Are Dave Doeren and NC State about to TAKE OFF?

On the latest episode of The Solid Verbal college football podcast, we welcome on Cory Smith of ‪@packpride83‬ and ‪@247Sports‬ to talk all things Dave Doeren and NC State football ahead of their 2024 season. This includes discussions about new QB Grayson McCall (Coastal Carolina transfer), RB Jordan Waters (Duke transfer), returning stars like WR Kevin Concepcion, what appears to be a very advantageous schedule (no Miami, Florida State, Louisville, or Virginia Tech), at least after facing Josh Heupel's Tennessee and Dabo Swinney's Clemson in September. We also talk school alignment, recruiting, NIL, and whether the Wolfpack have an especially interesting window this year to finally hit 10 wins under Doeren. And more!
0:00 - Intro & Housekeeping
5:00 - Interview with Cory Smith of ​Pack Pride
39:54 - Closing thoughts
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[@7inentertainment509]

Thank you for talking about us guys! Go Pack 🐺

[@solidverbal]

Thanks for watching!

[@tnjrcfl1]

This is sneaky solid team, and the realistic UT fans like myself are very much looking for one hell of a game in Charlotte... good show

[@TtoTheRock]

Awesome job on the interview. Love the channel. Pack fans are excited about the upcoming season for sure. GO PACK!

[@solidverbal]

Thanks, Trevor. Really appreciate the kind words. Great to have you in the Verballerhood!

[@Thomas-Chophouse]

Sneaky stat: NC State has been ranked in the CFP poll 26 out of the last 35 weeks.

[@DLTJR1959]

Robert Anae has a lot of weapons this year at NCSTATE. Key to success will be the offensive line and the linebacking corps. Defensive front and secondary is very good. Will see how good we will be after the Tennessee and Clemson game. GO PACK. Thanks for the video on the Pack. I appreciate it. Planning on going the the NCSTATE / TENNESSEE game this year. I am a VOLS fan and NCSTATE grad so I can't lose.

[@bobfunck6749]

it's the defense that has won games for the Pack the last 2 yrs

[@MrBigbadwolf81]

On paper, NCSU may have the best offense to date. We will see how it translates on the field. UT is the first litmus test. Great show!

[@solidverbal]

Yeah, we're excited to see NC State for a bunch of reasons, not the least of which is Grayson McCall against better competition. Should be interesting. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@campbellcampbell9059]

Feel like you should create the solid verbal app, where listeners can insert their name and game from the coming season and a video is produced of Dan and Ty excusing said listener from that day’s activities so they can watch their game. Think you just need to pre-record you saying all team names and dates of the 2024 schedule. Somehow, computer bot produces a piece with you guys asking family, friends and love ones to please excuse you as x game is on an it is imperative that you be able to watch. From there, Solid Verbal listener can share your permission slip with the one’s we hold doubly dear as our hall pass to watch our must see games. As always, enjoyable show!

[@solidverbal]

Genius!

[@zachpressley5666]

NC State insider knowledge. We have suffered for 30 + years without an ACC title in Basketball, Football, or Baseball... but we got over the hump with Basketball this year against UNC! The State Stuff curse is over and NC State is a winner now... 2 Final 4 teams, NC State Baseball in the College WS, a few ACC Champs in other sports and a Natty in CX. Finally we have a Wolfpacker winning Cheese Rolling Titles (Look it up)... NC State is the team to follow this year. So weird to get talked about still. Go Pack!

[@AndyAlcon]

The updated light show at CF is pretty epic now!! And the tailgating is awesome!!! You guys come check us out!!! Absolutely Top 10-20 overall environments in College football!!!

[@johnlabus7359]

I think it was very astute to talk about NC State being the largest university in the Carolinas in conjunction with being in the very popular and rapidly growing city of Raleigh. It's a place where people want to be. Ole Time Barbeque is legit! I love that place. However, having grown up in the Silicon Valley, I'm not sure those sorts of places are going to appeal to the Stanford crowd, but who knows? Some other suggestions I'd have for new visitors to Raleigh are Neomonde for a healthy and yummy casual lunch (Middle Eastern/Mediterranean), Bida Manda for dinner (Laotian), Second Empire for an experience that's dripping in elegance & old Raleigh charm (new American), Char Grill for later night burger munchies in an old school, mid-century burger joint where you slide your order on a piece of paper through a slot in the window and down a steel slide into a basket to be flame grilled in front of your eyes (get the hamburger steak jr. with fries), and be sure to visit Howling Cow Creamery for some of the best and freshest ice cream in your life out at the university's dairy research center where you can literally eat your ice cream on the covered back porch in a rocking chair while you watch the cows that provided the milk graze in the pasture. Oh, and NC State does have EXCELLENT tailgating. That's something that the Tar Heels don't have.

[@solidverbal]

Thanks for watching and commenting with food recs! Stay solid!

[@bryanmcdermott4204]

As a Vol in NC I offer this. 1) State finally has a WR (Concepcion) with some wiggle. Their corps has been pedestrian at best for years. 2) There seem to be about 12 Pack fans in the state. 3) Raleigh has ridiculous proximity to talent. 4) State could have been in the SEC instead of Mizzou if their AD at the time knew the general direction of up.

[@solidverbal]

Concepcion is such a fun player. Really excited to see him develop the next 2 years.

[@AndyAlcon]

2) NCST has one of the best attendance %'s in all of college football!! Admittedly, it only seats 58k, but it is almost always filled!! 3) This staff has been focused on keeping in-state talent at home and gaining a lot of momentum in that front..

[@bobfunck6749]

Let me offer a couple of things as an NC State fan. KC Concepcion has a LOT of company this year in the WR room and TE room, the cupboard is loaded with all kinds of tasty morsels of very high caliber. No longer pedestrians. And think, this ain't previous years, and even with "pedestrian" talent in the room, we STILL won 9 games b/c of our defense. Now add elite talent to the QB, WR, TE, and RB rooms, with a Tony Gibson defense. And WATCH how many Wolfpack fans come to BOA stadium to witness the beat-down of the Vols in Sept. Your statement about having 12 fans shows you know nothing.

[@solidfoundations7020]

People keep saying that the Vols need to worry about the wolf pack this year. Im not worried but im here to see why the national analysts are saying this...

[@bobfunck6749]

The national analysts dont know shit. They always fall back on the same ol pgms from decades ago. These guys on here are not national analysts, they are Raleigh NC locals and have sources in the pgm and have done their research. National analysts never give any non-traditional powers respect b/c they don't do any research. Do your research and you will be worried.

[@CarlaJenkinsTV]

Yes because NC State is slowly becoming Ohio State South. The Wolfpack has attracted 5-star Noah Brown and Ja'Had Carter. Brown shared the same WR room as Biletnikoff Award winner Marvin Harrison Jr. Ja'had Carter was in the same safety room as Caleb Downs #1 Alabama transfer. No one in the ACC is taking those types of reps.

[@bobfunck6749]

Noah Brown? U mean Noah Rogers?

[@volusiasorange]

bless your heart

[@volusiasorange]

Ohio State has won fewer than ten games once since 2004 and Nancy State has won ten games exactly once in the 100+ year history of the program. Maybe it's time to calm down and take your Ativans

[@DLTJR1959]

@@volusiasorange He was referring to the talent level of the WR corps. Those guys were recruited by NCSTATE, went to OHIO STATE, but have returned to the Pack through the portal. They are very talented on the offensive side this year and will put up a lot of points.

[@volusiasorange]

@@DLTJR1959 YAWN... I put that in all caps because that seems to be your thing

[@MrAndrew428]

Please do South Carolina!!

[@volusiasorange]

yes, the NC State of the SEC

[@matthewbevan7733]

GO PACK

[@Amsow97]

To my knowledge the Finley QBs are brothers but are not related to the stadium Finley.

[@tnjrcfl1]

Culture issue? Kids transferred during the freaking season??? Didn't realize that was even a thing. Sad imho

[@theweatherguy9839]

crazy assumption for a coach that has been there for 11 years and all former players have talked about how great of a culture they have. It's not the program's fault the kid has his parents in his ear and dictating his life, just a btw last time i checked he's basically a 3rd string qb at maryland

[@tnjrcfl1]

@theweatherguy9839 it was a question not assuming a damn thing. I did not realize you can do that mid season. That's sad. C'mon man read...

[@Happytarheel7]

Lol no

[@timmyteaching]

I admit I'm three minutes into this and wondering why I'm three minutes into this. NC State is not mesmerizing.

[@bobfunck6749]

Watch this season and you will be mesmerized.

[@volusiasorange]

wow the ten thousandth time i've heard that nancy state, all the way back to chuck amato... IS IT THEIR YEAR? ARE THEY THE DARKHORSE? spoiler alert: no

[@solidverbal]

Hey you aren't until you are. You can't until you can. NC State has now beaten Clemson and FSU 7 of their last 9 combined matchups. Not everything, not nothing.

[@volusiasorange]

@@solidverbal i guess it depends on how you define "TAKE OFF"... if only they could remember how to beat Wake Forest while they're at it... also, you're doctoring those numbers there a bit... they have won 2 of 3 against Clemson and 5 of 6 against FSU, but they didn't play FSU last year or Clemson in 2020, and the first three games against FSU that you counted also coincided with losses to Clemson. And more to the point, they haven't won ten games in a season since 2002 and never a single time before that, so... I'm just more than a little bored with the NC STATE IS COMING narrative... been hearing it for 20 years now... anyways keep up the good work, in all seriousness, lol obviously i follow you guys

[@kennethculberson7215]

Still mad about last year huh kiddo?

[@bobfunck6749]

It sounds like somebody is scared... And it seems u are thinking of the pgm down the road here. U know, the one that is ALWAYS overrated preseason bc pundits seem to confuse the football team with their basketball team? NC State is VERY RARELY OVERRATED preseason. It's almost always the other way around. But for now, u better go ahead and renew ur prescription for Zoloft and keep some clean diapers handy, bc ur anxiety seems to be triggered.

[@volusiasorange]

@@bobfunck6749 yes, you got it. i'm TERRIFIED of nc fking state... lm mf ao 🤣🤣🤡🤡