What's the vibe like for NC State football fans this week?

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This is going to be the longest week. This is to be the longest week for a long time for NC state fans. I met Sr.

It's going to take forever, so I'm curious what of what your vibe for this game. What are you going to distract yourself from the fact that it's just Tuesday because when this is not some this is a little new to state. That's the thing that might saying it worries me about the game because Clemson is used to playing in these games. They are used to play whether it's an ACC championship game which, to be perfectly honest, those are big games but in most cases, they have been heavily favored and it's not there not heavy favorite in this game.

Maybe I'll bet you can count on one hand, the ACC games in which Clemson was favored by less than a touchdown and that last look.

Clemson was just a 6 1/2 point favorite fit six Annapolis Dave Doran NC State's head coach had his media session yesterday and who we will join the program on Thursday in advance of heading down again. We have a lot of weather things to do to hope workout in the areas favorite. Forget about the game. The games are always secondary to know property destruction and personal issues that come about with these types of storms but all things clear to talk to him Thursday in advance of this game and this is as big a game as they have ever played his Dave Doran for University alumni. That's great. We worked really hard to move ourselves up on international footprint of the sport. It's taken a lot of time blood sweat and tears and commitment from a lot of people. So I know that it's not a stationary spot either you go up or down based on your performance, but you still have to get to that spot and we worked hard to get their will and embrace the opportunity for American we know a lot comes with it so you not think it's something to celebrate, for sure. It's not something say were we've arrived yet because obviously the rankings of the matter a lot more than I do. After the fourth week I be curious if you if you asked state fans. That's just not in the state fans if you asked like people of played football and insisting can you recall an opportunity like this really made reference to a similar one adds yes in yesterday's program and that how many years ago. It was now Tom O'Brien was the head coach. So what were going back a ways, but NC state got to the last game of the season to beat Maryland you win the Atlantic division. It was obviously before the Clemson run which began I think what in 2012 somewhere around that lesson years ago run of dominance in the Atlantic and the Lester so that was the last time if they did not win that game they lost that members that state team wasn't as good as this dating my again it's not.

It is not something I'm worried about Clemson is used to these games. NC state is not, and for a fan base that allows negative thoughts to creep into easily.

This is going to be an incredibly long, long week like to the point where you'd like to distract yourself from everything so you could just go about the business of this week go to the Keynesian. The night that will get your mind off approval again. I'm just curious about vibe check as we get to. As we get closer to this game. I know there are nerves. I know there is you hope that your team's offense catches up to its defense. I did as you and I have not had a chance to speak because you have the senior producer rolled out I can't talk to a lot of different I'm not on talk anymore so it's forbidden me like crazy to think that North Carolina just didn't look like they were equipped to handle anything that Notre Dame did know you're not wrong. I was on the sidelines during the game didn't didn't look like I Carolina was playing up in class like when I don't even know if I have the of the weight class is correct but like when a lightweight flight so middleweight or middleweight exit. It's better to go the other way. It's waiting went up with this top like middleweight boxer. Okay, who can put on. I could put on 20 more pounds and get too heavy or light heavyweight like and put on another 15 pounds and fight heavyweight and then you realize, oh my gosh there is such a massive deal between the light heavyweight and the heavyweight. That's what it looked like to me that North Carolina just wasn't it like big boy football and that their defense got worn out eventually because they couldn't get off the field on third down and like you said the big the big guys upfront for Notre Dame. Just continue to wear down both fronts for that team and what really hurt them was my thing was the start of the third quarter when they give up a touchdown and then one play. They fumbled the ball right back to home and then Notre Dame goes down the scores again. I know there's a pass interference call or was it not.

I'm not getting into that, but still called it yet. They call it, but still there in that situation.

The play about 20 snaps in the offense .1, so big, but that which is being worn down.

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Yeah right.

So which is why what I want to Clemson Wake Forest game. One is I wanted to say something real quick about Wake Forest in the second. I don't know that North Carolina is equipped to beat either of those two teams may be better against slightly better against wake slightly. I know they won the game last year right slightly better against wake, but I just don't think there equipped to be Clemson if they if that ended up being a matchup because Clemson at least on the defensive line. Clemson's offense of line isn't quite what Notre Dame's is. But on the defensive line.

Clemson just got on me. Dave got to its yeah North Carolina doesn't have dudes. They have some really nice football players a lot of a lot of four stars and it's time to develop these guys, like I'd been sent yesterday still reset it once today. This is not about recruiting. It's not about that. It's about developing Carolina's got a get better develop. I will point this out lined up ready to breakout for the several faster multiple times.

I noticed defensively for UNC that they were trying to scramble to get into the right alignment depending on the formation like their scrambling pre-snap. It felt like guys trying like way I thought we were in this that were guys moving each other around. I know that sometimes you gotta slide and adjust but it seemed like it was just their rushing just to get aligned.

I don't know if that's adjust trends you suck being translated from the sideline of the coaching staff to the players on the field. I don't know where that that comes in but it just felt like that at moments for their defense like the Denver Broncos offensively in the opener against Seattle ramp like wait a second white why is this why is the play clock at two again. Seems like it was always good to yeah and I remember we talked to John Bunting every month like this goes back a long time when Bunting was the head coach of North Carolina we would talk to John Bunting every Monday right out of the gate during the football season and it was the first time I had ever heard a head coach saying we couldn't get lined up right. Yeah. And all I could think of was a deep practice and be it's really amazing to admit that in public that we couldn't get lined up right.

So I wonder if some of that is going on.

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I don't know but my brain already is.

And it's not even 1 o'clock my brain is already spent negatively on the radio and sold 6 o'clock today is because I'm filling in for V to the Victoria ever sought to do you fear the afternoon show and it is all again tomorrow. I got a lot you gotta laugh so I'll make it through the Dallas Cowboys beat the New York Giants last night will be the New Jersey Giants last night. Yes party hearty applause. There I think you're a good football team.

I've not said anything other than that, about Dallas. They suffer get donuts. I went where was where was the doughnut shop. I think I got rid of the donuts with long list of donuts I got 30 locations this conversation later. So this is what I've said about the about the Cowboys.

Yeah, I wish I wish I could remember my opinion of where they'd be knowing that DAC Prescott was good to be out for really four weeks. As it turns out, it might just be too but I would argue that that should sit should sit tight and let Cooper rush play for at least one more game may be to make sure when you come back you come back 100%. Don't force it when you don't have to. I wish I remembered my thinking is that Dallas is defense was probably good enough to win them a couple games and I think when we talk about the Cowboys we never start their we always start with DAC and Zeke and see the Lamb and the and the weapons on offense that they no longer have. But Dallas is defense is legitimately good enough.

Yeah, they between Michael Parsons and Tremont digs to the best defensive players at their positions in the entire sport I've already heard some people say that Michael Parsons might be the best defensive player in the NFL, but I'm not endorsing that or what, but if you're in the conversation, we could just that's good enough top three with him and I want to do what okay Peter has DJ what better is a get better was a torn pectoral was torn, pectoral, and is coming back in six weeks. I got a 5 foot torn pectorals were like a whole year used to be the monster they don't bathe. He is a cyborg, so Dallas is good what I'm saying go about the Cowboys's last night. The fact that they beat the Giants. I'm just not all that bent out of shape over it because I don't think the Giants are very good that doesn't mean I don't think Cowboys are good so somebody on twitter so a bald Eagles. They played can can argue that they did play the Vikings so I think are good but they played them in Philadelphia on a Monday night, which means that Minnesota is automatically gonna stink because Kirk cousins on Monday night is atrocious.

Kirk cousins on Monday night is two and 11 and the two Windsor, both against the Bears, which barely count to be honest, so at this stage of the game. This is why we like when somebody says well is digital MVP favorite like what what what will will will will we played three times. We can't completely lose our minds.

What's real about the Cowboys is their defense. What's real about the Cowboys is the fact that against a team like the Giants they can run as long as they stay close, they can continue to run the ball because their defense will never allow a team like the Giants to get too far out in front of the Giants are good. The giant this if you're still having the conversation about Daniel Jones's tenure is Daniel Jones. The guy because I hear it every morning on ESPN. I hear it every afternoon. If I'm watching or listening to people talk football look. We know the answer. Daniel Jones is a career backup quarterback who happens to be the starter. He's good.

Have a long career as a backup not unlike Mitch Stravinsky is a backup quarterback who, for the time being is a starter. It should not be a denigration of somebody to call them a backup quarterback in the NFL. It's a link that starts a lot of backup quarterbacks.

If you're paying attention right now you know scoring is down by a touchdown. The game in the NFL for three weeks. Some of their low-scoring games past weekend.

Yes, we 11 to 10 game in which one of the quarterbacks backup. Maybe Jimmy Grubb below dropped back out of the end zone so the starting quarterback is Russell Wilson the other. So yeah and Wilson is great either. Right now, so the quarterbacking is not great in the league but also if you went down and I'm just college. I can just use my own fantasy team. I hate talking about it because nobody cares and I don't really care about my own fantasy team but half of my team is questionable every week. Half of it. I have delve in cook, he might not play this week. I have Julio Jones. He might not play again this week. I have George Kittle. He missed the first two weeks and he was barely part of what the San Francisco 49ers did this past week to all student do I I'd like half of my team got a Q I'm glad it just means questionable. So that's me, that's the thing about right and what's what were dealing with right now. Mike Evans, by the way for the Buccaneers was suspended back a wide receiver. This so much to so many injuries to key position players key skill position players that it's hurting offense right now in the leg is very few teams and escorts on appoints like very few teams like the ravens or to an extent the Dolphins that are really dynamic offense of me the bills obviously are the chief stunk this past week so I don't know the defenses are ahead of offenses as much as offenses are hampered by injury and there really aren't that many really good quarterbacks which is a bigger problem for the NFL and it's one that's probably not going to get better anytime soon.

This, too many guys that just look like backups. This is the atom gold shell