Before we start talking about the Ents, I mean the Cardinal, let’s quickly discuss the last game that NC State played:
Week 6 vs Wake Forest
Remember this game? I don’t. No recollection. Nothing to discuss, right?
Sigh, it’s just so frustrating and embarrassing losing to these guys. And now they have fans somehow appearing out of the ether to talk trash at us downtrodden NC State fans. I feel like they don’t have a leg to stand on if they can’t even sell out their basic ass high school stadium.
But that’s what’s been most frustrating. For over 20 years, these guys have had fewer resources, worse facilities, and lower recruits, and yet regularly still beat State. And now, two years removed from the uber frustrating Dave Clawson era, Wake Forest has a fighting chance to make the College Football Playoff!! If that happens before Dave Doeren could do it that would surely be his nail in the coffin. All excuses would be null and void.
Week 7 @ Stanford
I have literally no opinions on Stanford. I just know they’re supposed to be very very bad at football. And yet, NC State’s team is decimated with injuries, and is extremely hard to read for which team is going to show up week to week. They SHOULD win, but it’s a lose-lose situation. If they win, “yeah, you were supposed to win”, or, “you didn’t win by enough”. If you lose, it’s a national embarrassment, and Doeren might get fired on the tarmac. So, I guess if you’re hoping for the most chaos then sure root for NC State to lose I guess. I know there are segments of the fan base actively rooting for this, and I just don’t get how you can want your team to lose but then again flat earthers exist.
Anyway, let’s get to the picks!
AI slop’o’matic pic of the week:
The AI machine first tried to give me an image of the the Stanford jerseys on the Louisville Cardinals (plural) mascot. Clearly the machine was just as confused as all of us are as to what the heck a Cardinal (singular) is. After a thorough tongue lashing, it corrected and provided these grotesque Groot-like beings. They’re actually not half bad and Stanford should use this instead of that dumb Christmas tree costume they use now.
