[TriangleTree]

The Elon shower didn’t white wash off the stink of Wake and ND for me. Hoping I’m wrong and we take them down, and I’ll be there to see it.

This will be a good calibration game for us. What the season suggests so far:

We are not competitive against top 10 teams, at home or away
We are not competitive against quality teams 3 time zones away
We are competitive and can win at home against struggling Power 4 or mediocre FBS teams, especially if they are a few time zones away
We can be dominant against FCS teams

This game will go a long way in determining whether we're at the very bottom of the Power 4 or if we're just bottom 3rd.

Odds suggest that it's the former, but really hope we can recalibrate up after Friday.
I would think Tavita and Co. are looking at this game as a major opportunity to prove there's forward progress. I suspect NC State is in a similar boat, and I'm guessing they will look at it the same way.

[TriangleTree]

The Elon shower didn’t white wash off the stink of Wake and ND for me. Hoping I’m wrong and we take them down, and I’ll be there to see it.

This will be a good calibration game for us. What the season suggests so far:

We are not competitive against top 10 teams, at home or away
We are not competitive against quality teams 3 time zones away
We are competitive and can win at home against struggling Power 4 or mediocre FBS teams, especially if they are a few time zones away
We can be dominant against FCS teams

This game will go a long way in determining whether we're at the very bottom of the Power 4 or if we're just bottom 3rd.

Odds suggest that it's the former, but really hope we can recalibrate up after Friday.
I would think Tavita and Co. are looking at this game as a major opportunity to prove there's forward progress. I suspect NC State is in a similar boat, and I'm guessing they will look at it the same way.