Finally, the Doeren Bandwagon is Completely Full

It’s a Fall tradition unlike any other; A third of WPN yells into the sky that Doeren needs to be fired. Maybe it’s less than a third, maybe more, it doesn’t really matter. The conversation was ever present.

But have a hunch, that’s all changed this year. Specifically, these last few weeks.

There will still be naysayers, because there always are. Unless you go undefeated, win the ACC and get a Natty, there will be people that somehow, someway, find something to complain about. It’s amazingly bizarre, but true.

Yet, with this winning season, hopes for 2022 and by shear brutal honesty, I have a feeling there are more folks in WPN on the Doeren bandwagon than ever before.

We’re Competing Now

The last five seasons have been great. 40 wins, and that includes 2019’s stinker of a year (still can’t believe we had to use three QB’s, all of which underclassmen). More importantly, there has been a culture change and a roster built deep with talent.

But let’s look at that 40-win mark for a second. I went through the other Power 5 conferences and looked at schools that I thought would be comparable to State. Without looking at records at all, I tried to pick what team was constantly fighting for Championships, regarded highly, but felt like they could be within State’s tier (i.e. not picking Alabama, but also not trying to compare us with Vandy or even Mizzou).

• LSU – 45 Wins (and that includes going 15-0, which skews things a bit)
• OK State – 44 Wins
• Wisconsin – 43 Wins
• Oregon – 42 Wins

Feel as if you asked WPN if they’d want to be those schools, the answer would most definitely skew ‘Yes’. Crazy thing is? We are a win or less a year away from that.

Find a way to pull one out in Miami? Get the Wake Forest curse off our backs? Make a timely kick or third down stop? Man, it’s right there.

Doeren has gotten this program to the edge of the final tier, Championship Level. There are a whole lotta programs that WISH they could say 8-wins is the floor. The time for State is now.

WPN is Doeren, Doeren is WPN

All that winning and yet here is the real reason the bandwagon is all full.

Doeren tells it like it is and doesn’t hold back.

Whether it’s literally looking into a camera and telling UCLA and the NCAA to basically F Off, or having a victory cigar with a red solo cup, that’s what grabbed folks attention and, oddly enough, respect. The number of friends and family that texted me saying, “Damn Doeren, Let’s Go!” or “I love this dude, I need more of salty Doeren.” was astounding.

WPN is about communication with a little extra vinegar. It’s why Boo has struggled to connect, even if he’s doing an awesome job behind the scenes. People of WPN want to hear from their coaches and staff and get fired up a bit. Further proof why Moore, Avent, Popolizio and others have thrived for years in State circles; win on and off the field/court/mat with WPN.

Doeren is the perfect coach for State football. Did it take awhile for some to realize it? Yes. But, to be honest, there was always a bad loss to add fuel to the fire.

Thanks for an awesome season. CANNOT wait for 2022. #GoPack

(As a quick note, I look forward to folks calling me a bandwagoner myself…or even that I’m a fairweather fan. Please, I beg you, go back and find an article were I called for Doeren to be fired. In fact, PI nearly every time skews favorably to State coaches’ side.)