The Wolfpacker Podcast: NC State vs. UConn reflections
The NC State football team is rising up the respective top 25 polls and reached top-10 status after a 41-10 win at home Saturday evening over Connecticut. The Wolfpack improved to 4-0 with the victory and in the process helped secure the ESPN College GameDay destination next Saturday when NC State travels to No. 5 Clemson.
With host Justin H. Williams, The Wolfpacker’s Matt Carter dive into the NC State-Connecticut game from multiple angles in our weekly Postgame Reflections podcast episode, which can be seen and heard below.
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Among the many topics discussed:
• The general takeaways from the game between NC State and UConn, including how this result could have been easily forecast. (Note: Matt Carter predicted that the Wolfpack would win 45-7.) While the reality is that the Huskies were a completely overmatched team against NC State, the Pack handled business like a good team is supposed to do.
• Why there were some positive signs for the NC State offense, especially in the passing game. Getting super senior Thayer Thomas and fifth-year redshirt junior Devin Carter involved from the receiving corps was, in particular, an important development going into the Clemson game, especially after witnessing the Tigers’ issues defending the pass in Clemson’s double-overtime win at Wake Forest on Saturday afternoon.
• Some takeaways from the aforementioned Clemson-WFU thriller that may have been the game of the weekend in college football on Saturday. Was the outcome a potential best-case scenario for NC State? Is there anything that was shown in that game that might benefit the Wolfpack?
And a consensus agreement that the gap between the Atlantic and Coastal divisions of the ACC may be as large as ever.
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• A brief, quick look ahead at the big game next Saturday.
• Who gets The Wolfpacker’s game balls from the NC State win? Both Matt and Justin went with the offensive side of the ball for their respective picks.
• And much more!
Related link: What they’re saying about NC State’s win over Texas Tech
Each week, The Wolfpacker will preview the upcoming opponent for a podcast that will be released on Thursday, and then will have the postgame reflections episode Sundays following the contest. The exception will be for the Virginia Tech game that is played on Thursday, Oct. 27.
All episodes are available wherever you find your favorite podcasts, and video recordings are also uploaded onto The Wolfpacker’s YouTube channel.
Videos of NC State head coach Dave Doeren’s media availabilities Monday and Thursday will also be uploaded onto the YouTube page.
