Tuffy Talk

Tuffy Talk is the premier NC State Wolfpack sports podcast, no filter, no fluff, just real Pack fans talking real Pack sports. Every Monday night at 8:30 PM ET, Layton Smith, Greg "The Leg" Haas, and analyst Ethan Barry break down everything happening in NC State football, basketball, baseball, and beyond. Hot takes, stat breakdowns, recruiting updates, transfer portal news, Pack Pro spotlights, and the moments that make Wolfpack Nation what it is. Founded in December 2020. Now in our 3.0 era, bigger team, better content, same Wolfpack passion. New episodes every Monday. Additional content dropping throughout the week. Subscribe on YouTube: youtube.com/@tuffytalknow Follow on Twitter/X: @tuffytalknow | @ncstatestats | @PackFanInNOVA Exclusive weekly NC State breakdowns, members-only rumor chat, and more: patreon.com/cw/ncstatestats — $5/month Tuffy Talk LLC. Ral

Tuffy Talk is a sports podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 636 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #54

  The Technician Wants Doeren Gone. We Disagree - Tuffy Talk Live

  Aug 18, 20261h 22mS5

  The Technician ran a piece headlined "don't let the Doeren hit you on the way out," twelve days before the season starts. Sub .500 in conference, no ACC Championship appearances, a losing bowl record. Here is what that argument leaves out. Dave Doeren inherited a 2013 roster that gave up 35 points in a single quarter to Florida State. Take those eight losses off his record and he goes from a .48 coach to a .52 coach. And NC State has won ten games once in its entire history, with Philip Rivers and four non-conference cupcakes to do it. Then the good news. Ven-Allen Lubin is back for a fifth year, and he did it by turning down Oklahoma and Will Wade at LSU. Wade said at his introductory press conference that he would find fifteen players in the portal. He is at four, and the two he chased hardest, Paul McNeil and Lubin, both said no while NC State was almost certainly not the highest bidder. Ethan's Stat Pack digs into what Lubin actually needs to improve, which is not the offense. Torvik has NC State 26th nationally and fifth in the ACC, behind Duke, Virginia, Louisville and Miami, and that is before any step forward on defense. Plus why the Wolfpack is a five and a half point underdog at Virginia, the new Fort Bragg partnership and the Wolfpack Warriors uniforms for the September 11 home opener, Jamel Johnson returning at corner, and a men's soccer team that might be the best program on campus. 11 days until NC State at Virginia. Follow Tuffy Talk wherever you listen, and catch us live every Monday at 8:30 PM on YouTube. Support the show on Patreon, 12 members-only NC State breakdowns a month for $5: patreon.com/c/tuffytalk #ad Powered by Oconee Gold BBQ. Code TUFFYTALK for 15% off your entire order. oconeegoldbbqsauce.com #NCState #GoPack #Wolfpack #TuffyTalk Send us Fan Mail Support the show New episodes every week. Follow the show so you never miss one. Support Tuffy Talk on Patreon and get 12 members-only NC State breakdowns every month for just $5: patreon.com/c/tuffytalk Find Tuffy Talk on all major podcast platforms — Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, iHeart, and more. Search "Tuffy Talk" wherever you listen. Follow us everywhere: Twitter/X: @tuffytalknow Greg "The Leg" Haas: @PackFanInNOVA Ethan Barry: @ncstatestats #NCState #GoPack #Wolfpack #TuffyTalk

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  Episode #51

  Chris Hart's First Interview: What Changes After Avent — Tuffy Talk

  Aug 12, 202629 minS5

  Part 2 of this conversation is on Patreon. For 30 years, NC State baseball meant Elliott Avent. Now it's Chris Hart's program — and he just spoke to the media for the first time since taking over. Ethan and Greg break down what he said, and the answer that caught them both off guard. Asked what he'd do differently, Hart didn't talk about pulling pitchers or building a lineup. He talked about expectations — specifically about coming from Florida State, where getting to Omaha wasn't a goal you chased, it was the floor. He told a story about Texas beating the Seminoles and nobody celebrating the season, because Omaha had been the assumption all along. He wants that standard in Raleigh. Along the way: whether winning the ACC should be a real goal or an afterthought, why fans may have been souring on Avent after three decades, what playing to your personnel actually looks like for this roster, and the stolen base problem that drives Greg crazy. Rhett Johnson went 7-for-9 on the bases for USA Baseball this summer. He had 14 steals all season at NC State. Plus what it signals that NC State promoted from inside the building instead of hiring away from it. Part 2 is on Patreon — coaching staff roles, the roster, and where we think this team actually lands. $5 a month gets you that plus 11 more breakdowns: patreon.com/c/tuffytalk New episodes every week — follow so you never miss one. Follow us: Twitter/X: @tuffytalknow Greg "The Leg" Haas: @PackFanInNOVA Ethan Barry: @ncstatestats #NCState #GoPack #Wolfpack #TuffyTalk #NCStateBaseball Send us Fan Mail Support the show New episodes every week. Follow the show so you never miss one. Support Tuffy Talk on Patreon and get 12 members-only NC State breakdowns every month for just $5: patreon.com/c/tuffytalk Find Tuffy Talk on all major podcast platforms — Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, iHeart, and more. Search "Tuffy Talk" wherever you listen. Follow us everywhere: Twitter/X: @tuffytalknow Greg "The Leg" Haas: @PackFanInNOVA Ethan Barry: @ncstatestats #NCState #GoPack #Wolfpack #TuffyTalk

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  Episode #52

  KaTron Evans Is Eligible... Until August 24 - Tuffy Talk Live

  Aug 12, 20261h 22mS5

  NC State spent two weeks being told its defensive line was the scariest thing on the roster. Then a federal judge handed the Wolfpack its nose guard back, nineteen days before kickoff. KaTron Evans is eligible and practicing. The NCAA denied his waiver, denied his appeal, and had him off the roster on July 28, one day before camp opened. He went to federal court and won a temporary restraining order. The catch: a TRO is temporary by definition, and there is another hearing on August 18. Greg and I get into what Evans actually fixes on a defensive line that was leaning on a guy with 96 career snaps, Justin Gainey landing a kid NC State offered while he was completely unranked, Micah Handlogten and the portal-timing loophole, why nobody can stop Will Wilson on fourth down, and the tenth straight year NC State has put a player on the Freaks List. 18 days until NC State at Virginia. Follow Tuffy Talk wherever you listen, and catch us live every Monday at 8:30 PM on YouTube. Support the show on Patreon, 12 members-only NC State breakdowns a month for $5: patreon.com/c/tuffytalk #ad Powered by Oconee Gold BBQ. Code TUFFYTALK for 15% off your entire order. #NCState #GoPack #Wolfpack #TuffyTalk Send us Fan Mail Support the show New episodes every week. Follow the show so you never miss one. Support Tuffy Talk on Patreon and get 12 members-only NC State breakdowns every month for just $5: patreon.com/c/tuffytalk Find Tuffy Talk on all major podcast platforms — Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, iHeart, and more. Search "Tuffy Talk" wherever you listen. Follow us everywhere: Twitter/X: @tuffytalknow Greg "The Leg" Haas: @PackFanInNOVA Ethan Barry: @ncstatestats #NCState #GoPack #Wolfpack #TuffyTalk

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  Episode #50

  My Top 5 NC State Players Got REJECTED (No Philip Rivers) — Tuffy Talk

  Aug 4, 20261h 20mS5

  We got asked to submit our top 5 NC State football players of all time. The list got rejected, because Philip Rivers wasn't on it. Layton stands by it anyway: Ted Brown, Torry Holt, Bradley Chubb, Mario Williams, Adrian Wilson. Greg argues you cannot build a top 5 without a quarterback, and brings his own list. Ethan watches the two of them go at it. Before that: a federal judge just granted an entire class of athletes a fifth year of eligibility, and three former Wolfpack basketball players are caught in the middle, with Ven-Allen Lubin looking like the most likely to return. Plus whether a player who transfers away still counts as one of ours, and a response to the writer who called NC State's defensive line the thinnest he can remember. 25 days until NC State opens at Virginia. New episodes every week — follow so you never miss one. Support Tuffy Talk on Patreon: 12 members-only NC State breakdowns a month for $5 — patreon.com/c/tuffytalk Follow us: Twitter/X: @tuffytalknow Greg "The Leg" Haas: @PackFanInNOVA Ethan Barry: @ncstatestats #NCState #GoPack #Wolfpack #TuffyTalk Send us Fan Mail Support the show New episodes every week. Follow the show so you never miss one. Support Tuffy Talk on Patreon and get 12 members-only NC State breakdowns every month for just $5: patreon.com/c/tuffytalk Find Tuffy Talk on all major podcast platforms — Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, iHeart, and more. Search "Tuffy Talk" wherever you listen. Follow us everywhere: Twitter/X: @tuffytalknow Greg "The Leg" Haas: @PackFanInNOVA Ethan Barry: @ncstatestats #NCState #GoPack #Wolfpack #TuffyTalk

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  Episode #49

  NC State Defense Preview: Only 46% of Production Returns — Tuffy Talk

  Aug 2, 202656 minS5

  NC State's offense returns 62% of its production. The defense returns 46%. Layton and Ethan go position by position through the 2026 Wolfpack defense — every projected starter, all five defensive transfers, and whether a rebuilt unit is a downgrade or an upgrade. KaTron Evans is suing the NCAA after his waiver was denied a day before camp. Harvey Dyson arrives from Tulane to carry a pass rush that generated only 20 sacks last season — and Ethan digs into why that number should have been much higher. Josiah Victor has 96 career snaps and might be the most important player on the roster. By the end, the two of us flatly disagree on how good this defense can be. Part 2 of our 2026 preview series. Full season predictions coming next. New episodes every week — follow so you never miss one. Support Tuffy Talk on Patreon: 12 members-only NC State breakdowns a month for $5 — patreon.com/c/tuffytalk Follow us: Twitter/X: @tuffytalknow Greg "The Leg" Haas: @PackFanInNOVA Ethan Barry: @ncstatestats #NCState #GoPack #Wolfpack #TuffyTalk Send us Fan Mail Support the show New episodes every week. Follow the show so you never miss one. Support Tuffy Talk on Patreon and get 12 members-only NC State breakdowns every month for just $5: patreon.com/c/tuffytalk Find Tuffy Talk on all major podcast platforms — Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, iHeart, and more. Search "Tuffy Talk" wherever you listen. Follow us everywhere: Twitter/X: @tuffytalknow Greg "The Leg" Haas: @PackFanInNOVA Ethan Barry: @ncstatestats #NCState #GoPack #Wolfpack #TuffyTalk

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