Caroline Darney, USA Today, joins Adam to talk college football and how the first few weeks have gone so far; as well as what NC State might be dealing with in Death Valley this upcoming weekend.

Financial capital financial. This is the Adam Gold show downtown, the wall of sound is a function of this. There's no doubt we should do the pilots get to the wall assembly start with Carolina Panthers for the Panthers. Just getting the wood doesn't matter that the saints appear not to be very good even though I thought the opposite going. It is getting a really fun center to be very good meeting. I don't know why they're not very good.

It could be no Sean Payton, Dennis Allen is the coach and that definitely different thing. But here's met rule was just happy to win a game of any kind is all I just when the first week when the second week so the "i" stuck in the field.

So I hate this lot. I want to get problems that were trying to get our guys past is not just as one is merely negligent every week to go compete and go out for Fatima and asked if you try to get better and better and better. I'm happy that we want happy for these guys look they should be happy. They also have to recognize that boy we got away with our dreadful first half of offense their offense right now is if Chris McCaffrey doesn't make the plates not be made if I was in a nitpick to get to Baker midfielder and second nitpick I was a you guys still have DJ more the roster right is still on the team right he shows up. They don't use it now to targets. Maybe we might have had a couple valiant to catches yet he carried the ball I'd like to get one catch. Actually for 2 yards. He carried the ball a little bit but we gotta get you got to get your offensive weapons in the mix. They must have to figure out a way to get them the ball. We don't have a lot use once we have encouraging the viscous you know that is a huge play.

They needed a big play and they got it, but they need more they need more of that. Right now Baker's Baker's struggle. They throw some really really curious curious pass that's a good way to put it here is so better than me so my knocking rip into much. Here's Baker on one of the keys to battling through short memory and places know anything can happen yet. I think this in the past few weeks. In the NFL justly like crazy things happen you flush a lot of these games on over to zero so trying to hear the rock most I can things happen can keep say this. I really like everything about Baker Mayfield in the play starts and I have my questions my doubts we knew going in to the season that the Panthers an upgraded quarterback. We just didn't know how much right now I would say it's not that much.

Now it's just but it is week three. I am not. I am not about snap decisions on players or teams through three weeks. I thought the safer to be good. It appears that I was wrong, but they are not, maybe three weeks from now will go well. Things are pretty good, but I have no idea, but my gosh there Panthers offense needs better just hope we can get away with everything. Maybe that's what he needs to get these learned, but I don't. Now that I'm hoping to get together for week four through forever we run out of time to use the well they should've played him in the preseason more. They should have declared starter earlier but what a concept will will say let's go to college football percent.

Carolina did not do well against Notre Dame and it really stands from one side of the ball. The things for North Carolina is for the most part, really good. I saw in terms of total QBR if you put any weight at all. And that's just Drake may leave the ACC ACC quarterbacks in total QBR. He's been tremendous running game was nonexistent against Notre Dame that has something to do with the fact that Notre Dame at the point of attack on both sides of the ball significantly better for North Carolina. Here's Mack Brown on the real issue.

Our defense systems. So what I would say is support these kids and pick them up and be so positive and try to encourage them because of trying really really hard under some very talented players out there that keep getting better think tonight anybody walks out of this and couldn't say that they were better than we were 26 straight wins over ACC teams in the regular-season. This isn't the first night somebody stood in here and talk about how good Notre Dame rentable. I number of things that first is I didn't realize that UNC was the little engine that could. That's very nice to adorable UNC would no essentially bite the leg try to bite the leg of Notre Dame yes Notre Dame has 126 straight ACC games. One of those is a great way to Clemson with during the pandemic season where they met twice.

They met again in the ACC championship game and Clemson one. The other game up in South Bend was a classic and DJ you played that game.

Trevor Lawrence had coded did you actually play that game and through flight 450 yards but Notre Dame one that was a regular-season game and eight Notre Dame play 10 ACC regular-season games that year and that's tremendous but let's not equate winning 26 consecutive ACC games with climbing Everest. Let's not.

Let's try to avoid putting that in the same category as climbing Everest. The real issue is that North Carolina hasn't gotten the most out of their players big recruiting classes have been excellent. The last three years. Excellent wasn't so good. Four years ago. The problem is that they can't really block all that well and their stages seem to be very light up front.

It just looked like Notre Dame was playing down in class and that shouldn't be the case especially on your own for so Mack yet.

We all recognize that yes Notre Dame must have better players. Although, it just looks like they've got more out of their players are two back-to-back see what I can go back to the NFL to go to Albert Paul's. This came from camel X the flagship station of the Cardinals pools actually earlier in this game. I'm pretty sure had hit number 699, 700 home runs. This is a lot what he do it in LA against the Dodgers Cardinal fans in the ballpark that wanted to happen and there are dodger fans in the ballpark. They wanted to have pools with widespread stance arms out over the plate Bickford from the stretch 11 pitch Dodgers dodger fans cheering an opposing player that was Friday night that pools did that 700 home runs amazing. He's old obviously mean is that he's 41 now if Albert Poole holds didn't have such bad feet.

That's ultimately his injuries in Los Angeles when he went to the Angels, his injuries, his production waning was because he just it was hard to stand if you traveled throughout Asia begun but element is say this and I'm not trying to be create anything negative here as far as we know, and there's no reason to believe otherwise.

700 utterly clean home runs nice. The reason I bring it up. Is it because we never know we never know about anybody but 700 utterly clean the home runs and he already said he's not coming back. He's not that this is it.

When this season ends and there's a week and 1/2 left when this season ends. It's over for pools seven, 700 go out on top incredible. He's got a place get to be a major part of the what the Cardinals doing the postseason to so is good to have that stage still in front of them is going to be in a wildcard series. The Cardinals are almost definitely going to be the third division winner so they'll host a wildcard series which costs were two weeks away from that happening less than two weeks away is only 10 days left in the regular-season all right will make it back Carolina daughter USA today on ACC week four if were not counting weeks here disappointing ACC football.

I really love the positional he was in this week and then Virginia Tech continued to do that and then Miami did what and North Carolina look like they did not belong. So let's talk a little ACC football. My friend from USA Today for the win one and only Caroline Donnie how are you pleasure your your helping me.

Always remember that I am stealing part of your day did I characterize any of that incorrectly.

I thought the ACC was doing well, then Virginia Tech continues to smell bad and I thought a loaded question right and I was like oh yeah he's right about, but I am one where I look like we have Virginia Tech that's that's bad for us to lead your opportunities.

It was a weird week right because if you told me beginning of the season that the Kansas Duke game would have so much on the line for ACC national perspective perception because it really and lay what is also better first question one sent I feel badly for I think it should be ranked yes right Kansas you cowards but part of the reason that they're not is because the name Kansas as part of their football jersey and they just be an also undefeated Duke teams in the same associations of what should and should not be great football. I think it's a shame that the ACC continues to get knocked for NC State meeting and Wake Forest been good I think are legitimately very good football teams this year, but because Miami did what they did and who I don't think it's a very good football team this year hasn't been a very good football team for a while because of their own issues and coaching changes in all the Sunday had going on down there.

It's become a bigger there's still this association with ACC that it Virginia Tech and Miami and Florida State are good and the entire league and I I've never subscribed made because the school that I follow is one of the story, but it's been the case for those three for a lot longer than just this year, which I think is a bigger issue letter whole another spot on the radio for whole another day but yeah they had a chance to not embarrass themselves this is a little strong in her field for at the same time same time, there's no there's really no situation in which Miami should be manhandled by middle Tennessee State their second best.

I don't make a big deal out of the fact Tyler van Dyck advanced I'm not sure what were seeing is really Tyler van Dyck's fault. They have other issues that offense of line issues.

They have skill position player issues and defenses yeah they have that and what I mean to be. To be fair, it's not like my Mario crystal ball is a Miami guy, but we've for those of us who have been paying attention to Mario crystal ball during his time at Oregon. It's not like people weren't supercritical of Mario crystal ball at times with the did in Oregon.

So what like they were bringing in.

You know, the best best of Chris Peterson or the heyday of Chip Kelly. People were going after crystal ball for very various decisions setting Miami aside, did the larger point you were trying to make about, and this goes for what whatever what we can put basketball terms to make a difference if you've got a bunch of really good teams. If Duke and Carolina are not good. The rest of the league will not get any respect because right so in case ACC football with all respect to Clemson, who was is the lead dog by a fair amount on and would I want to talk about Clemson wake I want to talk about state estate Clemson going forward, but clumsily dog we've been needing schools and football brands like Florida State, like Virginia Tech, like Miami to start pushing at the bottom of Clemson to closing that gap.

We haven't seen it in Blacksburg. We haven't seen it in Coral Gables. We might be seeing it in Tallahassee. I'm not 100% sure. I certainly look like I've this lab phrase Florida State. They looked competent and they haven't looked competent for four years or five year old so what do you make of the Seminoles and their ability to kind of create another team the biggest things what they should be ranked.

Maybe that's where it is what it is wins over Boston College routed Boston College issues.

Yeah so like Louisville are probably the two probably only two teams in the Atlantic that I don't think I'm a pretty good shot at making some noise. The those of like you know that Ellis do when was obviously big for them right and that was a really you think that's something that normally would be a huge thing seem like what is going to be right. The same thing is they want to get one for the last five point yes 100% and that's where that's difference to me that in years previous, will be seen for coursing because the Florida State last year, let alone two years ago, let alone three years ago would've found multiple ways to find a way out but they would've found multiple ways to lose it well before that last drive they would succeed is I think yes multiple times over absolute may have been one of the kind of like pleasant surprises for me because I didn't expect this yet it's missing all this program just listed come with gigantic pressure Miami conciliar now for people to think that right out right away to be completely different after the very messy way you acquired the coach you set doesn't just solve everything they wanted pressure on my we did all this for you. Nothing anyone saying that like but the understanding about five or maybe I can get all this.

Don't mess it up like you and me an extra whatever I talked to him at ACC football kickoff and I think he gets the fact that it's the long game that it wasn't. It's not good to be a super immediate turnaround and it was reinforced really the last two weeks of the Texas A&M got out of the taxi and it was great, but my my aunt when it came down to my aunt my exit but if you keep you keep getting those opportunities. If you can't move the line of scrimmage which basically they couldn't just knock and win games against even good teams and that's what that's what that was you said Carolyn Doherty from USA Today is joining us here at CW Doherty on Twitter were talking ACC football you mentioned the rankings pertaining to Kansas or Florida State may be I wouldn't recommend that I'm not agreeing or disagreeing.

I haven't even thought about the rankings, except in this context. Anybody that watched Clemson Wake Forest.

What I can't fathom is how you can watch that game and drop Wake Forest in your rankings.

I was incredible right leg, right, I just enjoy, that's exactly what you want from a conference game is to really good teams playing high level football.

Some of the things that you go back in time. I don't like look at this this passing DJ is literally wake corner could not have been in better position and he spreads the needle of the past.

It was that it wasn't like your team made a mistake in an and you can always sell it only should have done better on that quick drive comes not respond but it was just overall a really fun really enjoyable football game.

The Interactive times by historical he still has not his 61st homerun. So the worst nightmare for everybody.

I think in the ACC is that Dabo suite we all thought Dabo was just playing a role he's just trying to protect his guy at some point he's going to go to what Cook took public. The freshman is going to make the switch because he's better than DJ that might've been right, better DJ jumped all over him to early last year. The problem is when you're a coach like Dabo or same day you have there before DJ. There really was no noticeable drop-off at all between the quarterbacks and in some cases I think you can make a young claimant date slightly improved each iteration you got when you got Lawrence in there and that's unsustainable and unrealistic, like welcome to the real world Clemson. We still don't see that usually with bright young literally-when I got Mike so it's hard to fathom and realize that yes sometimes really good programs that are going to state a really good top programs will have slight falters in their five start coming in quarterback like that little over what you're saying Caroline is that DJ Lyons delay is like football players used to be 10 years ago where they didn't show up as true freshman and just become immediate superstars, making all the plays that it takes them a couple times if you go back and I'm doing a little history lesson for other people. You go back and look at the best of Florida State. The best era of Florida State.

None of their quarterbacks played until their junior years, until it started going the other way and Chris Rick's plate all the way up until Chris Rick's if their quarterbacks played one year right right you might've gotten two years at 1/4 but a lot of times he only got one year but then Chris Rick's ruined it for everybody. It's hard part that spoiled it was the first time that we saw BJ was a night game against Notre Dame.

That was again another light classic just an incredible performance from that stuff is so hard to replicate, so even if you started as a sophomore answer is at its top its dumb sport siding that you know there were expectations or maybe a little high and he he didn't play great last year so I also understand the questions, especially if your team like Clemson has backed up five stars hanging around like this can be the same situation in Texas and the next couple years right thing back when yours is hurt right now will probably come back soon, they just added Archie Manning to the incoming class. What is that the quarterback three. Five stars were all late top 10 recruits or something like that said good problem to have the same time.

It also will make people more easily ready to go. Will you try some.

Just so you can target more than one quarterback only. Do not know Duke is succeeding and playing quarterback to quarterbacks at the same time course only one can play quarterback final thing for Carolyn Donnie USA Today and again you can follow on Twitter. I encourage you to do so at CW Donnie all right states going down to death Valley College Game Day showing up prime time game national TV for him and for all we know Arcadian will also be in attendance at game your thoughts on what that means for state for the league by way Clemson is 6 1/2 point favorite. Yeah, it's a dramatic dramatic there's really anyone. If you want to stop Clemson from winning division, you have to do it right. State has to hand them a loss. I think the dam coming out about wake overtime game with victory was huge that I do think we can sprout after watching implacable times and on apartments back to think he's healthy again. It was cited by weight is probably the other team that I think is like Clemson. We are so close to what they're working and I really didn't obscene overtime victory afterwards and some very smart my guests are very close. But if anyone else wants out if they have the tiebreak over state and wake don't think that's yeah I don't know what to make it seriously.

Now I am sitting here going Syracuse is also to now, let's ignore for now, but I think the state wants to overcome this is all being said daughter to state grants is not listening. I wrote watching state state estate wants to break out of that and see St. stuff they got to make a move.

They have a good team got solid defense. They got exciting players like I don't know that the early part of the schedule has been one that has like totally wound up in the Texas Tech when was huge. He didn't look super great.

I'm not very generous with super great light.

I just think that especially ECU having a loss to Navy this week doesn't help things got away and so they're looking but this is going to be a real barometer where where are like. Guess what, you don't have any sort of rest because then you've got another rank, even Florida State next and affirmations are mentioned at the go. You stretch the beginning of the season.

We looked at this three-game stretch as it's really just Clemson.

As it turns out it's not just Clemson that's the overall strength of the ACC with Florida State sort of looking like they mean business again real quick will say goodbye here. Next time we talk. And hopefully there will be a next time, if you allow it will will him we will allow a Syracuse conversation perfect part of the negotiation.

I'm sorry about that rabbit Santa hats.

This second one. At least so far this year I'll Carolyn Donnie on Twitter at CW Donnie, thank you so much.

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