The Wolfpacker Podcast: NC State vs. Syracuse preview
After rallying in dramatic fashion for the first ACC win of the season, NC State football (5-1 overall, 1-1 ACC) is preparing for the final game before the bye. The No. 13/15-ranked Wolfpack travels to No. 18 Syracuse, who unlike NC State is coming off their own bye after a surprising 5-0 start to the year, including a pair of ACC wins. The game will be televised on ACC Network and kicks off at 3:30 p.m.
With host Justin H. Williams, The Wolfpacker‘s Matt Carter dive into the NC State-Syracuse game from multiple angles in our weekly opponent preview podcast episode, which can be seen and heard below.
Among the many topics discussed:
• The Wolfpacker begins with the weekly “Upon Further Review” segment and takes one last look at the 19-17 win over Florida State at Carter-Finley Stadium last Saturday evening.
• Can NC State use the uncertainty at quarterback in the Wolfpack’s favor? Syracuse has a dream set-up that Matt explains, but is not knowing with 100-percent certainty who will be quarterbacking for the Pack a way to potentially help negate some of that advantage?
An explanation for why that is potentially the case.
• Why we still do not know a whole lot about Syracuse even though we have reached the halfway point of the season. Thus far, the Orange have played 4 of 5 games at home, and the one road contest was at rebuilding Connecticut.
Justin and Matt dive into the Syracuse schedule, the results, what can be learned and how that applies to Saturday’s game at NC State.
• Why a low-scoring game is probably in NC State’s benefit Saturday, and why there is a reason to believe that a low-scoring game is what fans will get on Saturday.
• The X-factor of the game: the dome. Syracuse is approaching a sell out in what will be the Orange’s biggest home crowd since top-ranked Clemson came to town in 2019. What does that mean for NC State, specifically the Wolfpack offense?
And also, why that makes a fast start potentially even more imperative.
• The rankings impact of a potential win Saturday.
• Why Justin refuses to call the newly named JMA Wireless Dome the JMA Wireless Dome.
• And much more!
Related link: NC State football coach Dave Doeren radio show recap
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.
