The 12th-seeded NC State Wolfpack will look to parlay their First Four win from Tuesday night with another on Thursday night when they take on the fifth-seeded Saint Louis Billikens at the Amway Center in Orlando.
The Wolfpack got here because they have demonstrated not just an ability to beat good teams, but to do so outside their home arena.
The North Carolina State Wolfpack and the seventh-ranked Duke Blue Devils will square off in Greensboro on Saturday in the semifinal round of the ACC Tournament.
The Nevada Wolfpack have lost three straight games entering Week 10, and it doesn’t get any easier with the Fresno State Bulldogs right around the corner. Fresno State enters this matchup as the No. 16 team in the country.
Quarterback Jameis Winston continues to grab national headlines as he delivers consistently outstanding performances for the third-ranked Florida State Seminoles. Flying high off their biggest win of the season, he’ll look to deliver another strong performance against another ACC opponent, the North Carolina State Wolfpack.
The North Carolina Wolfpack are coming off an incredible 2012 NCAA tournament run, and they’re bringing all that momentum with them into the 2012-13 season. The team from Raleigh, N.C. is ranked sixth in both the preseason AP and USA Today polls, and they look to be the favorite in the ACC to begin the year.
Ohio is not the only Cinderella in the Sweet 16, as 11th seed NC State is still alive and both teams are in the Midwest Region.
SDSU had won their last 6 games before falling to New Mexico in the Mountain West Conference finals and this season they were 3-1 facing ranked teams.
It is no shock to see that the North Carolina Tar Heels advanced to the semifinals of the ACC Tournament.
Just how good is the ACC this season? That is the question you have to ask yourself in evaluating whether NC State should qualify for March Madness or not.
UNC (16-3) has beaten North Carolina State (15-5) 10 straight times and to get to 11 they will have to do so without starting G Dexter Strickland, who tore his ACL and is out for the season.
CFB Football Previews – Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets vs North Carolina Tar Heels
Clemson, Florida State and Maryland have gotten plenty of attention in the ACC so far this season – but what about Georgia Tech? The Yellow Jackets may be the quietest 4-0 team in the country this season. Can they keep the good times rolling against N.C. State this week?
NCAAF Week 5: Georgia Tech vs N.C. State
Date: Saturday, October 1, 2011
Venue: Carter-Finley Stadium, Raleigh, North Carolina
Broadcast: ABC/ESPN
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at North Carolina State Wolfpack betting lines from Bodog.com
Money Line: OFF
Spread: Georgia Tech -10
Over/Under: OFF
(21) Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (4-0)
With respect to Josh Nesbitt’s great efforts as Georgia Tech’s quarterback the last few years, the Yellow Jackets are making it look like the key was the system, not the passer, all along.
No one has an answer for the triple-option. Just as they did with Nesbitt, the Jackets are going absolutely nuts in the running game, only this time it looks like they might be even better. Tevin Washington has over 100 rushing yards and four rushing scores through four games but he’s also passed for 821 yards, eight touchdowns and one interception.
It’s terrifying. Georgia Tech is second in the nation in rushing, averaging 398.8 yards per game, but it’s also up to 231.8 passing yards per game. The Jackets average an FBS-best 630.5 total yards and 53.2 points per game. Now that they can actually throw to go along with the triple-option, the offense looks unstoppable.
Last week’s win over North Carolina was impressive but the 35-28 score reminded us that the Jackets won’t run away with every game. Their first three opponents were pushovers. Decent offenses can still score on Georgia Tech.
North Carolina State Wolfpack (2-2)
It’s time to seriously worry about North Carolina State. The Wolfpack’s two victories were against non-FBS teams. They lost to Wake Forest and got absolutely pumped 44-14 by a pretty ordinary Cincinnati team last weekend. [soliloquy id=”82219″]
N.C. State’s offense hasn’t been a total embarrassment, as Mike Glennon has looked pretty solid under center, but the Wolfpack have been awful defensively, allowing more than 400 yards of offense per game.
The pick:
I actually think N.C. will score a little on Georgia Tech’s defense at home. Glennon has been competent and should lead a few good drives. However, I don’t see the Wolfpack covering, even as 10-point home underdogs.
Georgia Tech will just have the ball too often and score too many times for N.C. State to keep up. For that reason, I like the Jackets to improve to 5-0, both straight up and against the spread.
Georgia Tech vs N.C. State prediction: Georgia Tech 38, N.C. State 24
Spread: Georgia Tech -10
Over/Under: OFF
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