NC State, East Carolina Are Kicking Off Their 2025 Seasons Opposing Each Other Thursday Night In Raleigh
NC State, East Carolina are kicking off their 2025 seasons opposing each other Thursday night in North Carolina’s state capital!
Where?
On the gridiron!
NC State, East Carolina opposed each other a season ago in the Go Military Bowl in Annapolis Maryland on Saturday December 28, 2024!
The result?
A 26-21 loss for NC State In the 4th quarter Hollywood Smothers caught 33 yard pass from CJ Bailey , Kanoah Vinesett kicked, made extra point giving NC State 21-20 lead in Go Bowling Military Bowl in 4th quarter Saturday night in Annapolis Maryland.
Though,
NC State took 21-20 lead in Go Bowling Military Bowl NC State’s 2024 season came to conclusion with 26-21 loss to East Carolina as Rahjai Harris ran for 86 yard touchdown before brawl occured between teams.
Because of the brawl between NC State, East Carolina in the Go Bowling Military Bowl players were, ejected tossed from both teams.
Following NC State’s 26-21 loss to East Carolina in Go Bowling Military Bowl Saturday NC State Head Coach Dave Doeren had this to say about the play Rahjai Harris that was a touchdown!
That was a good play call by them,”
They're down one, third-and-10, you're thinking they're going to throw the football.
According to the Associated Press on ESPN App
A 26-21 win for East Carolina as Rahjai Harris ran for 86 yard touchdown!
Following East Carolina ‘s 26-21 win over NC State in the Go Bowling Military Bowl East Carolina Head Coach Blake Harrell had this to say about his team!
We've been talking all the last three months about, hey, playing together, playing with effort, playing with energy,Nobody plays harder than the Pirates, and that's what we wanted to do today."
According to https://ecupirates.com/news/2024/12/28/football-east-carolina-wins-military-bowl-thriller-over-nc-state
Kickoff is set for 7:00pm from Carter Finely Stadium!
The game is going to be televised on ACC Network with Wes Durham, Steve Addazio, Dana Boyle commentating!
Wes Durham is a play-by-play commentator for ESPN and ACC Network, ESPN’s network devoted to Atlantic Coast Conference sports. Durham, a highly respected and accomplished broadcaster who has been around college sports and the ACC his entire life, calls college football and basketball games on ESPN platforms in addition to contributing to ACCN studio shows.
One of the original hires when ACC Network launched in 2019, Durham previously co-hosted the Packer and Durham morning show alongside Mark Packer – a program they started in 2018 as ACC This Morning on SiriusXM ACC Radio. After three years on ACCN, Durham shifted to a play-by-play-centric role for the network.
In 2023, Durham was named the play-by-play voice for ACC Primetime Football, where he calls weekly high-profile ACC games with Tom Luginbill and Dana Boyle. During the men’s college basketball season, Durham is also one of the network’s lead game-callers.
Durham’s name has been synonymous with the ACC for years. He was the radio voice for Georgia Tech from 1995-2013 before joining Fox Sports South/Raycom Sports to handle play-by-play duties for ACC football, basketball and baseball games. Durham’s family also has a special history in the conference. His father, Woody, was the legendary “Voice of the Tar Heels” for 40 years.
Since 2020, Durham has contributed to ESPN’s coverage of the PGA Championship as a play-by-play commentator on Featured Group streams on ESPN+
In addition to working in the ACC, Durham had stints early in his career as the radio announcer of athletic teams at Marshall, Radford and Vanderbilt.
Beyond his ESPN roles, Durham has been the radio play-by-play voice for the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons since 2004.
A native of Cary, N.C., Durham graduated from Elon University with a bachelor’s degree in Mass Communications.
Durham learned about broadcasting while working at Elon’s WSOE student radio, where he called 150 football and basketball games in four years as an undergraduate.
Durham was inducted into the Georgia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 2015, while Elon’s School of Communications honored him as its Distinguished Alumnus in April 2013. An 11-time winner of the Georgia Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sports Media Association (NSMA), Durham is a longtime member of the NSMA board and in 2022 he became president of the board.
Steve Addazio’s extensive career includes head coaching tenures at Boston College, Temple and Colorado State, as well as assistant and associate head coaching stints at Syracuse, Indiana, Notre Dame, Florida – where he was a two-time BCS National Champion – and most recently, Texas A&M.
According to Amanda Brooks ESPN article https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2024/08/espn-welcomes-veteran-head-coach-steve-addazio-as-college-football-analyst/amp/
Dana Boyle is a college football and lacrosse reporter, who was named the sideline reporter for ACC Primetime Football on ACC Network in July 2024. She works alongside play-by-play voice Wes Durham and analyst Tom Luginbill.
Boyle joined ESPN and ACC Network in 2020, serving as an analyst and sideline reporter for college lacrosse and PLL coverage. Boyle has also reported on college hockey coverage across ESPN platforms and prior to joining ESPN, she interned with the College Football Playoff.
A University of Virginia graduate, Boyle is a former All-ACC lacrosse player for the Cavaliers.
According to https://espnpressroom.com/us/bios/dana-boyle/