What can I say? There are baseball playoffs. There’s the start of hockey (my favorite club actually won its opener, after waiting some thirty-odd games or something before winning a game last season). But, I’m watching college football.
Just three weeks ago, we were comparing Chuck Amato’s race to the unemployment line with Larry Coker’s own run to the unemployment line. A funny thing happened between then and tonight.
Last time we saw the Wolfpack, Kevin was noting just how bad they were, and predicting they would lose badly to Boston College. Then, somehow, the Wolfpack pulled an amazing comeback and won in the final seconds at Chestnut Hill. Of course, the world sort of ignored this win, because it coincided with Notre Dame’s incredible come from behind win over Michigan State.
Tonight, the Wolfpack proved a couple things:
1. Never declare a program dead in the vastly overrated ACC.
2. Bobby Bowden is probably done as coach of an elite program.
NC State is undefeated in conference games, while the ‘Noles have their win over woeful Miami and two league losses to Clemson and NCSU. The Wolfpack have a tough road remaining, but have had a much nicer start to their conference schedule than the Seminoles have had.
Unless the wheels fall off the bus between now and the season’s end, the demise of Chuck Amato’s career seems to have been greatly exaggerated.
October 6, 2006 at 10:52 pm
“Never declare a program dead in the overrated ACC”
Except for Florida State and Miami. They are soooooooo dead lol. (I can hear “ding dong the withch is dead playing in my head)
Heh. I can’t believe I am saying this, but Ga tech looks like they may be the best team in the conference.