N.C. State's defense intercepted four passes and held the offense to 11-for-29 passing for 88 yards and one touchdown on Tuesday night in the Wolfpack's third preseason scrimmage.
The defense added eight tackles for loss and four quarterback sacks while the offense rushed for 122 yards on 36 carries. In the situational scrimmage, the offense worked situations when it was ahead by seven points, trailing by seven points and in a tie game with various times on the clock and timeouts remaining.
Coach Tom O'Brien did not release individual statistics.
"There was a lot of enthusiasm out there tonight," O'Brien said in a news release issued by the school's sports information department. "It was a good scrimmage from the standpoint of giving us many teachable moments."
The team will not practice Wednesday on the opening day of classes, and will return to the field Thursday morning as the Wolfpack begins its new morning practice schedule.
Comments
Situation
Wed, 08/18/2010 - 09:42 — YAR8packI think this is certainly good just by judging the situations the defense was put in. Call me crazy, but I don't really see the offense being as much an issue as this article would lead you to believe. The defense is typically light years ahead of the offense during preseason camp. Of course the only real way to tell what is and what will be is time on the field.
Anyone ready for opening weekend?
right
Wed, 08/18/2010 - 13:00 — SurferYou are probably right, but 4 ints seems like a lot? Were they QB or reciever errors, or perhaps they were "teachable moments" orchestrated to build up the DBs confinence.
Yes, I am ready for some football.
That's one Thing
Wed, 08/18/2010 - 14:08 — YAR8packReceiver caused interceptions are one thing that drives me absolutely bonkers. I'd love for the NCAA and the NFL to come up with a new stat saying an int was caused by a receiver's brick hands. And as any State fan can tell you, there certainly were some brick-handed moments for the Pack during the course of last year. Yes, I'm looking at you Jay Smith.