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Crouch had been at Tennessee and Michigan State as an outside linebacker, after being a star running back at Charlotte Harding High.

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Florida State is the first to come out with a depth chart. I'll keep adding to this gallery as they come in.

ACC football depth charts​

Congratulations to packinga, who went 17-3 in picking the winner. Everyone lost both Florida State games.

Week 0/1 scores:
packinga 35
Jacey Zembal 32
greenstonewall 32
LBH1980 32
starch 32
robpro 32
AlanStuart 32
larrystate 32
Lawwuf 31
Splashwolf 29
CAMPBUD 29
stephenk 29
first base 29
Beauwolf 29
itpacker 29
assist 29
MsPacFan 29
packpride92 26
Hawkeye 26
rewing91 26
jpacker 26
troutscott 26
Wizard of the East 26
PACKed House 26
One putt 26
packfan88 26
ASKA 26
WPWE 26
RamPride192 23
LVPack 23
HAWBR 23
How bout th Pack 23
legend83 23
Ro1246 22
sapearce 20

Defense is absolutely mediocre.

Two games don’t lie.

Any tips on new traffic patterns?

I’m reading social media that we got a QB commit from a kid from West Virginia nmed Robert Shockey. Kid is also a wrestler. I’m assuming this is a walk on for next year. Anyone know anything?

One of the story lines this week is that Tennessee star defensive end James Pearce and NC State star wide receiver Kevin Concepcion and running back Daylan Smothers are playing each other in their hometown of Charlotte, N.C. The three were teammates at Charlotte Chambers High, winning a state title during the COVID spring of 2021, and finishing second during a thunderstorm loss against Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons in Dec. 2021.

I'll get to the elephant in the room. NC State didn't recruit Pearce, who was ranked No. 160 overall in the class of 2022 by Rivals.com. At the time he was tall and lanky at about 6-5 and maybe 215 pounds. He was a gifted pass-rusher, that wasn't in doubt. Maybe he fell into the same hole that others have like Tyler Thompson, Jaybron Harvey, Rodney Dunham, etc. where Pearce was a tweener for NC State's 3-3-5 scheme.

I was able to talk to him after the Cardinal Gibbons loss because Pearce at that time didn't do interviews. He liked Tennessee, Missouri, Louisville, South Carolina and a little of Georgia. No in-state colleges at all. He was going to wait and sign in February, and then just changed his mind a few days later and picked Tennessee. I'm not sure he had officially visited there at the time.

Now after a breakout sophomore year, he's in a lot of mock drafts for the first round. It's pretty remarkable how fast this has happened.

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I didn't have meticulously going through NC State and Western Carolina on my bingo card, but I took copious notes on the bigger plays, which always makes the "The review" easy to write.

I also watched Tennessee and Tennessee-Chattanooga as a contrast. My take-away is that if WCU makes a simple field goal, it's a one-score game with a little over four minutes left. Some areas can be corrected, mostly on offense. The defense had some issues, but I'll need to see them play with Caden Fordham at middle linebacker and Ja'Had Carter at nickel. The pass rush was disappointing when you see two sacks and four tackles for loss and one of them was on the last play of the game, but I'll play along and see if the more exotic blitzes are being saved for Tennessee.

The review: NC State learns what to work on​