Head Coach Dave Doeren met with the media for his postgame press conference after NC State beat Ball State 34-23 last night. You can watch the presser here, or check out a bulleted breakdown below.
- It wasn’t pretty, but it was a good win.
- Really good things with punt return unit.
- Sparked team in 2nd half.
- Thayer Thomas with the punt return for a touchdown
- Max Fisher with a punt block, with touchdown off that.
- In the 1st half, our defense did some good things, g
- Didn’t cover well enough in the 2nd half.
- Their quarterback did a nice job.
- Did enough to win, but still had too many penalties.
- Nine penalties. The pre-snap stuff.
- I don’t understand college football anymore on some of these things.
- How can you not tackle a guy hard? That really bothers me. You’re seeing it in the NFL and you’re seeing it in college. Some of these plays, they’re taking away the integrity of the game a little bit.
- I’m really, really proud of the way the guys hung in there.
- Ball State fought back. We found a way to finish the game and win.
- Glad we were able to get Bailey Hockman in the game.
- Planned on that all week.
- Regardless of what happened on his drive, Matt McKay was going to go back in.
- An opportunity to see him when it wasn’t mop-up duty.
- I think it sparked Matt a little bit.
- Have a lot to work on.
Ball State’s Air Assault…
- 5th in the nation in passing offense.
- Did some good things. Did some bad things.
- They made some pretty awesome catches, but we’ve got to cover better.
- We did mix up coverages. Played a lot of coverages.
Pressuring the QB…
- We blitzed more.
- Only guy we got back was Joseph Boletepeli.
- James Smith-Williams hopefully will play this week, that’s the way it’s looking.
- We are missing a lot of guys. Missing some key parts right now.
Running without Bam…
- Jordan Houston is quick and a great change-of-pace.
- Ricky Person ran hard.
- He was a little high on that one short-yardage run, but he got a lot of yards after contact today. Played tough.
- Have to get more movement on the line of scrimmage.
- If people put that many people in the box, we have to throw the ball better at times too.
Going for it on 4th & 1…
- Can’t say you’re tough and not go for it on 4th & 1, unless it’s just backed up.
- Can’t talk like that as a coach and not give them chances.
- We have to be better there.
- You can’t get tackled for less than a yard ever when you put a goal line formation out there.
- That gives me something to be mad about tonight and tomorrow.
Ingram’s interception…
- Great play.
- CJ Hart did a good job of playing the wideout.
App St. beating UNC…
- What a great win for Eli Drinkwitz. I’m so happy for him, Coach Roof, and Cole Cook is on that staff.
- Great win for those guys.
- I saw the end of the game. It’s really neat to see them do that.
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