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VIDEO: Dave Doeren’s Presser After NC State’s 58-3 Victory Over ECU

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NC State defeated East Carolina 58-3 yesterday, to close out the regular season 9-3. The videos of Head Coach Dave Doeren’s postgame press conference is below, with a bulleted transcript underneath.

Notes

  • Awesome to win at home for the senior class in their last time in the stadium. Thanks to our players for playing that way for them.
  • This is a really good football team.
  • This is the 3rd time in school history that we’ve won nine games during the regular season.
  • School record number of All-ACC players and we’re coming off a nine-win season with another nine-win season.
  • I think we’re a team that should be ranked in the Top-25. Only three losses and nine wins.
  • I think we deserve to be in an elite bowl game. I know our fans will travel to support us wherever we’re going.
  • We put up 58 points and 655 yards. We were scoring touchdowns and breaking records with a ton of players and it was an absolute blast.
  • We played almost everyone on our roster that we could play today.
  • Wish we would have had the shutout, but outside of that it couldn’t get any better.
  • To fans here for 4 quarters, you guys are awesome. Thank you so much and I know our Seniors thank you for that as well.
  • In my opinion, this is the best football school in the state of North Carolina with the best fan base in the state of North Carolina. We’re going to do everything we can to keep it that way. We’re going to recruit the best players in the state to stay home and attract the best players from out of state to come here.
  • We’re doing everything we can this week to get our guys healthy.
  • We’re going to fight our butts off to get win number 10.
  • I didn’t even hand out games balls at the end…just throwing around records at the end.
  • To see Damontay Rhem go in and do that stuff, our entire backup o-line get in there and to see Woody Cornwell score a touchdown…just awesome.
  • It’s like he’s (Reggie Gallaspy) become the spirit of our team with everything that he’s gone through. Going through what he’s gone through. Waiting his turn. Being a really, really great human being. He’s so tough, everybody loves that about him. For him to get 1,000 yards…3 years in a row we’ve had a 1,000 yard rusher…that says a lot.
  • Defensively, to hold anyone to 100 total yards is pretty special.
  • It’s been going on for about three weeks (planning Garrett Bradbury’s TD). I really wanted to run it last week, but Reggie (Gallaspy) was kind of hot. I got overruled. But when Brock Miller got tackled on the one, it wasn’t even an option. Bradbury ran out there calling the play.
  • He (Bradbury) was sitting there talking to me yesterday about it like, “What should I do for a celebration?” I said, “You’ve gotta keep that ball. You’re gonna want that ball. As an offensive lineman, you better run that thing back to the sidelines.” He handed it to Big T (Terronne Prescod) and he kicked it into the stands.
  • That’s where we want to be (5 straight bowl games). Don’t want to just go…want to in (won 4 of 5).
  • At the end of last year’s bowl game when we beat Arizona State we were a Top-25 team. I believe we are right now. There’s teams with four losses ahead of us in the rankings, I don’t really get that.
  • Hopefully, they’ll see the value of our work. We’ve got one loss to an unranked team in the final 30 seconds of the game. So, I think we deserve to be in an upper-tier bowl.
  • I’ve been hearing that for three years (starting 0-2 against ECU). Ever since we lost to them down there, everyone walks by me and gives me that little thing they do (forms pirate hook with his finger) and I want to break it off. So I did that today. I learned a long time ago to remember things and get even when you can.
  • To be 6-1 at home…goal was to be 7-0. Last year we were 5-1 at home.
  • He’s (Jakobi Meyers) so consistent and such a good ball catcher. He makes incredible catches, but he makes routine plays too.
  • We won 8 regular-season games last year, this year we won 9. It’s been done 3 times in school history and I haven’t done it yet, so that’s major progress.

Matthew is Co-Owner of Pack Insider. He writes for all sports, with a focus on football and recruiting, and is in charge of business strategy. He is an NC State alum who majored in business. Matthew is also the lead pastor of The Point Church in Cary, NC.

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Former NC State Running Back Jordan Houston Signs with Marshall

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Former NC State Running Back Jordan Houston has officially transferred to Marshall for his final year of eligibility. NC State played Marshall this past season, but Houston didn’t play against the Thundering Herd, because he had already opted to redshirt the remainder of the season.

After playing in three games this past season, Houston opted to redshirt the remainder of the season (despite the fact that he was the starter at the time), giving him the ability to transfer with one year of eligibility remaining.

Houston played in 51 games for NC State over 5 years on the field, rushing for 1,392 yards (4.3 yards per carry) and 6 touchdowns. He also caught 60 passes for 398 yards and 1 touchdown.

Houston was a 3-Star prospect in NC State’s 2019 recruiting class out of Flint High School in Oakton, Virginia.

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Philip Rivers will Finally be Enshrined in the NC State Hall of Fame in April

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Wolfpack legend Philip Rivers will finally be inducted into the NC State Hall of Fame on April 20th!

Rivers was elected into the Hall of Fame back in 2013 (2nd year of the NC State Hall of Fame), but he has deferred his enshrinement over the years due to time constraints.

 

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Rivers pretty much owns every NC State record for Quarterbacks, and still has the most Career Passing Yards and Passes Completed in ACC history, and he ranks 3rd in Touchdown Passes. Rivers was the ACC Rookie of the Year in 2000, and the ACC Player of the Year in 2003.

You can buy your tickets here.

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DJ Burns Had a Word for Wolfpack Fans After Winning the ACC Championship

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When NC State’s DJ Burns was giving his acceptance speech after receiving the 2024 ACC Tournament MVP Award, Burns had the following quote to say when asked what he wanted to say to the fans.

“I’m going to keep it real simple. Thank you to the ones who’ve been consistent throughout the ride, and welcome back everybody else.”

Burns’ words struck a chord.

Throughout much of this season, it was embarrassing to see all the empty seats in PNC Arena.

As the Wolfpack lost 7 of their final 9 regular season games, it was clear that this team wasn’t just losing games, but they were also losing much of the fanbase.

It’s clear from Burns’ words that the empty seats were noticed, and so were the words of fans online.

NC State finished the regular season 10th, and much of the fanbase was frustrated, and rightfully so.

But, frustrated doesn’t have to mean giving up.

‘Never giving up’ is kind of supposed to be NC State’s thing.

The words of Jimmy V reverberate throughout the history of NC State basketball.

This team didn’t always put W’s in the Win column this season, and it wasn’t always an easy watch, but never for a moment were these players not playing as hard as they could for their school, one another, and their coach.

They never gave up.

Fans have a right to be frustrated, but you can still show up for a team, even when they struggle, because that’s what loyal fans do. When players wear a jersey with NC State across the chest, and they don’t give up, their fans shouldn’t either.

NC State fans aren’t known to be fair weather fans. Let’s not get in the business of leading our players to think we are.

But, like Burns said, whether you’ve been along for the ride all season or not, it’s time to hop on.

 

 

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WATCH: PackInsider’s 2023 Sean Brown Highlight Reel

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This past season was a breakout season for Junior Safety, now turned Linebacker, Sean Brown.

This past season, Brown started in 11 of the 13 games that he played in, and ranked 3rd on the team in tackles (66) and pass breakups (5). He also had 5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, 2 interceptions and 1 forced fumble. Brown’s PFF Grade of 63.7 ranked 13th on the team. His Tackling Grade of 86.6 ranked 2nd on the team behind Payton Wilson.

As you will notice in our Highlight Reel ABOVE, Brown lived in the box, and is a very ferocious tackler. He will fit right in at Linebacker next year for the Wolfpack.

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