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Dave Doeren After Virginia Tech: BULLETED

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NC State head coach Dave Doeren spoke with the media after the Wolfpack fell to Virginia Tech 45-24 tonight. Below is a BULLETED breakdown of what he had to say.

  • VT deserves a lot of credit.
    • Most physical team tonight.
    • Outplayed us.
    • Out-coached us.
    • A lot to learn from this film and a lot of work to do.
  • Didn’t expect it.
    • Really excited where we came out last week.
  • We missed having some guys on defense tonight from a health stand point.
  • Guys continued to play hard, but didn’t do enough to put us in a place to win.
  • Give up 314 yards rushing and turn the ball over twice.
  • Took too long to get started offensively, with 80-some yards in the 1st half.
    • Defense didn’t start the way we expected them to.
  • It’s a loss. Not the end of the season.

Khalid Martin Injury…

  • He was communicating with us.
  • Was moving his fingers and toes.
  • He had a lot of pain.
  • Told us to go finish the game.

On when he started thinking about the QB change…

  • Didn’t talk about it at halftime.
  • Thought we could regroup and get some things going.
  • After the 2nd interception we said ‘give him another series and see how he responds.’
    • He went 3-and-out on that drive, and we thought we needed a spark.
  • Devin led us on 2 scoring drives and did some good things, and also did some things he needs to learn from.

Defensive Starters Injured…

  • Not having Payton Wilson, Tanner Ingle and Teshaun Smith hurts.
  • Rakeim Ashford came in and started for Tanner, and he got hurt.
    • Then Khalid Martin came in and he got hurt.
  • Have some deficiencies on the defensive side of the ball right now, and a lot of them are on the weakside of the defense.
    • It was evident.
  • Last week Drake Thomas was playing SAM linebacker, and tonight he had to play WILL because Payton was out.
  • Tanner and Payton are both hitters and physical, and this was their type of game.

VT Offensively…

  • We didn’t know what we were going to get.
  • QB Hendon Hooker was listed as the starter on the Depth Chart.
    • Prepared for what he did.
  • Then we had to adjust to what this was going to be.
  • They had some new schemes.
  • We didn’t do a good job getting off blocks and tackling.
  • Thought we set the edges better than we did a week ago.
    • More of the problems were internal.

Adjusting to stop the run game…

  • Took our middle safety and added him into the run game.
  • In the 2nd quarter we slowed them down and did some good things.
  • Offensively we couldn’t get anything going, and the D was out there a lot.

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Congrats to NC State Football’s Spring Graduates!

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May 3, 2024

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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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Akron Safety Kerry Martin Jr. will Take an Official Visit at NC State Next Week

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May 2, 2024

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Akron Safety Kerry Martin Jr. (6’1″/195) confirmed with me that he will be taking an Official Visit to NC State next week beginning on May 7th.

After receiving an offer from NC State yesterday, it didn’t take him long to set up the visit.

Martin Jr. is familiar with NC State, because he was recruited by Wolfpack Defensive Coordinator Tony Gibson before he left West Virginia to come to Raleigh. Even though he never coached him, a relationship was established.

Martin Jr.’s connections to NC State are deeper than that. Former NC State Cornerback Derrek Pitts, who is currently a member of the Tampa Bay Bucs, is his cousin.

This past year, Martin Jr. recorded 45 tackles, 2 interceptions and 6 pass breakups for Akron, starting in 9 of the 11 games he played in. His PFF Grade was 68.9.

In 2022, he had 53 tackles, 1 interception and 1 pass breakup, starting in 9 of the 11 games he played in. Martin Jr.’s PFF Grade was 60.9.

In 2019, as a Freshman for West Virginia, Martin Jr. earned PFF Freshman All-American honors, recording a grade of 70.6, with 50 tackles and 3 pass breakups.

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NC State Sits in the Top-20 in 247’s Post-Spring 2024 Preseason Poll

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247’s Brad Crawford released his Post-Spring 2024 Preseason College Football Top-25 recently, and NC State moved up 1 spot to #20.

ACC Teams in the Top-25

11. FSU

14. Miami

16. Clemson

20. NC State

24. Virginia Tech

25. Louisville

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