Prognosticators and football fans everywhere thought NC State would really miss quarterback Russell Wilson, who transferred to Wisconsin, but so far, so good in new quarterback Mike Glennon.

Tom O’Brien, during his weekly news conference, noted that he was especially good against Liberty last weekend considering that he had not started a game in four years.

“He hadn’t played a full game since the state championship in high school,” O’Brien said. “so he was all excited and knew that there were some things that he was going to have to do better and learn from, but he’s got a great attitude, a great amount of talent and he will continue to get better as we go along.”

O’Brien said he didn’t like seeing his quarterback get “clobbered” but it was a good sign that Glennon got back up and played unaffected by the hits.

He added that Glennon was able to move around in the pocket well, buying time. He added when nothing was there, he made good choices including tucking the ball in and running for a first down. “He’s a little quicker than people thought he was,” O’Brien said.

O’Brien said that Glennon graded out well as he looked at the films from last week’s game. “You go back and you look at his mechanics. You go back and look at his reads. Is he throwing to the right person? Is he
throwing on time? I think all those things he checked off.”

He’ll have to do it this Saturday against a Wake Forest team that’s better than last week’s opponent. The Demon Deacons return eight starters on defense.