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00:00But now we take a look at NC State and Tennessee.
00:07You saw last week, Tennessee, easy victory, 5.5 opening line, goes to 7.5, even 8.5 at
00:13some other outlets right now, and NC State didn't look all that great last week.
00:17How do we handle the bias, just from our own eyes, Mark, from weeks one to weeks two, and
00:21how do you handicap that?
00:23Well, you always look for the overreaction spots, right?
00:26I mean, that's one of them right there on Tennessee, given what they did against Chattanooga
00:29last week, and NC State, you know, at one point was trailing to Western Carolina.
00:36But like, let's kind of peel back layers of that NC State game, right?
00:40You could look probably a little bit of jitters at Grayson McCall, that didn't start out well
00:43offensively, they got down in a 14-0 hole, and then what happened?
00:46The NC State defense looks like it always looks like, and they only gave up seven points
00:51over the final three quarters, and their offense finally started to get clicking.
00:55Maybe the jitters for Grayson McCall, now playing in the big boy league of the ACC,
00:59all of a sudden have gone away, and that's an important thing for him to be able to be
01:03more relaxed offensively in this game.
01:05You guys know, I've told you before, I think the world of Dave Dorian's squad this year,
01:08I think they're a 10-win team, and, you know, could possibly sniff the college football
01:13playoff if they get a couple of bounces to go their way from other teams and other conferences.
01:17All that said, this is about defense here for NC State.
01:21If the Wolfpack can contain Tennessee and not get, you know, boat raced like we saw
01:25at Chattanooga, which I don't think actually happens here, then NC State's going to have
01:29a great chance to be in this game.
01:31I wouldn't delay the seven and a half, it's NC State or pass for me.
01:34Remember, this is technically a neutral site game in Charlotte.
01:38The game is not in Raleigh, so you could expect a little bit more of a balanced crowd than
01:43what we would see if the game was on NC State's campus.
01:46Still, I think you'll see a lot of red in those stands, and it'll be a very heavy Wolfpack-favored
01:51crowd there, but I like NC State.
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