LOCKER ROOM REPORT: Wolfpack Players

NC State’s Devon Betty, Noah Rogers, and C.J. Bailey met with the media following the Wolfpack's 24-17 loss to Syracuse Saturday evening.

Betty helped catalyze the Pack’s defense with 10 tackles, one quarterback hurry, one pass breakup, and ½ tackle for a loss. Rogers led State’s receiver corps with four receptions for 95 yards, including a 75-yard touchdown reception in the fourth quarter. Bailey completed 17 of his 24 pass attempts for 329 yards and one touchdown with one interception while also rushing for 28 yards on seven carries.

NOTE: Click on each player’s respective thumbnail to watch each interview in the player above.

Devon Betty

"The key to it is to keep everybody glued together. It's tough. It's tough. When things like this happen, for most teams, the team starts to break up, separate, go their own way. Everybody starts doing their own thing. But here we've been through enough stuff together to know that we're all we've got. We're all we need. We know how to do it. We've got to stick together, move on and get back to work."

"[Kamal Bonner] did a phenomenal job today. You can't ask for anything better from a [redshirt freshman]. You can't ask for anything better. He stepped up. He did what he had to do. I hope he's going to continue to get better and move on to next week."

Noah Rogers

"I wouldn't necessarily say tough. I know our offense knows what we're doing. As we get down to the red zone, we turn the ball over. We're going on pace. We've got to stay on schedule and keep executing. Focus. That's lack of focus right there. We’ve to keep pushing."

"We're either going to bend or break. There's a lot of guys in the locker room who's not going for that. I'm definitely not going for that. I'm going to keep playing. It's a blessing to play this game. Why would we stop here? There's still a lot of football ahead. A lot of the great things can happen. This is the turning point of the season where we go into the second half and change things around get things going.

"The main message is finish. The second half of the season, we've got to finish and keep playing hard. We haven't been playing our Wolfpack football. We've been showing a lot of glimpses. We want to execute harder."

"It isn't too much. It's film work. You’ve got to know where people are on the field. Simple scramble rules: I see the guy on the right of me coming down, so that means I have to work my way up. That's all it is right there. Right on the money, C.J. found me."

C.J. Bailey

"It's all mental stuff, the little details. We worked on everything during the week. We got ball security drills every day of the week. We're holding the ball and carrying the ball. Even though Kendrick [Raphael] fumbled, I fumbled. I've got to take care of the ball as I'm in the pocket. I'll take you through the play: I didn't really expect it; it was an RPO. I didn't really expect him to come off the edge. I was getting ready to throw the ball and didn't get it.”

"We had ball security drills the whole week, and we still fumbled the ball. We've got to take care of that. Fumbling, that's something that shouldn't happen. Interceptions, I've got to take care of that. That shouldn't happen either. The main thing is we have to take care of the ball. That's the main thing going into next week.”

“The main thing I'm proud of is that we kept fighting. We did not lay down. Everybody had each other's back and trusted each other. That's the biggest thing that I saw this weekend. I want to see that next weekend. Moving forward, [we have to] keep playing. No matter the score, no matter how we're playing, keep playing. That's what I've seen this week, and I love it. That's a positive that I love from the team."