#WFPFilmReview #ECU: A Defensive Debacle

After a strong enough defensive performance to win in Atlanta, I sensed that this unit was finally starting to come around. Even as I broke down the ECU squad, I felt despite the talent they had on offense, as well as their defense, I couldn't help but think this would be the game when we all started to put it together. From the first snap, the game played out completely against my thinking. Carolina was straight dominated by the ECU Pirates on both sides of the ball. We were out played, out schemed, out hustled and out coached by an opponent that we dominate year in and year out. The display shown in Kenan (I've watched this game twice in as many days) was not only uninspired, if threw up several red flags:

- The first is was time after time we had defensive players (including some of our best) lining up in the wrong spots as well as completely blowing their assignments. We've approached Week 6 in the season, it's time to wake up and get focused

GET FOCUSED #WFPFilmReview https://t.co/h174EqqX1C
— FRATTARIUS HAMM (@FootbawFrat) September 30, 2013

- The second was effort we played with after a disappointing loss. AJ Blue made it known that their was a lack of focus and preparation from the team. This lack of focus from the coaches and the players was clearly shown in one defining play: The 9 players on defense, in which every UNC exhibited terrible technique

Awful pad level by Kareem Martin. #ECU having their way with him. #WFPFilmReview https://t.co/soU9tten8H
— FRATTARIUS HAMM (@FootbawFrat) September 30, 2013

- and then there were ALL OF THE MISSED TACKLES

#ALLOFTHEMISSEDTACKLES #WFPFilmReview https://t.co/9fF0Mr2aTc
— FRATTARIUS HAMM (@FootbawFrat) September 30, 2013

- and how about these two plays of ECU LOS domination which led to missed tackles

TRE BOSTON Y'ALL https://t.co/5TqmHsKzwZ #WFPFilmReview
— FRATTARIUS HAMM (@FootbawFrat) September 30, 2013

#ECU Hawgs controlling the LOS #WFPFilmReview https://t.co/4IB7mCak3w
— FRATTARIUS HAMM (@FootbawFrat) September 30, 2013

 - and now for the Achilles Heel of our offense: The O Line

PISS POOR BLOCKIN https://t.co/UTcAWKZVDu
— FRATTARIUS HAMM (@FootbawFrat) September 30, 2013

I jumped the gun thinking that having a core of  Hurst and Bodine back on the front that they'd provide decent support for the youngin's that were filling the three slots vacated by three current NFL Linemen. I've been promptly reminded how difficult it is to replace 3 stud o linemen from a consistency and cohesiveness standpoint. Look at Bama, they lost a good chunk of their line and have struggled against good defenses because of the cohesiveness lost from the departed. O Line play is determined least by talent, it is always determined by technique and how gel'd the group plays. This front may have talent, but they haven't clicked for an entire quarter this season. If this group cannot pull themselves together, this offense will continue to sputter.

- A very close friend of mine saw a sideline confrontation between our best defender and DC watched in Kenan Saturday after a blown assignment on Carden's thired rushing TD of the day. Essentially the DC chewed this player out and the yelled at each other for a bit. The coordinator then kinda paced around by himself for a drive. If there's mess going around internally, the coaching staff needs to man up and get this fixed. The players in turn need to respect their superiors. I understand this stuff happens in frustrating situations in the heat of battle, but whatever beefs there are in this locker room need to get straightened out. If this bullshit is allowed to ferment it'll get worse before it gets better.

The next two games, more than ever are gut check times. Each member of this program, players and staff need to take a good hard look at themselves in the mirror and begin to restore the honor of what it means to represent this fine university. As a fan I'm sick of watching year after year (cept for a gutted 2010 squad) essentially underachieve and lose games they have no business losing. It's time for for this team, this coaching staff, and this program to sack up.

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IRON CHEF FRAT: PIZZA BURGERS

Made these last night with the female

can either be done on the grill or in a cast iron skillet(what i used last night)

Makes 4 burgers

whatcha need
1.25 lbs of ground meat ( I used 80/20 beef and pork combo with 2:1 beef to pork ratio)
1/2 cup diced tomatoes (fresh or canned)
1.5 tbsp minced garlic
half a yellow onion, diced
1.5 cups of matchstick pepperoni (cut trident sized pieces)
5 oz. fresh mozzarella, cut into 4 slices
4 good buns (ciabatta paired real nice)
olive oil
salt and pep
Beer (for drankin')

preparation (1 hour)
- about an hour before combine the two types of ground meat (if your butcher hadn't already done it for you) in a mixing bowl and form 4 same sized patties
- lay you patties in wax paper and mash them down to where they're about 1/2 to 2/3 of an inch thick but still keep their figure (you need surface area)
- liberally season both sides with fresh ground pepper and sea salt
- cover the burgers, set on plate and put in the fridge for an hour

cookin' (20-22 minutes)
- warm your skillet or pan to medium heat, then add 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- when the oil is hot throw the chopped up pepperoni and cook for roughly 5 to 6 minutes, stirring frequently
- when done, remove pepperoni bits from pan and set on paper towel lined bowl to sit
- with oil and grease in skillet add your onions and garlic, stir frequently for 5 minutes
- then add your tomatoes and pepperoni back to this mixture and cook for two minutes stirring frequently
- using a slotted spoon remove contents and place in a bowl

NOW TIME FOR THE BURGERS
- if cooking in skillet, cook for 5 minutes on one side and 2 on the other for medium to medium rare, after two minutes spoon out pepperoni/tomato/onion mixture on burgers that want them, keeping some on the side for post cooking and top with a slice of cheese per burger, cover for 2-3 minutes and place on toasted bun
- if cooking on the grill, preheat to medium to medium high heat, same cooking times on each side, and with toppings, toast the buns on the grill right after you finish putting the toppings on the burgers

- slide burgers into their respective buns and add more pepperoni mixture if desired
- feel free to top the burgers with spinach, arugula, roasted red peppers slices and balsamic ketchup(dank)
- you should be about 3-4 beers deep if you started drinking when the roni hit the skillet

I believe this would be a kick ass slider topper for a tailgate

8 days

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Restored Faith

As y'all prolly noticed, I have been very MIA over the course of the last month and half. With work ratcheting up, less travel time this fall rewarded than originally expected, I have been in very troubling place in my fandom. I've exuded this image of an obsessive of Carolina football (which is real life, ask my roommates), but with the recent developments with work, it hasn't sat well with me that I'll likely only be getting to Chapel Hill once this fall, if I even can make it. I do respect the schedule my work has and the commitment that's required to get the job done correction in real estate development. With construction well underway and the timeline and schedule I'm bound to, I needed a lil motivation to get back to my 3rd year of covering(somewhat) Carolina and the general college football landscape.

That motivation has come over the last week or so. A brief vacation, a pretty awesome gal and some good news outta the Hill didn't hurt:

First came the commitment of Bentley Spain. Hailing from my Alma Mater, Providence High School, Spain is one of the biggest OL recruits recruits in the southeast for 2014, choosing the offer from Carolina over the likes of offers from Clemson, Florida, LSU, Michigan, and Virginia Tech. Kid looks like a stud from the limited film that's out there on him. He's been bit by the injury bug the last couple of years, so I'm hoping this guy can stay healthy for his senior campaign. Welcome to the family Bentley!
http://northcarolina.scout.com/a.z?s=78&p=8&c=1&nid=5928519

The second  instance for motivation came yesterday with the commitment of another Providence High School ball player, son of Wake Forest and Carolina Panther great Ricky Proehl, Austin Proehl. Everything I read/watch about this kid is he's a smart football player and has the willingness to contribute wherever he is needed. Austin played a lil QB, Running Back, Receiver, Safety, and Cornerback, plus returned punts and kicks. Kid reminds me of Damon Magazu, former teammate who's started at ECU since he set foot on campus. I like him at A Back, plus seeing some action as what his dad was a great as anyone: a possession receiver. Welcome to the Nation, young man!
http://northcarolina.scout.com/a.z?s=78&p=8&c=1&nid=6642587

The third instance, as cheesy as it sounds, it was pretty awesome was getting re-tweeted by Coach Fedora.

Hello. RT @TarHeelFootball .@CoachFedora and @samsteeleponder about to go live on @SportsCenter #ESPNACC pic.twitter.com/Vs3RzFfsF9
— FRATTARIUS HAMM (@FootbawFrat) July 29, 2013

Nothing crazy, ground breaking or earth shattering, but hey, who doesn't enjoy getting some love from the Coach I want to succeed more than any other in college football. Thanks for the shout out, Coach!

Life's funny sometimes y'all. Sometimes you're in a pretty dark place with work, your workout regiment, and with your fandom, and the the compilation of a couple days vacation with the family, a growing relationship with a gal you're into, and some good news from Alma Mater can get you right back into the swing of things.

I've got 3 things besides friends and family that'll help me with my next vicious 18-24 months of work: hittin that weight room, cold beer and College Football.

30 days y'all.

LET'S GO.

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FOOTBAW IN 75 +1 DAYS

In 75+1 days Fedora will be leading Carolina into the most hostile environment this program has witnessed in decades. Sakerlina, and her fans, who have become a dominant mainstay on the Opening Thursday circuit, will be hungry to showcase what they are calling as the best defensive line in college football. They one of the best coaches of all time in Spurrier and the Gamecock loyalty is proclaiming "this is the year." Carolina comes in as heavy underdogs, a newer face on the Thursday night circuit, with a quick striking offense with a coach on the rise. We're not a big time program playin SEC 'ball, but we have all of the tools necessary to compete at the highest level.

I'll be honest, when this game was first announced, I thought "Shit." I pondered for days: How in the hell are we expected to head into Williams Brice Stadium, on a Thursday night, and show that the ACC can compete? How can we contain Clowney? How can we stop one of the hottest defenses in the country? How can we keep the game close?

When these questions about drove me up a wall, I had to remind myself that, unlike the Boise State's of the world, we're not looking at a one game season. While a win at Sakerlina can put us on the map, making it to Charlotte for the first weekend in December is way more important than what's waiting in Columbia. Running the Coastal has to be goal number one each and every year. Beating the likes of Miami, Virginia Tech, LOLUVA, State, Pittsburgh, Georgia Tech and dook to on the way to Charlotte must always be priority number one year in and year out. I buy-in that Fedora preaches this. Get to Charlotte, and we've got a shot to play in the big bowl games. If we don't get to Charlotte, we're looking at nothing better than mid to lower tier bowls.

Starting Monday is the official WFP Countdown to Kickoff. I'm gonna attempt to post and workout each of the next 75ish days so I'm a LEAN(er), MEAN, BETTER VERSED, FIGHTIN MACHINE come August 29th.

TODAY IS SPEED DAY AT THE GYM. MAKE SURE YOU GOTCHA MIND RIGHT FOR SPEED SQUATS, BOX BECNHES AND PLYOS Y'ALL.

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WEDNESDAY LIFT - WHERE I MAKE FUN OF EVERYDAY IS UPPER BODY DAY BROS

YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WAS BALANCE AND CORE DAY. AND IT HURT.

Started off my Sweat Fest with a 5 min warm up on the row machine

Promptly headed to the incline bench station, because HUGE BROS WERE USING THE SQUAT RACKS FOR CURLS LIKE THIS

SO....
 I cranked out this superset: INCLINE BENCH
4 sets of incline bench 8 reps/set
- 3 supersets w/ upright rows, dumbbell one leg deadlifts, and dumbbell L raises

Finally the bros who live by EVERYDAY IS UPPER BODY DAY vacated a squat rack so I made use of it over the next 30 minutes with these circuits

FRONT SQUAT, 4 sets
- front squat 4x8
- pushups 15/set
- hammer curls 10/arm
- high pulldown 10/set

STRAIGHT LEG DEADLIFTS, 3 SETS
- SLDL 3x10
- cable flys 8/set
- AbX machine 20/set
- good mornings 8/set

BARBELL LUNGES, 3 SETS
**** DISCLAIMER, I HATE THIS LIFT AND LOOK AWKWARD AS SHIT DOING IT, BUT IT''S ONE OF THE BEST THINGS ALIVE FOR YOUR CORE AND LEGS****
- BLs 3x8/leg
- 1 min plank
- super skaters 20/leg

Rest of Lifts
- Dumbbell Flys 3x10
- dips 3 sets max
- sitting Arnold press 3x10
- lat pull down 4x8

30 min treadmill

Off to hit some cardio and judge ALL UPPERBODY ALL EVERYTHING bros

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6.10.2013 POWER DAY

YESTERDAY WAS POWER DAY AND WHAT A GREAT DAY IT WAS.

WARM UP:
5 min row machine

SQUAT SUPERSET: 5 SETS
Squat 10-10-10-8-8 (heavy)
Pushups 15/per
AbX max
standing Arnold 10 reps

BENCH SUPERSET: 4 SETS
Dumbbell Bench 8-8-8-8
High Pulldown 10
Bench Dips max
Superskaters 15/leg

DEADLIFT SUPERSET: 3 SETS
Barbell Deadlift 8-7-6
Hammer Curls 10/arm
Dumbbell Raise (circle) 10
Tri Pushdown - 10

Louis Curl Routine - Straight Bar 10-8-6-8-10

Preachers Curls (Alternate Grip Narrow vs Wide) 8-8-8-8

30 min elliptical - around the world setting - 15 level

The AC at the gym yesterday was iffy. Reminded me of summer workouts. #Splashzone was in full effect. Sorry again cute co-ed, who got on the machine next to me.

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WE'RE BACKKKKKKKKKK

IN THE GYM

Yesterday was the first lift I've had in over a month. I spent the first 6 weeks of being 24 getting fat and drinking more than I should, so it was time to get back on the circuit. Speaking of circuits, here's the circuit workout I did last night.

Warm Up : 5 min row machine

Dynamic Stretch

Squat Rack Station 4 sets, 10 reps (go for speed, good technique) min rest in between sets
Parallel Squat
Upright Rows
High Pull
Push Ups (15+ reps/per set)

Bench Station 4 sets, 10 reps/ 1 min rest in between sets
Bench Press
Bent Over Rows
Speed Skaters (20/leg)
Wall Sits (1 min)

Leg Press Station, 4 sets, 8 reps/ 1min rest in between
Leg Press
Hammer Curls
Push Ups (15+)
Ab X machine (till fail)

Dead Lift Station, 3 sets varied reps/ 1 min rest in between
Barbel Deadlifts (8)
Standing Military Press (12)
Human Arrow (til fail)

30 min walk/run on treadmill

/gasped for air

Stretch

Wednesday is BALANCE/CORE DAY

- WFP