VIDEO: Dave Doeren’s Press Conference After NC State Beat UNC 34-28 in OT

Head Coach Dave Doeren spoke with the media in his postgame press conference after NC State defeated UNC 34-28 in overtime in Chapel Hill. The video is ABOVE and a bulleted breakdown is BELOW.

• Really proud of our players. They have heart…grit. They love each other. Hung together. Our guys found a way to win.
• Carolina played their asses off. Talked about it all week. They were going to play for four quarters or more and we had to do the same and find a way to put it away. We did that.
• Wasn’t always pretty, but when we needed to stop them in the second half we did. Stop in overtime was huge.
• The Offensive Line & Tight Ends came alive for him (Gallaspy). Got into a rhythm when Ryan (Finley) was able to start throwing the football. Weather made it tough early.
• LB Brock Miller played in his first game and made a bunch of plays. First start was at Carolina…a rival game. Really proud of him.
• All we talked about all week was being physical, winning the line of scrimmage, tackling and finding a way to win. We did that.
• Weren’t good on third down, but we were good in a lot of other ways, and the best thing we did was we were tough. We finished. We had grit,
• Darian Roseboro played with a bad ankle, and it was gut-check for him.
• I love these guys. I’m proud of them.
• Reggie Gallaspy was a War Daddy. The way he ran at the end of the game…I’m so proud of that kid. Reggie has heart. I was talking to him in the locker room and my sons were next to me and I told him that I hope my boys have the same heart he has when they get older because that kid is 100% heart. He’s tough, he won’t be denied. He’s so mentally there. He’s playing for his daughter. He has it all together right now. You’re not going to stop that guy. He’s going to square you up and fall forward. It was fun having the bus rolling today.
• I didn’t know what the weather was going to do. You saw guys slipping and falling a lot. Was hard to throw the football early. Both defenses you saw DBs falling down.
• Blocking the punt was a big deal early in the game.
• I want to keep that streak going (3 in a row against UNC). It means something for our players. For our Senior class that’s been here five years, they’ve won four of five. It means something to them and I want them to have that. We have to fight for it every year.
• I’ve always said your attitude comes from your run game. We throw to score, but you run to win, and I believe that. It’s a DNA thing with your football team. That’s how my teeth were cut in this game, and that’s what I believe in. It’s what we’re going to be. I just don’t believe in throwing it, not that it’s not a great way to win games. We’ll throw when it’s there. We’ll take those chunk plays. We’ll score touchdowns throwing the football, but our demeanor will be winning the line of scrimmage.
• You have to believe in your run game to have that demeanor. I have an Offensive Line coach (Dwayne Ledford) that believes that with me and Drink (Offensive Coordinator Eliah Drinkwitz) dials it up to help them. It’s part of who we are.
• It wasn’t easy for him (Reggie Gallaspy early in his career. It’s never easy for those guys when they first get to any school and aren’t playing as much as they want to. He wasn’t doing anything wrong. We had Nyheim (Hines), some other guys, Matt Dayes. He understood his role. He knew his time was coming and he’s capitalizing on his moment. Great thing when a guy seizes his opportunity like he is now.
• I didn’t see it (fight at the end of the game). I just tried to get down there and break it up.  We’ll find out.  It’s unfortunate.
• I hope Germaine Pratt can play next week. He has an injury he’s been fighting through. Got to the point where he wasn’t able to function the way he needs to be able to. We’re in a situation where we can’t travel guys who can’t play because we have so many guys banged up and we need to have reserves that can play in those spots. We just felt like him resting it. He went home and saw his family. He’s going to do everything he can to play next week.

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