NC State Football's RB solution: Jordan Waters' impact on the 2024 season

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iander here next up on 999 the fan thanks for hanging out to us don't forget you can listen to 999 the fan all week long through the weekend the closing Ceremonies for coverage of the summer games from France here's the current medal count presented by North Carolina FC the team of the United States of America America Team USA 24 gold medals leading All Nations 86 medals overall that is number one when it comes to medal count number two the People's Republic of China 22 gold medals 60 overall and again it's the host country France 13 gold medals and 48 medals overall as the number three spot Summer Games updates on 999 the fan brought to you by North Carolina FC get your tickets today at North Carolina fc.com I had to look up this statr because normally I would have you do it but had to make sure that this was actually the case and I'm waiting for the uh this uh this specific stat to come back up and here it is and one of the biggest concerns that has come out in the last uh since since in the off season for and especially when it comes to top 25 teams the NC State wolf pack one of their bigger concerns going into 2024 was establishing a running game I think we could all agree with that and that is something that has been FL by the pundits and the preseason prognosticators all the peas when it comes to the NC State wolf pack this season the one thing that would hold them back in making a serious run at the college football playoff because we've expanded to 12 teams they know the expectations Dave Dorne has said he knows the expectations this team knows it wants to be the year of the wolf pack it has been said over and over and over again but I had to go look up the stat to make sure that this was a legitimate concern besides the fact that they did pick up Jordan Waters as a year senior out of the transfer portal from the Duke Blue Devils Jordan Waters who rushed for 819 yard last season his most successful season the year season prior to that 566 this is with Riley Leonard at quarterback who has now moved on remember those numbers I know it's tough to keep that stuff in your head I may have to refer back to it again 819 yards rushing for Jordan Waters last season's top rusher for the NC State wolf pack was Brennan Armstrong I had to go back and look this up don't remind State fans from scrimmage Brendan Armstrong was your top rusher and did it in 12 games in 12 games frency State rush for 665 yards the next number two on the rushing list Graham can I guess yes please guess casy concepion Bingo jet sweeps Casey concepion in 13 games rushed for 32 yards that is number one and number two number two those were the two top rushers they weren't even running backs that shows you right away why whatever it is that was promised to Jordan Waters at state was going to be hopefully well worth it as opposed to hopefully he got underpaid to come here because this team had to address the biggest biggest flaw and if you look up and down the top 25 college football teams and I've been dissecting these lists for the past couple of days for this specific moment there are no other teams that have question marks when it comes to running backs it is it so the thought process is if that is truly fixed and the holes can be created for Jordan Waters and I'm not I'm not saying that uh W mothers will not play a role to because he will they will they will make sure that they are handing that that that they are feeding the male carriers for sure tote and the mail that the only thing that everyone like universally it is unanimous the one thing that had to be the biggest thing that the biggest concern was was the running game so it's interesting that you mentioned Jordan Waters because offensive coordinator Robert and N spoke to the media yesterday following NC State six practice of their official camp and uh you know obviously they were asking about the new offensive weapons that he has the new toys that he has to play with this season and when he was discussing Jordan Waters uh he said that he's a catchall guy he's not just one type of player that when he comes on the field he's only going to do for example only pass block and only run the ball he is a guy that does it all from the start from start to finish he and he has a really good offense with Coach Thunder as well so it sounds like we might be seeing a little more out of Jordan Waters than maybe some State fans were anticipating rather lot State fans might have just been anticipating Jordan wall to be a north south player might be going east to west set him up in uh screen passes jet sweeps I mean we'll see you keep your fingers crossed in that case as a state fan as you lead into that game that first game which is three weeks away initially with what is left in terms of fall practice that that is the one thing that everyone's like this is what we got to solve like it wasn't even about quarterback it was like that's not the you know the issue wasn't quarterback right you had quarterbacks you've got Grayson McCall in now it wasn't the issue that had to be solved which is strange because that was the issue last year was like consistency at quarterback and figuring out how to get things going it wasn't defense it was like can we get the running game going I mean I see quarterback I mean I see quarterback issues among the top 25 more than anything else and a lot of defense like and they're talking about quarterback at places like Clemson and Ohio State yeah but not with NC State the wolf pack it's about running and if they get the running game going apparently hopefully that's the one thing that gives them that nudge on paper NC State talent wise should not should eliminate any questions of what a good college football team should look like and I know Earl Reese host of The Sport Shop who's listening right now thank you ree for tuning in on your way home will laugh at this when he hears me say as State fans that should be the most concern in thing when it comes to the superstitious part of going to the season but on a serious note Casey concepion can we Circle back to him for a little bit sure hopefully he doesn't get as many jet sweeps second leading rusher last season yep Robert and I was and I find I only bring this up because I find this interesting Robert NY was asked yesterday does K how much does KY concep shion's game change with the more weapons around him I think maybe you know how much does the foot come off the gas a little bit for KC this season and Robert and I said not not at all it doesn't change at all he said Casey concept as a sophomore is a game leing player and he's somebody they have he's one of the primary guys that they have to get the ball to early on the season which I find interesting know as you think all these offensive guys Casey doesn't have to do a lot of the heavy lifting like he did last season it seems like Robert ny's going the Mantra of is not bro don't fix it right I was just to say I was just going to say that he is he last year last season he was rough 60% of the offense like if you break it down and if returning this year if it were just pure and it will never be this way again but if it were just pure non-nil just total recruits and the fact that transfers were eligible right away right and you were just going to run it back with the team that you had and say you do get you know Grayson McCall who makes the transfer whatever it is you get that back Casey kpan would be legitimately the only offensive threat on this team yeah based on last year's performance it would be him take out the nil take out those natural trans take out those star transfers right we the ones we consider Stars the big names that get us all going at the pep rallies and and at the nil Banquets and things like that like he's the guy like he has to be the guy like it's sent to me production wise it might be 40% Casey concepion 20% Jordan Waters 20% Naro Rogers and then 20% Justin Jolie just because I want to see tight in production out of NC State this season that's something that I feel like that offense has been lacking for a long time the last time I can remember a I and I can't remember his name but Ryan Ryan Finley season was the last time they really utilized a tight end player for an NC State offense you're talking multiple seasons ago two two seasons ago even before Devon Larry and bayy Hawkman State fans would getet about bayy hawman I feel I feel like bayy hotman was kind of disrespected a little bit during his time at NC State just because he was a lefty quarterback his ears are ringing right now for you Graham there's no doubt about at Middle Tennessee if he's even still there [Music] Graham Hill with three things you need to know right now from 999 the fan the division one board of directors voted unanimously to introduce a proposal that will give performance units the team play to teams that play in March Madness The Proposal goes to the ncaa's Board of Governors later this 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always fixes problems but it sounds like no they there's a I don't use the word hate very often I actually despise the word hate but they these guys hate each other now they do not get along well I mean weren't they kind of the male version of like Fleetwood Mack as far as like a lot of songs were written a lot of their songs were written about like uh not you know just scandalous events with like their shared Fe I don't even know how I'm trying to phrase this because you're kiss but you get what I'm saying that is an earworm song though I'll give you that I'll give you that full earworms those haul and oats guys Hall and Oats used to be the uh if you know your hockey St Louis back in the day had Brett Hull and Adam Oats so they did a play off of them it was called Hull and oats oh okay well I was thinking the jonto make believes used uh um Co cuz it's you you make my dreams goal s a terrible go that's a terrible goal song that's an awful goal song caught my attention when I heard it sure it did you must be a big Maple leafes fan I'm kidding the Matthews baby why not that's all they have now they still have uh Max DOI Max doy I remember Max doy was playing his rookie season when he was playing with the Arizona Coyotes the now defunct Arizona Coyotes I remember Mr Game s himself Max doy of the Carolina Hurricanes Max doy against the Boston Bruins we have people a journeyman for sure we have people calling in probably telling us gram this is gram Paul this is a sports show not a top 40 it's okay today D people are filling sandbags on the coast right now like they people got bigger things to worry about I Promise You by the way speaking of that uh Coastal Carolina football is in town they are yeah NC State uh they're coming back to get graceon McCall they should hey dude still not too late you can bring you back but that's the relationship that Coastal Carolina uh former offensive coordinator Tim uh Tim Beck Tim Beck who's the coach there for for the chanta clear uh coming back they're using the practice facility the indoor facility here because of all the uh tropical storm Debbie that is happening along the coast like everything on the coast is up for flood warnings and stuff right now we're supposed to get it here in the Triangle here in the Raleigh area I guess tomorrow I guess is like the big day the governor has like a news conference in like an hour or so 11 A.M actually y so he's going to dig out his big weather maps and tell everybody what they need to do hopefully we all don't go flocking to buy bread and butter and eggs and things like that word on the street is Jim Cantor is actually making his way up two Myrle beats so Coastal Carolina heard that he was coming into their Hometown and went we got to get out of here well that's the bit right whenever Jim Kor comes to your town that's when you know it's time to evacuate when uh I if if nature threatens the miniature golf capital of the world I would want Jim Cantor there I'm like it is the truth Minature golf Capital Mertle Beach there are so many miniature golf courses in Myrtle Beach it's off the charts like every other thing it's like it's like Dollar General and Dollar Tree stores like and then golf course yeah those are everywhere those are every everywhere you go right and then a Sky Wheel it's like no matter where you no matter where you right a sky like every town has a Sky Wheel why Raleigh does not have a Sky Wheel is beyond me like everybody's got a ferris wheel no it's a ferris wheel y'all it's a ferris wheel it's like 20 bucks to see trees you can get that same view by the way a couple of bars downtown in Raleigh like go to the top there's a couple places I was one month or two ago for a Klein event anyway you can see all around it's fantastic or go to Mount Trashmore I'm not supposed to say that out loud Mount Trashmore that's Mount Trashmore is supposed to be like a a community secret but it's not but it's really cool to go there like I love going there anyway uh so stay safe everybody a lot of rain's coming uh you may be better off this fall watching football at someone else's house if you're looking to save some money uh Disney ESPN Plus Hulu just came out said they're raising the price yet again oh my so if my mom's listening she's going be so happy to know that she did a good job of convince me to cancel my Hulu subscription it's going up uh this is going up uh in October October 17th much by how because I was paying like 8.99 $89.99 or something so they're going to go up uh right now there's a there's a disy what were you so Hulu you playing Hulu Hulu streaming I had Hulu live Hulu live so that's go so you had no ads or ads yeah yep you had no ads okay so no ads is going to go up to $95.99 so six six bucks wow so that's uh get yourself a two-piece at bows that's how much it's going up you'll have to you'll have to have one less two piece at bows a two-piece chicken dinner because of that subscription every month 95 $95.99 Hulu Plus live TV now this doesn't include now you got everything right so this is like everything with live TV there's that new venue Sports thing that's coming right so venue that was announced it's Disney Warner Brothers Discovery and fox all coming together right so this is going to be this big uh joint kind of like let's give you all the sports venue Sports is what it's called it's coming so the rumored price point was supposed to be near 50 a month it's 43 a month $43 a month but here's the bit this year you're going to get every NBA game but excuse me 8238 I didn't have the Disney plus oh okay so but that's still going up that one's going up too that's going up to that's also going up six bucks so so $88 yeah it's jumping up everything's Jumping Up by six six bucks on the top end the venue Sports thing which is 43 a month while it gives you a ton of stuff this year may be the year to buy it but not the following year because this year you're going to get every NBA game but starting in 2025 because NBC is not involved you won't get any NBA and then you're going to get about half the NFL games because you're not going to get NBC prime time you won't get the Prime video games you won't get the CBS Day games on Sundays and you won't get any of the holiday games because Netflix owns those rights so here's the bit like if you have these streaming services get ready like you may want to invest in like one of those garage couches that you just kind of throw throw in there because you're going to have people invading your house house if you've got the funds and your boys don't or what you know however you guys hang out on Saturdays and Sundays for football this fall I'm like and mad just tell them you know what bring over bag of chips you can sit on my garage couch watch games all day long with me don't care it'll be cheaper like it'll be cheaper for them to come to your place than it will be for them to go for them to stay at home because of how much money is being spread out when it comes to watching sports well shout out to my roommate's father for letting us use his YouTube uh YouTube TV say that I to say that out loud you're going to ruin that for the rest of us don't ruin that for the rest of us we're all Bogart everybody out there everybody out there's Bogart password let's be honest I meant I was going to be going what was his son that he's L to you so I meant to say I will be spending a lot of my NFL Sundays at my way tavern downtown okay that totally works totally they'd appreciate it you know or you can come hang out with me at a Carolina house yeah you'll be you'll be at a few of those uh this year for Carolina Panthers watch parties hopefully they're more party than funeral oh with me we'll make it a party either way Graham crashes your party man Graham crashes your tailgate this football season and Now crashes a Carolina ill House near you that's why you were excited about the first weekend of football because you were going to eat you were going to try to eat for free for three consecutive nights with State taking on Western Carolina State Thursday night Duke versus Elon and then EC ver versus norick state so if anybody that's attending those games and has a good tailgate I want to see it all right I I want to prove it I will recognize you hit me up on twitter8 Graham wants to crash your tailgate what's crash your tailgate he also wants free dinner that's what it is I'm 150 I'm 155 pound folks I need to get myself up to uh to Bryce young standard so maybe I could play in the first preseason game Graham just wants one plate your best plate I know people out there solid too when it comes to the tailgates at college football I can't wait I can't wait 17 days away from kickoff for some schools 3 weeks away here in the Triangle yes