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Another week, another game. It's frustrating that it seems like the juice everyone felt in the offseason is being sapped out week by week, leading to reduced anticipation for the coming game. Can't wait for another nooner game against 1-3 Wake Forest, amirite?
The primary focus needs to be to fix what's not working well. Have CJ Bailey gain more confidence in making more difficult and more accurate throws. Distribute the ball to more than just KC Concepcion. And the defense needs to stop doing what it's been doing...
Hey, how about you stop giving up huge run plays? When the run defense has trouble with eye discipline and picking the right gap to cover, playing a slow mesh style offense is the LAST team you want to play. I almost picked a loss in this game for this reason alone, but I figured NC State is ultimately that much better than Wake right now, but that's not saying much.
As we do every week, our crew put their best guesses to paper to say how they think the game will turn out:
Name | Prediction | Comments |
ESPN Predicto-Bot | 61.8% - 31.2% (W) | Slight dip from 75.8%-24.2% as predicted by the bot in the offseason |
Alec Lower | 30-17 (W) | Offense is a bit derpy, but State has success on the ground, hits a few explosive runs, and wins a game that isn't a blowout but also isn't really in doubt. |
Essad Malik | 27-23 (W) | Another uncomfortably close win that nobody is happy about. I won't believe the offense can score more than 30 points against a first string power conference defense until it actually happens. And can't you just see Wake abusing the NC State defense with their mesh offense and gashing for big runs? Ugh, can't wait... |
Trey Lower | 42-17 (W) | Call me crazy, but this is finally the week the offense breaks the seal. If they don't, it might not be fixable. Wake is coming off a loss to a Sun Belt team and might be the worst team in the ACC but State couldn't even blow out Louisiana Tech. I think that changes this week |
Joel Seagle | 38-17 (W) | Wake is bad, but you know the history of this matchup. I think we win this one comfortably and finally get a good offensive showing. |
Jackson Williford | 31-24 (W) | I can't trust this offense to take a huge step forward, but I can see a baby step. Look for more down to down success for the Pack here. |
So, what do you think will happen this week? Let us know in the comments below, and respond in the poll with your pick!
Who do you think will win?
NC State Wolfpack
Deamon Deacons from Winston-Salem, not from Wake Forest
This week's AI prompt: "a wolf eating a man in a top hat, old animation". It produced two images and I couldn't choose between the two so you get both of them.
Why is this guy so happy being eaten?? What are those pieces of paper strewn about? Several of the images I tried to make had these and it's weird.
What the heck is going on here? Why is this guy eating a sandwich while being eaten?? Is the wolf going after the sandwich or the man, or both?? Where does the wolf's jaw end and the man's jaw begin? Does he have as big teeth as the wolf? I just love how wild this is, and proves how dumb AI is. This whole thing is a farce.
Who knew AI would create the best sports memes