Pack beat Jaguars 35-13

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AP Photo/The News & Observer, Ethan Hyman

GoPack:

Mike Glennon’s career-high four touchdowns on 17-of-20 passing torched the South Alabama secondary and lifted NC State to a 35-13 win Saturday night at Carter-Finley Stadium. Glennon’s .860 completion percentage represents the highest single game total since Philip Rivers notched a .866 against Western Carolina in 2003.

Taylor Gentry and T.J. Graham were the twin beneficiaries of Glennon’s big night. Gentry claimed the first multi-touchdown game of his career on two receptions, while Graham became the first receiver since Jerrico Cotchery in 2003 to post back-to-back 100-yard receiving games.

“I think we did a good job in the passing game,” said NC State head coach Tom O’Brien. “Mike [Glennon] did a great job finding T.J [Graham] and Taylor [Gentry] in some important spots, but we have to do a better job in the protection aspect.”

GoPack Game Notes:

Sophomore cornerback David Amerson picked off his third pass in as many games in the second quarter tonight. Amerson leads the ACC in interceptions so far this season. Junior safety Brandan Bishop had another pickoff in the third quarter, giving the team seven for the season. NC State was tied for second nationally in interceptions with five heading into tonight’s game.

GoPack Stats

WRAL:

Glennon was 17 of 20 for 274 yards with scoring passes of 1 and 5 yards to Taylor Gentry, 18 yards to Curtis Underwood and 67 yards to T.J. Graham. They helped the Wolfpack (2-1) bounce back from their first loss and hand the Jaguars (2-1) the first defeat in program history.

James Washington added a 1-yard touchdown run for N.C. State, which faces a short turnaround with a trip to Cincinnati on Thursday night.

J.P. Giglio, N&O:

The Jaguars, 19-0 since they started the program in 2009, made the Wolfpack earn the win on wet, misty night in Raleigh.

“Some teams aren’t pretty and we’re certainly not a pretty team but we found a way to get it done,” O’Brien said.

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N&O Observations:

N.C. State linebacker Terrell Manning tweaked a knee at 2:22 in the first quarter and did not return. Manning did run off the field. Manning is one of the impact players on defense and the Wolfpack would be better off with him for Thursday’s trip to Cincinnati. The Wolfpack is already down three starters on defense from the preseason depth chart.

Next: State (2-1) will look for its first FBS victory at Cincinnati (2-1) Thursday night; the Bearcats are averaging 51 points per game this season.

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19 Responses to Pack beat Jaguars 35-13

  1. Packfan28 09/18/2011 at 10:14 AM #

    It’s funny (not in an amusing way) how things turn out. Coming into the season I would have bet my house the defense would be the strength of this team, and the offense would be the big question mark. While the running back position is still pretty weak, the trio of Graham, Palmer, and Glennon have been amazing.

    I cannot express how surprised and disappointed I am in the defense. I know losing guys like Sweezy and Rieskamp are big blows, but come on, we played South Alabama and Liberty. This is one of the most poorly coached defenses I have ever seen. Are Tenuta and Archer fighting with each other? Clearly the payers all seem to be on different pages.

    Has O’Brien ever fired an assistant coach? I couldn’t find an instance where he had. Kicking guys off the team is no problem, but getting rid of an assistant who is an abject failure is a different matter entirely.

    Oh well. Another season where I had unbridled optimism coming in, and now dread to see what will happen next.

  2. bigwolfpacker 09/18/2011 at 10:16 AM #

    Any word on when our injured players will return? Specifically Greene, whom nobody will give a prognosis for, and Sweezy, whom we miss the most.

  3. Wulfpack 09/18/2011 at 10:19 AM #

    We got our hands full Thursday night.

  4. Plz2BStateFan 09/18/2011 at 10:21 AM #

    We have no pass rush.

  5. Wolf1975 09/18/2011 at 10:24 AM #

    A lot of gloom and doom on these message boards…here’s what I see, We NEED Sweezy, Teal, and Reiscamp…with no pressure from the d line the blitzing schemes can’t work. The 2′ gets worked over b/c we can’t get to the QB with pressure, all day to throw the ball just wont do. The 2′ is better than 09 for sure, we need to survive till we get those guys back. As far as the RB’s, Underwood and Washington seem OK Green should be back for week 5, Sweezy and Teal week 6ish. Reiscamp will be a go for Thursday most likely, we simply have to be better on the D line!!! TOB isn’t going anywhere, Archer though will be lucky to survive this…

  6. Dogbreath 09/18/2011 at 10:27 AM #

    I think this staff thought it had one more season (this one) left to run a 4-3 base. With the injuries, we are playing run stuffers at the end, and probably ought to be in the 3-4 going forward, although its too late to make that kind of scheme shift.

    DT: Kuhn
    NT: Slay
    DT: Cato-Bishop

    LB: Green
    LB: Maddox
    LB: Cole
    LB: Manning

    Norman, Rieskamp, and Crawford would be used situationally.

  7. packalum44 09/18/2011 at 11:22 AM #

    Our defense is pathetic we will be in shootouts every time we take the field against bcs teams. Thank god glennon is as good as advertised we will need him to be better than Wilson.

  8. Packfan28 09/18/2011 at 11:26 AM #

    Wolf1975, I understand what you are saying, but like I posted earlier – this was Liberty and fricking South Alabama. D2 schools. Even our back-ups should demolish these guys. The regulars will return, but our competition is about to get a heck of a lot better also. And in honor of military appreciation week, let me say you could land a B52 bomber in the some of the gaps in that zone coverage.

    Remember two years ago when we made every QB we played the ACC offensive player of the week? Well this season is sure starting to feel like that one did.

  9. mikeD 09/18/2011 at 1:30 PM #

    Not that it really matters, but does anyone know who the referee crew was for the game yesterday? They were terrrrible. It wouldn’t surprise me if they were ACC refs.

  10. inhoc... 09/18/2011 at 3:17 PM #

    Visiting team brings refs.

    State got beat in TOP (32:45 to 27:15), yards per carry (3.2 to 2.6), and fumbles lost (3 to 1)

    That’s embarrassing, don’t know if I’ll even watch the game Thursday. I hope something important comes up to preoccupy me….

  11. JSRy2k 09/18/2011 at 3:39 PM #

    TOB:
    “They (Cincinnati) are going to be happy when they see our defense…”
    Ouch! We are not who we thought we were.

    At this point ACC is all that matters. IF we can actually improve on D, and can find a way – any way – to win @ home vs. GA Tech, our saving grace is that it’s a full month until we hit the meat of the ACC (@ UVA on 10/22).

  12. Wufpacker 09/18/2011 at 4:16 PM #

    Not to be a gloom and doomer, but I currently see no plausible reason to expect a win against GT in two weeks. If we don’t figure out how to plug some holes (and quickly) we’ll be lucky to win three more games…I think we stand fighting a chance against Central Michigan, UVa and BC, but none of them are gimmes.

  13. LRM 09/18/2011 at 4:45 PM #

    “Not to be a gloom and doomer, but I currently see no plausible reason to expect a win against GT in two weeks. If we don’t figure out how to plug some holes (and quickly) we’ll be lucky to win three more games…I think we stand fighting a chance against Central Michigan, UVa and BC, but none of them are gimmes.”

    I wouldn’t call it gloom and doom, but realistic. GT is averaging 59ppg and put 768 yards on Kansas yesterday. We’re allowing 377 ypg. Cincinnati and GT will have a field day against us.

  14. old13 09/18/2011 at 5:24 PM #

    With all due respects to USA,WHOOOOOOOOOOPEEEEEEEEEEEE! When is NCSU FB actually going to join NCAA D1!

  15. tuckerdorm1983 09/18/2011 at 6:27 PM #

    Here is what I envision for thur night

    First quarter
    Cinn 17 Pack 3 (slow start as usual, key turnover leads to touchdown for Cinn)

    Second quarter
    Cinn 27 Pack 17 (Glennon slings it down the field a couple of times for TDs)

    Third quarter
    41-20 (Cinn coaches say never let a receiver get behind you and they don’t)

    Fourth quarter
    48-27 (with less than 3 mins to go Pack gets a rushing TD)

    Over and over we get them in 3rd and long and over and over they get a first down. On first down they run the ball for an average of 5 yards.

  16. Dogbreath 09/18/2011 at 8:10 PM #

    Through three games I have yet to see the opposition get fewer than 5 yards on a toss sweep. We are the slowest team to the edge that I’ve ever seen, and we almost always whiff on the first tackle. It takes five players to gang tackle on a routine sweep.

  17. Wolfy__79 09/18/2011 at 8:26 PM #

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_O'Brien_(American_football)

    he’s got to do better than what he’s doing now and previously at bc!

  18. swfncsu 09/18/2011 at 9:31 PM #

    HAHA wolfy_79…better here than at BC? You’d be basing that on our 100+ years of football irrelevance, right?

  19. Wolfy__79 09/18/2011 at 10:43 PM #

    yes, irrelevance is how alot of people see it. i’m still pretty young… but old enough to have seen the addition of fsu and then our next expansion.. this expansion seems to be mainly for bball purposes but will also give us great exposure in new tv markets in football.

    i like TOB and i still think he can do big things here.. but looking back at his record on on wiki it’s a bit humbling. i’d like to see him put his foot on the gas and go for it. get rid of archer.. all that good stuff. another expansion, hopefully not another step in the wrong direction for ncsu football.

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