The Wolfpacker Podcast: NC State vs. Wake Forest reflections

The NC State football team inched forward back into the top 20 of the respective top 25 polls after an impressive 30-21 home win over previously ranked Wake Forest on a spring-like Saturday evening in Raleigh at Carter-Finley Stadium. The strong victory improved the Wolfpack to 7-2 overall and upped the ACC record to 3-2 in league games. The Demon Deacons fell out of the polls for the first time this year after dropping to 6-3 overall and 2-3 in the ACC.

With host Justin H. Williams, The Wolfpacker’s Matt Carter dive into the NC State-Wake Forest game from multiple angles in our weekly Postgame Reflections podcast episode, which can be seen and heard below.

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Among the many topics discussed during the recording of the podcast:

• Why Saturday’s win for NC State football over Wake Forest was truly a team victory. Every phase of the roster contributed in some fashion to leading the Wolfpack over the Demon Deacons, and Matt noted in many ways they delivered the type of performance many would have expected this year from NC State.

• How NC State has found a quarterback in true freshman MJ Morris that has Wolfpack fans believing that the offense is finally capable of moving the football and scoring enough points to help the talented defense win games going forward in the final three games of the regular season.

The duo talks about how Morris seems to have that coveted “it” factor that is so prized in quarterbacks.

• A look at why this season may actually be a credit to the NC State football coaching staff. According to stats from analytical guru Bill Connelly, the Wolfpack leads the country in winning games that statistically NC State probably should have lost. Justin makes the case for why that is evidence of the good job NC State football coach Dave Doeren and his staff have done.

• Why no one is likely to be missing divisions after a year like this one.

• Who gets The Wolfpacker’s game balls from the NC State win? Matt and Justin went in different directions after the game.

• And much more!

Related link: What they’re saying about NC State’s win over Wake Forest

Each week, The Wolfpacker will preview the upcoming opponent for a podcast that will be released on Thursday, and then will have the postgame reflections episode Sundays following the contest. The exception will be for the Virginia Tech game that is played on Thursday, Oct. 27.

All episodes are available wherever you find your favorite podcasts, and video recordings are also uploaded onto The Wolfpacker’s YouTube channel.

Videos of NC State head coach Dave Doeren’s media availabilities Monday and Thursday will also be uploaded onto the YouTube page.

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