NC State vs Western Carolina Thursday at 7PM

[jhcrane14]

Overall, this was very good. NC State doesn’t look like a very good team, but they still won and will be ranked next week when we beat them.

 

[TAF]

Overall, this was very good. NC State doesn’t look like a very good team, but they still won and will be ranked next week when we beat them.

actually the best outcome for Tennessee...

 

[StuckInBamaVol]

actually the best outcome for Tennessee...

I’d rather they were a little better. A little bit of competition would be nice before sec hits

 

[Vol49er]

Overall, this was very good. NC State doesn’t look like a very good team, but they still won and will be ranked next week when we beat them.

Not sure they stay ranked with that performance. Georgia Tech probably already jumped them and FSU probably didn’t fall behind them. Only one other team has to jump them

 

[LWSVOL]

I'll be rooting for Western Carolina to pull off an upset,

that would provide a negative on Tennessee's strength of schedule which could be important come playoff picture time... UT needs a strong SOS not playing teams that lose a lot. a close game would even be a negative

 

[Volfan1000]

Don’t really expect much tonight. NC state and UT won’t open up their offenses too much in week 1. NC state will dominate -32 is the betting line

Very good game by Western Carolina tonight and we can't let number 10 from North Carolina State have a career game in Charlotte next Saturday night.

 

[A2K]

Speed...speed is what they need....we have it and they don't. That game could get out of control next week and we get to see backups.

 

[Berry4Heisman14]

I expect our defensive line to feast

 

[Hairy Vols]

I want State to win, but I want them to have a lot of questions and look really sloppy. I want their OLine to look suspect.

Your wish came true.

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

Your wish came true.

While I think we should handle NC State, as they don't have anywhere near the talent we have (per the 247 Team Talent Composite for 2024, the only SEC school NC State has more talent than is Vandy), the eyeball test is notoriously unreliable, CFB history is littered with situations where a team looks like crap one week and like world beater's the next. Alas, the perils of prognosticating the mindset of 18-22 males from week to week, especially now that they are getting paid large sums of money in addition to being the kings on campus.

 

[FBtime]

Perfect scenario for us

See yall in charlotte

This is exactly what you wished for...a 4 quarter battle pulling away late. Works best for us

 

[MississippiVOLS]

Only one other team has to jump them

Colorado…the hype train was/is at full speed on espn.

Just as it was last season, it’ll be temporary.

 

[MurphyVol]

I expect this game with NC SU to be tougher than what they showed last night. You can't tell how a team will perform based on these early games.

We luckily squeaked out a 1 pt win vs Air Force in 2006. Later we beat UGA 51-33

 

[Jackcrevol]

I expect this game with NC SU to be tougher than what they showed last night. You can't tell how a team will perform based on these early games.

We luckily squeaked out a 1 pt win vs Air Force in 2006. Later we beat UGA 51-33

it will be ugly. always with ncsu. why do we schedule these games? win and no one cares, lose and world falls apart

 

[VFL9798]

While I think we should handle NC State, as they don't have anywhere near the talent we have (per the 247 Team Talent Composite for 2024, the only SEC school NC State has more talent than is Vandy), the eyeball test is notoriously unreliable, CFB history is littered with situations where a team looks like crap one week and like world beater's the next. Alas, the perils of prognosticating the mindset of 18-22 males from week to week, especially now that they are getting paid large sums of money in addition to being the kings on campus.

And Tennessee always seems to get every teams best performance somehow. It will be interesting to see how State comes out next week but talent wise, we’re still better

 

[Carp]

Not sure they stay ranked with that performance. Georgia Tech probably already jumped them and FSU probably didn’t fall behind them. Only one other team has to jump them

There will be some Top 25 losses that will knock other teams out, or at least behind NC State. USC faces LSU. A&M faces Notre Dame. Clemson faces UGA. So that's 3 current top 25 teams who will have 1 loss after this week. UGA won't fall far if they lose though. Clemson might not fall far either if they keep it relatively close.

 

[Dansky]

While I think we should handle NC State, as they don't have anywhere near the talent we have (per the 247 Team Talent Composite for 2024, the only SEC school NC State has more talent than is Vandy), the eyeball test is notoriously unreliable, CFB history is littered with situations where a team looks like crap one week and like world beater's the next. Alas, the perils of prognosticating the mindset of 18-22 males from week to week, especially now that they are getting paid large sums of money in addition to being the kings on campus.

Yep, it’s the first game against a lesser opponent. Hard to get up for that game. Wouldn’t be surprised if the Vols don’t look great Saturday.

 

[TAF]

Wouldn’t be surprised if the Vols don’t look great Saturday.

 

[Carp]

NC State took care of business in the end. Their receiving core is legit and had a lot of YAC. Of course you would expect some that considering the opponent. But Concepcion showed why he is one of the favorites for the Biletnikoff. Their RB group was solid as well, though I think half of Water's yardage came on that last drive. However, their OL got pushed around a lot, allowing 1 sack and 9 TFLs. McCall also struggled with accuracy before the 4th quarter. Was not very impressed with McCall at all really.

Defensively, they gave up 6 yards a carry and 10 yards per completion to a much weaker WCU team. Their line did have 2 sacks and 4 TFLs. But overall you would likely be very disappointed with the defensive effort as a NCST fan. WCU didn't do anything special on offense and yet NCST consistently had trouble stopping them.

 

[RDU VOL#14]

Your wish came true.

It did. I thought McCall was less than impressive. Every time Conception touches the ball we need to make him pay a price. I want him to not want the ball because we’re hitting him so much.

 

[wmcovol]

Yep, it’s the first game against a lesser opponent. Hard to get up for that game. Wouldn’t be surprised if the Vols don’t look great Saturday.

It should never be hard to get somewhat excited about the first game. At this point, anything has to be better than practice.

 

[vol94fan]

WCU is a better team than I thought. I noticed they had a lot of transfer players from big schools like Alabama and others. Their lack of depth showed in the end, but WCU has some dudes.

 

[TennesseeTarheel]

Does NCSU have a book? And, did they open it last night?

 

[camp_steveo]

Either WCU is a lot better than I thought, which I don't really know anything about them, or NC State is much weaker than everyone has been predicting.

They looked bad for most of the game. The only reason they won is because WCU ran out of gas. They could have beaten NC State last night

At this time, I predict UT completely dominated NC State on both sides of the ball. The Vols could potentially blow out the Wolfpack.

 

[dobre_shunka]

Does NCSU have a book? And, did they open it last night?

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Doesn't matter. Heupel is our Patton.