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"we want clemson to lose right?"

I guess but we don't even play them this season

9/13/2025 5:30:21 PM

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"Can't really argue with that. The 2nd half of our schedule looks brutal."

There is a very decent chance we get to 6-0 and then lose 5 straight.

I mean, it won't happen, 17-0 and all but

9/14/2025 10:09:26 AM

4 AP votes

9/15/2025 11:13:06 AM

only 3-0 team not ranked.


GOOD

9/15/2025 11:26:53 AM

Are we gonna lose Bailey and Smothers to the portal?

9/15/2025 12:00:14 PM

enjoy them while we can, who know anymore about the portal. maybe the kids go for the money, maybe they like playing for state and coach D (haha), and our NIL gives them enough money to stay.

I hope most stay, cause I like to pull for the same players for a few years, and watch them grow. those days are basically over,

9/15/2025 12:54:05 PM

Smothers is NFL bound.

This is his 3rd year.

CJ still has a year. I think he stays one more and DD coaches one last year with CJ before retiring.

9/15/2025 1:27:25 PM

got my tickets for the duke game this weekend , cheaper than any of the games at carter finley

9/15/2025 1:33:52 PM

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"Are we gonna lose Bailey and Smothers to the portal?"

A guy in front of me at the UVA game turned around after CJ's 30-yd TD run and said "Look everybody, the future SEC player of the week!"

At this point, it's impossible to predict who'll be back from year to year. Like Elwood said, I'd love for one or both of them to be back, though as JT3 mentioned, Smothers is likely headed for the NFL -- the less wear on the tread for RBs, the better. I would like to think Bailey would've gone last year if he was going to, but I do remember it being a bit testy at times. (I don't profess to be a #insider or have any knowledge other than what was in the Twitterverse, but that's my recollection).

Leaving or not, we NEED to have a plan. Smothers (380 yds on 63 rushes) and Bailey (84 yds on 21 rushes) account for 86% of our total rushing yards and 78% of our rushes -- the only other dudes with stats in the book are Duke Scott (66 yds on 19) and Will Wilson (9 yds on 4 attempts). We've obviously tried to get Scott going, but he hasn't had a ton of success on fairly generous touches. At this point I'd like to see us start looking towards someone else, but looking at the roster I have no idea who that'd be -- there's 4 other guys (a true FR and three RS 2nd/3rd years) with a combined 8 rushing yards over their careers.

Bailey has 100% of our passing yards, and you shouldn't read much of anything into our usage of Wilson so far. The roster *seems* like it's built around him being around another year, though we've made more hay with transfer QBs (McCall, Armstrong) the last few seasons than recruits anyways.

[Edited on September 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM. Reason : ed]

9/15/2025 2:03:53 PM

^Vtech fired their coach and immediately NCSU reached out to a few of their recruits to talk about committing, though most of those are defensive players(rogers, gillespe)

We have Jacob Smith coming in as a freshman next year at QB as well, a 3 star.

I agree that there needs to be a long look at RB and some depth added there, haven't seen anything about any RB prospects but I may be out of the loop on transfers.

9/15/2025 2:34:26 PM

Ok i just started watching the wake game.


WHAT THE FUCK ARE WE DOING JFC

9/15/2025 7:45:13 PM

Should be just starting to get good. Most of the first half kinda sucked, especially the 1st quarter

[Edited on September 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM. Reason : -]

9/15/2025 9:03:12 PM

I am ready to say CJ Bailey is the best QB of Doeren's tenure. And it isn't really close. Bailey > Brissett > Leary > Finley

Dude has a crazy strong arm, accurate, smart as hell, goes through his progressions better than any NC State QB since Rivers. If he sticks around another year+, he'll be in the conversation for top 5 QB all time, if not top 3.

9/15/2025 9:57:23 PM

maybe they can let him throw more and run less. his number will only go up.

9/16/2025 11:16:14 AM

What if they let him throw more AND run more???

9/16/2025 11:19:57 AM