Marshall vs. NC State Full Game Replay | 2023 ACC Football

can they keep it going today in an electric atmosphere here in Raley and we are off from Carter Finley Stadium and a fair catch made by backup running back Ethan Payne Marshall will begin from the 25 yd line let's take a look at today's impact players brought to you by Walmart plus Walmart Plus members save on free delivery plus gas plus so much more joined today Evan it's a defense that did a pretty good job against Louisville's jaar Jordan last week an outstanding back they've got another great one coming in and Rasheen Ali and he he can run it and he runs hard and so physical Caleb KS the son of a coach at the wide receiver spot out there catching a lot of these balls from the sophomore Marshall showing an empty formation now Ali the junior back from Cleveland motions alongside the QB and the give will go to the explosive oy who changes Direction and finds some real estate and he will pick up 11 yards on the opening play of the day today's impact players for NC State brought to you by Walmart plus now Brandon Cleveland may not be a starter even behind CJ Clark but but just showing you the depth on that defensive front and that not guard position it's so important to eat up those blockers that's why number 11 can go sideline and to sideline and make the plays that he does in just about every single game five wide receivers quick throw to the outside Daryl Simmons takes it to about the 40 this NC State Defense led by pton Wilson who's had double digit tackles 18 different times in his career four times in five games this year he is playing and leading at an outrageously high level right now for Dave doren's wol Evan that was that was big there Deon boyin finally back into the lineup he's been injured he went limping out after that just second play defensively keep an eye on him another quick throw to Simmons and another tackle for Payton Wilson and it will be third down and hins return is incredibly important particularly cuz Shawn Brown is out for the first half today because of the targetting call in the third quarter vers Louisville 8 days ago right pack fans didn't like that one too much and they they don't like seeing any of this there's just been too many injuries there at a safety spot that they thought coming into the season was pretty deep so we'll take a look at that we'll check in on boyin very early on here in Raleigh best in the ACC an opportunity here for the wolf pack D to get off the field Camp fan throws incomplete off the hands of Caleb kums and it's Fourth [Applause] Down always there nice quick throw and on the money by faner K has got hold on to that one the sophomore from leeburg lets it hit the ground after career eyes what a big day for kums against ODU and that come from behind wind eight catches 76 [Applause] yd jayen K lets it bounce and it will be down right around the 23 yd line here comes MJ Morris in the Wolfpack offense let's take a look at the impact players brought to you by Walmart plus Walmart Plus members save on free delivery plus gas plus so much more joined today who's going to be helping out MJ here baty well the Run game Evan will help out MJ it'll help out any quarterback offensive line and these running backs everybody this offense they need to get that run game going today this is the defense to do it against and man what a special show KC concepion has put on here in his freshman year outstanding KC concepion gets the toss on the first play of the day and he takes it for about seven six seven yards on a good first down play impact players for the Marshall defense brought to you by Walmart plus Eli Neil right off the bat on that tackle he was blocked turned and burned and brought him down he and Owen Porter two senior leaders on this defensive Squad Morris's first throw is intercepted former Wake Forest Demon Deacon JJ Roberts picks it off it was deflected and the early turnover for the Marshall defense nice easy play action pass they say that pass over the middle is the easiest for the quarterback a little bit long in one that probably could have been caught instead it goes off the hands of the intended target and right into the hands easy Tip Drill interception and just what we talked about Evan off the top MJ Morris just has to take care of that football for this defense to go out there and do their job and immediately second play from scrimmage they turn it over an outstanding field position to start the second drive now for the herd Marshall does not have a first quarter touchdown all season this could be a double pass looking downfield and it's incomplete Ali the running back went downfield Chuck Montgomery threw a 75 yd touchdown in the ECU game for Marshall throws it incomplete here and you know who's not fooled on this guess who number 11 if it's not for Payton Wilson this is a touchdown it's an outstanding play call by Clint tricket former FSU quarterback hey after a sudden change let's go up top let's see if we can get them sleeping they don't expect to be out there number 11 once again Saves the [Applause] Day on second down vure completes it down to the 15 and inside the 10 is the tight end Chris moelo 20 yds before Cecil Powell brings him down nice little read and getting it out there with that left hand and mo I've seen tillow but this is moao at tight end today for Marshall first and goal paner has won his last nine games as a starter he's 10 and one as a starter for the herd Ali picks up a couple down to the [Applause] [Music] six you know one thing that we hav't BR that has won nine straight football games dating back to last season that includes going on the road and winning in South Bend beating Notre Dame they already beat Virginia Tech earlier this season it is a team that expects to win they expect to score they expect to be in front fer takes it into the end zone and Marshall takes the early lead here in Raleigh seveny touchdown Sprint for cam fer not how Dave Doran Drew up the first four minutes of this one no no look at the big guys up front getting that push and so much space there on the outside you don't have to be a state Champion Triple jumper to take that one into the paint but that's just what cam faner is verhoff tacks on the extra point he had enough room to do a little triple jump into the end zone if he wanted he could have he could have and so important you mentioned it Evan not scoring a lot of points in the first quarter not only do they score points they do it after a big turnover and just like that on the the Marshall Thundering Herd are undefeated despite the fact that they had not scored a touchdown in the first quarter all year until today short kickoff and it's fielded by one of the up men and a great opportunity for field position here NC State set up beautifully take one more look at this touchdown watch this end here defensive end and then of course the linebacker as well has to do a better job of taking an angle outside there's nobody nobody there with a filling that Gap and and reading run so fast either Keon lay on the kickoff return picks up 25 yds sets up MJ Morris in Marshall territory at the 43 MJ was told Sunday that he would get the opportunity to start it is ironic James that they take the red shirt off on a day that NC State's wearing red Michael Allen's First Carry does not go far yeah MJ you know a guy Brenan Armstrong coming in Robert and I he and I go way back those Virginia days and then of course Armstrong was was by himself there at Virginia last year when an I went up to Syracuse but reunited decided to register with MJ but like you said got to change it up Allen gets around the end and has a first down Roberts ushers him out 14 yds for Allen and an injured member of the Marshall defense behind the play it's Micah Abraham yeah they they've got some very fast backs here at NC State and Allen being one of them the sophomore from Greenville North Carolina and just letting him get outside you can't do it you got to force him back in Saw mik Abraham the son of the former NFL star Donnie Abraham get hurt the ball is on the field did Marshall just create the second turnover of the first quarter Charles Huff trying to keep the herd sideline from stampeding into the pile and it's being ruled an incomplete pass was it Roberts that came up with it it was Roberts on the interception earlier wow talking about dodging a bullet here let's see yeah and that's I mean it's forward that's that's a good call it's create a some drama over there didn't it very close that's why they do that handoff in front of the quarterback instead of behind up right right an actual an actual pitch and not a hand up th some space in between so second 10 Harless incompletion and now Allan bursts up the middle he was close wasn't he so close to Breaking this one this is one one thing that Marshall has really struggled with giving up the big plays on the ground three times they had a 60yd run go against some plus against Old Dominion last week and they come from behind win that was just the running backs the quarterback had another yep Michael Allen looking for his first career touchdown but it's not happening on that play runs into the big number 99 Isaiah Gibson on the defensive line is Gibson a former Kentucky Wildcat and there are a lot of transfers on this Marshall team about 30 of them just from last season aw of two on the play did you know there's a direct flight from Tallahassee to Huntington they got three former seminal on their [Applause] team second down to 12 Allen barely gets back to the line of scrimmage it'll be third and long Elijah Altin changed the game for the Marshall defense last week with an 85 yd pick six to give the Thundering Herd the lead against Old Dominion a game that they Trail 21 to3 before battling back in winning 4135 well Austin he also had six tackles a tackle for loss a pass break up in three quarterback hurries and there's a huge play on second down to force this third and long again take care of that football MJ here in situations like this Morris down the seam completes it for the touchdown KC [Music] concepion 17 yd strike for MJ Morris well it doesn't matter if it's number five or number seven throwing the football they are going to find number 10 the leading receiver on this squad that's catch number 24 on the season his third touchdown of the year and here's Braden narvon looking to stay perfect on point after tries and we are tied seven a piece nearly 7 Minutes in this one here in Raleigh next Saturday number 25 Louisville in the steel city to take on Pittsburgh under the lights in the Three River City 6:30 p.m. Eastern 3:30 Pacific only on the CW of course Louisville's got a big one tonight in the Derby City against two losses that have been handed to this wolf pack team two pretty good teams going at it and I certainly hope I'm I'm pulling for those cards to pull off the win tonight so we can see an undefeated loville Squad in the steel city next weekend but they noted him when they were here how about the wackiness of that day all the rain delays and everything fair catch called for by Jaden Harrison M end quarterback Sam Hartman has had some nightmare second halves at Cardinal Stadium in the past against Louisville as a member of w Forest so an interesting start to this game here we we expected a really close competitive game I mean this Marshall team I think Charles Huff the head coach is still trying to figure out how good they are cuz they've hurt themselves at times with turnovers and falling behind creating deficits but they've got explosive players on both sides of the ball absolutely and the one thing I get it you're trying to keep the ball away with going back to that Sky kick that lay had a really good return on you're trying to keep it away from the studs returning it but to let an offense like that start with this new quarterback at at Midfield or in plus territory man you got to find a way to make them work the entire field that's when the mistakes happen and they have to work further and you keep them in front play game offense 5y penalty still first down Jeff Flanigan is our referee today James what do you make of this NC State defensive alignment with basically Five Guys right on the line and then the six players basically a vertical line starting 10 yds down field well it it gives you a lot of options to move bodies around obviously you're not always going to have five coming off after the quarterback and it it confuses the offensive line Payton Wilson wants a wants a false start there he won't get it and he can confuse a quarterback at times take the give to Ali and there's a flag thrown Payton Wilson says it wasn't me I didn't get the face mask we'll see if he can talk him out of it I saw you holding on his helmet it wasn't me I saw you grabbing his P it wasn't me it wasn't me what was that song Shaggy there's no foul for face mask second down all right if you're not going to throw the flag I I'll make you throw a flag so he's he's trying right there he's going to get set regains his composure and yeah that's a that's a good that's a good pick that one up and put it back in your pocket no call come on so he picked up three after first and 15 now second and long vure runs out of time scampers away makes a couple men Miss before shyen battle brings him down it'll be third and about nine we've talked about his accuracy on some of these shorter throws and what he's done you know even in the comeback against ODU last week but a guy an Ohio state champion in the triple jump and a guy who had never really even practiced it I mean like he just got tired of his coach bugging it let's see what he in a thir half form him on Third and long six-man rushing fer connects on the outside with Daryl Simmons to move the [Music] sticks this is one thing an offensive line that's only given up two sacks nice pocket there for him nobody even sniffing cam fer and also nobody out there in coverage a bust in coverage and that is unlike Tony Gibson's defense another quick throw to the perimeter going nowhere this time Aiden white makes the quick tackle on Caleb McMillan gain of two we chatted with Tony Gibson yesterday there's the DC a lot of West Virginia blood and that guy coached at West Virginia for a long time paner looking long incomplete of course the offensive coordinator for Marshall Clint tricket started his college career as a player back in a BJ Emanuel and tasse then he transferred to West Virginia when Tony Gibson was the defensive coordinator in Morganson yeah it's uh it's really interesting all the all the ties that go back to the state of West Virginia you mentioned Tony Gibson but Rick tricket played at Glendale state in his college days a great offensive line coach was there at FSU for so long so here's a big third down and wrong now one of the best defenses in the nation getting off the field on third Downs right now they're showing three maybe four walking up and they'll bring them Baner does a little p in the back field and he is taken down red hibler has given this dline such a boost in pass rush situations yeah unlike that last play We highlighted that pocket it's all red nothing but red jerseys in there and reacting getting in on the mix as well is Wilson forc him to punt it away jayen H makes the fair catch at the 24 yd line on the punt from John McConnell so NC State takes over with 6 minutes to play in the first next weekend live go returns to the CW as the 2023 individual Championship is on the line cam Smith Taylor G and Bryson Des Shambo will battle it out in Jetta Li golf Jetta next weekend 1 p.m. Eastern 10: a.m. Pacific only on the CW MJ Morris a ptry one for three but that one completion James was a good one that and that was the last one it ain't where you're from it's where you're at right and right now he's at his last pass being a nice touchdown strike the give it to Julian gray began that play in the back field and it's his third carry of the Season picks up three to begin this drive well I like to see that nice play call there by a n getting the ball in the hands of of concepion not just through the air but Julian gray as well we've all seen what he can do in the return game outstanding athlete another young guy he's a sophomore concepion of course is a freshman get the ball in the playmaker's hands Delbert Mims running behind Chris toodle lined up as a [Music] fullback third Downs coming up Isaiah Gibson again 64 312 lb defense defensive tackle from Ohio here's Tai quz legs another big body on that Marshall D line Robert and I from Charlottesville to Syracuse to Raleigh started on the North Shore back at kahoku High School Red Raider for life that's way back where and there's a false start at the bottom of the formation darari Collins offense number 86 5yd penalty still third down and and see that's the kind of thing when when Dave Doran says look you know what we've been doing or or lack thereof perhaps on offense it's not Brennan Armstrong's fault it's it's all of us we all got to play better we all got to come out and play complimentary defense or uh football when our defense takes care of us like that and there little things like that you got a a new quarterback in there instead of a third and medium now it's a third and 13 quarterback draw and it's destroyed my goodness Owen Porter with another tackle for loss fourth down shot out of a candid into the back field when we asked Charles Huff before we could even finish asking the question who are the two leaders on and he quickly he said Eli Neil and Owen Porter Owen Porter not just a leader in the locker room on the field as well coming down underneath sniffing out that quarterback run and nothing doing forcing another punt today's the 50th college football game for Owen Porter that's a shank from Kaden ner uncharacteristic he's had a really fine year but this is going to be spotted deep in Wolfpack territory at the 35 yd line that's a 16 yd [Applause] punt he's a little bit perplexed himself over there just wasn't the heck just happened it's and again just mentioned the phrase complimentary football which you should not play music when Marshall's offense is over the W A but it's good music but it's good music they have a good in-house DJ we I mean we've got everything a whole mix of oh that's that's a I understand the call that is the that you know what I try not to disagree with the officials Evan I try but sometimes you just got to say it like it is please play music guys please keep the music going it it it adds fun to the whole atmosphere do you have a request or two you'd like the PA to to blare up oh I already texted him okay so great field position for Marshall Ethan Payne in the back field alongside [Applause] fer sling brings it to the outside incomplete looking for [Applause] Harrison this Marshall offense knows that Tony Gibson's defense is fierce likes to come after them so they're not going to be diagramming a ton of you know 5 six second routes they're they're trying to get the ball out quickly but but that's what they really do best is that quick games getting fer On The Run letting them roll out and buy a little bit of time they've strugg running the ball that's another thing that Tony Gibson's defense does so well is shutting down the run you got to be careful obviously the athleticism but fantry are here with an empty five wides incomplete through the hands of Jaden Harrison and it's third and [Applause] 10 they had to get rid of that one in a hurry fer knew he was going to take a lick a little bit too quick and too low so here here's a situation you don't envy look at the juice crew over there in the Red Hats that's what they call the guys that are being red shirted that aren't playing so much today you're going to get your workout in with those red towels hopping around in the juice crew like Marley mul's crew in Queens bridge area New York City early days of Hip Hop they give to Ali and he's still going Rashid Ali stepped out of bounds inside the 10 was he really knocked down initially that's the question rolling on the fa the runner was not down first down and leave it up to Olie look at him look at him never seems to touch just rolls over and never stops those legs moving time after time when you turn on the tape of Rasheed Ali and a guy who was banged up a lot of last season so this year really just kind of get in the hang of things and they realized early on man he's got a motor he grew up his dad owns a boxing gym up in Cleveland he he grew up in in a boxing gym so you know he's going to be hard to to knock down and knock out pops right back up off the mat well Tony Gibson yesterday called Ali an NFL guy I mean he's a really talented running back and Charles Huff knows talented running backs he recruited saquon Barkley to Penn State when he was an assistant in Happy Valley did you see a a shin or a knee or an elbow catch the ground there maybe the shin there yeah but do you see it in that frame and how about just the just the body control even if he is down right here it's pretty impressive that he can yeah I don't think I don't think that you can turn this one over it's a 23 yd run if it's stand if Brandon Cleveland does get credited for the tackle be right around the 32 4 and seven and probably a 49 50 yd field goal attempt would be in the [Applause] offing and that was a third down wasn't it that was a third down wow and I mean here you are you're going to get off the field that's what that's what you do best is just get off the field especially in a third down and long and they're trying to run it you know it's it's really a bit of a freak thing and sometimes you see guys come up and just hit someone but not wrap up that wasn't the case with Cleveland Cleveland getting up and getting moving hey when you're making that tackle there is a former National Championship linebacker as we see the ACC Command Center chiming in do do you have a sense in that moment that he landed on top of you and he may not be down or do you have absolutely no idea cuz you feel like you pulled him down yeah you he he has no no idea he by he I mean Brandon Cleveland but everybody else that's why you swarm the ball that's why you want to see and that's why you usually see with this defense when there's one guy being tackled there's there's five other Red Hats around and that's when a turnover comes that's how you create make the turnovers you know you you help out but everybody kind of at the same time you know just kind of did his knee and or go down there it's close but I don't know if you can say that's conclusive it's tough with that shadow right there they spent a long time further review the runner was down at the 32 yd line be fourth down and seven CL Los WoW instead of 23 yds Ali settles for three that's a big one after that shank Punt and what do you do here fourth and seven from the 32 Ree vhof their kicker has a long this year of 42 yds well I think I think you it depends on how much how much Faith they have in their kicker and and and I from what we've heard there's been a little bit of change up with the kickers boun back and forth yeah I would I would I think go for it here early on because you miss the field goal you're going to get it right here anyway give yourself a chance at least try to keep fighting Carter Finley Stadium is getting loud here on fourth down Marshall two for seven on Fourth Downs this year i' roll fer out a little bit though and give him an option throwing it or running it pressure's coming he gets rid of it but it has no chance Demarcus Harris not on the same page with Cam fer and the Wolf Pack will take take over on Downs big victory for that wolf pack D big call I mean it would have been first a goal from the seven yd line you know fer knows he's going to have bodies and bringing the Heat and the decent job of slowing up that rush to give him just a beat to throw it but also good coverage over there by NC State you know that deep ball has been the one question when it comes to faner throwing game and they're not even giving him an option just nice strong cover he throws it away so here we go MJ Morrison company one more time he was intercepted he threw a touchdown that one is incomplete off the hands of concepion he was open to we pretty good ball here from MJ good ball here I me just look at the effort the effort from Casey concepion and yeah at first I thought it was a little bit even further out in front but that's not a bad ball at all and and one that would have been a heck of an effort but could have been caught he gave him a little bit of a chance so second down and 10 now EPO to the sideline awkward snap oh my goodness it's intercepted Josh M takes it to the house a stunning turn of events what a play my goodness what a reaction one thing you're not seeing right now is the high and hard snap so that takes MJ Morrison takes him out of his sink he's got to go up and find that ball so immediately he tries to come down and just sling it over there what turns out to be blindly and that that's tape study right there that's an outstanding job by this defensive staff of knowing situation it's like Marshall knew what was coming Dylan McMahon the center back in there after he's been banged up and and that's absolutely I mean Moten you know that's watching tape that's Tendencies and that's just reading it you get a certain look and if you've repped it so many times in practice let's go get it man but what a play and you see what I mean Evan moris usually he takes that snap and through his peripheral he he sees a little bit of what's going on over there when he has to go back and go over his right shoulder and get that ball and then it's got to happen quick it's a little bit of a leap of fate officially a 27 yd pick six for Josh M Brandon Armstrong looking on mean look MJ in his freshman year threw the ball 86 times was intercepted once two picks today and 10 and uh just five throws for MJ Morris got one completion to his team two to the other team two of his three completions have got to touchdowns if you think of it like that and now this is an important drive for the sophomore out of Carolton Georgia how much do you think the snap the kind of the awkward to the shoulder snap does that matter on that last pick oh but that's that's what I've been saying absolutely I I think so I think I don't want to take anything away from the play of moton or the the job that the the that the coaching staff has done to get him in a position to make that play but I think absolutely that that that snap maybe even forced them to rush it a little bit Jason Seymour the defensive coordinator get ready Delbert Mims the second burst for six across the line of scrimmage well Dylan McMahon you know got hurt in the first quarter against BMI Play Just 12 snaps that day missed the last couple games they're excited to have him back moving Lynden Cooper back to the left guard [Music] spot Mims again going to get close to the first down it'll be about a half yard short anai choosing to go to the ground backto back plays and hey why not now you're looking at a third down and one sometimes even as a play call you get a little bit impatient in this day and age and you want to sling it around but hey if you're if they're going to give up five six yards of carry keep on pounding it because then eventually you get a defense on its heels and they they try to help out a little bit and not do their job and that's when you hit him with the big play passs third straight carry for Mims and a first down for the wolf pack Delbert Mims has played a good amount of football today's his 44th career game the fourth year Junior out of Indianapolis five touchdowns already this year for [Applause] Delbert NC state has more first downs than Marshall but the Thundering Herd have the first quarter lead much better start than the herd have been used to this season and we get a timeout timeout North Carolina State first chars timeout [Music] [Applause] timeout MJ Morris's first start as a sophomore they pull the red shirt off him and just a little out of sink early on yeah off the hands of the receiver JJ Roberts gets it and Cam faner and the offense knows what to do they turn it into to seven points and then this one just an incredible play to knife through there it's one thing to knife through and make a tackle how about an interception and oh by the way how about an interception and a return for a touchdown so one through the offense and one with the defense and that number is a little bit different looking than in four games only three points total for this Marshall Thundering Herd team in the first quarter we still have 111 left in this first quarter here they' scored 14 team it was only three points and it it's a team that really knows how to come from behind yeah they've done that every game looting against the FCS opponent ALB the jailbreak Blitz and MJ Morris trying to set up the screen took a hit in the back field hey I've been impressed with this Marshall defense they've been flying around pretty good yeah and we're trying to set up a screen here but such a good job with the pressure that that even you know you watch these screens and you'll see a quarterback that lets a little bit of that pressure get to you because that's just helping out everything else the rest of the field but there was no time to even hang on to that football it's kind of a situation where the play call they don't really mesh very well offensively Michael Allen runs into his other number two Elijah Alon brings him down another shaky snap from Dylan McMahon you know and it's it's Dylan who's who's been HT he's a captain he's played a lot of games himself and and it's not like oh gosh God the Snaps are a little bit off because it's a new quarterback you know that's used to hear that a lot when the quarterback was under Center these Snaps are just a little bit off and nj's having to react to pull it in and movement here again on a third down we already had one penalty on a third and medium this one comes on a third down and 10 both sides pointing at each other who is to blame Jeff flan start offense number 66 5yd penalty so third down 66 Matt MC I think he's on the sideline saying what are you going to call out my number was I think it was 56 lynon Cooper oh no that doesn't look good oh I really made up I'm glad we got that whole shot in that was I thought there was an argument third and 15 Morris looking throws it away opportunity for Kate ner to get a little Redemption after his last putt absolutely good point good point and my money is on him to Boom it and that's you know what hey that's fine MJ Morris they're not all going to be first downs they're not all going to be touchdown drives nothing there he bought a little bit of time and he gets rid of it don't try to force anything in there and you also notice you don't see a lot of designed runs here early in this first quarter for MJ Morris where you you get quite a few when Brennan Armstrong was in there at quarterback too Mason Pierce back to return this Newton Caster punt much better spiral this time and Pierce is a jitterbug but he's not getting away from anybody it'll be first down for Marshall from their own 29 yd line Keon Lin with the tackle from the number one New York Times bestselling author comes Sullivan's Crossing this brand new CW original series stars Morgan Cohan alongside Chad Michael Murray and Scott Patterson in their return to the CW watch Sullivan's Crossing every Wednesday 8:00 p.m. Eastern 7 Central only on the [Music] [Applause] CW there has been a lot to this first 15 minutes here today it's been fun to watch a lot and here we got 5 seconds left in this first quarter before we flip it over even into the second [Applause] frame feels like we've packed three three quarters in of action into this opening 15 the give is to the backup running back Ethan p and he loses three to begin this drive for the herd but Marshall with faren away it's best and enjoy each other team will finish 16th in the nation that year just two losses after a wild first quarter We Begin the second with an incomplete pass James in that first quarter each team possessed the ball five different times this possession here from Marshall which started in the first was their fifth possession of the game obviously we got three touchdowns we got a couple of turnovers what what stood out to you most about those first 15 minutes well of course the turnovers and and points off of turnovers because I'll guarantee you the emphasis as it should always be but sometimes you get into a little bit of a Groove with the guy who's been there for a while is is turnovers hey don't turn the ball over don't turn the ball over you know one of them was kind of fluky the other one was just an outstanding play but but NC State had only given up 17 points off of turnovers this season they've given up all 14 points here today but here's a big third down now and a chance for guys like pton Wilson to pin back their ears and put some heat on faner paner finally completes a pass after five consecutive incompletions but it will bring up fourth down as Davin van makes the stop hey B by the way did the did the pandemic cost you your 25th year anniversary celebration with the Gators a couple years ago yeah you know what uh I don't know because I I went back to a Tennessee game a couple years ago I think we had it out confused me too much math no math no ma opportunity here for Jaylen C and he is brought down from behind by Marshalls Landon Watson pretty excited to read this promo here I watch season finale hey who's a nice guy and who's an F boy huh three ladies will put their instincts to the test on an all new season of fboy Island Monday October 16th at 87 Central on the CW oh my goodness that finale had you think that first quarter had a lot of action the finale of season 2 was phenomenal I watched with Tina Bates the other night here one of my favorite quotes was you didn't even know each other before you got here this is to the three ladies and you instantly leaned on each other for support guidance and lip gloss he's reading notes from his phone Danny showed us that F boys can change meanwhile Casey concepion takes it into Marshall territory a 14 yd pickup and NC States in business a minute here into the second quarter concepion just the fact that he's a true freshman and just gets that football in his hands he knows exactly what to do with it he's got bodies all around is going to Turn and Burn not just make the catch but make something happen after just about every catch Quick Pitch Julian greay and there's a late [Applause] flag again here's another chance of getting the ball in Julian Gray's hands to stretch it out I think it's going to be offensive holding holding number 86 on the offense it's a 10yd penalty it's still first down believe it happened down field so it's not going to be first and 20 if you're one of those awkward first and 17s That You Don't See very often see where they put the football it's it's not a flag that makes an eye happy you know just just the rhythm the momentum those those five yarders that we've seen a couple times here in this one the false starts just get that defense on their heels you're making first downs want to keep it that way keep keep the foot down MJ back to work the eighth year college football veteran Bradley Rosner with his first Catch of the [Applause] Day nice Target for any quarterback to have we saw him a couple weeks ago against BMI make a nice catch in the corner he's had multiple grabs four games in a row for the Wolfpack offense MJ now 4 for 10 40 yds the one touchdown the two interceptions second and 11 and he's got concepion again down to the 27 yd line first down NC State another pickup of 15 for KC coming into this game number 10 had accounted for 33% of the receptions on this squad I'd say he's above that here early in this one knowing exactly who to find in that situation MJ Morris to concepion for one more third down conversion just settling right there defensively you got to know where those sticks are you know in that zone coverage even yeah you're going to keep them in front but where are they breaking those offense breaking them off at the yard to [Applause] gain concepion again on the little flip in the back field showing off his athleticism here today James only one catch for seven yards against Louisville last week and Dave Doran knows that's not enough yeah so now as promised yesterday in our meeting hey look for KC to get the ball not just through through the air coming around on those jet sweeps so quick so fun to watch Reed Mitchell is in the game as an extra tight end right behind the left tackle up the middle there goes Delbert Mims into the end zone again for the wolf pack an 18 yd score [Music] his sixth touchdown rush of the [Applause] Season Bren narvon will look to tie it up Joe overall behind coach new Holtz who turned out to have a pretty good career in college football that's it TV as well Jaden Harrison no fair catch this time from his 5 yd line out to the 40 where Colin Smith gives him a little shove across the sideline good field position for the Thundering Herd meanwhile coming up Tuesday on inside the NFL the guys will look back at the heavyweight battle coming up tomorrow night between the Cowboys and the 49ers plus can the Eagles stay undefeated against the surprising LA Rams Inside the NFL now for everyone Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. Eastern 7:00 Central only on the [Applause] [Music] CW 36 yd return for Jaden Harrison sets up cam fer and the Marshall offense at the 42 Y Line Baner just 6 for 12 he's run for a touchdown Rashid [Applause] Ali lost the ball late but down by [Applause] [Music] contact you going to see the the big first lick by Wilson no Shadows which helped NC State earlier didn't see it right there so say it was down after a gain of four and a second down and six now for the herd after that nice kick return as you mentioned to start things off play clock at five fer takes the give to Ali pressure coming fer got away from wood and lost the football and one of his offensive linemen saved him a turnover the Center Logan Osborne began and ended the play with the football well his day might have been ended there for a second had he not felt it at the last second and stepped up I think after that initial Toro making the guy miss the big bull rush Miss I think then you got to tuck it away and just count your losses lucky they get that one back good hustle not just phase one but the second wave of rushers getting in there Cleveland has had a big day as well Marshall as you see just one for five on third Downs they need nine Caleb kums lost the football Payton Wilson's got it trying to make men Miss Wilson creates the first turnover of the day for NC State believe it was popped free by big Davin van it's a decent play nice patience to follow that block by kums on the receiver's screen but there's van turning and burning making the play and then a dangerous guy when he gets his the ball in his hands Wilson did you see him at the end of that run once he realized that that his run was done he wasn't going to make it all the way to the end zone he delivered some pain he delivered some pain on on the the tackler he showed like a little Deion Sanders elusiveness making some moves there after the football well what what was it the 20 3.7 mph they clocked him on the GPS yeah that might have been embellished but it's still impressive oh I don't think it was don't you hey don't you speak bad on Wilson MJ looking deep he's got Tren penic and NC State takes the lead 39 yd touchdown for the wolf pack talk about capitalizing quickly after a turnover and talk about complimentary football nice little move by pennx they get back inside and a great job putting it right there for him by MJ Morris that'll get a little bit of spark back here in Carter Finley Stadium little bit of excitement they've been looking for especially from that offensive [Applause] side narv makes it 21 today in this conference big games beginning in this 3:00 hour one over in Chapel Hill another down at Tallahassee very short kickoff and it's fair caught and NC State looking for something of an on side kick sets up Marshall in great field position let's go back to the touchdown Trent penx from MJ Morris yeah you're going to see penic here lined up in that Wing Spot and and defensively MJ Morris are going to sell it a little bit like they're setting up a screen gives a little pump out there and at the same time it's Panic with a little outside jab of the foot comes back inside on the route running it on AG McGee the sophomore from Chipley Florida over in the Florida Panhandle and Trent pennick welcome back buddy big touchdown yeah it's his ninth career touchdown catch but his first in a while Dave Doran has wanted to get the tight ends more involved we talked to Robert and I about it yesterday so far so good Rashid [Music] Ali went down after a quick five yd spurt like the Turk monster got him there there is a flag down there looks like it came out you this is a good this is a good play call against this defense because what that jet fake to the Jet [Applause] Sweep a personal foul then it just it gets it gets guys like pton Wilson in the middle of that field it gets him reacting to that personal foul legal Blind Side block number five on the offense it's a 15yd penalty still first down that's Caleb McMillan let's see if uh we can find it and what it is is McMillan being being a receiver wide top of your screen right there it's Caleb McMillan and Outside The Tackle Box well you you can't of course Blindside you can't block low there he stayed up high but they're saying he blinds side it looked like Deon Bo was coming straight at him yeah I don't know about that one maybe just tough 15yd cost there and they're going further back and the football's out Flanigan ruls him down otherwise that would have been a touchdown for NC STD DAV and Van creating havoc in the back field again B having a good first half here captain on this defensive line just going there are so many great defensive linemen to come through here and you know one thing that you haven't really seen in this game is coach Huff's team you know having backto backto back negative plays bad plays or penalties they've seem to bounce right back right now they're in a big old rut second down and 30 yeah it would have been second and five if not for the penalty now second second and 30 and it's Montgomery who takes it back out across the 30 picks up eight still a long way to go and a third and a mile coming up here for Marshall we talk earlier this is a team that is comfortable playing from behind theyve done it every week so far this season fer escapes to his left takes it Wilson forces him to throw it away we knew that Tony Gibson had planned to have pton Wilson spot on that quarterback and he's doing a nice job I mean how lucky can you be as a defensive coordinator to have a guy like that that can close like that I mean here's a guy that's he's a state champion track for yes triple jump but it's the triple jump you talk about an athlete a guy that can burn a lot of these defenses but when you're looking at a linebacker that can sit back there and and play against the pass and then oh by the way if he tuck it and tries to run I'm going to go run him down I'm going to turn on my Jets and run faster I'll guarantee you faster than any linebacker in the nation and probably faster than than most defensive backs it's crazy speed pton Wilson was a state champ too he a State wrestling champ yeah he also play lacrosse he tried to play baseball but unlike his brother he said I was he was a little too hyper for baseball so he got a lacrosse sck and that was more his style Jaylen KO with some space sets up NC State at the 35 752 to play in the first half some of those offensive players and uh you know I was a little bit on the young side to to truly watch growing up and appreciate um my guy that I admired growing up and I you know wanted to be just like Brian Bosworth won won the buckets award a couple times and you know had a really nice tribute uh I saw on Twitter earlier today to just a just a great just a hero there have been quite a few talented linebackers in that City Through The Years Chicago and Pittsburgh you think a defense and you think a linebackers I mean there I don't know if there's anybody that's a better candidate for the buckus award for NC State right here this year he's got my B and he was named the buckus player of the month for September as the pass complete to Terrell Timmons on the perimeter it will be third and five Hills four 35 MJ with two receivers on each side of the formation and he missed concepion he felt that pressure coming here concepion running free he'd looked for him a couple times on big third down conversions throughout this game game and that time I feel like even though he knew he was going to take a shot he might have rushed it even a little bit because there was plenty of room for conceps own good good late pressure by Marshall to force what should be the punk right here but you got to be careful in these situations middle of the field you got to play punt safe third punt for nocaster punts of 38 yds and 16 yds tiik Keaton back deep this time and he makes the fair catch after a 35 yd punt which sets up Marshall and they'll have a opportunity to tie it late in the half 6 and 1 half to play here in the second quarter some people just here's another look at it NC State fans didn't love it remember there used to be that two-yard Halo rule that's gone away now it's just one yard directly in front of the return man that you have to give him off to the side a little bit right there and threw a flag nonetheless instead of the 25 they start at the 40 in a deep ball looking long McMillan can't get there second down had a step or two on a white well there and there's the one knock there's the one knock on fantry he's he's not perfect on those deep balls not many are but he's been so good underneath and here there were a few steps and that's one that he'd love to have back you got to take advantage of those group of five team coming in even with your undefeated record even feeling pretty good and expecting to win games you're on the road in a soldout place ACC football NC State you got to take advantage of those on second down it's [Music] Ali Deon boyin with a nice tackle set up third down good to see number 12 back in there remember he left the game second play of the game I believe and he's been banged up here's a third down and short now out Midfield Marshall to the line very quickly Baner fakes the give and he gets around the edge beating Betty to the spot to move the chains for the Thundering [Applause] Herd no nothing against Betty I mean Betty's a heck of a linebacker Junior out of St Thomas aquinus down in Fort Lauderdale but it's it's the difference that we see in that play and in the play earlier when pton Wilson could just cut that angle off and go make that play before he turns that corner Ali spun out of a pton Wilson tackle but Kaden forom was right there to help him out we saw another great linebacker for the wolf pack Drake Thomas firing up the crowd here pregame today yeah doing the uh they call him the alpha wolf do the wolf wol on one side pack on the other side chant got him going second down vure flips it and a diving catch made by Mason pierce the 5 foot6 Jitterbug transfer from MC State oh my goodness and here's another open guy down the field and a little bit too strong but not too strong for Pierce I think that would have been a little bit long for even a 6' three guy what a great job by Pierce they're pretty fired up about number three and they should be he's got him down there knocking on the door of the Red Zone with 430 left in the hack 14 yds to pierce fer keeps it [Applause] again picks up just three that time van and boyin combin for the Stop we close in on four minutes to play and what has been a lengthy and story line filled first half it's going to be a fun second half as well sixth ever meeting between these two programs NC States 5-0 against Marshall but there have been some great games through the years Ren Ali met by van and Wilson third down coming here from the 20 you know one thing that it's easy to do is get caught up in those offensive linemen to stay back there react and that back makes his cut don't get tangled up with those offensive linemen if you don't have to and he's got some good guys in front of him there at that nose guard spot that really do a good job of eating them up here comes a third down [Applause] now fure is hammered by pton Wilson in a game of I spy do not bet against number 11 you know Tony Gibson says in 29 years of coaching I I've never seen anyone play that hard they've got the blitz dialed up and you know from now on we come back here we just need to bring a a parrot and the parrot we just set it on our shoulder give it its own little headset and he can just say a pton Wilson a pton Wilson's Time After Time Out you got to expect it I think it'd be a great [Applause] investment from 43 verhoff puts it through it's his long of the season and Charles Huff happy to get points out of that drive think about it the penalty 15 yards on the fair catch interference puts him in field goal range otherwise that's a punt yeah absolutely and they've had some pretty good field position both of these teams throughout the day to start their offensive drives two timeouts left 234 plenty of time for NC State you know here's one thing too how many reps with You' got your your quarterback who has been the backup quarterback throughout the season so those two-minute offense reps throughout this year here the first few weeks of the season have gone to Brennan Armstrong for the most part get a chance to see MJ Morris onun a two and 1/2 minute offense to end this half with the two timeouts left one thing they haven't shown a lot R Morris is is any sort of tempo really quick back over the ball 2 minutes 34 seconds here for MJ Morris who's 8 for 15 had the two first quarter interceptions but he's also now thrown two touchdowns one to concepion one to penex and as they huddle up to send him off here so important to remind him and to remind the whole offense hey we don't we don't have to there we want to go down and score but don't do anything foolish and risk that football NC State remember will get the football to start the second half just take care of that football don't give Marshall some easy points here through a turnover Ms met immediately by carry on Martin physical safety the junior out of Charleston West Virginia's Capital High School I got one thing written down here very physical on on my notes next to 22 he just he stands out he does a great job of filling the Gap when he reads run stepping up and making the plays right back to Mims on second and nine and he makes it third and eight Eli Neil gets the tackle this time he's the leading tackler for the herd through their first four games and a timeout taken here by Charles Huff trying to think about maybe getting the ball back absolutely well you know you at the very least you're going to you want to make these guys punt that ball away seeing it's been a little bit of an adventure from Luker already yeah Charles Huff told us he wanted to see his team play clean he wants to learn how good they can be and the other thing he said hey I want them to play clean and I want them to play to to Open start this game fast start this game with with some success he got that wish and I found it very interesting he said last year when we went to Notre Dame it was a completely different approach last year it was let's get them to the fourth quarter we get him to the fourth quarter and we can win he said these guys aren't like that and you know it's kind of a heads scratcher cuz you hear coaches say that so much and what he's saying is these guys are too explosive we don't we don't want them around we want to have that lead with these guys going into the fourth quarter because as the game goes on they've got so many playmakers that can turn it around there's a big third down see if Marshall can get off the field defensively MJ is going to keep it himself and he's not getting anywhere close to the 35 he didn't even get to the 30 another good tackle for Owen Porter the veteran defensive end in his 50th Career College football game today Hometown kid played at Spring Valley High School just seven miles away from the Marshall campus another timeout taken by Charles Huff in his third year was the running backs coach at Alabama before he got HED at Marshall he's 40 years old and he he just has the feel of a guy who could rise in this industry I mean Marshall's going to want to keep this guy he's 20 and 10 I he's won two-thirds of his games after inheriting the program from Doc Holiday you know during the pandemic they were wearing masks at his opening press conference mentioned leaving Tuscaloosa to head up there to Huntington and took over for Doc Holiday and you know thing that he did have the luxury it wasn't a program that a losing football team it was a winning record before he took over so it's you know it's so tough for some of these coaches to go in and try to convince a team to expect to win when they haven't W in years but he's going from a place where they didn't lose very many games in Tuscaloosa they certainly haven't lost very many there as the head coach and Huntington decent punt for n Caster fa caught at the 33 by ke 149 to play in the second half in the first half hey Mr Wilson pton Wilson man he's been healthy this year and offenses haven't liked it very much that play right there that we just saw he won't get any kind of a stat for it but that's that's maybe a game saer when it's all said and done rushing that would be a a a halfback pass here he is on the fumble recovery ball pops right into his lap just so active going sideline to sideline blitzing he can do it all so much fun to watch and it really has been a treat anytime we come to Raleigh or see the wolf pack on the road there you see the numbers for the first half to eight tackles are you a fan of the belly button Jersey well uh yeah I mean if if you can do it if you can pull it off you you know I I I I never had I never had that that midsection where it would look good on me the guy who wore 44 before me at Florida he used to go really high fee Bartley was a big time time player for the game all right two-minute drill here perhaps for Marshall Rasheen Ali makes the catch brought down by Devon boyin after a gain of five back to that other side one time out remaining here now for Marshall to go empty manter has time and completes it into NC State territory it's Caleb McMillan Marshall in no I hurry right here ha stopped on the first down final two minutes officials slowing him down here they're trying to trying to allow NC State to make a substitution there's confusion right now for the wolf pack and well NC State's allowing or taking some time away well with Marshall substitutes they have to allow NC State to substitute as well they get it off and here we go to the outside dive for Chuck Montgomery pretty good quick zip balls from cam fer to begin this drive three straight completions under a minute now and second and five from the NC State 41 new defensive line coming into the game for Tony [Applause] Gibson five wide receiver paner gets it back to the line of scrimmage flag deep in the secondary here and might be a hold hold holding Defense number 19 it's a 10yd penalty carries an automatic first down fifth accepted penalty against NC State in this first half yeah that's a tough one right there they're going to force Marshall to use a timeout out probably in that situation and instead set a third and five where they use a timeout first and 10 keep the timeout big swing big big swing Tony Gibson knows it over [Music] there we got Fitzgerald who's had to work his way in there Shawn Brown who still isn't in this game in the first half will'll be back in the second half suring that suspension for targeting and Jae Harris he's been out the whole season since way back in the open in newon paner hits his man on the [Music] slant down inside the 5 yd line goes to Marcus Harris Marshall hurries to the line of scrimmage there's no rush though 40 seconds to go and I think we're getting a timeout from the NC State sideline [Music] yep 28 yd catch and run to Harris his long reception of the Year by far yeah he's just he's just set to run free again there have been a couple times it seems miscommunication yeah there was a slip by Fitzgerald but that's after the fact trying to go make that tackle lucky that Harris wasn't able to get into the end zone and probably a pretty good timeout right there taken by NC State is hey we're not worried right now about saving these timeouts to try to try to get some points of our own we're worried about keeping these guys out of the end zone I'm glad you mentioned Brown though because the coaches say he's playing as well as anybody on the defense and that's a a high St standard when you talk about what pton Wilson's been doing well and you know and I mean it says a lot about Shawn Brown just a sophomore who was you expected with all the depth they had at secondary before guys like Harris got hurt you know play a lot of special teams nice backup ball he was forced in as a starter look at him the start he had against Louisville eight tackles two sacks Force fumble before being ejected so they'll welcome him back get him loose at halftime he'll be able to play the second half but first his budd's trying to keep this Thundering Herd offense out of the end zone with 38 ticks remaining on the clock paner four for four on this drive fer spied by Wilson fer tripped up as he Dives for the pylon and he's down inside the one wow he almost got that corner turned something you don't see very often is somebody beating pton Wilson to the edge Wilson just enough to trip him up and this one this one I think is going to come back if he doesn't hit the ground the ball touches the pylon so that should be a touchdown if he was still in bounds when it did they're going to take a look at the runner was out of bounds wasn't short of the goal line that play is under further review did his entire body stay above the ground did his hand not [Applause] touch that's forom that's over there his hand touch inbounds baty I think that's a touchdown and what an effort by both [Music] guys yeah that that's an epic touchdown for the Thundering Herd and I that that was for him I beg your pardon that wasn't Payton Wilson over there wow excellent effort by a guy in cam faner mentioned the state Champion Triple jumper and that's that's a guy who didn't focus on it really at all he just he just did it they say because the the track coach kept begging him said all right well let me let me shut him up a little bit I further review the runner was not on out of bounds extending the ball to the goal line results in a touchdown wow look at Charles Huff he's fired up yeah he is yeah that was that was a pretty easy call to go back and look at it it didn't take a long time you see it and just the effort to stretch it out there and touch that pylon that's all you need for fer no body part hitting the ground and and you know and you know and that is you think about it a triple jumper and to do a triple jumper without kind of like dedicating your life to it win a state championship what does it take it takes it takes Precision it takes discipline and body control that's pretty good body control right there to get it in the end zone and give the Thundering Herd the lead one more time well this was a triple jump while being tackled by pton Wilson Charles Huff upon learning that this was going to be a touchdown let's go there's f look a little bit they say he's he's pretty quiet there you know there were uh a lot of stories out there that that didn't come out until the last couple weeks people starting to ask him having like like pulling teeth to get him to talk uh it's a little bit different than coach Huff's reaction the other thing about that play it worked out for fer but he's reaching the ball with one hand if he loses it at the half yd line and it hits the pyong it's a Touchback Touchback for here's gray now don't sleep on bre because even with 31 seconds left in the half and one timeout remaining gray can put you in a situation where that doesn't matter just ask Virginia and Marshall knows it because we've seen him kick off we've seen him with the sky kick in this game already here they'll kick to him returnable if he wants to from the four and gray takes it to the 25 26 seconds left I don't know what we're going to see on this possession James but it's the 19th possession of the half this is the 10th possession for NC State in this first half there's Marco well I Evan I mean here's what I think you you need to say is you just need to be careful with this football yeah you're down three at halftime but you're going to get the ball to start the second half you had two turnovers early and you really kind of weathered that storm so be careful with that rock oh my off the fingertips of jacobe Henderson intended for concepion that was not being careful James no it well it it it it doesn't seem like it's that difficult and risky of a throw but when it's thrown behind him absolutely I would be surprised if this is not a handoff to Delbert mins on second down well and I also wouldn't be surprised if NC State doesn't come out in the second half and just try to commit to Ping the football going to throw it again MJ looking for concepion again there was some contact he made the catch out of bounds you know and on the other side of that coin too Evan hey there's something to be said about your Young quarterback and your team going back into that locker room and being like all right coaches have faith we have faith in our guy there's time on the clock we're going to try to go score we're going to try to March it down the field and and make a couple big plays let's take some shots rather than then taking a knee and kind of whimpering with the pack into that halftime locker room let's go in there with a little bit of Feelgood if they don't get 10 yards here we're going to see nooncaster again cuz Marshall does have another timeout Mims you can use it right now they do you're absolutely right four yard run there there are a lot of things that can happen you've got to get that Long Snapper in there not everybody has a Joe shimko like they do here in Raleigh one of the best in the game in college football 55 games for Joe shimko about 530 snaps had of bad one and I I'm worried about saying that and then jinxing it like you worry about that as a play-by-play announcer cuz you don't want to be the guy that's blamed for the error so I'm pulling for Joe right here well if Annabelle's going to put it in her notes then I don't think she's worried about the the Jinx sports information director here at NC State that [Music] always job yes but you know so you've got you got to snap it you got to pun it we've seen some we saw a pretty bad shank earlier ker so do you come after it try to block it what have they seen on tape T Keaton standing back at his own 32 for [Applause] Marshall looks like Thundering Herd are going to bring some pressure back out of it best pun of the day for nocaster fair catch made at the 25 with two seconds left in the second quarter [Applause] we just halfway home too huh nice day beautiful day wow we got a good second half coming up here in Raleigh after these two ticks go off the clock picture perfect day for fall football Charles Huff brings his undefeated Marshall Thundering Herd into the triangle to face this Wolfpack team that has high expectations as always coming off a frustrating loss last Friday against Louisville Dave Dominion last week they Trail 21-3 and they've trailed in just about every game in every game this year so I'm chared [Music] quers it's a short seveny return for Trent Pennock out there as one of the upman typically expected to be a blocker he picks up a kickoff return and well MJ Morris in the first half had his ups and his Downs 8 for 17 107 yards two scores two picks let's see what he can do in quarter number [Applause] three now obviously trying to ease him back in and not running him a lot but he can run and there's going to come a time or two in the second half when you're going to have to lean on his legs to help you out a little bit use that extra dimension second Catch of the Day for pennx and he may have lost a [Applause] yard veteran tight end from Sanderson High School here in Raleigh right here in Raleigh and a guy right there in Huntington from Spring Valley High School forcing them out of bounds two guys playing in their own Hometown Owen Porter in the era of the transfer portal and everybody changing schools it's cool to see a guy stay home yeah Amen to that it's cool to see a guy growing up hey just dreaming of being a playing for the herd or playing for the wolf pack make that dream come true you're right second down intercepted deani Hill makes the diving catch on the air M throw the third pick of the day for MJ Morris did did somebody get a hand on it or did it slip this there there look at it wow great job great shot there and that's Isaiah Gibson right in the middle the transfer from Kentucky you mentioned those transfers here's one certainly helping out and look at the big man go up you see him separate those defensive linemen using those hands separate if those bodies are chest to chest he can't get up there he separates use those hands gets up and knocks it into the hands of De Hill yeah wow the Gainesville kid Gainesville High purple hurricane that's where Tom Petty went oh Marshall won't let down back down back down cam fer picks up where he left off in the first half gains eight yards on the ground Charles Huff talking about fer in the pre-season just his the whole game his presence his communication his confidence his leadership have all been phenomenal coming off the best game of his [Applause] career rheen Ali has had a relatively quiet day by his standards although he's still had 39 yards in the first half and strong run there to carry the pile an extra yard and move the chains I'll say my goodness I thought he was going to be dropped right at the line of scrimmage instead he carries that whole back of Wolfpack Defenders oh he was injured most of last year came back late in the season was the MVP of the bowl game paner with time that was a good throw but it may have been too close to the sidelines and Caleb McMillan did run out of room it's [Applause] incomplete there were a bunch of pack defenders in this area he snuck the ball over pton Wilson and dein boyin but McMillan had no room yeah you got to know where you are on the field it was a secure catch but both of those legs were outside in line so a nice easy call there in the sunshine what's left of it here in the Carter Finley [Applause] Stadium three wide receivers to the left banter looking that way pressure coming and it will be third and 10 you know I I found it really interesting we went from the shot of Charles Huff when when they reviewed that play by fer where he attempted to get into the end zone and it was it was called a touchdown he was so excited but then when he went and talked to Tabitha before going in to meet with his team at halftime he wasn't happy he they they had the lead on the road but he was not happy and he's got him playing hungry as they come out of his halftime locker room but now they're facing a third down and 10 against one of the best third down def defenses in the nation could be four down territory here they avoid a negative play which they will and the pass complete to Simmons sets up fourth and 6 and A2 or seven Aiden White's banged up a little bit there was a nice play just break up on that football keep him in front of you catch him all all day underneath us they got 10 yds to go well does put him in a manager down in distance on fourth down instead of a 49 or 50yd field goal attempt and a whistle [Applause] Blairs both pack forced to burn aditions perfect grills those Flames were nice and now now we got a fourth down yeah yeah fire out in the parking lot fire down here in Carter Finley and they've already stopped him once right in this same situation on fourth down fan Rush looking to set up the screen and fer goes down Davin van and Savon Jackson collaborating on the Magnificent fourth down sack two sacks given up by this offense coming into this one this I believe is sack number five and fanter will feel that one tomorrow Devin van has been fantastic here throughout this game had two big sacks in that Notre Dame game a few weeks ago right here in Raleigh man the Junior from carry not too far down the road 11 yd loss on the fourth down play sets up MJ Morris and the NC State offense at the 42 the give to Mims he's got a hole he picks up five number 34 third so here here they go to the ground let's see if they stick with it a little bit just let this let this Young quarterback breathe let this offense breathe because they they've had a lot of success running this football Mims is running [Applause] hard nice change up when they bring in Allen sets up so much for MJ Morris off that playaction pass MJ steps up takes off and stumbles awkwardly with the first down yardage looks like he's okay yeah I think he he didn't want to slide but he knew he knew he was going to get in trouble I think if he didn't slide he kind of got caught in the middle of of thoughts look what thoughts will do that was that was pretty lot smoother than it looked uh looked on fly looked live was pretty popping right up good job defensively to pull up there Mims and Demarcus Jones alongside Morris Mims hitting the back field makes a few met Miss and then shook him shell himself to the ground oh he was mad there were so many shimmies there he faked himself out gave them all out one for you there's one one for you there's two one for you oh none left for me dang he's mad too cuz he knew he if he if he was going he was going to get to the edge right there think of him is more of a power guy than elusiveness right right you hear about guys in the in the phone booth you don't think of Mims you certainly look like it right there it's gray wow he's got a opportunity around the edge taken into the Marshall bench right around the 40 after a gain of seven Evan this play had no business gaining any positive yardage they've got it stretched out they're going to make the play right there no it's Julian gray with the ball in his hands a sophomore from Charlotte making something out of nothing what looked to be like no Gainer instead sets up a third down and three now gray gain six so it's third and three they need the 37 Morris looking to keep it himself he is right at the marker when he's pushed backwards with the spot he will have the first down down by number 11j robs was that a designed run or did he just see something well I I think they do a really good job of picking up the Blitz and I'm not so sure I don't think it was a designed run I think he just tucked it with the open space you had guys blitzing and guys with their back turn and man coverage a little bit slow on blowing that whistle getting getting roughed up a little bit we did see McMahon and Cooper you know three yds four yd downfield so it was a either a very quick pass or the designed run first down Allen back in there he's got a SE Michael Allen to the house touchdown NC State wolf pack back in front 37 yds that basically doubles Michael Allen's largest run of the Year previously and that's his first career touchdown first career touchdown rush he had a touchdown catch last year narvon makes it 2824 longest Rush of the season for any wolf pack yeah Marshall's given up a couple big runs and this one was huge for the wol pack they needed some juice and they got it and the lead next Saturday ACC football on the SE cin Smith sends it away Jaden Harrison lets it sail over his head coming up on Tuesday Inside the NFL the guys look back on the heavyweight battle between the Cowboys and the 49ers that's on Sunday night then the Eagles looking to stay undefeated against the surprising Rams so many story lines in the league Inside the NFL not for everyone Tuesday night 8:00 p.m. Eastern 7 Central only on the CW I used to go hunt Hogs with Channing Crowder did you really yeah Channing Crowder and Brian crumb another one of his teammates in Florida they used to go hunt the Hogs without a gun or anything are you talking about like a Florida Arkansas game or what no no hunt the like the real the big big hogs in the woods it's hey these guys now you're kind of kind of Loco just like channy Crowder played his linebacker there for the Dolphins in his NFL days oh that's complete and it's Daryl Simmons with room fer hit him in stride and Hinton stopped him after 31 yards here he is just a nice easy slant over the middle and hitting catching it on the Fly doing some serious damage after he catches that one in Marshall you know just when you think NC state has grabbed a hold of that momentum here they come right back at [Applause] it Ali tripped up by Robert Kennedy picked up five more wait so you go into the woods and do do you hunt him with your bare hands what are we talking about do they have they have the dogs but but no guns just the dogs and knives it's Woodbine Georgia down near the Florida Georgia Line Chuck mon gy has the first down inside the 30 what a response on this drive for Charles Huffs herd you know you're absolutely right and it and I think it reflects it reflects this this coaching staff and Charles offense hey we're down we've been down all year we just we fight back we find a way and and for those that didn't hear it earlier I mean they've won nine straight games and that includes of course the last five from last season so it's a team that expects to win every football game they playing pancher flips it away I mean this is a program that historically you know building their way back from the TR tragedy in the early' 70s the passers Outside The Tackle Box pass across the line of scrimmage it's an incomplete pass two championships in the uh FCS level obviously big name quarterbacks Pennington and left witch crer fer Eric crer won a national championship with coach Bob puit and Randy Moss yeah Randy Moss is a pretty good college football player in his two years great basketball player before College St too in high school oh F looked like he was going to run instead he connects with jayen Harrison and it's a marshall touchdown that's the creativity that can catch you off guard if you're a Defender and I mean the these Marshall fans that came down to Raleigh to watch their football team maybe they're not surprised but you almost can't help but like oh oh my goodness they're on the road this this NC State's finally starting to feel it I mean not only do they answer but they answer in a hiccup just right away March it right down the field and retake the lead 28 yd touchdown fer to [Applause] [Music] Harrison beof to make it a three-point game he does well you didn't expect it to cool down from an action standpoint in the third quarter did you we're Midway through the third 28 yd touchdown two seconds to retake the lead and the herd back up three Midway through this third quarter it's another short kickoff look like they're trying to avoid the Deep man penx he's gotten a lot of work in the kickoff return unit today and NC State send the offense back onto the field first start of the season for MJ the plan was to red shirt him behind Brandon Armstrong but in the words of Dave Doran sometimes plans need to change and this is what was best for the football team to give MJ a shot here how would you assess the first two and a half quarters for MJ well I you look at it and you look at the numbers and you see the three interceptions and you say oh he must have had a bad day but you know we we've had a couple tips in there when you look and also the one that was just a heck of a play so let's let's maybe save judgment till the end of the day but I don't disagree that they needed to just kind of try to create some sort of a spark for this offense and everybody in this building certainly seemed to feel like that was the right way to go go and really hate it to be honest for Brennan Armstrong a guy who I've really enjoyed covering him over the last few years back in the days in Virginia just is as competitive as of a guy as you'll ever meet way back to the high school days just such a fighter good kid Morris has Panic wide open again touchdown there is a flag in the back field Morris was slow to get up personal foul roughing your passer the 44 with [Applause] defense 62 yd TouchDown for Trent pennx a penalty 15 yd penalty beingin forced and the exciting [Applause] kickoff Morris shaking up but the wolf pack back on top second touchdown of the day for Panic well hopefully Morris is okay but standing in there knowing that he's going to take a big shot from kwn Brown a transfer from App State Robert and I gave a little smirk when I asked him if he wanted to get the tight ends more involved yesterday in our meeting with him I'd say they they have played pawsome with the tight ends long enough and unleashing Trent pennx has worked out had a third 39 yd touchdown earlier and now a 62 yd catch let's see what happens to MJ Morris here on the release what a shot to be honest that's kind of boom boom it such a a violent blow regardless nobody's there on the back half for number six there's the training staff the to to the sophomore three catches 99 yds two touchdowns for penx it and a couple of kickoff returns y he's having a day five touchdowns now for NC State and 62 yard easily the longest catch in Pen's career so we made a big deal about Marshall answering in a hurry doesn't get much faster than that one pretty quick answer for an eyes troops he took a pretty good shot Morris did to the ribs we's see if he's back on the field next possession or if perhaps Brennon Armstrong gets a chance at some Redemption 15 yd penalty sets up the kickoff from the 50 love to see Colin Smith try to pop this down inside the five although still call a fair Catch and get it to 25 just going to Boom it through the goal [Applause] post and in the student section a fan was wide open he had a chance to make the catch and he dropped it he got cheered by his classmates deservedly so no no bullying you're not supposed to bully anym it's all in good fun all right okay it's all right Brandon's got the helmet on H now look the last time CF paner took the field down by four took him 1 minute and 32 seconds to take it down the field in five plays what will the Thundering Herd left-handed quarterback do here alongside Ethan Payne in the back field to give to Payne around the right edge with room Ethan Payne picks up 20 [Applause] out of Poca High School in POA West Virginia the mascot of Poa high school they're the dots oh oh that's a good one the POA [Applause] dots white finally there to cut him down but just let him come running free a good job of getting that Ed set by that right side of the offensive line but nobody there with any resistance a nice easy drop for the former polka dot down the sideline an open man Simmons you got to go back aways I mean it's it's jarring to see NC State's defense get gashed like this as you see Shawn Brown he had to sit out the first half because of the targeting call last week Marshall has kind of had its way they've done a nice job mixing up their play calling yeah when cam fer running the show has done a really good job of running this Clint tricket offense and and finding those weak spots and but you're right there have been too many guys running free and these big plays are just proving so costly here comes a blitz getting rid of it quickly Bishop fits Gerald right there to make the stop Simmons lost his helmet so he'll go to the sideline for a play just a Oney gain second down down 40-year-old Charles Huff looking on and Rashid Ali keeps his feet turns down to the 26 and another Marshall first down you know Rasheen Ali he's not a huge guy he He's listed at 6 feet 209 lb but he refuses to go down the first guy in there to try to drag him down he just keeps it churning take the hand off hitting the tight end Millo and he will Scamper inside the 20 to the 17 picks up nine you know and and there's something to be said too you talk about how impressive Tony Gibson's defense usually is but when you get them on their heels it's nice to have that option to really go quick speed it up go with some tempo keep those bodies on the field and keep them guessing and keep them gassed a little bit and that's what they've been able to do here for Marshall second and short five wide receivers pantra takes off takes the throw and forom takes him down right at the 10 it will be first and goal pantra slow to get up but looks like he's [Music] [Applause] okay chirping down there between the two teams [Music] and Ford them hanging on and Wilson coming over to try and clean it up popping pads down there both teams now over 300 yds for the day we got over 3 minutes to play in the third quarter paner gives it to Ali who's hitting the back field and the second man forom brings him down after Brandon Cleveland made the first impact [Music] initially let's watch Cleveland doing a good job of shucking not just one but two w be blockers and then hanging on to those feet while forom cleans him up up top yeah Noah Potter deserves the shut out there getting in the back field penetration so they lost a yard second and goal [Applause] Ethan pay met by a crowd third and goal W pack defense all over that play yeah and and that's the kind of swarm that you talk about remember earlier when when Cleveland had the ball where it looked like Ali might have rolled out of it when you swarm the ball there's no question you leave no question when you've got five hats there on the ball like that play Third and goal now again top third down defense in the ACC top 15 in the nation vuring the herd staring down the barrel at him vure down at the [Applause] nine Marshall guard Dalton Tucker was screaming for a flag but he didn't get one an excellent job by Tony Gibson's defense here take those Vice angles bottle them up take those angles I've got inside shoulder you've got outside shoulder Nowhere to Run was a perfect example of that kid looks like a young Kenny Powers right there am I really your assistant 26 yards just sneakes it in that right upright and reys verhoff brings the Thundering Herd within [Applause] one so 124 to go in the third NJ Morris his first start of the year he's had some low lights he's also had some highlights James yeah let's take a look at a couple of the highlights what do you say all right there's touchdown number one one to penx and that was after the nice big hit by van and the fumble recovery and there's touchdown number two to pennx on three catches on the day for almost 100 yards but the last time we saw him on that touchdown pass he actually took that big hit by kwn Brown he's got his hat on over there [Music] and what do you think and eager to see what happens 10 plays 66 yds [Music] 519 Marshall has scored six different drives today four touchdowns two field goals they're down by one late here in the third as verhoff sends it deep Here Comes Julian gray beats one man around the edge to the 25 to the 30 and he's shouldered out 32 will it be MJ or Brennan looks like MJ's coming [Applause] back took the shot in the ribs but armst strong started Loosely enough got the helmet on he's going to stay in the sideline for now all right way to to tough through it that that would have been a shame all the excitement about MJ Morris coming back out [Applause] there first down for the wolf pack from their own 32 back to the air looking long Terrell Timmons what a throw that ball seemed to take forever to finally end up in the hands of 82 he had steps that Ball's thrown out in front of him obviously he's in the paint but hey he'll take the Great Big Catch after everybody wondering if MJ Morris was going to be okay after the hit oh ribs might be a little bit sore but they can still throw that deep ball and drop it in the bucket to Terell Timmons 47 yds to Timmons now to gray Marshall's defense swarming around Julian gray there that was a nice job by that defense obviously a dangerous guy out on the edge but it was a hustle play that helped to drop him and not just drop him but drop him for a loss of two guys just getting out there and just playing good solid technique defensively from the football for Jason Seymour the defensive coordinator and that's going to take us into the fourth quarter 15 minutes on the clock we got a one we'll never know spent the whole break drawing it up second and long for MJ Morris looking for Timmons incomplete J moris Mas balls incomplete deani Hill there in the coverage for Marshall will and Hill lucky that he gets away with this one a lot of Separation he's trying to go for that ball here back behind him as which you don't see a whole lot you know it's it's a good job to be aggressive and try to go up and get it the sophomore out of Gainesville Florida had an interception earlier but man you don't want mess around with that space with those bigger receivers down near the End Zone Third and 12 Morris again to the end zone no Flags would expect Braden narvis to attempt a 40 41 yard field goal [Applause] here 4 now I said why not on that play calling that had some success here last few minutes of throwing that deep ball it's try it again this will be spotted just inside the 31 call it a 40-yd attempt narvas got it so the drive stalls but certainly plenty of time for cam fer and the Thundering Herd o and it's another short onsides kick and why are they doing that that gives Marshall possession at the 44 yd line yeah they've done it they've done it a couple times and they but but it's not like a huge sense of urgency to go cover it so it's it's not like hey we've got let we're going to try to pull one on them right here and they're trying to get the ball on the ground but they're popping it up in the air when you just took a you know four-point lead to are you that afraid of the return or I don't think so just kick it out the back you've seen something you've seen something on tape a guy turning his back and maybe they feel like you know they can they can hit somebody with it and go down there and get a shot but wow you're right I mean make him drive the length of the field keep them in front of you for turnovers the wildering choice for NC State special teams Ali spun down by shahem battle a yard shy of Midfield it's one five yd run and they're basically at the 50 m well you know and that's key too the fact one five yd run right the question was hey is is Marshall going to be able to run the football on these guys and they've answered that five yards on first down many offens Coordinator would take that every single day a lot of success trying to stay in front of the chains off the fingertips of Caleb McMillan and it will be third and five talk about NC State success defensively on third Downs coming into today they've held Marshall to just two for 11 herd haven't had that many third Downs to convert here in the second half in particular well Evan two for 11 on third down and also the pack has pitched a shut out the herd 0 for two on fourth down TR give to Ali he'll get three and it's Fourth and two and a decision for Charles Huffer two yards into Wolfpack territory I'd be surprised if the punt team was coming on here yeah I I would too and let's see if we can get a hattick by this defense got the Hurricanes playing right across the parking lot let's see if they can getting three fourth down stops Pon wilon trying to adjust Savon Jackson This Crowd has crescendoed for this moment fourth down fer keeps it and he didn't get there he took the ball the ball is loose there has not been a whistle and Shan Brown naking Robert Kennedy has it in the end zone we'll take a look at the replay it's a touchdown on the field rolling on the field was a fumble covered by the defense was offing in a touchdown all right either way there's either a stop or a touchdown if he's down it's still Wolfpack ball that Ball's out oh he's down though Ball's out wouldn't have mattered and it's Robert Kennedy who recovers the fumble but he was down you think fer is down no no no no I I think Robert Kennedy's down right so watch AR is doing a great job of setting that edge and forcing fer back in okay here's here's your yeah that's definitely a fzz yeah it is but Robert Kennedy's down right on the recovery on the recovery they're lining up for the extra point baty everyone's still trying to process what happened here including a member of the pat unit charging onto the field late he I don't I don't know can we see it one more time maybe I mean the way I saw that replay Robert Kennedy he he takes this ball right out of his hands which is great but watch number eight he's going to take the ball and he's down his elbows are down you know maybe they're saying he didn't have control of the ball while he was down then he stood up and gained control of the ball but that I just I understand what you're saying I just don't see how I mean when when does Kennedy possessed the ball is really the question cuz he he was lying on the ground but he may have not had the ball at that point look the NC State Defense is celebrating the fourth down stop and Kennedy's like I'm going all the way if it stands it's a 52 yd TouchDown for Robert Kennedy after further review it was a fumble however the defender recovered the ball with a knee on the ground at the North Carolina State 48 yd line it will be North Carolina State's ball at the 48 yd line well as much as a crowd could boo a fourth down stop where your force a fumble you you wanted the seven points on that play well it was so it was so boom boom that that I think everybody when they went and watched that replay they just wanted to see f was fer down oh nope he's not down touchdown well you got to watch the back half of it because it was two elbows and two knees that were on the ground for Robert Kennedy they almost kicked the extra point but you know good good on Robert to to go finish it off and and his teammate Payton Wilson to sell it hard all right still a lot of ball to be played 1321 and still a four-point lead oppos to 11 it's been a slow moving clock all game long quick little dish to concepion and he picks up three into Marshall territory brought down by Eli Neil it'll be second and seven the wolf pack will take the clock under 13 minutes upcoming schedule for the wolf pack is a gauntlet Prime Time next Saturday in Durham don't expect Duke to have Riley Leonard for for that game so there an opportunity for the wolf pack there and two weeks later Clemson Miami coming here to Carter [Applause] Finley play action Morris Runs Out of Time wow Kean Brown and Elijah Alon got there simultaneously just just turned on the Jets and Morris just once realized that that he was going to need to get rid of that football there was nobody open for him they were on him big big loss got to find a way to get rid of that football or buy yourself a little bit of time second and seven it's third and [Applause] 18 be careful with the football here MJ he's looking deep conceps o battling for position but there's no flag to Kobe Henderson in the coverage there's a flag in the back field though could this be another rough in the passer two fouls on the play both by the offense Hing number 52 holding number 53 entire right side of the line it's McKay and e but you declined this penalty [Applause] and here's the end of the play that the hometown crowd didn't like but you know what they've let him play they've let him play and and like to see that there in the secondary both sides here today and a good job there by Henderson to finally get that head around had he not turned that head around I think they throw that flag runs in the family jacobe Henderson's cousin former Louisville Cardinal Jer Alexander now the Green Bay Packers in the NFL well those cards got a big one tonight yes they do tiik Keaton back inside his own t near the five makes one man miss gets back outside the 10 to about the 11 where Kaden forom helps to power him out forom has had a really good game for ATC State Defense today he's been flying around Marshall football 1141 to go East Conference coach Braum has done a nice job through his first back home couple months back home indeed four-point game Baner back to work that slant play has been there all day long and this time it's Caleb kums for about 10 [Applause] yards may just be a hair short of the first down give n and a half so second and short get the whole Playbook available on second and short right P yeah right here maybe try to take a shot right here P motions out of the back field pressure coming fer escapes a massive loss but he still loses four wow it's the sixth sack of the day for NC State's defense you know what that's that's absolutely what they did they tried to take a deep shot hey let's this a throwaway ball if they're covered on second down and one but you know what Tony Gibson had the same idea if that's what they're going to do we're going to bring some pressure so rather than a third down and one uh-oh recovers the bobbled snap down the sideline and incomplete pain had stepped out of bounds it looks like anyway cuz the official on the sideline lost his hat Aiden white in the cut coverage and it's fourth down and the punt unit coming [Music] on that that stings for Marshall from second and one to punting three and [Applause] out Jaylen Koy standing at his own 35 it's a shorter kick make the catch the 38 and off he goes across the 45 to the 46 yd line spun down at the 47 by The Long Snapper konopka state record the second longest tenure coach in NC State history as KC's concepion begins his possession with an explosive play The Freshman makes another man struggle to bring him down it was deani Hill pulling him down by by the ankle after a massive gain of 35 yds massive gain to a massive playmaker not a huge guy but is making huge play after huge play concepion through the air which I guess that is considered through the air even though it's a little easy pitch give MJ all those yards yes yes he'll take them looks pretty good MJ is now up to 259 on the day conceps own six catch is for 96 and one [Applause] score and the wolf pack in the Red Zone Morris to the end zone and it's incomplete intended for darari [Applause] Collins they've been attacking deani Hill yeah they've been going right at him and again he he he plays this a little bit awkwardly he's floating behind earlier it was Timmons and he just kind of floats back there you you can't lose the feel of that receiver any space and and usually they're able to take advantage of it and Robert anai knows it I I I wouldn't give up on it I would go back down there and see if you can come down with one of those balls wasn't calling plays that would be different today it' be the structure of the game plan for Robert and I with the new quarterback with Delbert Ms barges down to the five sets up first and goal you said it earlier Evan the big man just when you think he's just going to be just just a bulldozer he turns into a little Ferrari with some of those [Music] spins Randon Armstrong is into the game for the first time today for NC State in this go line situation Robert and I said from 5 yds in Armstrong has mastered these opportunities but how about this bringing in a cold quarterback late in the game he'll give it to Mims and Mims will borrow into that pile for one and a half maybe two more what do you think about going to Armstrong here for the first time today with eight and a half to play well you know you mentioned Robert and I as of defensive coordinator nobody knows him better than an i and and knows what his strengths are and time after time you've seen an I call these third and short fourth and short plays goal line type plays and Brennan Armstrong excels at it yeah and know and they and they they mentioned too they don't want to have a big run package for MJ Morris for whatever reason they they don't want a lot of design quarterback runs for him well they certainly don't mind find it for Armstrong so put it in his hands he's obviously built like a linebacker as Dave Doran is set but still but you're right though coming off the bench cold is a little bit different Armstrong looking Armstrong hit and sacked he lost [Applause] five Kean Brown and Eli Neil both got hold was that the first sa was that the and here comes MJ back the game second sa MJ Morris coming back in after Armstrong you don't want to throw a pick there you don't want to get the ball knocked Loose as you're in to throw but man taking a sack there stings chance to make it a two possession game field goal doesn't change what Marshall needs right [Applause] MJ back in there on third down it's incomplete there are no flags and here comes Bron narvon Wow Wow first and goal from the five and this this herd defense this football team are they were picked fourth in their division in the sun Bel at the beginning of the year which is especially surprising since they closed last season the way they did with five straight wins they got a huge game next week at Georgia State and then the Thursday after that against James Madison who's still trying to make their way into FBS they're undefeated narvis from 27 makes it a seven-point game just over 7even minutes to play Marshall Thundering Herd still aren done yet I have moderate to severe Crohn's disease now there's Sky rzy NC State 41 Marshall 34 703 to play buckle up folks cuz this is not going to be an ordinary 703 I can almost guarantee it here comes the 16th possession of the game barring an onside kick try and well NC state has learned and they have sent the kickoff deep Marshall's cam faner has faced more pressure today than he has all year long it's an offense that had only given up two sacks all season and here's just a quick look at four of the six been in the face of Cam fer there's a big pop by Devin van been coming from all angles and the offensive line has had their hands full they knew it coming in though that they were going to see the most aggressive and probably the best defense perhaps that they'll see all year led by Payton Wilson six sacks today there you see doubling up their average also foring the turnovers here today and you don't forget the third down stops and the fourth down stops as well oh for three this offense on fourth down attempts P her to throw and he overthrows his man it's intercepted Robert Kennedy takes it out of bounds near the 20 not what Charles Huff wanted to see right there a quarterback that has been so AC accurate two times this year late flag here James oh after the runner was out of bounds there's an unsportsman like conduct number 52 on the passing team the penalty be happiness is to the goal that's number 52 first on Sportsman L conduct foul first down intended for Mason pierce the 5'6 Jr from Texas and it wasn't a pressure that caused that aant throw he was just it was a tough one with a an underneath Defender he had to get it up over his head and drop it into that bucket but just a little bit too strong and no touch on it and fer well just back to last week to come from behind wind went 29 of 35 passing 278 yds and two touchdowns and now that defense is right back out there first and go from the nine Morris pulled down to the eight joran Anderson with the tackle [Applause] [Music] there for a second it looked like Robert Kennedy was going to get the touchdown that they took away from him ear earlier in the half yeah it's you know and it's kind of one those situations in this defense you see it they had three turnovers against Louisville last week in the loss it's your buddies start turning that football over it's like shark smelling blood in the water you want a piece of it R in on that action it becomes contagious concepion shows the speed touchdown NC State this freshman is [Applause] electric you see now why they're making such an effort to get the football in this guy's hands and not just throwing it to him but on those jet sweeps he just turns on those Jets and good luck and narvis with NC Stage 48 point of the [Applause] day job by the offensive line good job out there on the edge there you see Trent pennx who had to have a good block right there [Music] [Applause] push his guy out of the way the young pup getting them up on their feet here in Carter Finley Stadium you know it was only about 14 months ago James that KY concepion was getting ready to start a senior year of high school a guy that had 20 D1 offers and he was down to the final two he was going to be a tarel or he was going to be a member of the NC State wolf pack and obviously you know what decision he made and Dave doran's happy he did wow wow from chambers High School in [Music] [Applause] Charlotte the helmet doesn't let him show off the hair that he's got yeah I know he's got he's got some good Moss up there he weighs 187 I you know wonder how much of that is the hair all right 6 minutes to go NC State defensively here in the second half has allowed a touchdown and a field goal but they have stiffened up in the fourth quarter the other thing NC State's done here in the second half no penalties since halftime for the w p Jaden Harrison from the goal line does not get to the 25 and then that's a great point they had five penalties which which seemed like at the time going into the halftime locker room it it certainly felt like maybe seven or eight because it were just in such inopportune times the guys jumping off sides and just drive Killers momentum killers and they haven't lost that momentum courtesy of the penalty flag this half anyway that's that's a great [Applause] point he certainly would like to force another turnover here try to seal the deal on the flip side we've seen Marshall score quickly if they can you know get a touchdown in the next 2 three minutes they may not even have to do an onside kick getting the touchdown against this NC State Defense is the tough part and they have flustered cam fer there's no doubt about it he has not been comfortable here in the second half one [Applause] bit Wilson continues to talk me and Simmons have been jawing back and forth and yeah I I think faner is is a pretty cool cat and I think he kept he he stayed pretty cool and calm even even I think long after that some of the pressure started getting to him but it's just snowballing a little bit right now running for his life here as of [Applause] late he's got space but NC State closed that space quickly and the flag flies that's well just when we started patting him on the back for not having any penalties here's one that you just you just can't do when the quarterb backer when the quarterback goes to slide he drops that backside he gives himself up he's done he's done you know how many times the practice these guys are reminded of that Jaylen Scott just now remembering I think because fan is going to give himself up right here and he's done I miss miss and may going back and looking at it I don't I don't think they can't take away the penalty now if they would have called it targeting on the field then they could have taken that away or they could add here Jeff Flanigan two fouls on the play one by each team personal foul number two on the defense hitting the sliding quarterback after the play UNS sportsmanlike conduct number 65 of the offense both fouls will be in first forced it'll be first and 10 for the offense number 65s first unsportsmanlike conduct foul so they do get the first down those don't completely offset which is interesting cuz I thought the retaliatory penalty defending the quarterback as the Center Logan Osborne kind of went after Jaylen Scott might cost him you know the 15 yards which it did but it didn't lose him the first down yeah but it's it's after the play so they'll both cancel and'll be third down no now they're changing it well okay it was per throughout that situation you know you know why because I guess the ruling is since the quarterback's giving himself up the play is dead so that that late hit is after after the ball is down so canceling off and here's your third and five now that's a big shift third down for fer got plenty of TI hits Simmons short and Simmons will take it to the 37 and that will be enough to move the chains before rakem Ashford brings him [Applause] [Music] [Applause] down and went from being first and 10 to Third and five not much NC State pressure on Fanta there only rushing three here dropping eight and underneath it's dropped by Ethan pay NC State is is fine with Marshall taking some short passes here and letting the clock tick clock does does stop on the incompletion with 504 to [Applause] go using the timeout here a marshall player was shaken [Music] up I don't believe it was a called timeout from the [Applause] Sidelines so why [Applause] [Music] not all right I'm going to put you on the spot here James do the Cardinals do it tonight against the Irish I'm I'm going to say yes I I certainly hope so because like I said I I'd love to see an undefeated Louisville Cardinal team team coming into town next week I think they got to have a little bit better quarterback play out of plumber some explosives from Gerard Jordan perhaps fer and to slide out near the 43 spotted the 42 clock ticks under five minutes here you know I I think when you when you compare the two quarterbacks obviously Sam Hartman and ACC football fans know an awful lot about Sam Hartman heard a lot of this college ball not too far from here at wait Forest but plumber a bit of a journeyman himself right I don't think that he's the world beater that you need sometimes but sometimes the rest of the guys like Jordan can get it there pain got the first down eight of the 47 got just across that hashmark clock ticking under 420 Charles Huff as a walk- on at Hampton earned a scholarship played almost every position on the offense he was a fullback a tight end the guard and then he said you put the worst guy on the team at Center so he said I played center but he he was a football guy through and through that ball near the sideline and it was pton Wilson over there in coverage on the tight end Chris Moo showing his free safety skills right there in coverage well and moo showing his toughness focus on that football secure the catch get a foot down even though you know you're going to take a Big Lick moving those chains Venture again pressured by red hibler and he just threw it [Applause] away Edler from Louisville Mississippi but I'll bet you the way the way things go you know it's you say Louisville up in Louisville Louisville Kentucky and they'll get on you but I'll bet you it's not pronounced that way something tells me down in Mississippi in Louisville High School New Mississippi Community College before coming here yeah flags on Marshall B start offense number 51 5 y penalty second down it was fun listening to Dave Doran talk about the the few junior college guys that have went straight from Junior College to the ACC and just how appreciative and grateful those guys are cuz you go from a junior college program where you don't have a whole lot and then all just all the amenities that an ACC team has they're just grateful grateful to be a part of it i' like to add to that after this second down snap here caner completes it across the middle it's Caleb kums another first down for the Thundering Herd near the 30 going to make it interesting aren't they you know on the other sideline Charles Huff remember was telling us that group of five schools when they go on the road things get a lot easier for them because everything's in one building not spread out all over the city uh-oh looking to the endzone incomplete great coverage by shy battle to knock it away from T [Applause] Keaton Evan shahe battle does such a good job here he's beaten Eaton has a couple steps on him he doesn't give up he doesn't Peak he puts his head down and he just runs as hard as he can when those hands go up boom rips right through those wrists just like he's taught that's good play right there that's that's excellent cornerback play second down paner takes off to the 25 to the 24 it'll be third and [Applause] three got to play with a little Tempo here if you're Marshall need two touchdowns to tie you have all three timeouts clock ticking under 245 and now an NC State timeout before this pivotal third and three time out North Carolina State second charge timeout timeout will be 30 [Music] seconds look I think if you said to Dave Doran before the day you're going to score 48 points you would have thought you'd be playing the backups here in this fourth quarter but Marshall has stayed with them it's not an easy schedule I mean the the toughest games are probably on the road but on the road nothing's guaranteed right right you know that you mentioned Riley Leonard with that high anch of sprin probably isn't going to be available there next weekend meant to say the easiest games are probably on the road but nothing guaranteed right Clemson Miami and Carolina those are three tough teams coming here to Carter Finley good home schedule for the season ticket holders say we got the textile Bowl coming up in a couple weeks Clon Tigers come to town and hey this is still anybody's anybody's game here NC State with two losses but one of those is to Notre Dame so after that time out go ahead and talk things over make sure they don't give up a quick strike touchdown here's your third and short now three-man Rush paner little off The Mark with the throw but a diving catch by Mason Pierce to move the chains the herd hurry to the line first 10 from the 17 225 to play what do we got guessing another time running on the field was a completed pass that plays under further review did Pierce get it number here we go this be look maybe well watch the the nose of that football ruled a catch on the [Music] field it's close it's tough because that hand that right hand seems to stay under it yeah I can see why they want to take a look at it but I don't know from those three shots quick look at him that you can turn it over can't say he definitely did didn't catch it like correct he probably use the ground a little bit to help him but it's well and the ball is it's it's allowed to hit the gri you know [Music] it's you know and they're watching to see if it's if it's secured and if if there's if there's any movement here's one more look maybe to further review the living on the fail stands and that's what they're looking at you like picture and picture James I need just give me one that's a little bit too busy but the one that that they needed and one that they saw they'll they'll leave it there and you know in the terminology stands shows that you know it's not confirmed it just stands because they can't overturn it right there so a good call on the field and off and here we go now with the fresh set of downs 2 they just started the clock clock rolls has the ball [Applause] set oh what a tackle by pton Wilson he's over double digits from a tackle standpoint for the fifth time this season that's his 14th tackle of the day showing off the Speed the [Music] will and there's an NC State wolt pack bottom of the screen out Bo injured from the defense boyin is coming off of that injury where he missed some time and he's he's been in and out of this game throughout the day and yeah they call him the glue guy on the back field the son of the high school coach who just plays with a football IQ back there that they really like to have looks to be okay though that's a good sign that's to sit out of play be interesting here if Marshall can score Say by 130 I mean they probably will try the onside kick but if they don't get it game's not over CU they still have the three timeouts yeah they they have they're going to have to try that onside kick they first things first though they just got to get it in the end zone and Tony Gibson's buch has done a good job of just keeping them in front hey let your chip away we're not going to take any huge chances keep you in front see if you'll make a mistake and make you earn it that's for sure both of these teams have played some pretty physical footballs determined football here throughout the day 152 now left to go though second down and four from the 11 paner throw never had a chance clock stops with 138 remaining they changed the timing rules before the season to try to prevent games from being Beyond three and a half hours that did not work today CU we close in on 4 hours not complaining it has been a riveting 4 hours here at Carter Finley Stadium and there's an NC State player down again it's been a long afternoon Time battle you know what's interesting when you look at Marshall as they get ready to head back and go into the thick of their Sun Bel schedule you mentioned the game that they've got on Saturday night against Georgia State Y in Georgia and then they've got to turn around and go on a short week to play James Madison 7:00 on a Thursday so yeah coach Hoff was not thrilled about the 700 p.m. kickoff time in Atlanta next week he was hoping for a noer they're not going to get back till 3:4 a.m. Sunday morning then you turn around round play you know this James Madison team that's been just phenomenal and they've already had their B couple weeks [Music] ago is that guy's head small or his hat big hard to tell it was like uh Lloyd Christmas when he only gets the essentials I got robbed by a little old lady and I didn't see it [Applause] coming well Marshall still has a chance not a huge chance but they still have a chance paner throws low and it's Fourth and four yeah just just a quarterback who who relies on that Rhythm and just getting into that Groove and has been so good at it throughout this season very accurate rolling out that those those those short routes and being very successful with it and he was here early on in this game he's just lost a little bit of that Tempo getting rid of that Groove 0 for three on four fourth down here Evan see if they can make it four they need four to keep the drive going there's a flag and they'll blow the play dead false start how about fourth and nine FSE start offense number 55 5yd penalty fourth [Applause] [Music] down obviously you need the first down here James but you almost you think you need the touchdown more I mean seconds please 134 on the clock please running short on time well they they with the three timeouts that they've kept there in their back pocket they they just they just got to stay alive first and foremost whether it's first down or a touchdown here ideally they'd like to put it in the paint paner Under Pressure flips it up it's a touchdown for Caleb kums don't change that channel quite yet wow how about the grittiness of fer here comes the pressure right in his face he stands in there strong long enough for kums to separate P Wilson on just coming from all around him just standing in there tall and strong and dropping it right in there nicely for kums little tiny Bobble there but not enough to really scare Marshall fans too much 16 plays 76 yds 4 and 1/2 minutes and it's a seven-point game with 89 seconds left what a [Applause] [Music] game little bit time a little stop and go for kums in that route which shows you how much protection and kind of threw him open yeah John Brown the coverage all righty now they do have the three time theoretically they could kick it deep no no no no no no I I don't think they will they could yeah I don't think that they've been good enough on defense if they were shutting them down shutting them down exactly then then I'd say hey even in this situation I just just there's it's not an OP you're going to on kick it here how good are they at it I mean that's what those kickers and punters and long Snappers a lot of times will go on down on a field of their own and play onside kick games and long snap and games throughout the day let's see were were you ever on the hands team in your career James uh yeah I was on the hands team a couple times Well in high school and uh and I had decent hands but I I just you got to put some guys on there not only they have good hands but they're tough it's got to go 10 yards onside kick recovered by Chris toodle [Music] an aggressive recovery he attacked that ball before it got to 10 yards if you don't feel that cleanly it opens the door the toodle makes the play got to have got to have some confidence and toughness in those hands step upo they can't recover it there in that no man's land but you certainly can all right spot at the 44 yd line in Marshall territory NC state has four plays to get 10 yards and win the game some confusion with the Marshall defensive alignment Delbert Ms runs into the pack quick timeout for Charles Huff Buck 23 remaining wolf players just need to time out 30 second time out make sure they double secure with that football wrap it up because that second guy in and they come trying to rip that football away and pull off a little bit of a miracle here I know if you're Dave Doran you're confident in your defense but Marshall scor 41 points today and even if you give them the ball back inside the 10 with a minute to go that's still a scary predicament for the wolf pack look at these quarterback today first start of the season for MJ Morris four touchdowns he's gotten the credit for a couple touchdowns on those short pitches but he's been really solid here in the second half C fer 28 for 48 over 300 Yeah couple guys going at it today those those three interceptions are are a little bit misleading but I think the the only number they're worried about is is a one in the wi Delbert Ms to the outside there are flags down oh it felt like the game was about to be over and then the flags came in late what's the call Jeff Flanigan offense number 53 it's a 10yd penalty still sucking down Dave dorren's like you got to be kidding [Applause] me getting up and going the the big puller right here and oh wow out in the open Derek een that's his second holding call on the afternoon bring it way back won't they still second down but it's second and very long right now 117 to go still two timeouts for Marshall you know the ball's going to stay on the ground they keep it with Mims and he runs right into carry on [Applause] [Music] Martin timeout stops the clock with 110 remaining wow what a difference that that holding call makes it is it's either game over and now you know you don't want to throw this football no and go incomplete stopped the clock so you're going to run it again Marshall knows you're going to run it again they use that time out do you dare flip it to concepion and see if he can break something even though if he theoretically drops the flip and could stop the clock that's a high percentage pass well yeah it is or I mean even on a and it's a it's a good idea because if it's one guy that can possibly get outside and get that corner turned because otherwise even with Mims and his shiftiness I just you just just can't get too fancy get out open your SK here cross over the 4H hour mark here for ACC football on the CW today concepion makes one man miss but he's got a long way to go and down he goes a good 15 yds shy of the line to gain final timeout for Marshall Kaden ncer will presumably punt it away and we'll see how deep he can pin the herd back with under a minute to go hey nice call there partner you uh you and and I on the same wavelength there you a surfer as well do you surf uh there Wy key uh in my dreams I do that's adorable oh wow look at that that's cute she it's enjoying it I me I asked Robert and I what he does with all of his Virginia Syracuse gear he sends he sends it in a big box to his sister who's in Hawaii and she disperses it to all their friends and family on the island so there a lot of Virginia Syracuse gear that's being represented up in Maui these days yeah those those snowsuits that they got from Syracuse they're really coming in good use there in the islands aren't they hey who wants a [Applause] Parker toik Keaton standing at his own 10 noon Caster to punt for the wolf pack booms it away it will bounce at the nine and trickle inside the five and it's down at the three I don't know that that one was was heading that fast into the end zone you you stand over that football and act like you you can buy another 5 6 seconds off of that clock it's good hustle and to make sure it doesn't go in there make sure you're giving him the long field but at the same time it looked like it was starting to die down and you could have just hovered over [Applause] it but you know what gives us a chance to if he h shimko if he deflected that off his arm and back into the end zone that would have been an incredible disaster a catastrophe but he he keeps it out of the end zone so it's 97 yards separating the herd away from the game timeing touchdown you know had he had he held on to it and slid into the End Zone it still would have been out at the three because it would have been momentum that carried him so here we go long way to go and a short time to get there right thank you Mr willly Wonka oh come on now that's oh bobbled and then pay makes the catch and it's h that he got out of bounds cuz an incompletion there is better than a two- yd gain if you're in bounds picks up four stops the clock with 46 seconds to go Smokey in the Bandit close we have so much to do and not enough time to do it strike that through K's hands it'll be third and [Music] six [Music] [Applause] you know and they not only have they not had a lot of success in completing the de ball they just don't have the lasers they can just you know fear obviously in this situation you're going to play off way deep when this this safe prevent defense if they can just run by everything only a three-man rush paner taking it to the perimeter and he has to go out of bounds I think he was shy of the marker M certainly looked like it so see he wanted to get the first down but he also was thinking about the clock yeah yeah but now you're down for the last time this B is inet in his ball game fourth and two Thundering Herd need two yards to stay alive and the ball game is over NC State behind the defense and a little spark from a guy named MJ going to escape against the unbeaten Thundering Herd there it is kums with a chance but needed was still been a whole lot of meat on that bone but a good job by Dave dorren's defense to really rally in this second half and and rally not only on third Downs like they have been doing all year long but on fourth down what were they Freddy oh 0 for four Marshall on fourth down impressive this is a a weir still here type of win for NC State heading into Duke next week you know staring at three and three right in the face they hadn't been three and three since doran's first season but MJ Morris into the lineup and three and three is not a thought because the wolf Packer 4-2 as they head to next week first loss of the season for Charles Huffs Marshall team what a battle this was 89 total points over 800 total yards but as the clock strike zero light the tower red NC State 48 Marshall 41 we thank you for watching ACC football on