When NC State Is Hosting, Opposing Louisiana Tech Saturday In Raleigh NC State Is Looking To Get Back To Their Winning Ways Following 51-10 Loss To Tennessee In Duke's Mayo Classic In Charlotte
When NC State is hosting, opposing Louisiana Tech Saturday in North Carolina’s state capital at 12:00pm in North Carolina’s state capital looking to get back to their winning ways.
Where?
On the gridiron!
NC State is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference comes into the game with Louisiana Tech with record of 1-1 when they were ranked 24th a week ago when they lost 51-10 to Tennessee in Charlotte in Duke’s Mayo Classic at Bank Of America Stadium that is home to NFL’s Carolina Panthers.
The consequence?
NC State didn’t see their name when the new AP Top 25 poll released Sunday morning According to Stephen Wiseman News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/article291977135.html because as stated above NC State was routed 51-10 by then 14th ranked Tennessee now 5th ranked Tennessee Saturday in Duke’s Mayo Classic in Charlotte 51-10.
As 24th NC State was routed by 14th ranked Tennessee 51-10 Saturday in Charlotte NC State had 10 first downs were 0-2 on fourth down 15-22 in passing yards to 39 rushing yards had 3 turnovers that included 2 fumbles lost 1 interception thrown.
Defensively as a team NC State had a total of 81 tackles!
According to espn app
Following 24th ranked NC State being routed by 14th ranked Tennessee NC State linebacker Shawn Brown had this to say!
We know we’ve got a bunch of games ahead of us,”“We all know that we have a chance to come back here for the ACC championship.
Following then 24th ranked NC State being routed by then 14th ranked Tennessee NC State Head Coach Dave Doeren had this to say!
I’m the one that sits in there and leads the staff and our game planning and all that, but this is a really good bunch of guys,”
They will go back to work, I know that. They’ll stick together. There’ll be a lot of people telling them that they’re no good, and that’s fine. Inside the building, we’ve got to do a great job leading; our captains, our leadership council, all that. There’s a lot of football in front of us.”
We’ve got a lot of work to do, obviously, and get back to it.”
Following then 24th ranked NC State being routed by then 14th ranked Tennessee 51-10 Saturday in Charlotte NC State starting quarterback who was 15/22 for 104 yards had this to say!
ou can’t let one loss turn into two when you have a bad night like this,”
You have to learn from your mistakes, and the guys have to be accountable (for) what happened tonight.”
According to Jadyn Watson Fisher News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/nc-state/article291782300.html
Louisiana Tech is a member of Conference USA comes to the game with NC State with a record of 1-1 because on Saturday August 31, 2024 Louisiana Tech kicked off their season with 25-17 win over Nicholls because in the first Louisiana Tech scored on a safety giving them the lead at 2-0. In the 2nd quarter Solo Lewis would catch 28 yard pass from Jack Turner Buck Buchanan would kick, make extra point giving Louisiana Tech a 9-7 lead over Nicholls . In the 2nd Marlion Jackson would catch 14 yard pass from Blake Baker for touchdown though the extra point would not me made instead it would be blocked and Louisiana Tech would 15-7 lead before Gabe Shoewalker would kick, make 38 yard field goal trimming Louisiana Tech lead 15-10. In the 4th quarter Buck Buchanan would kick, make 24 yard field goal extending Louisiana Tech lead over Nicholls 18-10 before Jimmy Holiday would run for 6 yard touchdown, Buck Buchanan would kick, make extra point extending Louisiana Tech lead 25-10 before Nichollas would get the last laugh as Quincy Brown would catch 27 yard pass from Pat Mcquaide , Ray Valle kick, made extra point.
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Following Louisiana Tech 25-17 win over Nicholllas in Ruston Louisiana on Saturday August 31, 2024 Head Coach Sonny Cumbie had this to say for his opening statement I am excited our football team is 1-0. It was a great effort from a defensive standpoint. The effort was there from an offensive standpoint. It was arguably one of the sloppiest games I have been apart of from an offensive and special teams standpoint. You have to give credit to Nicholls from defense, offense, and special teams. Coach Rebowe has done a nice job there. They were 7-0 in their conference last season, and they returned a lot of those same players. They had something to do with our performance on offense, but at the end of the day we let them hang around because we turned the ball over at inopportune time. We gave them the ball back when our defense stopped them."
Following Louisiana Tech 25-17 win over Nicholllas in Ruston Louisiana on Saturday August 31, 2024 Head Coach Sonny Cumbie had this to say about improvements his team needs to make!
Ball security and throwing and catching the ball on offense. We have to be better in quarterback decision making. The screen pass we missed high and that's a play where if you miss high that is going to happen. Jack gets pressured on a screen pass on third and long, it forces him to throw the ball a lot faster than he wanted to and it turned into a pick-six. Decision making, taking care of the football, and taking a look at the offensive line. Dedrick Lutalas is going to be a difference maker on special teams and he just has to settle in."
Following Louisiana Tech 25-17 win over Nicholllas in Ruston Louisiana on Saturday August 31, 2024 Head Coach Sonny Cumbie had this to say about the six sacks!
It is a good start and we need to continue to have numbers like that. J'Dan Burnett and Jessie Evans are good pass rushers. These guys can rush the passers. We are letting them play fast and they have an opportunity to rush the passer. That was one of our goals of the season, to get to the quarterback more."
Following Louisiana Tech 25-17 win over Nicholllas in Ruston Louisiana on Saturday August 31, 2024 linebacker Kolbe Fields had this to say about the game about his performance!
It's always a blessing to win, and you cannot take it for granted. We have to do what we do week in and week out. We need to just improve and compete and keep going."
I woke up at five this morning, and I prayed and cried. I also thought about my people, and it wasn't me out there, it was God."
Following Louisiana Tech 25-17 win over Nicholllas in Ruston Louisiana on Saturday August 31, 2024 wide receiver Jimmy Holiday had this to say about his performance offensively about the win,
Overall, I am proud of the resiliency we had on offense. We fought through some adversity and some hiccups, but we kept going and did not drop our heads. We kept to our motto to improve and compete."
"It was just personal to us. Every game this year will be personal to us because it felt like we left a lot on the field last year. We have been fired all week and fall camp, to be honest."
According to Kane McGuire article https://latechsports.com/news/2024/8/31/football-bulldogs-claim-season-opener-over-colonels.aspx
Kickoff is set for 12:00pm from Carter Finely Stadium!
The game is going to be televised on ACC Network with Jorge Sando, Orlando Franklin, Morgan Uber commentating!