[Game Thread] North Carolina @ Duke (3:30 PM ET)

[u/CFB_Referee]

GAME	North CarolinaNorth Carolina @ DukeDuke
Location	Duke Wallace Wade Stadium
Time	3:30 PM ET
Watch	TV: ESPN2
	Flair ¦ Discord

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LET'S TALK FOOTBALL!

[u/lmSuperCute]

This game actually blows

[u/TheSledgeHam]

So many damn stoppages

[u/Mobile-Tangelo]

Why is Bill using the iPad like he's signing away all his possessions to Jordon or something lol

[u/Affectionate-Cup9340]

I’m obviously biased, but it feels like this duke o line holds even more than most

[u/JarvardLaw]

At least four almost picks today

[u/Exoprime270 → u/JarvardLaw]

Microcosm of UNC fb. Almost….

[u/ZeroEchoVX]

Isn’t it beautiful when both fanbases think they will lose 🥲

[u/Exoprime270 → u/ZeroEchoVX]

🤣

[u/AnotherUnfunnyName]

Highly questionable. If that wasn't running a route, so many plays Duke has faced this season would have been OPI.

[u/Procrastin8_Ball]

Can we catch just one of those gift ints for ducks sake

[u/SampleText369]

Schizophrenic PI call

[u/Bambi_Bucks]

If we combined the best from both teams to create an all star team, do you think we could make it to the playoffs?

a) No

B) No

C) see A

[u/dietomakemenfree → u/Bambi_Bucks]

This game can really bring together the Heels and Devils (much, as a Carolina student, am I loathed to say). The mutual confusion here is downright unifying

[u/Exoprime270 → u/Bambi_Bucks]

A

[u/Low_Inspector_44]

Horrible PI call

[u/Money-Race8310]

Why can we never close out we always blow our leads

[u/loadedryder → u/Money-Race8310]

This goes back so many years, too. Cultural issue with the program.

[u/Mobile-Tangelo → u/Money-Race8310]

Nuh-uh! We're totally gonna blow this comeback first!

[u/stormstopper]

Stellar field position

[u/Licit_x64]

Most obvious loss ever

[u/AnotherUnfunnyName]

That would have been RTP against GT...

Another stop. Now, offense, do something.

[u/Mobile-Tangelo]

Two awful teams playing awful football...just wouldn't be the Victory Bell Classic without it!

[u/buffinator2]

Duke should be comfortable with UNC's QB in the 4th quarter

[u/DirectTV_AndrewLuck]

This game is driving me insane.

[u/Exoprime270 → u/DirectTV_AndrewLuck]

Complete mid off happening right now

[u/Bambi_Bucks]

Good game for Duke fans who love an absolute ass clenching 3rd & 10 play over, and over, and over, and over.

Ending with a punt.

[u/AnotherUnfunnyName]

There is no down by contact in college football Mr. Ref.

[u/Exoprime270]

Sorry, I’m gonna be hung up on this a bit. How the fuck are these refs gonna watch 3 players get injured in quick succession. Then completely ignore a player launching himself head first into another player.

[u/stormstopper]

Okay yeah definitely down

[u/DirectTV_AndrewLuck]

I figured they would go for it after that run call.

[u/uncman11]

Hold on to the ball guys.. sheesh

[u/theiwc0303]

Knee wasn’t down but his elbow is

[u/heelxtiger → u/theiwc0303]

Entire body was down

[u/AnotherUnfunnyName]

That was a bad spot and you should totally go for it.

[u/w0lverine11]

Run + punt there is easily one of the dumbest decisions I've seen all day, congrats Duke

[u/ZeroEchoVX]

Such a weird game

[u/Mobile-Tangelo]

another big fart by the offense...shocker

[u/Money-Race8310]

Come on

[u/JarvardLaw]

State archnemesis Ray Uffs has switched allegiances from Carolina to Duke

[u/dumpsaf → u/JarvardLaw]

5 straight 🫣

[u/AnotherUnfunnyName]

This offense is just great at shooting themself in their own foot. Grabbing his hand? That won't do enough to do anything any kills a great play.

[u/stormstopper]

Oh come on, now it's a penalty to join hands in unity with your fellow man?

[u/ZeroEchoVX → u/stormstopper]

Sick world we live in 😔

[u/DirectTV_AndrewLuck]

This pass rush is pathetic

[u/ZeroEchoVX]

Please offense do something for once

[u/Licit_x64 → u/ZeroEchoVX]

Retweet

[u/Zstan99]

Hate to keep harping on it but is ridiculous the refs didn’t blow the whistle on that fumble

[u/dietomakemenfree → u/Zstan99]

ACC refs, man. They have on-call access to the football equivalent of NORAD and will still manage to make the worst calls possible

[u/Mobile-Tangelo]

We're really gonna make nothing out of something, huh? jesus

[u/JarvardLaw]

Atrocious lack of whistle

[u/DirectTV_AndrewLuck]

That play should honestly be dead but you gotta hold on to the football.

[u/Zstan99 → u/DirectTV_AndrewLuck]

Apologies didn’t mean for this to be a reply

[u/Complex_Lab_6876]

How was that not forward progress?? Fuck that shit.

[u/mellolizard]

We are gonna blow another 17 point lead arent we

[u/Ragdoll252]

Holy fucking terrible refs. I swear they blew the whistle, and what happened to forward progress?

[u/XMortal7159]

Absolutely criminal make up. Never seen a play more dead than that

[u/Nytemaresxbl]

Refs always going to ref, shit should have been forward progessed stopped an hour ago.

[u/stormstopper]

That's how you bounce back from getting stiff-armed

[u/Procrastin8_Ball]

3 to through 5 games and 2 today

[u/Carolina_Blues]

Bullshit call. Should’ve been stopped forward progress

[u/Mobile-Tangelo]

fucking hell these helmet hits are just irresponsible as fuck...this is your brain we're talking about...you only get one of those (if you even have one in the first place)

[u/yhigred]

come on man

[u/Exoprime270]

Refs have shit the bed the last 30 secs

[u/Affectionate-Cup9340]

Why did the refs take so long to call the play dead?

[u/mellolizard]

Wtf

[u/Procrastin8_Ball]

I hate this fucking team giving me hope that they look good and just fuck everything up all the time

[u/Carolina_Blues]

Of course we had to Carolina all over that drive

[u/Exoprime270]

Pretty sure that’s targeting thanks ref

[u/buffinator2]

How you gonna fumble it 5 seconds after the play is over

[u/dumpsaf]

How is that not stopped forward progress

[u/AnotherUnfunnyName → u/dumpsaf]

They have been waiting really long to call this in recent weeks.

[u/dumpsaf → u/AnotherUnfunnyName]

We benefited from one against App. Not sure how they decide when to blow it dead and when to let it go.

[u/killa_k99]

JEHLANI THURMOND YOU HAVE CHANGED THIS PROGRAM

[u/Money-Race8310]

What

[u/mellolizard]

Thurman

[u/Money-Race8310]

OOOOOOO I SEE YOU THURMAN

[u/DirectTV_AndrewLuck]

Thurman is ridiculous lol.

[u/Licit_x64]

Man among boys

[u/Zstan99]

I love Thurman y’all

[u/Exoprime270]

Oooooooooooo Thurman

[u/DirectTV_AndrewLuck]

Damn we lose a timeout for that.

[u/needapermit]

Football is not a safe sport!

[u/AnotherUnfunnyName]

This really isn't fun at all.

But really anyone seems to be able to get open against this defense.

[u/Select_Excuse_150]

This is like a war of attrition.

[u/onehotelfoxtrot]

Another player down....geez

[u/buffinator2]

This game is cursed

[u/Procrastin8_Ball]

Wtf is happening now. That was really weird

[u/Exoprime270 → u/Procrastin8_Ball]

Was thinking cramp when he got pulled up. But who knows

[u/ZeroEchoVX]

That sucks bro

[u/Mobile-Tangelo]

this is just insane...DO NOT PUT YOUR KID IN FOOTBALL

[u/Money-Race8310]

It was one play

[u/FitMastodon4269]

I want to see a good physical game but I don’t want to see guys get injured

[u/AnotherUnfunnyName]

Yeah, no defender within 15 yards of him right in the middle of the field seems like great coverage.

[u/Itsriggedjim]

That was scary as fuck.

[u/ZeroEchoVX]

Assault is a bad thing

[u/MaJe88]

Kimari Robinson assaulting women on live TV lmao

[u/needapermit → u/MaJe88]

Was that assault? Still don’t think it was right btw

[u/MaJe88 → u/needapermit]

No I don’t think so either I am exaggerating bc it was ridiculous

[u/PresticociousMix → u/needapermit]

It’s a battery

[u/Select_Excuse_150]

Kid got lucky not to hurt that trainers arm. Could have been a situation where you finish the game but walk into the locker room to an assault charge.

[u/Difficult-Froyo1192]

What happened? Just flipped the channel ti see him down for a long time

[u/needapermit → u/Difficult-Froyo1192]

Knocked out

[u/Fraegtgaortd]

Alright 5 don’t assault your own team’s staff while they’re doing their job

[u/Mobile-Tangelo]

If you didn't think football was dangerous, seeing a guy down after like every 3 plays should do the trick.

[u/FitMastodon4269]

Damn. I hope he’s okay that did not look good

[u/Money-Race8310]

What happened to him

[u/buffinator2]

Thought dude was about to throw down on the trainer chick

[u/LowNecessary485 → u/buffinator2]

Classless team, prob taught by coaches

[u/PresticociousMix → u/LowNecessary485]

Yeah I haven’t seen anything classless and I’m a lifelong tarheel. Watchu talkin bout Willis?

[u/needapermit → u/LowNecessary485]

Besides that, what about us is classless

[u/LowNecessary485 → u/needapermit]

Hitting women, late hits don’t get me started on basketball maybe I should say school instead of team

[u/Rub_my_fold_flaps → u/buffinator2]

Super inappropriate reaction to her touching him imo

[u/onehotelfoxtrot → u/buffinator2]

Yeah...what the hell was that about??

[u/wingman02 → u/onehotelfoxtrot]

He needs to be called out. Dumb

[u/buffinator2 → u/wingman02]

I can't believe no coach went out there and drug him to the sideline

[u/needapermit → u/buffinator2]

They’ll see it on film after I bet

[u/wingman02 → u/buffinator2]

For real. She was trying to protect the downed player. He didn't need to be that close. I know emotions are high, but he needs to be reprimanded

[u/onehotelfoxtrot → u/wingman02]

100%

[u/Mithrophon]

Yeah the Duke football fans are probably the Taco Bell Live Mas section of the year. Frontrunners for sure.

[u/Procrastin8_Ball → u/Mithrophon]

We're not really in a spot to talk much

[u/Mithrophon → u/Procrastin8_Ball]

Ha, yup, I made the same joke in our last home game. It’s just embarrassing that they have to force the sponsor shot with any school like these.

[u/ColombianInIowa24]

Don't give me hope. Especially after we come short of a TD at goal.

[u/ZeroEchoVX]

No reason this game should be this close, guess I’ll take it

[u/PresticociousMix → u/ZeroEchoVX]

No reason kimari robinson should hit a girl

[u/ZeroEchoVX → u/PresticociousMix]

Didn’t see it live but I agree

[u/stormstopper]

One-possession game I guess but that's a lot of time to burn to only come away with three

[u/Statalyzer]

Are the icons backwards or have these teams really used 5 of their combined 6 timeouts already?

[u/NotABot1235 → u/Statalyzer]

I don't think they've been updated this half.

[u/AnotherUnfunnyName]

I hate this OC. Stop calling plays with only 1 option.

[u/Mobile-Tangelo]

8 minute drive and all we could do was a FG...fuckkkk well at least it's something

[u/Zstan99]

Just please go and at least get a field goal here Heels

[u/Mithrophon]

So glad they didn’t just hand the ball to Sheppard there. WHEW.

[u/mellolizard]

How many interceptions have we dropped

[u/ZeroEchoVX]

Eget please

[u/stormstopper]

Commander Sheppard!

[u/biddigs3]

So two gadget plays + the first play with the receiver 3 yards behind the DB have resulted in a net of -10 yards for Duke. Truly sickos stuff

[u/Mobile-Tangelo]

Between all the injuries, commercials, reviews, timeouts, and halftime...games are like 4 or 5 fucking hours now...insane

[u/AnotherUnfunnyName]

That looks like a first. He didn't step out.

Also the same fucking ad on both games I am watching right now.

[u/mellolizard]

Our secondary is so bad

[u/luvdadrafts → u/mellolizard]

So lazy by Patterson there 

[u/Zstan99]

I’m at least happy the defense making Duke really work for these. Difference from years past

[u/ZeroEchoVX]

I’m scared

[u/Mithrophon]

We’re going to need more than 17 points, with our bend-and-break defense.

[u/AnotherUnfunnyName]

Yeah, do some stupid shit just when the offense was kinda going. Right on par for this fucking OC. And the total inability to get the ball into any kind of space.

[u/Procrastin8_Ball]

D looking like Swiss cheese this drive

[u/Mithrophon]

Do the bands have 25 members apiece, or is the field just terribly miked by ESPN? Switching from Texas to Indiana to Tennessee to Michigan, this game feels like a Division III production.

[u/AnotherUnfunnyName]

They just can't get the easy stuff right, can they? Come on.

[u/Mobile-Tangelo]

Jesus what the actual fuck guys...don't run trick plays you can't pull off...

[u/buffinator2]

Trick plays already?

[u/stormstopper]

Sometimes I don't know if Eget loves his checkdowns too much or not enough

[u/theiwc0303 → u/stormstopper]

He goes through progressions well and knows what throws he can’t make, so it’s good he loves checkdowns so much

[u/AnotherUnfunnyName → u/theiwc0303]

But Duke also doesn't have any playmakers for plays down the field. The WRs can't get open down the field to save their life. Even "just" Brown would be a immense step for this offense.

[u/theiwc0303]

I wasn’t able to watch the first half and should probably be happy I wasnt

[u/DirectTV_AndrewLuck]

Can they fix the timeouts at the bottom, wtf lol.

[u/Money-Race8310 → u/DirectTV_AndrewLuck]

I just noticed that wtf

[u/AnotherUnfunnyName]

What as that? Just catch the ball. Come on.

[u/Mobile-Tangelo]

How the fuck do you miss that catch...come onnnnn

[u/Mithrophon]

Terrible defense. Lucky he missed that.

[u/wahfingwah → u/Mithrophon]

Pitiful missed catch

[u/LosAngelesVikings]

That halftime felt long af

[u/TroyMatthewJ]

College football is kinda ass this season.

[u/DirectTV_AndrewLuck]

This broadcast is a complete trainwreck.

[u/stormstopper]

I don't think the refs miscommunicating on that ending sequence changes anything because he was definitely in-bounds and I think he was short, so 3rd down with the clock running was the correct call and we would've needed to spike anyway (and if not, we probably would've only had time to run one play). But that absolutely can't happen in a more consequential situation and those refs need to talk that sequence over at halftime and figure out what happened.

[u/Happy_Background_879]

Bill kind of getting it together a bit huh?

[u/EyePlay → u/Happy_Background_879]

Would love to see a BB coached UNC team with decent QB. Might have one on the bench, too, but it ain't happening this year BB ain't getting any younger.

[u/Dro24]

Eget with a check down with 5 seconds left. Fucking bench him

[u/AnotherUnfunnyName]

Why not take a fucking shot? That takes 5 seconds anyway. This offensive coach staff really isn't there to play school.

[u/Dro24 → u/AnotherUnfunnyName]

Blunder after blunder by the coaching staff. 2nd and 2 earlier and Nate doesn’t see a snap. 4th and inches at the 5 yard line and we run shotgun and get stopped. This coach staff is so frustrating

[u/Zstan99]

Oof botched by the refs there. They did move the chains so how was it not a first with the clock stopping

[u/Mithrophon]

I want Duke to try a long field goal because I‘ve seen their snapper. There’s like a 10-15% chance we block it for a TD return.

[u/stormstopper]

Wait what, they moved the chains, didn't they?

[u/AnotherUnfunnyName → u/stormstopper]

ACC refs like always.

[u/Exoprime270 → u/stormstopper]

Yeah that was a mess

[u/DizzyDraw2323]

They more than likely would’ve done the same thing and spiked it but that doesn’t seem fair at all

[u/djlusc01]

That seems like a terrible call. How do you not review that?

[u/Exoprime270 → u/djlusc01]

Replay center DoorDash just arrived at that point in time.

[u/ZeroEchoVX]

I guess bro

[u/AnotherUnfunnyName]

Nice fucking cheap shot there on the last spike, diving at the knees of the center. Assholes.

[u/Tyler-Durden-2009]

So the clock doesn’t stop to reset chains on a first down now?

[u/stormstopper]

Did the clock pause for the ball to be marked ready?

[u/ZeroEchoVX]

Our kicker can’t hit this, go for a throw

[u/Zstan99]

Outside of the Jordan Shipp catch the best play of the game was that Duke receiver somehow getting out of bounds.

[u/Exoprime270 → u/Zstan99]

I would add June steamrolling to that TD earlier was nice. But yeah it’s been sicko game 101 today.

[u/Mithrophon]

I’d be VERY surprised if either team could run a credible 2-minute drill.

[u/stormstopper]

Great effort to get out of bounds there

[u/Money-Race8310]

Please don’t blow this lead

[u/Exoprime270 → u/Money-Race8310]

Hopefully not but I have zero faith this won’t be close

[u/ZeroEchoVX → u/Money-Race8310]

Don’t worry you won’t, I can assure you

[u/YakFull8300]

I legit thought Duke was good... my mistake

[u/nosoup4ncsu → u/YakFull8300]

I thought UVA was good after week zero. 

Turns out there's plenty of suck to go around. 

[u/YakFull8300 → u/nosoup4ncsu]

I thought the NC State win would have aged well until they embarrassingly choked against Vanderbilt.

[u/ZeroEchoVX → u/YakFull8300]

We all make mistakes, it’s okay