Greensboro, NC - More from NC State head football coach Tom O'Brien.

O'Brien talks about players competing for playing time. "Everyone is hedging their bets" by giving first place votes to four teams in the division.

"Should be a heck of a year."

"You keep working on fundamentals" and "guys have to step up and make plays" at crucial times in the game.

O'Brien discusses the economic times. NC State made cuts before the economy soured. "Used to mail a lot. Getting out of the mailing business. Using Internet more."

Raleigh, NC – NC State football coach Tom O’Brien will join three other head coaches from the area for the seventh-annual Triangle Pigskin Preview at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center next Thursday, July 23. O’Brien will appear with North Carolina coach Butch Davis, Duke coach David Cutcliffe and North Carolina Central coach Mose Rison in discussing their teams’ prospects for the upcoming season. Registration for the event, which has annually kicked off the start of football season for area coaches, begins at noon Thursday and lunch begins at 12:30 p.m. Tickets for the luncheon, organized by the Triangle Chapter of the National Football Foundation, are $60 for individuals. Table sponsorships are available for $600.