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NC State is a 9.5-Point Favorite Over Texas Tech

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#16 NC State will host Texas Tech on Saturday at 7pm on ESPN2, and the Wolfpack are 9.5-point favorites to beat the Red Raiders.

Obviously odds can move up and down, and different places have different spreads. Depending on where you look, the Wolfpack opened as 8/8.5-point favorites, but then saw the spread increase. FanDuel has NC State as 10.5-point favorites.

The Total is currently 55.5.

Both NC State and Texas Tech are both 1-1 against the spread thus far in 2022. The Total has gone OVER in both of the Red Raiders’ games, and it has done so in 1 of NC State’s 2 games.

Notes

  • Texas Tech are 4-2 against the spread in their last 6 games.
  • Texas Tech are 6-12 against the spread in their last 18 games played on a Saturday when playing on the road.
  • The total has gone OVER in 4 of NC State’s last 5 games.
  • NC State is 4-1 against the spread in their last 5 games against an opponent in the Big 12 conference.
  • Texas Tech is 3-2 against the spread in their last 5 games, and has covered in 5 of their last 10. Similarly, the Total has gone OVER in 5 of their last 10 games.
  • The Wolfpack has failed to cover the spread in 3 of their last 5 games, and has only done so in 5 of their last 10 games. The Total has gone OVER in 6 of their last 10 contests.

I can only find odds info on the last two times NC State and Texas Tech have played one another. The Wolfpack won both games. In 2003, NC State defeated Texas Tech 49-21, entering the game as a 6-point favorite. In 2002, the Wolfpack defeated the Red Raiders 51-48, entering the game as 2-point underdogs.

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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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NC State’s Highest & Lowest Graded Defensive Players vs. Louisville

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Here’s a look at which NC State Defensive players graded out the best and worst according to ProFootballFocus against Louisville last Friday night.

Top 5

LB Devon Betty – 76.8
FS Rakeim Ashford – 75.1
NT CJ Clark – 74.1
LB Payton Wilson – 71.5
LB Caden Fordham – 68.1

Bottom 5

DE Travali Price – 52.3
CB Shyheim Battle – 53.7
CB Rente Hinton – 56.2
DE Red Hibbler – 60.5
DE Savion Jackson – 62.0

Season Top 5

DE Davin Vann – 78.6
Nickel Robert Kennedy III – 76.5
LB Payton Wilson – 76.5
NT Brandon Cleveland – 74.5
SS Bishop Fitzgerald – 72.4

Season Bottom 5

CB Brandon Cisse – 33.0
CB Rente Hinton – 52.5
DE Noah Potter – 53.5
DE Travali Price – 54.2
NT CJ Clark – 60.6

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NC State is Appealing Targeting Call on Safety Sean Brown

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With a couple of minutes left in the 3rd Quarter, NC State Free Safety Sean Brown was hit with an absurd targeting call. After reviewing the hit, the call was confirmed to be targeting, and Brown was ejected for the remainder of the game, and will miss the beginning of the Marshall game this Saturday.

I’m all for penalizing intentionally dangerous tackles, where the intent is blatantly to harm. That is not what happened in this instance. Brown’s tackle was textbook. For starters, the receiver squats. Secondly, Brown drives his face into the chest of the receiver. The helmet in no way makes initial contact with the opposing players helmet.

Here’s the “targeting” call in question. Watch it in slow motion. Hit pause and zoom in.

 

 

Wolfpack Head Coach Dave Doeren shared at his weekly press conference yesterday that NC State is appealing the targeting call on Brown.

“Yes. We’ve submitted the paperwork through the league office. They turn it in and then eventually we’ll find out can he play in the first half or not. Right now we don’t have an answer.”

If the targeting call is upheld, then Brown will have to miss the first half this Saturday against the Thundering Herd. If it is overturned, he will be free to play.

Prior to the targeting call, Brown was having a career day. He had 8 tackles, 2 sacks and a forced fumble.

 

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NC State’s Highest & Lowest Graded Offensive Players vs. Louisville

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Here’s a look at which NC State Offensive players graded out the best and worst according to ProFootballFocus against Louisville this past Friday night.

Top 5

WR Terrell Timmons – 72.5 – Career High
TE Trent Pennix – 68.0
WR Porter Rooks – 64.2
RT Timothy McKay – 63.8
RB Delbert Mimms III – 61.9

Bottom 5

RG Derrick Eason – 36.1 – Career Low
QB Brennan Armstrong – 50.0
LG Lyndon Cooper – 52.3
WR Julian Gray – 52.3
WR Kevin Concepcion – 52.8

Season Top 5

LT Anthony Belton – 75.2
RB Kendrick Raphael – 74.5
RB Delbert Mimms III – 72.4
WR Porter Rooks – 68.5
WR DJ Collins – 68.9

Season Bottom 5

TE Christopher Toudle – 45.5
RB Demarcus Jones II – 52.8
WR Keyon Lesane – 53.5
WR Terrell Timmons – 56.1
RG Derrick Eason – 57.6

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MJ Morris’ 2022 Highlight Reel

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Yesterday Wolfpack Head Coach Dave Doeren announced that Sophomore MJ Morris would be starting at Quarterback, rather than Brennan Armstrong. To get yourself ready to watch Morris behind center on Saturday against Marshall, check out our 2022 MJ Morris Highlight Reel above.

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