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NC State is No. 65 in preseason Pomeroy Ratings
The preseason Pomeroy Ratings are here, the preseason Pomeroy Ratings are here! NC State begins the 2027 season at No. 65, which is 28 spots lower than where it ended the 2026 season. Here is the entire ACC, which has the potential to be deep again, albeit without many elite teams at the top. Two […]
NC State takes a walloping from Wake, 38-14
It’s occurred to me lately that college football games are simply too long. A whole hour? Feels excessive. What if we trimmed the games down by, oh, let’s say 30 minutes—wouldn’t we all be a lot happier with a tidy sports outing such as that? I have to think we would. Anyway, if you missed […]
Game thread: Wake Forest vs. NC State
It’s a CW game, which means we get to enjoy Thom Brennaman’s lack of preparation in real time. What a treat for us all. Deacs vs. Pack Kickoff: Noon ET TV: The CW (Thom Brennaman, Jason Cabinda, Wes Bryant) Online streaming: WatchESPN
Wake Forest is good again, unfortunately
It’s taken Jake Dickert no time at all to establish a good program at Wake Forest despite some significant limitations, and with year two serving as an impressive proof of concept, maybe it’s actually the Deacs who are best positioned to sit at the top of the ACC’s second tier on a regular basis. They […]
Takeaways from the Open Practice
NC State held practice at Lenovo today (10/9) and opened it to the public. It was a normal practice, not something special put on for the viewing audience. After the practice they gave Coach Gainey a mic to speak to the crowd. He smiled and yelled, WOLF! He’s a keeper. He said that 2,000 people […]
Spike Sowells officially out for remainder of 2026
It probably doesn’t come as a huge surprise that Spike Sowells, who has not played since getting hurt against Richmond, won’t be back on the field this season. Dave Doeren said yesterday that they were hopeful that rehabbing the injury without surgery would be enough to get him back out there, but no such luck. […]
Wake Forest vs. NC State injury report: Well it’s not good
NC State finished the Louisville game in rather rough shape and nothing much has improved since then. The initial availability report for this weekend is a laundry list for State which could potentially be without four starting offensive linemen. Duke Scott is out after suffering an injury last week, as are Yousef Mugharbil and Tristan […]
ACC Basketball Tip Off: Welcome to Basketball Season
News: Calendar: Overall impressions of the interviews: We’ve got a good one. Coach Gainey presents himself well, and does a fantastic job representing the university. From the beginning he has been consistent with his messaging and this was no exception. No headline grabbing revelations or promises. Takeaways Coach Gainey on RJ Keene: “When late moments […]
ACC basketball media days underway in Charlotte
ACC hoops media days got rolling Monday with women’s basketball, and Wes Moore was on hand along with Zoe Brooks and Khamil Pierre. During the breakout session with media, Wes Moore said something interesting in a question about the team’s chemistry: I think that’s important: to have a team that will play for each other […]
NC State gets a big 31-28 win over Louisville
The hallmarks of another disastrous fourth quarter were there, right down to the brutal CJ Bailey turnover. And as Keyjuan Brown broke another big running play with the score tied and less than 10 minutes to go, it felt like the game was slipping away. But Harvey Dyson’s hustle play turned everything around—NC State made […]
Game thread: Louisville vs. NC State
Birds don’t have teeth. Cardinals vs. Wolfpack Kickoff: 3:30 p.m.ET TV: ACC Network (Justin Kutcher, Max Browne, Madison Fitzpatrick) Online streaming: ACCNX
Louisville has a whole thing going on
Louisville under Jeff Brohm has spent the money to establish itself as a contender in the ACC on an annual basis, and the Cardinals have won at least nine games in each of the last three seasons. They have leaned heavily on the portal to sustain that success, and this offseason was no exception: they […]
Louisville vs. NC State injury report: Spike Sowells out, Jimarion McCrimon questionable
NC State may have to do more offensive line shuffling this week, what with the unpleasant addition of left tackle Jimarion McCrimon to the injury report on Thursday night. McCrimon was not listed on the initial injury report for this week. The Pack already has been playing without center Spike Sowells, and will do so […]
Dave Doeren talks week ahead, working on those blown leads
Blowing three-score leads is not something you want to become a habit, unless you’re just really trying to hit some new ratings marks for those ratings-based payout incentives from the ACC. Plus I’m not sure how many more of these situations I can take without having a heart attack. During his press conference on Monday, […]
Louisville QB Lincoln Kienholz a possible game-time decision this week
Louisville starting quarterback Lincoln Kienholz was injured at the tail end of his team’s game against Wake Forest, and his status might not be clear until kickoff this week. While Brohm did not directly address the type of injury Kienholz sustained, he proclaimed, “He has something. We aren’t going to elaborate. Will probably be a […]
NC State a 6.5-point underdog to Louisville
NC State dips back into conference play with the toughest opponent on its schedule this season, the Louisville Cardinals. It would have been a good idea to come into this one with a record better than 2-2, but Louisville is probably thinking the same thing. The Cardinals are coming off a surprising three-point home loss […]
NC State fends off App, 41-31
You would have thought that last week would have been a pretty important lesson learned, but you would be wrong, apparently. NC State almost squandered a good effort for a second straight week with some inexcusably bad football in the fourth quarter, letting App State back into a game it had no business winning. That […]
Game thread: App vs. NC State
Mountaineers vs. Wolfpack Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. ET TV: ESPNU Online streaming: WatchESPN
App State comes to Raleigh trying to turn a corner in spite of serious flaws
It takes one look at a continuity table for the Sun Belt to understand the challenges that face G6 programs like App State in the portal era, which requires these programs to adjust to losing their best players to the power conferences each season. Nine Sun Belt teams rank 105th or worse in returning production, […]
CJ Bailey discusses aftermath of Vanderbilt game
CJ Bailey met with the media yesterday, the first time he’d spoken with reporters since The Thing That Happened. There is no way to explain any part of what went down during The Thing That Happened, of course, but he did the best he could. Sometimes the football is snapped and major regret ensues. In […]
Congratulations! Your football team has committed the worst gaffe you will ever see in your life
Great news! Your favorite college football team recently committed the most heinous and painful mistake that you will ever see in your life. Yes, you’ve reached the mountaintop. Congratulations! The skies are clear up here, and you can see for the rest of time: the football team will never inflict a pain on you that […]
NC State a 14-point favorite against App State
I’m feeling slightly less annoyed with the universe with each passing day, but clearly it’s going to be a long week. Tough to move on when you’ve got to stew in your football team’s vomit for seven days. Anyway, onwards and forwards and onwards! NC State will step back on the field Saturday as a […]
What am I even supposed to do with that?
I hoped that giving myself a day, going outside and touching some grass, things of that nature, might help me process what happened yesterday, but a debacle that unprecedented, it turns out, is impossible to shake, much less comprehend. So I got nothing. That was the most singularly stupid thing I have seen in 20+ […]
Countdown to Practice #1: Preston Edmead
Welcome to the Preseason – Basketball practice officially starts TOMORROW! Now what EXACTLY does ‘basketball practice officially starts’ mean? The ‘Master of all things college basketball’ (the NCAA) says practice officially starts 42 days prior to the first scheduled game. It is traditionally the six weeks where the individual workouts end and the ‘systems’ […]
Game thread: NC State vs. Vanderbilt
Go Pack and such. Wolfpack vs. Commodores Kickoff: 12:45.m. ET TV: SEC Network (Taylor Zarzour (lol!), Matt Stinchcomb, Michella Chester) Online streaming: WatchESPN
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