NC State QB Grayson McCall on comeback win over Western Carolina

go ahead hey Grayson um before the game I was talking to a couple of freshman students and they they were saying the most the most excited they were today was to see you and I just wanted to know what it's like to kind of already be on that pedestal and how you live up to that expectation yeah it's a good feeling uh a lot of people talk about we have the best fans in the country and I I got to see that tonight a great atmosphere really good environment uh fun fun to play and Carter friendly for sure um I don't think I showed him my best tonight lot to improve on lot to work on but um you know happy that that we were able to come away with one Noah go ahead hey Grayson how would you just assess you know game one at NC State you know what was it like I guess finding casy you know seemed like he was open a lot in the first half you're able to find him yeah I mean Casey's a really good player he finds a way to get open and when you get him the ball good things happen um I think we just came out really slow started slow they were doing some things defensively that we weren't exactly prepared for so had to make some adjustments at halftime I don't think I played my best ball first time you know being out there in a while with me not playing the whole back half of the season last year so um it was good to just get out there again um and like I said don't don't think we played our best but um happy that we came away with win Jaden go ahead Grayson I asked coach but from your perspective how do you think the inh helmet communication and the whole you know iPad stuff went for y'all and how did that impact how you played down the stretch yeah I mean it's a really good thing to have especially when a defense is doing a lot of different things um you go out you go on the sideline after drives and are able to get on the iPad and see exactly what they're doing and I think the in helmet communication was really good it went everything went smooth tonight David go ahead hey Grayson I'm curious you mentioned the the back half of the last season obviously your last game ended in a concerning and scary fashion what was sort of your emotions going into this one did you have any nerves what what did it feel like to actually get back out on their field and play another game of football yeah I think uh week one really any football game for me I have a little bit of nerves going into it it didn't have anything to do with uh my injury last year I felt confident that I was going to go out there and play Fast protect myself so uh really no worries from there just um you know week one um a little bit of nerves getting out there for the first time in a while didn't think I played my best ball but um happy to you know obviously be out there and uh play four quarters of football get the win and um you know able to to in tomorrow and watch the tape and a lot to get better from so an opportunity for me to grow and get ready for next week and the last question for Grayson will come from Ethan hey Grayson in your opinion um what helped the offense start to put it together in the fourth quarter and get those 21 unanswered points yeah we just reset at halftime really brought the guys together made some adjustments and um just came together reset you know first game came out slow maybe first game jenders for a lot of guys we played a really good football team tonight they're FCS team but you know they they did some really good things defensively and offensively and uh played some good football so we just kind of had to reset at halftime make some adjustments and come out and play good football thank you thank you guys