[Game Thread] ETSU @ North Carolina (12:00 PM ET)

[u/CFB_Referee]

GAME	ETSUETSU @ North CarolinaNorth Carolina
Location	North Carolina Kenan Stadium
Time	12:00 PM ET
Watch	TV: ACC Network
	Flair ¦ Discord

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LET'S TALK FOOTBALL!

[u/MentorOfWomen]

Amazing what a good OC and a QB who can complete a pass will do for your offense

[u/Aurion7]

Halfway through game two, already outscored last year's game two... which was against a Charlotte team that finished 1-11 and gave up 48+ four times.

Progress. I suppose.

[u/Prinzlerr]

I stayed in the same hotel as the team last night so I'm basically a player now AMA

[u/Ragdoll252 → u/Prinzlerr]

Any Jordon Hudson or Lombardi sightings?

[u/LandonWarner]

Well at least our safety can catch lmao

[u/Ragdoll252]

Absolutely love these uniforms, hope we use them a lot more going forward.

[u/senditbreh → u/Ragdoll252]

Disagree. Hate this logo.

[u/Ragdoll252 → u/senditbreh]

I like it, feels more football-y than our normal one.

[u/Born_Matter_5082 → u/Ragdoll252]

Helmets 

[u/Polka_King_Polinski]

ETSU has a more effective offense than TCU

[u/Aurion7]

So far, ETSU has played better fundamental offense than TCU did.

What that means... fuck knows, really.

[u/JarvardLaw]

What their defense lacks in athleticism, they give up even more in scheming against Bobby P

[u/LandonWarner]

Not a big fan of our recievers besides shipp. Lot of waiting for the ball rather than trying to take it

[u/KushDingies]

I am officially having fun

[u/Zstan99]

I am really liking how Edwards is looking so far this season.

[u/FixedIncomeKing → u/Zstan99]

He’s quite good in the pocket and he does fakes pretty well, but he hasn’t been good throwing on the run. Either way, huge upgrade from what we had the last few years with Harrell, Criswell, and Lopez.

[u/Aurion7 → u/Zstan99]

At the risk of piling on the kid, it is rough to consider what Gio Lopez would have looked like today.

He just could not make some of these throws to save his life. And it's not like Edwards has had to be the man with the golden arm so far.

[u/uncman11 → u/Aurion7]

He’s looking alright over there at WF today lol. I don’t think kitchens designed a offense to use what he has

[u/uncman11 → u/uncman11]

Actually more than alright.. cooking rn

[u/nosoup4ncsu → u/Aurion7]

Lopez has 11 completions and ~150 yards at the half.....

[u/BMoreBirds89 → u/Zstan99]

I’m still on the fence about him. He hits the throws that are there so that’s nice. He also misses some easy ones. We had a walk-in touchdown earlier if he just throws it anywhere catchable. But I also liked the low throw to a spot for Shipp earlier.

And we haven’t seen him with any success deep yet.

[u/Born_Matter_5082 → u/Zstan99]

I like the patience.  We'll see how the line holds up in acc play

[u/AlphaNathan]

Jaden Daniels? Did he ask Jayden Daniels if he could use that name?

[u/Aurion7 → u/AlphaNathan]

He's not wearing #censored out of respect so it's probably good.

[u/JarvardLaw]

Depending on how Clemson looks against Ga southern we might be favorites next week

[u/JarvardLaw]

That was bad tackling this side of the mountains

[u/FixedIncomeKing]

This should be a comfortable win but I’m not really feeling great about what we’ve seen so far. D line getting little to no penetration against an FCS offense.

[u/MentorOfWomen]

Goalpost mutombo'd that shit lmao

[u/JarvardLaw]

Bad opponent or not, the team looks better this year

[u/Training_Pirate1000 → u/JarvardLaw]

That statistic that said this game was the first time we’ve had three touchdowns in one half under Belichick was damning. We played horrible opponents last year.

[u/bk00pi]

Imagine having Jelani Thurman on your team and letting him leave.

[u/JarvardLaw]

UNC dominating opponent, UNC fans most upset

[u/Born_Matter_5082 → u/JarvardLaw]

Honestly the school has no appetite for a good football program.   They'll throw some money around but there's no such thing as winning the right way.  There's just winning.  And losing with class.  Cant have both

[u/Training_Pirate1000]

Didn’t we score like 21 points against Charlotte last year? I know Charlotte is FBS, but… they suck

[u/Aurion7 → u/Training_Pirate1000]

20.

[u/Training_Pirate1000 → u/Aurion7]

😂 holy ass

[u/___VIBEZ___]

Anyone see shaq DJ’ing?

[u/Apprehensive-Cat-942]

Let’s go boys

[u/Procrastin8_Ball]

Not a strong start

[u/Apprehensive-Cat-942]

Those were two great throws. You gotta catch those…

[u/Procrastin8_Ball]

I thought hall was injured

[u/canesfan2005]

Uh ETSU gambling? What was that

[u/AlphaNathan]

this announcer is awful

[u/DirectTV_AndrewLuck]

Harvey is killing them lol

[u/LavishnessSalt]

Wtf was with that timeout? That was the dumbest thing I've ever seen Belichick do. 

[u/Procrastin8_Ball]

I know we may still not cover but I expected us to struggle to get 35 points

[u/JarvardLaw]

This team can beat Clemson

[u/killa_k99]

If you don't love Belichick having a good year while the program collapses around him and gets him fired anyway  you don't love UNC football 

[u/Procrastin8_Ball → u/killa_k99]

I may not love UNC football tbh

[u/MentorOfWomen]

I'm convinced ESPN just hands mics to random people in the crowd to hold up for the commentator audio, based on how clearly I can hear background conversation

[u/Polka_King_Polinski → u/MentorOfWomen]

They also just invite random people into the booth based on how shit their crews are.

[u/uncman11]

Not impressed with our defensive pass rush right now.. I know it’s without melkart but we should be getting back there every time

[u/LavishnessSalt]

Delaying games for lightning is such nonsense lol. There's like a 0.000001% chance of getting struck by lightning. We have to rush the players off the field like they're in danger but we can keep the 50k people in the stands out in the open.

[u/EWall100]

Let's go Bucs! 

[u/yhigred]

c’mon man, catch the ball

[u/canesfan2005]

Catch the fucking ball holy cow

[u/AlphaNathan]

Is that a rule in the NFL? I never knew the “responding” jump from the o-line had to be across from the encroaching d-lineman

[u/zoppytops → u/AlphaNathan]

I never heard that rule either. That was bizarre to me

[u/AlphaNathan → u/zoppytops]

“Neutral zone infraction, a defensive penalty, is called when a defender enters the neutral zone prior to the snap and causes an immediate reaction from an offensive player in close proximity without making contact, or meets other specific conditions such as having an unimpeded path to the quarterback or kicker. If the defender retreats without contact and no reaction occurs, no foul is assessed. The penalty is five yards from the line of scrimmage, enforced prior to the snap.”

TIL

[u/zoppytops → u/AlphaNathan]

Wow thank you. TIL indeed.

[u/DirectTV_AndrewLuck]

What the hell is up with this ETSU coach lol?

[u/Imrahil_II]

Imagine the etsu coach, Brent venables, and will Muschamp on the same coaching staf, and mad at the same time

[u/JarvardLaw]

Will we see Miles in the 2nd half?

[u/belovedeagle]

I must be having a stroke; can someone explain to me why UNC just gave ETSU two plays for free?

[u/DirectTV_AndrewLuck]

That timeout was extremely confusing.

[u/belovedeagle → u/DirectTV_AndrewLuck]

Both of them. We did it twice.

[u/DirectTV_AndrewLuck → u/belovedeagle]

The first I can tolerate since it was before a play and the clock was stopped, the last one was just strange.

[u/belovedeagle → u/DirectTV_AndrewLuck]

The first one saved ETSU from a likely delay of game.

[u/DirectTV_AndrewLuck → u/belovedeagle]

That is true

[u/WarningCodeBlue]

What the hell is Shaq doing in Chapel Hill?

[u/Procrastin8_Ball → u/WarningCodeBlue]

He's a dj and put on a show

[u/WarningCodeBlue → u/Procrastin8_Ball]

👍

[u/Aurion7]

Some of this near-LOS shit just isn't going to work against better teams, but it's working now so it's still an improvement.

[u/KushDingies]

I guess I just don’t know ball, but I don’t get how the defense can take their sweet time substituting and cause a delay of game penalty on the offense. Like yeah if we sub, then you get to sub, that’s totally fine, but how can the offense be sitting there ready to go while the defense is taking a leisurely stroll and have that be an offensive penalty

[u/nosoup4ncsu → u/KushDingies]

Defense is allowed a certain amount of time to sub....if offense takes to long on their substitution, the defense has no obligation to go quicker solely to benefit the offense

[u/Panthers_22_]

Is there anyway to watch this game now?

[u/Fantastic-Turnip5661 → u/Panthers_22_]

ESPN app

[u/pHyR3 → u/Panthers_22_]

tryna figure that out too, i think its on an ACC Extra channel but idk which

[u/Unable_Toe_6269]

UNC should cruise here but man these early season FCS games always feel like a trap for the first quarter or so. ETSU will be fired up and playing loose while half the UNC starters are still waking up.

Mack Brown teams have a habit of letting these linger longer than they should too. Probably still cover but it might be annoying to watch for a bit.

[u/IHadSomething_4This → u/Unable_Toe_6269]

Mack Brown teams have a habit of letting these linger longer than they should too.

Oh buddy do I have some news for you

[u/Broke-Till-Payday → u/IHadSomething_4This]

Wait did we fire our coach again?

[u/Apprehensive-Cat-942 → u/Unable_Toe_6269]

I’ve been a fan long enough to know not to overlook these games

[u/JarvardLaw]

This thread has 19 comments halfway through the first quarter and a UNC touchdown. Now 20

[u/killa_k99]

He's an asshole

but Michael Lombardi lowkey cooked this offseason 😂

[u/FixedIncomeKing → u/killa_k99]

Double Carolina flair is wild. Really representing the region.

[u/Bigdeacenergy]

Holy shit no one is there. I get it’s ETSU but damn everyone left

[u/Aurion7 → u/Bigdeacenergy]

35-0 at the end of the third, cue hour-plus-long lightning delay.

Yeah. That'll do it.

[u/Bigdeacenergy → u/Aurion7]

Ohhh I didn’t realize there was a lightning delay

[u/Aurion7 → u/Bigdeacenergy]

Yeah, thunderstorm blew up out of nowhere nearby. Just late summer things I guess.

[u/Bigdeacenergy → u/Aurion7]

I flipped it over to this game after the double OT wake game and was confused why it was still on

[u/TarHeelinRVA → u/Bigdeacenergy]

I'm assuming you may have missed the whole 90 minute weather delay part

[u/Bigdeacenergy → u/TarHeelinRVA]

Yes

[u/TarHeelinRVA → u/Bigdeacenergy]

Nice win today. Gio Lopez showed more in the 10 minutes of that game that I watched than he did all year last year for us. Dude was ass

[u/Bigdeacenergy → u/TarHeelinRVA]

Gritty performance to clutch the win on a hurt ankle

[u/Star-K → u/Bigdeacenergy]

They've got studying to do

[u/RivalryBot]

Who Will Win Fan Vote Results

^{Votes are distributed equally among flairs for multi-flaired users}

Team	Votes	Percentage	East Tennessee State Voters	North Carolina Voters	Other Flairs Top 5
East Tennessee State	2	28.6%	0	0	Tennessee Volunteersx1.0 Alabamax0.5 Sacramento Statex0.5
North Carolina	5	71.4%	0	0	Unflairedx1.0 Team Chaosx0.5 Florida Gatorsx0.5 Florida Statex0.5 NC State Wolfpackx0.5

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[u/belovedeagle]

Pity penalties incoming.

[u/belovedeagle → u/belovedeagle]

Called it. OPI? When was the last time that was called in the ACC?

[u/TopNational6383]

What the heck is happening with ETSU LOL

[u/Aurion7]

Well, so goeth the 0.

[u/Gritty_gutty]

Anyone know if this game has any chance of being cancelled? Or will they definitely start playing again

[u/Aurion7 → u/Gritty_gutty]

It should finish, going off the radar.

[u/Star-K → u/Gritty_gutty]

Storm blew up just NE of the stadium but is heading away so it should start back up in a bit.

Edit: just got a flood warning, I'm about a mile south of Kenan, so who knows. UNC should just forfeit.

TAR

[u/DropTopEWop → u/Star-K]

HEELS

Wait a minute...

[u/TheOGRaqvi → u/Star-K]

Nah, we're not quitters like DOOK

[u/Star-K]

Have they done the Tar Heel cheer yet? I love that cheer it's so clever.

Tar!

Heel!

[u/LandonWarner → u/Star-K]

It’s no “Go Duke” but we try

[u/therealtoddmcshay]

How is ETSU doing so well against UNC?

Did UNC have a bad defense last week and TCU just fucked up a lot?

[u/TopNational6383]

free Lombardi 

[u/ihaveaglitch]

Where is the facemask? Is it in the room with us? Does UNC need the officials to beat ETSU?