Dave Doeren Talks After NC State’s 37-20 Win Over Marshall: BULLETED

NC State head coach Dave Doeren spoke with the media after the Wolfpack’s 37-20 victory over Marshall last night. If you would like to watch, you can do so here, or you can read a BULLETED breakdown below.

• Really proud of them. Lot of distractions in their world last week. Would have been easy to be off. Told them that was a concern.
• Rose to the occasion. Team win. Defense picked up the Offense. Vice versa.
• Defensive backs played really hard. Proud of those guys. They fought those guys for balls. Other than the one deep ball they caught, we played really well in the secondary.
• To get a win where 83% of the people that come in here lose, that’s a pretty good win.
• The defense executed.
• Both Thayer Thomas and CJ Riley looked like concussions, but I haven’t been told.
• We’re handling our business, and that’s all you can do. Put ourselves in a good position heading into conference play. Proud of our guys. Tough game here at this place. Look at the history of this program, it’s a pretty neat place to play. It really is.
• Running game was a lot better. Had a lot more movement. We didn’t pick up a few blitzes and they hit us. Looked like we were winning the line of scrimmage a lot more. More 4, 5, 6 yard runs, compared to the 1, 2, 3 yard runs we’ve been having.
• With the rain we had out there, to throw the ball the way were able to was pretty impressive.
• Chris Dunn is a pretty good for a Freshman. He’s a pretty good kicker.
• Tyre Brady is targeted on 50% of their passes. If you let him go off, like we found out last year, it’s a tough day. Thought our kids, Nick McCloud in particular, battled. He’s a really good wide receiver.
• Anytime you can play with some crowd noise in a hostile environment, it will help us down the road. Obviously playing at Clemson later, it’s going to be tough. A game like that helps us for sure.
• Thought our guys responded. Felt like every time they got momentum, our guys responded. That resiliency is a very positive thing for our team to show tonight.
• 9 of 16 on third downs tonight. Continues to be a trend. We did that the past two games as well.
• Defense did a good job on third down.
• Got to get more touchdowns in the redzone. Got held to field goals.
• Our coverage units have to do a better job on punting and kickoff.
• Thought Tight End Cary Angeline battled. I know he was excited to play. He went out there and executed, and did what he was supposed to do. He’ll play faster as he continues to go. Didn’t have a lot in the passing game that went his way, but that will change over time.