Old MacDonald had farm today at Syracuse with an important 24-17 win. Dave Doeren improves to 1-12 in ACC play but more importantly the Pack, now 5-4 (1-4) — and undefeated in November 2014 — took a big step towards bowl eligibility. It wasn’t easy — nothing ever is for us — but State overcame […]
NCS Football
Oh Yeah, State’s at Syracuse Saturday
Dave Doeren looks for his first league win and State enters a crucial stretch where the game at Syracuse (Saturday 3pm, RSN) has become a must-win to keep realistic bowl hopes alive. Some stats-based predictions from a different perspective (Syracuse.com): Five statistics-based developments to look for when Syracuse plays host to N.C. State on Saturday […]
NC State Football By The Numbers – Post L’ville Edition
Here are the stats and national rankings after the Louisville road loss. Before the stats, the latest on the National and ACC championship belts. National Heavyweight Championship: Here is your winner and NEW heavyweight champion of college football, the West Virginia Mountaineers! WVU beat Baylor 41-27 at Mountaineer Field to win the belt, which made […]
State Loses at Louisville, 30-18
State certainly played well enough today to have a chance at the end, but poor execution and even poorer coaching in the red zone ended with State falling to 4-4 (0-4). Two fourth quarter series where the poor execution and even poorer coaching stand out: First, down 20-9, State had 2nd and 1 at the […]
NC State at Louisville Web Run
Jeff Greer (courier-journal.com) 5 things to watch: Louisville-NC State 3. Gardner’s timing and quick release. Will Gardner’s the starting quarterback again for Louisville, and his timing and decision-making looked much sharper at Clemson on Saturday. If he plays like that this Saturday, the Cardinals can win going away. He can be a solid downfield passer […]
Defense!
Did you know that exactly 10 years ago, the North Carolina State Wolfpack had the best defense in entire country? With coordinator Reggie Herring and defense that included a player that made an NFL roster AT EVERY POSITION, the Wolfpack dominated opponents and held them to less yards than any other team in the country. […]
Football bytes: NC State at Louisville
A few house cleaning items as we head to Louisville this weekend where Dave Doeren and NC State’s eleven game conference losing streak is starting to be the main topic of NC State football. First, in case you did not know, Saturday’s game at Louisville will be televised exactly as last Saturday’s game against Boston […]
Recruiting: the lost years impacting the current years
This entry will on a topic that we have discussed at various times over the last couple of years but I think remains relevant in light of NC State’s current struggles on the football field — recruiting. Before this season started, we observed and discussed the talent deficiency within the Wolfpack program from the perspective […]
NC State Football By The Numbers – Post BC Edition
Here are the stats and national rankings after the BC debacle (it’s going to save me a little bit of time each week when I can leave “debacle” and just replace the opponent). Before the stats, the latest on the National and ACC championship belts. National Heavyweight Championship: Here is your winner and NEW heavyweight […]
7 Suspended against Louisville
Dave Doeren has suspended seven players for the Louisville game Saturday, as discipline for their participation in the (apparently) increasingly popular game of BB guns sweeping college football recently. Suspended are two starters (Alston, Fernandez) and five others (Justin Jones, Josh Jones, McKever, Ramos and Stevens). NC State’s depth chart for the Louisville game has […]
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