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ChumbaCasino.com. So this will be a team loss that we have to look at what we can do better and key moments and make layups, gimme plays. I said that was a critical part of this game plan and you know had some opportunities to extend drives on just basic things. Throw and catch. And we're not getting that done to the ability level that we have.

And so continue to work hard at that. You know it's a long season. There's a ton of football in front of these guys.

That was Dave Doran as we came back from the break. And how does state get better after the Notre Dame loss? It's kind of hard to judge. But NC State's defense is going to be fine. I understand that Notre Dame ran for a bunch of yards. And the first play after the hour, almost two hour rain delay, weather delay was the 80 yard touchdown run.

Right? I understand that I expected it when we talked to other people. Maybe they weren't as expecting it. I expected Notre Dame to have success running the football behind their offensive line. Again, because I watched state against Connecticut and while yes, there was only the one big play and Connecticut was ultimately controlled by NC State, which it should. There were normal successful run plays for Connecticut in between the tackles that concerned me going to this game. Did state get destroyed on the ground?

No, not really. But Notre Dame controlled the line of scrimmage. This will not happen, by the way, against VMI. I hate the fact that we're playing this game in week three. Hate it. This to me is either a week one game or second to last game of the season before you're about to play a rivalry game.

I don't see the benefit for games like this. The bigger concern for a lot of us is why NC State has been so meh offensively. I'm not blaming Brendan Armstrong. Armstrong has had a lot of good throws dropped. Wide receiver has not been the beacon of success for NC State so far this season. They need to be better at wide receiver. They need to be better at running routes. They need to be better at catching balls that, whether or not wide open, you have to make difficult contested catches. We haven't really seen that at all from the Wolfpack.

So they have to get better at that. Armstrong hasn't been great, but I think his receivers have failed him far more than he has failed them. Alright, so coming out of Notre Dame, going into VMI, Dave Doran on how they have tried to get better after the loss.

What do you need to improve on heading into this one? Yeah, I think really it's eye-discipline issues that we saw. Play actions is when tight ends usually are incorporated the most in a pass game. And with Notre Dame, that's what they did. They were smart about it in the second half.

They went to some play actions in their kids. And unfortunately, our guys did not do what we asked them to with their eyes on those plays. So it's a great chance to learn and get better. And we know, and regardless of what play we're talking about, if someone has continued success on anything in college football, the next team, the next team, the next team, they're going to run those plays until you prove that you've got that problem fixed. You know, we do the same thing.

So yeah, we look forward to that. You know, that's a challenge for these guys this week is to improve their eye-discipline. It's natural. That's the whole point behind play action, right? The whole point behind using your running game to set up your passing game is to get the defense to commit because, oh, they're going to run it again.

Oops. And then you don't. So that's the whole point. So it's about deception. It's about fooling the other team.

Play against why you do it. It's why you fake a handoff. So when Notre Dame has success running the ball, yeah, they're going to beat you in the passing game. That's what we've been talking about. Now, when State has the ball, their run game hasn't been awesome, but okay, not awesome. But they have a lot of young receivers who haven't yet clicked.

They also have some guys that we've seen that haven't caught the ball. And here's Dave Doran on the receiving core and the drops. You just keep talking to him. Hey, look, you're a great player.

This is something you're going to have to battle through. You've made a lot of plays in your career. And why did that happen? You know, it took your eyes off the ball.

One of the interception play, as soon as that ball got there, he turned to run. And so we call that frame in the catch. And so there's little things that you preach a lot. And like I've said many times this week, if you're a parent, you really understand this. But sometimes you'll tell your kid something a hundred times, and until he actually suffers the lesson, he doesn't get what you're saying.

And so that had to happen with some guys in this game. And freshmen are definitely a part of that, some of these guys, right? So they're going to be a thousand times better for the lessons they're learning right now.

And it's just about accelerating that curve with them right now. And there's a lot of trust and faith, you know, in KC and Vereen and Kendrick Raffaella. We wouldn't put them out there in a game like Notre Dame.

You know, they've proven that they deserve those reps through their work and practice. Alright, so I know Duke went through it this past week against Lafayette, and they didn't look great early, but they kind of figured it out as the game wore on, and then they looked dominant. And granted, they didn't play all their starters very much. I mean, Riley Leonard, I think, did he play the full first half?

I don't know. I mean, 12 of 12 and he left. I was like, did he get hurt?

Nope. They just took him out, which is fine. But NC State, here's why I'm not sure that you can learn anything. Maybe some guys can get some confidence from a game like this. You're playing VMI, you should be able to do anything you want if you're NC State. You should be able to run it whenever you want. You should be able to throw it whenever you want. The only benefit I see to this game is guys should leave the field with a positive self-image.

So Armstrong should look good in the passing game, and the receiver should look good catching the ball and running routes, and the running back should all look good, and that should be their feeling heading into the next week. Judy was boring. Then Judy discovered ChumbaCasino.com.

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18-plus terms and conditions apply. See website for details. Which does not fall into the category of high-level opener. That game this week would make more sense to me. VMI in week one, this game in week two, this would make more sense to me, right? Of course, I talked about how good the opener was against Connecticut with Notre Dame the next week, because I do think that that was important.

But I would think playing doesn't even have to be a loseable game, but at least an FBS opponent in week three as we're starting to get into the meat of the schedule and the conference season starting soon. That to me would be a much better game. I just don't know what you learned from this. I don't. So, like, I've heard some comments, like, we're going to let it all rip against VMI. So what?

So, whatever. I just, I want to see this team look the right way, but I just don't know, and it's going to look the right way. If it doesn't, then there's trouble. I just don't know what you get out of it. I really don't.

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