWilliams) October 30, 2016

Gonna start this post off with a blistering hot take that Williams chose the wrong ninja turtle. Raphael was infinitely cooler, come on Jay.

2. Andy Richter destroyed two annoying Clemson fans at a bar.

(h/t @AndyRichter).

Just sitting at the hotel bar in NYC texting w my sister about the Cubs game. I may be a little disappointed about the score http://pic.twitter.com/cvVoNwjMg3

— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) October 30, 2016

Seriously LOL at Clemson fans calling the World Series "regional."

3. State fan was reading a book at the game against BC.

(h/t @919VTHokie15).

Seriously who reads at a football game? #goacc #ncstate http://pic.twitter.com/T85WaK5tnJ

— Ryan Kane (@919VThokie15) October 29, 2016

Truthfully, I can’t blame this woman for wanting to read at the game what looks like a textbook of some kind given the post-it notes stuck in it. That was probably more enjoyable than watching that embarrassingly bad offensive performance. When Jaylen Samuels only has three passes thrown his way, you need to reevaluate your offensive game plan. Sorry, I’ll get off my soap box now.

4. Tim Duncan ethered Sean Elliot.

(h/t @SBNation).

Tim Duncan is spending his retirement razzing old teammates with text message jokes:https://t.co/dBpUjDLIjq http://pic.twitter.com/bT9PAKQlCF

— SB Nation (@SBNation) October 29, 2016

Good lord Tim, that was savage as hell. They should have Duncan on one of the next celebrity roasts they do on Comedy Central for burns like that.

5. ACC Basketball’s media day featured this incredible segment.

(h/t @ESPNU).

We know these @theACC players can play…but can they DANCE?

The #LittleExperts investigate! http://pic.twitter.com/mFncZdHJB8

— ESPNU (@ESPNU) October 28, 2016

I’m not sure if this is a new thing or I’ve just been living under a rock, but the Little Experts need to be a regular thing during basketball season this year. Definitely watch this one all the way through, particularly when they ask Joel Berry about his hair.

6. Apparently Drake is now an FSU fan.

(h/t @FSU_Football).

Happy Birthday to our biggest fan! @Drake http://pic.twitter.com/PIovYDf1ru

— FSU Football (@FSU_Football) October 24, 2016

Man, I’m not sure who is the biggest fan of more sports teams, Drake or Kenny Chesney.

7. One State fan had a chunk of the section all to themselves.

(h/t @wmgadd).

That's some serious B.O. #NCSUvsBC http://pic.twitter.com/BTJoiBaeuE

— Will Gadd (@wmgadd) October 29, 2016

Well, that would certainly explain it.

8. Christian Wilkins’ reaction to his coach’s haunted house is incredible.

(h/t @ClemsonFB).

Another successful Halloween Haunted House at Coach Caldwell's house!

Just ask Christian Wilkins... #ClemsonFamily http://pic.twitter.com/0ZksprmnEh

— Clemson Football (@ClemsonFB) October 28, 2016

I’m with you on that, Christian. Haunted houses are the worrrrrrrrrst. Also, #specialshoutout to whomever is dressed as Stone Cold Steve Austin in that last picture.

9. Virginia Tech forgot about I before E except after C.

(h/t @VT_Football).

RECORD BOOKS, MEET @IAF_1!#SCtop10 http://pic.twitter.com/nmdARWxw8N

— VT Football (@VT_Football) October 28, 2016

Hey Hokies, let me help you guys out here with a little English language lesson, courtesy of the Peanuts gang:

10. FSU fan gets hilarious revenge after trying to do the right thing.

(h/t @inBeastITrust).

FSU tailgate tonight saw a girl drop two tickets. I got her attention and she rudely said she had a bf. Guess whose seats Im in #CLEMVSFSU http://pic.twitter.com/pgWjhar5hc

— Mr. Beastly (@inbeastitrust) October 30, 2016

Okay, this is incredible. Not only did he try to return the tickets, but then he still got to use them as payback for her ridiculous attitude! Just amazing.

the #suregrin award.

Hoo boy, just when you thought the Cleveland Browns couldn’t embarrass themselves further...

This has to be a trending hashtag: #GPODAWUND http://pic.twitter.com/EwiXnDqEKT

— Mike Klauss (@thatmikeklauss) October 30, 2016

The Browns’ official hashtag will now forever be #GPODAWUND.

Also, just Google the Patriots-Bills game if you want to see some hilarious results for what happened during that game - I’m not linking it here because it’s a wee bit NSFW lol.

And now, for your moment of wrasslin’...

THE JIM ROSS BAH GAWD MOMENT OF THE WEEK!!

So I didn’t have time to get together any JR edits, but let’s jump back into the time machine to watch Ric Flair’s greatest promo:

See y’all next week!

Poll

Which is your #goacc Moment of the Week?

• Jay Williams protecting the streets as Michelangelo
• Andy Richter destroyed two annoying Clemson fans at a bar
• State fan was reading a book at the game against BC
• Tim Duncan ethered Sean Elliot
• ACC Basketball’s media day featured this incredible segment
• Apparently Drake is now an FSU fan
• One State fan had a chunk of the section all to themselves
• Christian Wilkins’ reaction to his coach’s haunted house is incredible
• Virginia Tech forgot about I before E except after C
• FSU fan gets hilarious revenge after trying to do the right thing

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What we don't know about Richard Burr could fill a warehouse

Ned Barnett hoists Burr on his do-nothing petard:

We’re also not being told about how Burr plans to balance Americans’ right to privacy and government monitoring. Or where he stands on torture tactics that the presidential candidate he supports wants to bring back. Or what he wants done about prescription drug costs, gun violence, student debt or stagnant wages.

After 22 years in Washington as a member of the House and Senate, Burr wants his last election to turn on the North Carolina sex registry. Meanwhile he supports a presidential candidate accused by more than a dozen women of groping and kissing them against their will.

Burr has coasted back to Washington so many times I've lost count, which doesn't say much for the discernment of North Carolina's voting public. Or it says a lot, and it's not good.

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The morning after with Omega: Fire Doeren edition

I don't blame Canada.

Let's get two things straight. First, Boston College is not a "top 10" defense as Dave Doeren has stated ad nauseam. Second, the Clemson game was a fluke. Everything you saw before Clemson—baffling coaching decisions in the loss to East Carolina, for example—and since—getting blown out by Louisville and losing on homecoming to Boston College, for example—is the true measure of this team. The Pack are going backwards, they will not be a favorite in Vegas for a single game left on the schedule, and they are unlikely to take part in even the crappiest of bowls.

You might say, "BC's not a top ten defense? But...but...but everyone says so, especially State's coach!" To that argument I concede that the Eagles are allowing just 2.9 yards per rush, good for third in the country. But in total defense (20^th), scoring defense (34^th), and yards allowed per pass (66^th) they are not "top 10," and that's just using non-schedule adjusted counting stats. When we peel away at this onion, we see that Boston College's "best" win before Saturday was against UMass, a team that ranks 114^th in F/+ combined ratings out of 128 teams. Its lone other win against an FBS opponent came against Buffalo, which ranks dead last. BC also beat Wagner, a 4-4 FCS squad. Not sold on F/+ metrics? Howabout Jeff Sagarin's computer? It ranks all FBS and FCS teams. UMass comes in 141^st out of 253, behind a number of FCS teams, Buffalo ranks 183^rd, and Wagner comes in at 215^th. This is a nonconference schedule to make Seth Greenberg blush.

So, those counting stats referenced above are trash. Ignore them. Here's what Boston College has allowed against actual college football substances: 6.2 yards per play in a 49-0 loss to Virginia Tech, 8.3 yards per play in a 56-10 loss to Clemson, and 7.3 yards per play in a 28-20 loss to Syracuse. It's only "top 10" like performance against a P5 school came in Ireland against Georgia Tech way back on September 3^rd when BC held Tech to four yards per play (and still lost). Virginia Tech's output against the Eagles was three yards more per play than it averaged against UNC's vaunted defense; Clemson's performance was over two yards more per play than it averages against everyone else; Syracuse's outburst was its best game of the season from a yards per play standpoint.

Boston College is not a top 10 defense. In fact, Boston College is arguably a below average P5 defense. Every ACC team other than Georgia Tech in an opener that BC had months to prepare for and your beloved NC State Wolfpack have had their way with them.

So, why all this talk about them? It's important to dispel the myth that yesterday's performance can be explained away by saying, "Oh, well we lost to a top 10 defense. The sky is not falling. Phew." The sky is falling, folks; perhaps running for cover from that falling sky is why the stadium was gleaming like Kenan Memorial with all of the empty seats. The sky is falling; perhaps that's why North Carolina affiliates dumped the game in the fourth quarter in favor of Florida-Georgia coverage. The sky is falling; the Wolfpack had -14 yards rushing at the half, managed just 14 first downs, got outgained by 50 yards against a team that hadn't won a conference game in 12 tries, lost a TD due to the inability to line up correctly (again), and choked away a chance to tie the game at the end with first and goal at the three.

Do Doeren and Eli Drinkwitz get a pass because they're breaking in a new quarterback and three new offensive linemen? Eight games into the season, I don't think so. I am ready to concede that firing Matt Canada was a terrible mistake made by a desperate man who is in over his head. Canada's offense ran for 4.2 yards per snap at Boston College last year, the most the Eagles allowed in any game by half a yard, in a dominating win for the Pack that came after Shadrach Thornton was dismissed and Matt Dayes was out for the year. And last year's BC defense was legitimately pretty good. Despite all the attrition at running back, Canada's offense was the sixth best rushing attack in the nation a year ago, according to S&P+, and 32^nd best overall. He's done a little better at Pitt (29^th), and that number should rise when this week's games are factored in after the Panthers averaged 8.3 yards per snap against Virginia Tech.

The Doeren hire was a gamble, though it was one I applauded. Let's face it; established P5 coaches are not knocking our door down for the job, so tabbing an up and comer with a thin résumé and hoping it panned out was the best route. It didn't. His team's continued lack of discipline, his decision to jettison the OC of what had been a successful offense in favor of another guy with an extremely thin résumé, and his continued in-game mismanagement, show that he can't elevate this program to even a consistent eight-game winner, much less an ACC contender.

Take, as yet another example of game mismanagement, Doeren's decision to go for it on 4^th and two with just a few ticks on the clock at the end of the first half rather than try a 47-yard field goal. Even if you pick up the first down, you're ultimately still trotting out the kicker for a long attempt. If you don't pick it up, you never get the chance to tie the game. BC is just going to take a knee if you do miss the field goal. Sure, Kyle Bambard has been brutal, but he does have a career long of 48. Make it and you knot the score, grab the momentum, and boost the kid's confidence rather than giving him a vote of no confidence by leaving him on the sideline. There was absolutely no potential of reward for that gamble.

There is no potential for reward in the gamble that was Dave Doeren, who is likely to be 7-25 against the ACC by year's end. His second season, buoyed by a laughable non-conference schedule like BC's, was his peak, not a rung on a ladder to football relevance. He is responsible, as he noted in his presser, for what the Pack "put on film" Saturday. And the consequence should be his job.

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Misdirected anger in rural NC is Trump's bread and butter

Ignoring the truth is the way to stay faithful:

“I went to buy a shirt one time and it said ‘Made in Vietnam,’ ” he says. “I thought it looked good, but I threw it on the floor.” But what about the line of Trump clothes – including ties, suits and dress shirts – made in places like China, Bangladesh, Mexico and Vietnam?

“I’ve heard that he’s invested overseas. But he says he’s going to bring all those businesses back,” says Jones. “Now, they can tell you anything. You don’t know if they’ll do it. ... But I don’t have much use for Hillary. And you’ve got to trust somebody.”

A lot of people in this town (including the nitwit above) complained about losing textile jobs, but when Trump contributes to that problem, he's merely "invested overseas." Frankly, many (most?) of these people support Trump because of his bigotry, but they're too ashamed to admit that, so they have to create another reason to "want" him. They also have to create conspiracy theories to excuse his behavior:

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Sunday News: Money laundering, by any other name

REPUBLICANS FUNNELED CORPORATE CONTRIBUTIONS TO NC GOP, DEMS CHARGE (WRAL-TV) — A national Republican organization appears to have funneled as much as $1.5 million in corporate contributions to the N.C. Republican Party in an effort to circumvent state limits on the individual contributions and the ban on corporate donations, according to a complaint filed by N.C. Democrats with the State Board of Elections. The RGA in turn put $13 million into RGA Right Direction, a super PAC that it controls and for which it is the sole funder. It is that super PAC that has donated $1.5 million this year, including $500,000 on Oct. 25, to the North Carolina Republican Party.
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NC State loses to Boston College in football

Feel free to expand.

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Will Ferrell, Roy Cooper, Mike Pence, and Pat McCrory were visiting tailgates at NC State, because election season

it’ll all be over soon, thank goodness

Well, I guess you can say this much for politics: there’s pretty much no other way to somehow get Will Ferrell to show up at Carter-Finley Stadium. North Carolina has evolved into a massive battleground state over the last decade, which means when it’s election season, there’s gonna be a lot of stunts here you wouldn’t otherwise see.

Case in point today: Will Ferrell and Roy Cooper wandering NC State’s tailgating lots together, while Mike Pence and Pat McCrory do the same. Here is evidence of the absurdity:

Will Ferrell just showed up at the NC State tailgate in Raleigh wearing a 'Nasty Woman' shirt: https://t.co/HKODwhUMoM http://pic.twitter.com/G8ThBUZBEl

— ABC11 EyewitnessNews (@ABC11_WTVD) October 29, 2016

My family and I met Will Ferrell today at NC State http://pic.twitter.com/FmLSM39Tj9

— Tremain Kidd (@nokiddinaround) October 29, 2016

Little kid exchanging lines from 'Step Brothers' with Will Ferrell. This is hilarious! #DidWeJustBecomeBestFriends http://pic.twitter.com/VZuGqErq6P

— David Grzybowski (@DavidGrzyTV) October 29, 2016

It's Saturday in October so that means college football & politics: @mike_pence & @PatMcCroryNC at the NC State game http://pic.twitter.com/a3XMkGmKeY

— Elizabeth Landers (@ElizLanders) October 29, 2016

Mike Pence figuring how to do the NC State Wolfpack http://pic.twitter.com/go39zonjWB

— Vaughn Hillyard (@VaughnHillyard) October 29, 2016

Man: "Who are you all pulling for today?"
(NC State v Boston College)
Pence laughs, points to MAGA hat, says, "Red." http://pic.twitter.com/Ogi1FghHNI

— Vaughn Hillyard (@VaughnHillyard) October 29, 2016

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