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Dear AP Poll Voters…

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To all of you AP Poll voters out there. A few thoughts.

NC State beat East Carolina in a football game 21-20 on Saturday…and they had the 3rd furthest drop of any team in the Week 2 AP Poll.

Oregon went from 11th to unranked.
Utah dropped from 7th to 13th…6 spots.
The Wolfpack fell 5 spots…from 13th to 18th.

Oregon and Utah lost…NC State won.

I mean…I expected y’all would punish the Wolfpack for a victory, which is beautifully ironic, but 5 spots?

So…I’m guessing you noticed that the Pirates handed the Wolfpack a gift, missing an extra point that would have tied the game, and a field goal that would have won it. Your logic…NC State won…but they should have lost.

But did you watch the game, or did you just watch that replay blow up all over Twitter?

Because I can play your logic in the opposite direction. On the goal line, Quarterback Devin Leary snuck the ball into the endzone, only for the refs to call the play dead…to move the ball. On the goal line on another drive, Running Back Jordan Houston fumbled the ball.

Using your logic, NC State “should” have had 14 more points on the board. Using your logic, I guess you could say the score should have been 35-24.

Are you getting my use of your logic?

Or maybe you’re thinking you shouldn’t have ranked NC State 13th in the preseason poll…maybe you think that was too high…especially after Big Game Boomer went off and projected the Wolfpack in the College Football Playoff, nearly blowing up the Twitterverse.

I get the argument that Preseason polls mean nothing, because no one has played a game…but y’alls effort in the Preseason Poll isn’t random…come on. NC State finished last year 20th and returned 18 starters. 13th wasn’t a ranking that made y’all look like you had rose colored glasses on.

Did NC State play like the 13th best team in the country on Saturday? No. Could y’all bumping them back to 18th serve as a little humble pie for the Wolfpack? Sure.

Look…I’m an NC State fan…have been for life. I know what this in-state rivalry means. I was scared going down to Greenville for the season opener. I think we actually played a good football team, which is getting lost in all of this. A team that hates the Wolfpack by the way. The game was in Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, where NC State had only won 1 out of 4 games before Saturday. I didn’t expect it to be pretty.

I’m not excited about the way NC State played as a whole on Saturday…I get you have questions, as you should.

But…

Does your logic make sense though? No…no it doesn’t.

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Matthew is Co-Owner of Pack Insider. He writes for all sports, with a focus on football and recruiting, and is in charge of business strategy. He is an NC State alum who majored in business. Matthew is also the lead pastor of The Point Church in Cary, NC.

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Wolfpack4life
Wolfpack4life
1 year ago

Well said. Especially about Ecu. The tranfers they brought in on top of the players they had. That was a tough team to play on the road in week 1. A rival! It felt like here we go again but some how we got lucky.

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WATCH: Hollywood Smothers Leads NC State in Rushing at the Spring Game

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Redshirt Freshman Hollywood Smothers seemingly was the 3rd string Running Back in NC State’s 2024 Spring Game a few weeks back, but at the end of the game, he had more rushing yards than any other back.

Smothers rushed the ball 8 times for 75 yards. He possesses explosive speed, as well as excellent vision.

Check out Pack Insider’s Tape of Smothers from the Spring Game.





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NC State Offers FCS Interior Offensive Lineman D’Angalo Titialii

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NC State offered Interior Offensive Lineman D’Angalo Titialii (6’2″/320) today. After entering the Portal, the Wolfpack were the first to offer him.

Titialii spent his first three seasons at Portland State, which competes in the FCS. This year, he was the starting Center for the Vikings, and the year before he was their starting Left Guard. Over three seasons, Titialii started in 28 of the 32 games he played in.

Titialii is an intriguing prospect, considering he can play numerous positions on the Offensive Line.

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NC State Offers FCS DT Elinus Noel III

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After Elinus Noel III (6’2″/230) entered the Transfer Portal yesterday, it didn’t take long for NC State to extend an offer.

He also has picked up offers from Baylor and Temple.

Noel III played last year at Texas Southern, which is in the FCS. As a Junior, he had 52 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks in 10 games.

Prior to Texas Southern, Noel III spent his first two seasons at Nicholls State, where he recorded a total of 53 tackles.

247Sports ranked him as a 3-Star prospect in the 2021 recruiting class out of New Orleans (LA).

Noel III has 1 year of eligibility remaining.

With Nick Campbell entering the Transfer Portal, NC State is in the hunt for some depth at Nose Tackle. Even if the staff were to feel confident with what they have in JR Brandon Cleveland and RS-SODJ Jackson, the Wolfpack is in need of depth at the position.

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WATCH: In NC State’s Spring Game, Tight End Justin Joly Showed He is Going to Be Trouble for Opposing Defenses in ’24

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It was evident NC State Tight End Justin Joly (6’3″/235) is going to be a problem for opposing defenses after his performance in the 2024 Spring Game a few weeks back. He is an extremely athletic Tight End, but he’s also bigger and more physical than I expected.

According to my calculations, Joly had 3 receptions for 56 yards and a touchdown. He started things off with a 3-yard touchdown in the corner of the end zone. He followed that up with a 16 yard catch across the middle through contact. Finally, Joly was the recipient of a double-reverse flea flicker, from RB Demarcus Jones II to WR Kevin Concepcion to QB Grayson McCall to him, for a 37-yard gain.

Joly transferred to NC State this offseason from UCONN, and he was the #2 Tight End in the Transfer Portal according to ON3. He had an incredible Sophomore campaign this past year, catching 56 passes for 578 yards and 2 touchdowns. Joly had 4 receptions for 38 yards in the season opener against the Wolfpack.

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