NC State is losing enough on both sides of the ball to warrant tempered expectations in 2019, even with a schedule as friendly as the one before us. It’s hard to believe the team will be bad, but there are so many question marks that it’s equally hard to believe that there won’t be at least some regression.
2019’s group certainly won’t have the potential of the 2018 team, but it faces a similar schedule situation that really does leave the door open for another strong record. Just like last year, the ACC is a logjam of okay to decent football teams, all pretending to chase Clemson who has lapped everyone so many times we’ve lost count.