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Syracuse Isn’t Interested in Explaining Their Strategy at QB Before NC State

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This past Saturday, Syracuse head coach Dino Babers benched Senior Starting Quarterback Eric Dungey late in the 4th quarter in the Orangemen’s home matchup versus UNC, and brought in Redshirt Freshman Tommy DeVito. Dungey was 17 of 33 for 225 yards when he was taken out. DeVito proceeded to throw a 42-yard touchdown pass to Nykeim Johnson with 1:39 left in regulation to tie the game to and send it to overtime. He threw two more touchdown passes in the two overtime periods, leading the Orangemen to a 40-37 come-from-behind ACC victory over the Tar Heels. DeVito finished the game 11 of 19 for 181 yards with 3 touchdowns (1 interception).

Dungey has been the starting quarterback at Syracuse since Game 1 of his Freshman season back in 2015, but Babers felt like they needed a spark if they were going to beat UNC this past Saturday.

“I just thought it might be a spark,” Syracuse coach Dino Babers said. “I just felt we needed to do something different. I just felt like they had a little bit of a beat on us. Sometimes when you change one character it throws off the defense. I don’t know if it worked or not. I’m just happy with the result.” (ESPN)

DeVito also helped lead the Orangemen to a victory over FSU earlier this year when Dungey was injured late in the 2nd quarter. Syracuse held a 6-0 lead over the Seminoles at the half, but with DeVito under center, the Orangemen went on to win 30-7.

Babers has been hush hush this week on what the plan is at quarterback tomorrow against NC State, forcing the Wolfpack to plan for both Dungey and DeVito.

“What I like about both of those young men is that they are unselfish players,” Babers said. “I mean, those guys have a great relationship. Obviously there’s only one starting quarterback to a football team, but I’ve never seen a relationship any closer than those two.”

“Tommy asks Dungey all kinds of questions and Dungey is always helping Tommy, so that’s the thing I love both about them,” Babers continued. “From an individual standpoint, I wouldn’t separate one from the other. I think they are both really good quarterbacks and they are capable of leading this football team.” (Link)

“My thing is, when you have children, you always want to be fair,” Babers said. “You always want to be fair. When you’re the leader of any organization, the leader of a football team, you’ve got 107 sons. They’re not step-sons, they’re not strangers, they’re not kids who play in the neighborhood around the corner; they’re your sons. And you want to be fair.

“So that’s the big thing is just making sure that you’re fair and that you’re always crystal-clear with the family, that they know what’s going on.” (Link)

“I think that everyone internally doesn’t have to necessarily know what the plan is for Saturday,” Babers said, “but I think the major guys that it involves the most, I think they have an understanding of how it’s going to be.” (Link)

Dungey is a brute of a quarterback, rushing for 28 touchdowns over the past 4 seasons. DeVito is a capable runner, but doesn’t possess the size of Dungey, and is more likely to sit in the pocket and pick you apart.

I would be shocked if Dungey didn’t at least start the game, but I expect both of them to get playing time.

As Dave Doeren has said this week, they will game plan for both, and have to adjust with whatever Syracuse puts on the field.

 

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Colorado DT Transfer Chazz Wallace is Taking an Official Visit to NC State Tomorrow

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NC State has offered Colorado Defensive Tackle Transfer Chazz Wallace (6’2″/295), and he confirmed with me that he will be taking an Official Visit to Raleigh tomorrow.

Wallace played in 10 games for Coach Prime this past season, starting in 4. He finished with 11 tackles and 1.5 sacks. His PFF Grade was 56.4.

Prior to Colorado, Wallace spent his first three years at Old Dominion.

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NC State Offers FCS DT Brandon Lane

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NC State offered Stephen F. Austin (FCS) Transfer Defensive Tackle Brandon Lane (6’3″/300) yesterday.

Lane started in 6 of the 11 games he played in for Stephen F. Austin this past season. He finished the year with 44 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks. His PFF Grade was 74.6, which ranked 4th on the Lumberjacks Defense. His 79.9 Run Defense Grade ranked 3rd on the team. In 2022, Lane played 7 games as a reserve for Stephen F. Austin, recording 11 tackles 2.5 tackles for loss and 1 sack.

Lane spent his first two collegiate seasons at South Dakota State (2000-21). In 2000, he played in 1 game. In 2021, he played in 3 games as a reserve for the Jackrabbits. The 2000 season was the Covid Year, and the 2021 season was his redshirt year. As a result, Lane still has two years of eligibility remaining.

Around a week-and-a-half ago, Lane committed to Michigan St., but then he decommitted from the Spartans on May 2nd.

I don’t think Michigan St. is necessarily off the table, and he has visited Washington and West Virginia.

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Congrats to NC State Football’s Spring Graduates!

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Congratulations to the 7 NC State Football Players that just graduated this Spring.

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2024 Football Spring Graduates

Linebacker Devon Betty (1 year of eligibility)

Defensive End Davin Vann (1 year of eligibility)

Cornerback Aydan White (1 year of eligibility)

Offensive Guard Anthony Carter Jr. (2 years of eligibility)

Offensive Lineman Matt McCabe (2 years of eligibility)

Offensive Tackle Patrick Matan (2 years of eligibility)

Offensive Lineman Brendan Lawson (no longer on the roster)

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Proposed Bill in the NC House Would Require NC State & UNC To Play One Another, as well as ECU, UNCC and App St.

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A bill has been proposed by members of the North Carolina House of Representatives that would force NC State and UNC to play one another, as well as East Carolina, UNC Charlotte and Appalachian State.

According to House Bill 965, which you can read here in full, NC State and UNC would be required to play one another annually in Football, Men’s Basketball and Women’s Basketball. The Wolfpack and the Tar Heels would also be forced to play a game annually in all three sports against either ECU, UNC-Charlotte or App St. Every six years, NC State and UNC would be required to have played a home and away game against each of the three school in all three sports.

Here’s the exact wording from the proposed bill:

Competition Required. – A high-enrollment institution shall do all of the following in each eligible sport: (1) Every academic year, play at least one home or one away game against (i) another high-enrollment institution and (ii) an eligible constituent institution that is not a high-enrollment institution. (2) Every six academic years, play at least one home and one away game against each eligible constituent institution that is not a high-enrollment institution. A high-enrollment institution shall alternate home and away games that are scheduled against the same eligible constituent institution that is not a high-enrollment institution.

For glossary of terms being referenced above:

For the purposes of this bill, “High-enrollment institutions” = NC State and UNC, while “Eligible constituent institutions” = East Carolina, UNC Charlotte and Appalachian State.

It’s worth noting that NC State already has games schedule against each of these teams home-and-away in Football between now and 2031.

2025 – East Carolina (H)

2025 – @ App St.

2026 – App St. (H)

2028 – @ East Carolina

2030 – Charlotte (H)

2031 – @ Charlotte

What are your thoughts?

For more details, check out this article at WRAL.

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