Tuffy Talk

Tuffy Talk
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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. Raleigh, NC. Go Pack.

  1. 1d ago

    Why NC State Wants Philip Rivers + 24-Team Playoff - Tuffy Talk Live

    Philip Rivers has never coached a college game, so why is NC State all in? Follow the money. All four of us get into what Rivers means for NIL (name, image and likeness) money, donors, TV slots and maybe even College GameDay, plus who he should and shouldn't bring onto his staff. Then the College Football Playoff goes to 24 teams and kills the ACC Championship Game, and we ask whether conferences even matter anymore. Plus Grinds My Gears on the clickbait, Ethan's take on Rivers' floor at NC State, Joe Thuney heading into the Ring of Honor, Khamil Pierre's career-high 34 at Kentucky, men's soccer beating Wake Forest, and swimming and diving winning the first College Swimming League title. What percentage of his games will Philip Rivers win at NC State? Find us on Twitter and Instagram @tuffytalknow. NEXT UP NC State hosts Syracuse at Carter-Finley on Saturday, November 14. OCONEE GOLD Barbecue sauces, rubs and seasonings, for the Syracuse tailgate and every one after it. https://oconeegoldbbqsauce.com Code TUFFYTALK for 15% off your entire order. #ad PATREON Three members-only videos a week, 12 a month, for $5, plus our members-only rumor chat. https://www.patreon.com/tuffytalk FOLLOW @tuffytalknow Greg @PackFanInNOVA Ethan @ncstatestats Tuffy Talk is live every Monday at 8:30 PM. Football all fall, basketball all winter, baseball all spring. Follow the show wherever you get your podcasts so you never miss one, and if you like it, a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts or Spotify helps more Pack fans find us. #NCState #GoPack #Wolfpack #TuffyTalk Send us Fan Mail Oconee Gold Small Batch BBQ Sauces & Rubs Do you LOVE to barbecue? Our sponsor Oconee Gold makes small batch sauces and rubs down in Statham, Georgia, and they've won Flavor of Georgia twice. Use code TUFFYTALK for 15% off your ENTIRE order, every single time you order. #ad 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

  2. Nov 4

    Gainey Wins His Debut + Where Philip Rivers Stands - Tuffy Talk Live

    Justin Gainey's first game as NC State's head coach ended in an 83-64 win over Campbell, and Ven-Allen Lubin didn't miss a shot. Then we turned to football: why NC State still hasn't named a head coach, what Philip Rivers would cost, and which coaches and players the next staff should keep. Lubin finished with 20 points, 8 of 8 from the field, 3 of 3 from three and 10 rebounds, and Christian Hammond gave the Pack a spark off the bench. On the football side, we get into the emptiest Carter-Finley crowd any of us can remember, why NC State needs a real general manager, and whether Rivers and his son Gunner should come at a discount. Plus women's basketball's 80-50 win over Wofford, a 31st ACC title for women's cross country, and Duke week. Since we recorded, Russell Wilson has interviewed for the football job too. Which assistant coach would you keep for the next staff? Find us on Twitter and Instagram @tuffytalknow. NEXT UP NC State hosts Duke at Carter-Finley on Saturday, November 7 at 12:30 PM on The CW. OCONEE GOLD Barbecue sauces, rubs and seasonings, for the Duke tailgate and every one after it. https://oconeegoldbbqsauce.com Code TUFFYTALK for 15% off your entire order. #ad PATREON Three members-only videos a week, 12 a month, for $5, plus our members-only rumor chat. https://www.patreon.com/tuffytalk FOLLOW @tuffytalknow Greg @PackFanInNOVA Ethan @ncstatestats Tuffy Talk is live every Monday at 8:30 PM. Football all fall, basketball all winter, baseball all spring. Follow the show wherever you get your podcasts so you never miss one. #NCState #GoPack #Wolfpack #TuffyTalk Send us Fan Mail Oconee Gold Small Batch BBQ Sauces & Rubs Do you LOVE to barbecue? Our sponsor Oconee Gold makes small batch sauces and rubs down in Statham, Georgia, and they've won Flavor of Georgia twice. Use code TUFFYTALK for 15% off your ENTIRE order, every single time you order. #ad 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

  3. Oct 28

    Doeren Fired, Is Philip Rivers Next At NC State? - Tuffy Talk Live

    NC State fired Dave Doeren after 14 seasons, and Philip Rivers is the name everyone is talking about to replace him. Athletic director Boo Corrigan still hasn't taken a single question. So who made the call, why now, and is Rivers the right hire? Greg was in the stands at Stanford on Friday night when NC State lost 31-28 in front of an announced crowd of 13,949. By Saturday night Doeren was gone. All four of us get into the timing, the silence from the top, the 2016 overtime loss at Clemson that could have changed everything, and what NC State needs in place before it hires anyone. Then it's Tweets of the Week and an hour on the coaching search: Charles Huff, Jason Eck, Jake Dickert, a hard no on Brian Kelly, and whether Philip Rivers is the smart move, the sexy move or both. Who do you think made the call? Find us on Twitter and Instagram @tuffytalknow. NEXT UP NC State hosts Cal at homecoming on Saturday, October 31 at noon on ACC Network. OCONEE GOLD Barbecue sauces, rubs and seasonings, for the homecoming tailgate and every one after it. https://oconeegoldbbqsauce.com Code TUFFYTALK for 15% off your entire order. #ad PATREON Three members-only videos a week, 12 a month, for $5, plus our members-only rumor chat. https://www.patreon.com/tuffytalk FOLLOW @tuffytalknow Greg @PackFanInNOVA Ethan @ncstatestats Tuffy Talk is live every Monday at 8:30 PM. Football all fall, basketball all winter, baseball all spring. Follow the show wherever you get your podcasts so you never miss one. #NCState #GoPack #Wolfpack #TuffyTalk Send us Fan Mail Oconee Gold Small Batch BBQ Sauces & Rubs Do you LOVE to barbecue? Our sponsor Oconee Gold makes small batch sauces and rubs down in Statham, Georgia, and they've won Flavor of Georgia twice. Use code TUFFYTALK for 15% off your ENTIRE order, every single time you order. #ad 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

  4. Oct 27

    Why Did NC State Fire Dave Doeren, And Who Is Next? - Tuffy Talk Live

    NC State fired Dave Doeren after 14 seasons, and athletic director Boo Corrigan still hasn't taken a single question. So who actually made the call, and why now? Greg was in the stands at Stanford on Friday night when NC State lost 31-28 in front of an announced crowd of 13,949. By Saturday night Doeren was gone. All four of us get into the timing, the silence from the top, the 2016 overtime loss at Clemson that could have changed everything, and what NC State needs in place before it hires anyone. Then it's Tweets of the Week and the coaching search. Who do you think made the call? Find us on Twitter and Instagram @tuffytalknow. NEXT UP NC State hosts Cal at homecoming on Saturday, October 31 at noon on ACC Network. OCONEE GOLD Barbecue sauces, rubs and seasonings, for the homecoming tailgate and every one after it. https://oconeegoldbbqsauce.com Code TUFFYTALK for 15% off your entire order. #ad PATREON Three members-only videos a week, 12 a month, for $5, plus our members-only rumor chat. https://www.patreon.com/tuffytalk FOLLOW @tuffytalknow Greg @PackFanInNOVA Ethan @ncstatestats Tuffy Talk is live every Monday at 8:30 PM. Football all fall, basketball all winter, baseball all spring. Follow the show wherever you get your podcasts so you never miss one. #NCState #GoPack #Wolfpack #TuffyTalk Send us Fan Mail Oconee Gold Small Batch BBQ Sauces & Rubs Do you LOVE to barbecue? Our sponsor Oconee Gold makes small batch sauces and rubs down in Statham, Georgia, and they've won Flavor of Georgia twice. Use code TUFFYTALK for 15% off your ENTIRE order, every single time you order. #ad 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

  5. Oct 22

    Who Pitches Behind Nance? NC State Baseball Fall Ball - Tuffy Talk

    NC State went 1-2 in Chris Hart's first fall, and Ethan still walked away liking this team. Greg and Ethan go through all three exhibitions, including the 7-4 win over UNC at the DBAP. They cover the three stars at the top of the roster, Hunter Warren's new power, the catcher battle between Andrew Raymond and Drew Lanphere, Sam Harris' elite slider, and first looks at transfers Jesse Gutierrez, Chet Lax, Justice De Jong and Connor Chicoli. Then they answer the big one: if the season started tomorrow, who pitches on the weekend behind Anderson Nance? What's your weekend rotation? Find us on Twitter and Instagram @tuffytalknow. NEXT UP NC State football is at Stanford on Friday, October 23 at 10:30 PM ET on ESPN. OCONEE GOLD Barbecue sauces, rubs and seasonings, for every tailgate and every cookout. https://oconeegoldbbqsauce.com Code TUFFYTALK for 15% off your entire order. #ad PATREON Three members-only videos a week, 12 a month, for $5, plus our members-only rumor chat. https://www.patreon.com/tuffytalk FOLLOW @tuffytalknow Greg @PackFanInNOVA Ethan @ncstatestats Tuffy Talk is live every Monday at 8:30 PM. Football all fall, basketball all winter, baseball all spring. Follow the show wherever you get your podcasts so you never miss one. #NCState #GoPack #Wolfpack #TuffyTalk Send us Fan Mail Oconee Gold Small Batch BBQ Sauces & Rubs Do you LOVE to barbecue? Our sponsor Oconee Gold makes small batch sauces and rubs down in Statham, Georgia, and they've won Flavor of Georgia twice. Use code TUFFYTALK for 15% off your ENTIRE order, every single time you order. #ad 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

  6. Oct 20

    Chuck Amato Built The NC State We Know Today - Tuffy Talk Live

    Chuck Amato died Monday morning at 80, and we threw out the plan and spent the first part of the show on him. He played here, won two ACC wrestling titles here, coached here as an assistant, and came home from Florida State to be our head coach. In 2001 his team went into Doak Campbell and beat Bobby Bowden. In 2002 he went 11-3 and beat Notre Dame in the Gator Bowl, and it is still the only 11-win season NC State has ever had. Greg makes the case that Carter-Finley as we know it might not exist without him, and I tell a story about my uncle, who drove the Big Bad Wolf equipment truck and had breakfast with Coach a couple of times a month for years. Then the rest of the week: two more players lost for the season, Justin Gainey's first win, baseball beating Carolina, and Ethan on why NC State basketball should be playing VCU and whether he'd take Duke or the field. What is your Chuck Amato memory? Find us on Twitter and Instagram @tuffytalknow. NEXT UP NC State is at Stanford on Friday, October 23 at 10:30 PM ET on ESPN. OCONEE GOLD Barbecue sauces, rubs and seasonings. Greg is doing tri-tip two ways for the Cal tailgate. https://oconeegoldbbqsauce.com Code TUFFYTALK for 15% off your entire order. #ad PATREON Three members-only videos a week, 12 a month, for $5, plus our members-only rumor chat. https://www.patreon.com/tuffytalk FOLLOW @tuffytalknow Greg @PackFanInNOVA Ethan @ncstatestats Tuffy Talk is live every Monday at 8:30 PM. Football all fall, basketball all winter, baseball all spring. Follow the show wherever you get your podcasts so you never miss one. #NCState #GoPack #Wolfpack #TuffyTalk Send us Fan Mail Oconee Gold Small Batch BBQ Sauces & Rubs Do you LOVE to barbecue? Our sponsor Oconee Gold makes small batch sauces and rubs down in Statham, Georgia, and they've won Flavor of Georgia twice. Use code TUFFYTALK for 15% off your ENTIRE order, every single time you order. #ad 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

  7. Oct 14

    NC State Landed The No. 8 Softball Recruit In America - Tuffy Talk

    Lila Manfredonia is the No. 8 overall recruit in the 2028 class, and she committed to NC State before she left Raleigh. She came down for the Louisville weekend, went to the football game, and told the staff she was in. "I don't see myself anywhere else really." We got seventeen minutes with her, and most of it is not about recruiting. Her parents both played, her mom softball and her dad baseball, and that is where it started. She wears 32 because it was her dad's number at Akron. Her go-to pitch is a changeup and she will tell you flatly that it is her most dangerous one. She plays basketball at Independence High School, wherever her coach needs her, because it is a small school and that is how it works. On Coach Leftwich, and why so many of these commitments seem to happen in Raleigh rather than on the drive home: "She's not gonna lie. She's gonna tell you the truth pretty much." She also wants to study sports communication, which means she might be after our jobs. Give her a follow. FOLLOW LILA X / Twitter: @LilaMan32 https://x.com/LilaMan32 Instagram: @lilamanfredonia32 https://www.instagram.com/lilamanfredonia32 PATREON Three members-only videos a week, 12 a month, for $5, plus our members-only rumor chat. https://www.patreon.com/tuffytalk Tuffy Talk is live every Monday at 8:30 PM. Football all fall, basketball all winter, baseball all spring. Follow the show wherever you get your podcasts so you never miss one. #NCState #GoPack #Wolfpack #TuffyTalk Send us Fan Mail Oconee Gold Small Batch BBQ Sauces & Rubs Do you LOVE to barbecue? Our sponsor Oconee Gold makes small batch sauces and rubs down in Statham, Georgia, and they've won Flavor of Georgia twice. Use code TUFFYTALK for 15% off your ENTIRE order, every single time you order. #ad 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

  8. Oct 13

    NC State And Doeren Both Look Tired Of Each Other - Tuffy Talk Live

    Wake Forest 38, NC State 14, and the thing nobody around this program has said out loud yet. Somewhere in the middle of this one we land on the comparison that explains the whole season. Two people in a middle school relationship who have stopped talking to each other. Everybody in the school knows it is over. Nobody has gone to the other person and said it. Greg's version is worse and probably more accurate: the kids have moved out, it has been thirty years, and both of them are waiting for the other one to wake up and say they are done. Ethan has nothing to say about the game itself. State got smoked. What he wants to talk about is a roster he does not believe is good enough, why NC State overpays its own guys and underuses the portal, and why Wake Forest, who just beat us with a quarterback making a fraction of what CJ Bailey makes, has it right. The proof is not the loss. It is the adjustments. First three drives of the game: NC State 175 yards, Wake Forest 27. Next five drives: NC State 45, Wake Forest 360. And a head coach who walked straight to the tunnel instead of through the high five line with the fans. We get into the Steven Godfrey report that Doeren is not going anywhere midseason but institutional changes are coming, what that means for Boo Corrigan, and why Thanksgiving is the real deadline. Ethan also explains why the Patreon episode he recorded on Saturday never came out. Grinds My Gears is the student section, and Greg has two fixes for it. What would you do first? Find us on Twitter and Instagram @tuffytalknow. Tuffy Talk is live every Monday at 8:30 PM. Football all fall, basketball all winter, baseball all spring. Follow the show wherever you get your podcasts so you never miss one. PATREON Three members-only videos a week, 12 a month, for $5, plus our members-only rumor chat. https://www.patreon.com/tuffytalk #NCState #GoPack #Wolfpack #TuffyTalk Send us Fan Mail Oconee Gold Small Batch BBQ Sauces & Rubs Do you LOVE to barbecue? Our sponsor Oconee Gold makes small batch sauces and rubs down in Statham, Georgia, and they've won Flavor of Georgia twice. Use code TUFFYTALK for 15% off your ENTIRE order, every single time you order. #ad 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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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. Raleigh, NC. Go Pack.

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  • Creator
    Tuffy Talk
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    659
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Tuffy Talk
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