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• Matt Carter, TheWolfpacker.com — Column: Young Wolfpack shows potential but has work to do
NC State football is 2-0 after wins over East Carolina and Western Carolina by a combined score of 75-6. That alone is a reason for optimism going forward.
Yet after two games perhaps it’s more accurate to feel that the Wolfpack could yet have been so much better in those wins, which is probably the byproduct of taking the football field with a young team that only has nine healthy scholarship seniors this year (one of whom — corner Nick McCloud — missed the Western Carolina contest with an injury).
Dave Doeren didn’t say too much about Bam Knight during training camp.
Knight was the star of N.C. State’s spring game but the Wolfpack coach didn’t mention the freshman running back often in August.
Turns out, there was a good reason for that.
“I fumbled three days in a row,” Knight said.
That’s a no-no with Doeren, regardless of how well you played in the spring or how highly rated you were as a recruit. So far, Knight has figured out how to hold onto the ball.
North Carolina State’s Zonovan Knight had such a bad week of practice during preseason camp that he began having thoughts that didn’t make any sense to him.
“I had a three-day period where I fumbled every day,” Knight said. “I felt like quitting.”
On Saturday afternoon, he felt like running through would-be tacklers and it ended up as part of a monumental performance.
The freshman running back rushed for 119 yards and two touchdowns as N.C. State wore down visiting Western Carolina in a 41-0 victory at Carter-Finley Stadium.
Now that the season has begun, Knight appears to be in good form. It wasn’t always that way.
Headlines
• The Wolfpacker — Column: Young Wolfpack shows potential but has work to do
• The Wolfpacker — Notebook: Ground game comes alive in win over WCU
• The Wolfpacker — Quick hits from NC State’s 41-0 win over Western Carolina
• The Wolfpacker — Video reel: NC State 41, Western Carolina 0
• The Wolfpacker — Audio: Dave Doeren postgame press conference
• Associated Press — NC State posts 41-0 shutout over Western Carolina
• Raleigh News & Observer — ‘Humbled’ Bam Knight shines in NC State’s win over Western Carolina
• Raleigh News & Observer — NC State pastes Western Carolina to improve to 2-0
• Burlington Times-News — What a Knight for Wolfpack: NC State freshman sets tone with big game
• Technician — Knight, running game flourish in rout of Catamounts
• Technician — Three-headed rushing attack powers Pack past Western Carolina
• Technician — Wolfpack goes 0-3 at VCU Invitational with loss to Alabama
• Technician — Pack looks to rebound against Duquesne after home loss
• GoPack.com — Three touchdown second quarter propels Pack to 41-0 shutout
• GoPack.com — Women’s soccer to host Duquesne Sunday
• GoPack.com — Women’s golf to open season Monday at Cougar Classic
• GoPack.com — Pack set to open season at Gopher Invitational
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