With game week comes the first alarming development of football season, alas. Dave Doeren announced on Monday that veteran offensive tackle Tyrone Riley will not play this season because of a foot injury. NC State is asking the NCAA to grant him a sixth year of eligibility.
Riley may not have been a starter this season but he definitely would have been in the rotation up front; he appeared in all 13 games last year, making a pair of starts, and was on the field for 253 snaps. That qualifies as a lot of experience for an offensive lineman on this roster.