NC State 44, Boston College 17
by Akula Wolf on Oct 10, 2010 9:35 PM EDT
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Print| Plays |
Total Yds |
Yds/Play |
Yds/Carry* |
Yds/PassAtt |
|
| NCSU |
84 |
422 |
5.0 |
4.2 |
6.2 |
| BC |
61 |
272 |
4.5 |
4.0 |
5.4 |
(Yds/carry stats are sack adjusted.)
NC State's offense opened the game with 11 consecutive pass plays and Russell Wilson finished the afternoon with 51 attempts, throwing for 300+ yards and three touchdowns for the fourth consecutive game. Wilson also finished the game as the team's leading rusher, as Dean Haynes and Mustafa Greene had just 10 carries between them. All of which was fine by me. It's not the kind of thing I expect from TOB and his staff, but I'll take it as often as I can get it.
Boston College's secondary did a solid job against the early onslaught, forcing Wilson to check down often. Dean Haynes doubled his season reception total on the first drive. That was pretty typical of the rest of the game; State's passing attack was much more dink-and-dunk than usual, with big pass plays limited.
A good plan, well-executed save for a couple of interceptions Russell threw in there just to remind everyone that while he is a god, he's not the god.
Special teams provided us with a two-score lead early on (here's a great shot of the punt block; who's the crazy man flying over the top?), and the defense ensured there would be no second half let down this time around. Not that I had the sense at any point during the game that Dave Shinskie could lead Boston College out of a multi-score hole.
So we're sitting at 5-1 with a horrific ECU defense on deck, followed by the next Game Of The Year. An absolute must-win affair, especially since FSU figures to be 4-0 in league play by that point.
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Damn, which guy even GOT that punt?
We have 3 guys who have a chance, including the guy who looks like he got shot out of a cannon… or launched off a springboard. Talk about selling out & giving up your body on a play. (Sorry – I was out of TV range Saturday & saw none of it – so need a little help here.)
And every game is indeed a “must-win” when you’re competing for your division. We already gave up one game… one more puts us on the edge of being out of contention… a third knocks us out. I agree that F$U will be a must-win, or we fall two games back & they have the tiebreaker on us.
I am a little surprised
at how “ho-hum” the internet response has been to the throttling of BC. Maybe I was the only one who was nervous about this game. And maybe I’m also the only one who really, really, really wanted to beat these guys and thought it was important to beat these guys. I think I said it before here – this was the most important game of the season. With a win, a decent bowl is almost assured and we have a fighting chance at the division.
We need to beat Maryland, Wake, and BC consistently year after year to get where we want to be as a program. Good start so far this year.
Maybe I was the only one who was nervous about this game. And maybe I’m also the only one who really, really, really wanted to beat these guys and thought it was important to beat these guys.
You definitely were not alone on this. It does seem like the ill will between the fan bases has cooled, though.
I only got to watch the second half
BC has a good defense, so our offense putting up so many yards on them is not insignificant. The only thing I complained about during the game was that I was hoping they would get Glennon in a little sooner. I didn’t want RW getting hurt in mop up time, and it’s always nice to get the backup and heir apparent some real time reps.
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