NC State Insider Podcast: Revisiting the 2024 Military Bowl

On the latest episode, we revisit what went wrong for NC State in the 2024 Military Bowl loss.

Dec 28, 2024; Annapolis, MD, USA; East Carolina Pirates running back Rahjai Harris (47) stiff arms North Carolina State Wolfpack safety Bishop Fitzgerald (7) during the second half of the Go Bowling Military Bowl at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images | Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images

On the latest episode of the NC State Insider Podcast, we'll recap the 2024 Military Bowl loss to in-state rival ECU. With the season opener and rematch against the Pirates just a few weeks away, we go in-depth into what went wrong in December.

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North Carolina State head coach Dave Doeren spoke to media last week to discuss fall camp developments and more. Here is a partial transcript of what Doeren had to say:

Doeren: "First day. Excited to be back on the grass with the guys. Obviously, competing against one another. You do so much of these walkthroughs and things throughout the summer.

The guys are training and today is a chance to get your first glimpse. I was happy to see the conditioning of many of the players. It’s good to have some guys back that were out last year.

Q: To see Isaiah Shirley, Caden Fordham, and some of those guys playing for us again. It was fun to see, and they look great. You can see there’s some continuity with CJ (Bailey), different from last year, being a returning starter with his receivers.

Doeren: "I think we’re all offensively excited to see Duke Scott. He had a really good spring. He’s building off of a tremendous summer in the weight room. Spike Sowells, young offensive lineman that did a really nice job early in the spring, and had a good summer.

Defensively, there’s just a lot of new parts that came in, and so whether they’re new or, I guess, they’re all new when you talk about transfers and freshmen, but it’s good to see Brian (Nelson II), the corner, transferred in here. He had a good day today, very smooth mover. Ronnie Royal, I thought, took advantage of a lot of reps today, did a nice job in there.

It’s going to be a process, getting these guys into a lot of situational football and competitive drills, to see how they handle the load. It’s the first day of practice, not a lot of install, but there’s a lot of competition coming in this training camp. But, I’ll be able to give you a lot more detail with guys after that."

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