NC State vs. No. 15 Miami Live Game Thread
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NC State is looking to pull off a second straight upset win over a ranked opponent, as the Wolfpack is ready to take on the Miami Hurricanes in South Florida on Saturday. The Hurricanes enter the matchup ranked No. 15 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings.
With Miami's defense loaded with future NFL talent, the Wolfpack will need to bring its A-game offensively if it wants to have a chance against the Hurricanes. Sophomore quarterback CJ Bailey gets to play in front of a large group of family and friends, as he played high school football and grew up just down the road from Hard Rock Stadium.
Bailey will go toe-to-toe with Carson Beck, the veteran Miami quarterback who's played in numerous massive games between his time at Georgia and his lone season with the Hurricanes. Will Bailey be able to lead the Wolfpack offense to victory for a second-straight game? Or is this matchup too big for Miami to lose. Follow along with the live game thread below.
Live Game Thread
START FIRST QUARTER
KICKOFF: Miami won the toss and deferred. NC State will get the ball first.
PENALTY: After a 16-yard pass from CJ Bailey to Keenan Jackson, Wolfpack false started.
PUNT: NC State couldn't recover after getting behind the sticks. Caden Noonkester punted 46 yards, fair caught by Miami's Malachi Toney on the UM 9-yard line.
SACK: Wolfpack defensive end Chase Bond got to Carson Beck and sacked him for a loss of seven. Third-down and long coming for Miami from the NC State 21.
SCORING UPDATE: NC State's defense gets a stop in the red zone and forces a Miami field goal. Hurricanes lead 3-0, 7:13 Q1.
PENALTY: Another false start for the Wolfpack offense, this time against right tackle Teague Andersen.
PUNT: NC State goes three-and-out, Miami takes over on its own 37.
TURNOVER: Beck completed a pass to running back CharMar Brown. Wolfpack cornerback Devon Marshall slammed into Brown and forced a fumble, recovered by linebacker Caden Fordham. Officials reviewed, call upheld. NC State takes over on its own 49.
TURNOVER and SCORING UPDATE: Bailey fired a pass intended for Joly and Miami safety Jakobe Thomas read his eyes and intercepted the pass. He returned it 60 yards for a touchdown. Miami leads 10-0, 3:36 Q1.
Jakobe Thomas.....GAME CHANGER 👊
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TURNOVER: Bailey is all out of sorts. The sophomore threw another interception into traffic. Jakobe Thomas with the takeaway. Miami takes over on its own 37.
END FIRST QUARTER
PUNT: Miami punts after a stand by the Wolfpack defense. Fair catch by Terrell Anderson on the NC State 10.
PUNT: Bailey and the Wolfpack offense couldn't get anything going. Noonkester boots it to the Miami 47.
BIG PLAY: Some trickery by the Hurricanes. Freshman wide receiver Malachi Toney threw a pass on a sweep action and found Jojo Trader for a big gain inside the Wolfpack 5.
SCORING UPDATE: Miami takes a 17-0 lead after the big play. 1-yard touchdown for Brown. 11:16 Q2.
PUNT: Bailey can't hit Joly on third down on the right sideline and the Wolfpack punts it away once again. Miami takes over on its own 23.
PUNT: Miami couldn't capitalize on solid field position. The Hurricanes took a delay of game to get another five yards for their punter to work with and booted it away to the Wolfpack 8.
PUNT: Despite a diving effort by Bailey on third down, he was ruled short. Noonkester punted it away once again. Miami will start at its own 34.
TWO-MINUTE TIMEOUT
SCORING UPDATE: Beck finds Toney for a 14-yard score to make it 24-0 just 33 seconds before halftime.
HALFTIME: Miami leads NC State 24-0
START THIRD QUARTER
PENALTY: Miami flagged for holding on the opening kickoff. Hurricanes will start the drive on the 15.
SCORING UPDATE: Miami hangs another touchdown on the Wolfpack in its first drive of the second half. Beck found Elija Lofton for a 29-yard score. Hurricanes lead 31-0.
PUNT: NC State punted again.
PENALTY: An illegal shift wiped a 21-yard Toney touchdown off the board.
SCORING UPDATE: Penalty killed Miami's drive and forced a field goal. Hurricanes lead 34-0.
PENALTY: Wolfpack wideout Wesley Grimes interfered with on a Bailey deep ball.
PUNT: NC State punts it away for the seventh time of the game.
END THIRD QUARTER
SCORING UPDATE: Toney 15-yard touchdown reception. 41-0 Miami.
PUNT: Noonkester now one punt away from his career-high.
QUARTERBACK CHANGE: Emory Williams in for Carson Beck with a 41-0 lead.
MISSED FIELD GOAL FOR MIAMI
SCORING UPDATE: NC State gets on the board, as Bailey rushed for a 10-yard touchdown. Wolfpack trails 41-7, 2:18 Q4.
FINAL: Miami defeats NC State 41-7.
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Tucker Sennett graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in Sports Journalism from the esteemed Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. A former basketball player, he has gained valuable experience working at Cronkite News and brings a deep passion for sports and reporting to his role as the NC State Wolfpack Beat Writer On SI.
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