Mostly Bummers and a few Booyas! from a Wretched Night In Raleigh

• Another Thursday night game at Carter-Finley when FSU couldn’t match the geeked up, insane Wolfpack team and crowd.

• &%*! poor tackling. Give Russell Wilson credit, but give some demerits to Nole defenders who couldn't wrap up the slippery QB. A couple of key stops could've been the difference.

• Chris Thompson in to block on passes? Seriously?

• ACC ref crew was determined to call everything. Well, everything but some blatant N.C. State holding violations. On the other hand...

• Just when you thought FSU was over those undisciplined, shoot-yourself-in-the-foot penalties...10 for 81 yards.

• Is Willie Haulstead the new Jarmon Fortson? Among several nice catches -- four for 41 yds. -- the nagging memory of an easy one dropped at a critical moment.

• This is where we could tee off on Christian Ponder's performance. But 'ya gotta feel for the guy. Nobody could be tougher on him right now than CP7 himself.

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• More Ty Jones, please. Nobody hits the hole faster. The big guy, who runs angry and punishes tacklers, had 113 yards for the night.

• Great goal line stand on the Packs’ long fourth quarter drive. Three stops within the two yard line. But then there was that dadgum fourth down.

• FSU had 11 more total yards on the night than the Wolfpack. Eh...big deal in the scheme of things.

• At least the Noles have an extra day to recover before a chance to redeem themselves against UNC.

• Hmm. There might be other Boo-Ya's!, but we're too Bummed out to think of 'em right now.