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Dave Doeren After NC State’s Loss to Clemson: BULLETED

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Dave Doeren spoke with the media directly after his #10th ranked Wolfpack lost to #5 Tigers on Saturday night. You can watch what he had to say above, or check out a breakdown below.

  • Winning here, the last 36 teams that have tried didn’t get it done.
  • We had to play a lot better than we did tonight.
  • Give Clemson credit.
    • They won the line of scrimmage.
    • Their D-line played really good. They got off the blocks.
    • Had a good game plan defensively.
      • Played a lot looser in the secondary and made it hard for us to run by them, and their D-line pressured us.
  • On defense, we had some opportunities right before the half to walk in with the lead getting the ball back.
    • Had a coverage breakdown that led to Will Shipley’s play.
    • Had a chance at an interception that we dropped, and then they scored.
      • That was a big possession for them because we took the lead on the series before.
  • It was a hard-fought game. Clemson out-played us, and obviously that means they out-coached us today.
  • Some of what we did was throwing the football when we’re down which takes away from running the football.
  • We lost the turnover margin, and we lost the line of scrimmage, and you don’t win many games when that happens.
  • Go to the next game. We can’t sit here and say, ‘What if?’
    • It’s a long season, man. There’s a lot of games left.
    • All we can control is next week. We have to focus on getting ready for Florida State, take them one at a time, and see where we end up.
  • This is a good football game with a good team on the field. We didn’t play our best.
    • I think we’re a really good football team. They were better than us today. That’s where we’re at.
  • Tips end up being interceptions a lot. That’s just kind of the luck of the bounce on that one.
  • As far as the deep ball, they played a lot of loose coverage. There were a lot of guys dropping.
    • They were dropping 8 at times. There was Cover 2 and Cover 3.
    • They know what happened to them last week against Wake. They did a good job preparing that.
    • Their D-line deserves a lot of credit. Devin Leary didn’t have a lot of time to find people.
  • There were some plays that we gave them where guys started trying to make plays, and when that happens, guys get behind you, and your eyes are in the backfield. It happened a couple of times.
  • I feel like we gave them a touchdown going into the half.
    • I really feel that way, not to discredit Clemson who made a nice throw and catch.
    • On a 3-deep with 2 hard corners and they run a flat route, the corner should be all over that.
    • That should’ve never been caught by Shipley. We busted right there. Our corner had eyes in the wrong spot.
    • You can’t do that in a game like this.
    • You don’t have to be perfect, but you’ve got to play the defenses and offenses, execute, make your layups, and not turn the football over. We didn’t do that well enough.

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1 year ago

We didn’t win against the toughest team on our calendar. A successful season wasn’t limited to undefeated and national champions. – play calling defensively can improve. DJ has arm talent and given time he will make you pay and he did because too often we gave him time – offensively our O-line grades well but doesn’t seem to reflect their grades against talented opponents. We didn’t move/roll the pocket, run bootlegs, do play action on first down, nearly enough. Run on first screen on second, bail us out Thayer on third… way too predictable against talented teams. – how much… Read more »

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Does the Addition of the UVA Series Equal the Elimination of NC State’s Series with App St.?

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May 17, 2024

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Earlier this week it was announced that NC State and Virginia would play one another in a home-and-home series, with the Wolfpack hosting in 2025, and the Cavaliers hosting in 2026.

Prior to the announcement, NC State already had their non-conference slate booked for both of those seasons.

As a result of the addition of the Virginia series, a previously scheduled non-conference game from each season would need to be dropped. While it hasn’t been officially announced by the school, Joe Giglio and David Glenn seem to think that the series with Appalachian State is going to be dropped.

It would make the most sense, considering the Mountaineers were the only opponent the Wolfpack was scheduled to play in both 2025 and 2026. It would also make sense, considering the fact that ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips isn’t a fan of ACC teams playing Group of 5 schools on the road.

I will tell you this much. The Mountaineer faithful certainly believe NC State is dropping the series with App State, and it just takes a little scrolling on X (formerly Twitter) to get a read on their feelings on the situation.

This situation brings to mind the bill that has been proposed in the North Carolina House of Representatives that would force NC State and UNC to play App St., ECU and UNC Charlotte in Football, Men’s Basketball and Women’s Basketball.

If the addition of UVA means the elimination of App St. on NC State’s schedule, what are your thoughts? Share in the comments.

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CBS Sports Ranks Dave Doeren as 1 of the Top-20 Coaches in College Football

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May 16, 2024

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CBS Sports released their Top-25 Power 4 Coaches in College Football, and NC State’s Dave Doeren came in at #16. Heading into last season, he went into the season ranked #25.

16) Dave Doeren: The NC State coach finally gets some overdue credit. He’s always hovered around the bottom of our top 25 or just outside it, and now he finds himself firmly entrenched in it thanks to all the changes at the top. Coaches who take mid-tier programs and overachieve never get enough credit, in my estimation, and the consistency Doeren has established at NC State — where he spent most of his time in a division with Clemson and Florida State — is one of the most impressive things any coach in the country has done. I’m glad to see Doeren getting closer to the top 15. 2023 rank: 25 (+9) (CBS Sports)

Numerous CBS Sports’ analysts voted in the poll, and Tom Fornelli actually ranked Doeren #8.

ACC Coaches that made the Top-25

3. Dabo Swinney (Clemson)

8. Mike Norvell (FSU)

16. Dave Doeren (NC State)

19. Jeff Brohm (Louisville)

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NC State vs. Tennessee Kickoff Time & TV Network Revealed

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May 15, 2024

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Kickoff time and TV Channel details have been revealed for NC State and Tennessee’s game in the Duke Mayo Classic in Week 2 of next season.

The game will be a primetime game on Saturday 7th, at 7:30pm on ABC.

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This game has the makings to be a Top-25 matchup.

Here’s a look at some of the Way-Too-Early Preseason rankings for the Wolfpack and the Volunteers:

Action Network: NC State #24/Tennessee #17

ON3: NC State #22/Tennessee #15

247: NC State #21/Tennessee #11

ESPN: NC State #17/Tennessee #15

DraftKings released their way-too-early odds for the game, and Tennessee is currently a 5.5-point favorite.

Here’s the deal, as NC State fans, if we want to be a big time Football program, NC State fans need to gobble up tickets to this game. Let’s do our part and make sure that Bank of America Stadium is painted RED. Buy Tickets HERE.

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NC State and UVA Agree to Home-and-Home Non-Conference Games

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NC State announced this morning that the Wolfpack and UVA will play in a home-and-home non-conference series, with the game in 2025 being in Raleigh, and the game in 2026 being in Charlottesville.

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To reiterate, despite the fact that both teams are in the ACC, these games are considered non-conference games, and won’t count toward conference records. This is similar to what UNC and Wake Forest did a few years back.

Here’s what’s interesting about the addition of these games in 2025 and 2026. Prior to the announcement, NC State already had 4 non-conference games scheduled for both years.

It would be my assumption that one of the previously scheduled non-conference games for each season will not take place now.

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