NC State in the Music City Bowl

This is the Wolfpack's 3rd straight bowl game. With a win at the Champs Sports Bowl against West Virginia two years ago and defeating Louisville in the Belk Bowl last year, the Pack are looking for a 3rd bowl win against a tough Vanderbilt team. NC State is 7-5, 4-4 in the ACC. Glennon will need to bring his A game if he wants to help his team pull out a win against a SEC team.





Vanderbilt is 8-4, 5-3 in the SEC. NC State is 1-3 against teams with a winning record, and Vanderbilt is 0-4 against teams with winning record. One has to take into account that Vanderbilt did not play Alabama, Texas AM, nor LSU, but they did defeat Tennessee; who beat NC State at the beginning of the year. They did play Florida, South Carolina and Georgia, so you would think they can handle tough competition better than NC State.

I predict Vanderbilt is going to rely heavily on their running game and NC State will rely heavily on their passing game.

No Bowl Game For NC State This Year?

NC State had something to be proud of last week after a 13-0 shutout against UNC. They looked better than ever then. Defense held the Tarheels and the offense put up points. But, against Boston College, they looked like a completely different team. NC State fans would think that, after defeating UNC, the team would have the momentum to win against a 1-5 conference team, now 2-5. They did not play with the heart they had a week ago, which was very disappointing to NC State fans. Now, looking at the next two games for the Wolfpack, a bowl game is out of reach. I am now 50% sure about the Wolfpack winning against Maryland (was 95%, but dropped to 50% after the BC game). Against Clemson...I say about 1.8% chance of winning. If we do beat the Tigers, then GREAT, but I extremely doubt it. All of us NC State fans thought that Boston College would be an easy win, but we were all wrong. I guess us fans would just have to settle for a next season bowl game, hopefully.










Now, as for Tom O'Brien, will the AD put up with this kind of performance? I would hope not. I believe that after 5 years, we would be better than this. This is my prediction...no bowl game...then no more Tom O'Brien. I hate to say it, but College Football is still a "business." If you can't win, then there will be no fans, and if there are no fans, then there will be no ticket sales, and if there are no ticket sales, then there will be no revenue for the university; seeing as most BCS teams consider their football program as a top revenue machine. You see? It is a business no matter what you say. So lets hope for two wins and a bowl game!