I'm a nobody on the board, but I rewatched the game and specifically looked at the Offensive possessions to see if I could get some idea of what happened. A lot of people mad at Kittley, Smith, and others but is that anger accurately placed?
1st offensive series (3 and out)
1st play- deep pass to Cleveland- this pass was right on the money. Cleveland has to make this catch. Nobody to blame but the receiver.
2nd Play- Tahj Brooks Rush. NC State sends six, no place for Tahj to go. O-Line made no holes, but the also had their hands full with the blitz.
3rd Play- bad pass to White. White was open enough but the pass was behind him. 3 and out.
Nothing wrong with play calling here. Dropped pass and bad throw. Kill us.
2nd Series- Drew Hocutt muffs the punt. NC State gets the short field and kicks FG 3-0 NC St.
3rd series-
1st play- End around for Nehemiah. This play gets us 2 yards. I didn't like this play. Left tackle and Left Guard pull to the right while Nehemiah comes back to the left. This leaves a gaping hole for their linemen to shoot through. Poorly designed play by Kittley imo. I think he thought pulling would get the DE moving Left as Mattinez wen right. Nobody bought it.
2nd play- 5 yard pass to Bardley.
3rd play- QB sneak on 3rd and 3. Clearly this is a bad idea. Easy to assume that Smith checked into this but I am not so sure. There was nobody in the back field and Smith started deep before moving under center. This looked scripted to spread the defens out before trying to push up the middle. Bad play call. 3 and out. I will chalk this series up up as Kittley's fault.
McNamara shanks the punt giving NC St. Good filed position and another FG. 6-0 NC St.
3rd series-
1st play- 10 yd run to the left side for SaRodorick. Well blocked.
2nd play- Kittley goes tempo. Lineman not ready for it and false starts. (Not sure I like tempo with this line. Honestly). We run to the left. Run blitz coming. No blocking five yard loss.
3rd play- On 2nd and 20 Smith throws a check down pass to SaRodorick which goes for 12 yds. Leaves us at 3rd and 8. A nice play.
4th play- NC State sends the blitz Smith scrambles for 2, and we need to punt again.
This series was ultimately just good defense by NC St. Really.
End of 1st Quarter- NC St.- 6 Tech- 0
I'll put the other quarters in the comments if you care to read more.
1st offensive series (3 and out)
1st play- deep pass to Cleveland- this pass was right on the money. Cleveland has to make this catch. Nobody to blame but the receiver.
2nd Play- Tahj Brooks Rush. NC State sends six, no place for Tahj to go. O-Line made no holes, but the also had their hands full with the blitz.
3rd Play- bad pass to White. White was open enough but the pass was behind him. 3 and out.
Nothing wrong with play calling here. Dropped pass and bad throw. Kill us.
2nd Series- Drew Hocutt muffs the punt. NC State gets the short field and kicks FG 3-0 NC St.
3rd series-
1st play- End around for Nehemiah. This play gets us 2 yards. I didn't like this play. Left tackle and Left Guard pull to the right while Nehemiah comes back to the left. This leaves a gaping hole for their linemen to shoot through. Poorly designed play by Kittley imo. I think he thought pulling would get the DE moving Left as Mattinez wen right. Nobody bought it.
2nd play- 5 yard pass to Bardley.
3rd play- QB sneak on 3rd and 3. Clearly this is a bad idea. Easy to assume that Smith checked into this but I am not so sure. There was nobody in the back field and Smith started deep before moving under center. This looked scripted to spread the defens out before trying to push up the middle. Bad play call. 3 and out. I will chalk this series up up as Kittley's fault.
McNamara shanks the punt giving NC St. Good filed position and another FG. 6-0 NC St.
3rd series-
1st play- 10 yd run to the left side for SaRodorick. Well blocked.
2nd play- Kittley goes tempo. Lineman not ready for it and false starts. (Not sure I like tempo with this line. Honestly). We run to the left. Run blitz coming. No blocking five yard loss.
3rd play- On 2nd and 20 Smith throws a check down pass to SaRodorick which goes for 12 yds. Leaves us at 3rd and 8. A nice play.
4th play- NC State sends the blitz Smith scrambles for 2, and we need to punt again.
This series was ultimately just good defense by NC St. Really.
End of 1st Quarter- NC St.- 6 Tech- 0
I'll put the other quarters in the comments if you care to read more.
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