NC State Football

Kurt Roper and CJ Bailey: Film Analysis

NC State secured another year of CJ Bailey during college football's latest rendition of the silly season. With it, the Pack will get the continuity that it obviously and rightfully values, and that includes Kurt Roper working with the quarterback. Roper has been working with Bailey for two years, with the latter being as the offensive coordinator. I liked a lot of the ways Roper managed his quarterback. Below, I've put together a list of 11 plays that were common and/or inte

AlecLower

Jan 117 min read

NC State Crushes UNC

Bill Belichick’s multi-front war against his own legacy continued this week as NC State once again punished its credulous neighbors who fell for all this. They used to write books about this man. He used to be tapped for his wisdom that only someone of his stature could accrue. Now, he’s getting suplexed by Dave Doeren. When asked if there was a common theme over the last three weeks of in-state losses, Belichick delivered this remarkable answer that only someone with his ped

AlecLower

Nov 30, 20254 min read

Draw a picture of a pack of wolves chasing a baby ram towards a cliff. The ram is scared and wearing a blue sweater. The wolves are all wearing red sweaters, they are 10 times the size as the ram. They look angry and the ram is crying.

2025 Week 12 Predictions - NC State vs UNC: the grumpy old man bowl

The TRT crew recaps their predictions for the 2025 football season so far as well as predicting the score for Week 12 vs UNC

Essad Malik

Nov 29, 20254 min read

NC State Accepts Win from Florida State

What is it with Florida State and the punting? The last time the Noles came to Raleigh, one of the biggest plays of the game was Florida State punter Alex Mastromanno punting the ball from beyond the line of scrimmage. That uniquely bizarre blunder resulted in a loss of down, which gave NC State the ball in the red zone. The Pack kicked a field goal and ended up winning by two. I figured that was probably the weirdest punt I’d ever see, but Mike Norvell is not to be underesti

AlecLower

Nov 23, 20256 min read

Well That Sucked

In the last two calendar years, NC State has played 17 power five teams. It has rushed for over 200 yards in six of those games. It is 5-1 in those six games. In the 11 where it has not, it is 1-10. In the games where it rushed for 200 yards, it has averaged 40 points. In the games where it has not, it has averaged 21. The point here is incredibly obvious and not exactly groundbreaking. State does not have the firepower elsewhere to win if it can’t run the ball. So you might

AlecLower

Nov 16, 20254 min read

Game Analysis: Pack Runs Through Georgia Tech

Author's note: I have ran into some technical difficulties with GIFs/our hosting platform that I haven't been able to solve. I apologize for the poor quality. The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets are a good football team, but I think a lot of people recognize what kind of good team they are: one that’s 3-0 in one-possession games and carries a win over Duke (in which it was outgained) as its signature win. The bill was coming due for these guys, and it was NC State that served as

AlecLower

Nov 2, 20258 min read

We're at the End Now with Dave Doeren

Following NC State’s 9-4 (6-2) season in 2017, a year in which it lost an Atlantic Division-deciding game by about 10 yards, I wrote a lengthy article about the foundation that had been laid in Raleigh. The key point was that such a season was not the product of a perfect storm. It was merely the first. Even though it came up short, it was about to create an extended window to play the role of contender because a viable process for elevating the program had been established.

AlecLower

Oct 29, 20257 min read