One of the great mysteries of being a Wolfpacker is wrestling with the struggles that NC State’s football program has had with Wake Forest and Boston College – particularly IN Winston-Salem and Chestnut Hill. In fact, Saturday’s win at Boston College was the Wolfpack’s first in Chestnut Hill since the Eagles joined the ACC (1-5) […]
Dave Doeren
Huzzah – Dave Doeren Answers BJD’s Last Remaining Questions Last Saturday
On the surface, NC State simply fell to 5-3 overall, and 1-3 in league play. Another year, another Atlantic Division elimination. Hell, the Pack didn’t even cover the spread. But beyond that, you should be dancing for joy. For rest assured, Dave Doeren fully knows what he is doing. What changed on Saturday? Coach Doeren […]
Doeren signs extension through 2019
Kudos to Athletics Director, Debbie Yow, for proactively keeping Coach Doeren happy. Doeren received an increase in his annual guaranteed compensation from $1.8 million to $2.2 million. Doeren continues to have opportunities to earn additional compensation through an enhanced bonus structure for academic and competitive achievement. It would have stunk to have done all of […]
Fantastic Dave Doeren interview – contrast in styles with Larry Fedora
On the weekend that Johnny Frasier is in town — please click here for a great recruiting update — I thought it would be an appropriate time to link this interview with Dave Doeren from WRAL. It is a fantastic watch. This isn’t one of those interviews with 2 or 3 fluff questions and boring […]
Bitcoin Bowl: N.C. State vs. UCF – 8pm
N.C. State Wolfpack (7-5; 3-5 ACC) vs. UCF Knights (9-3; 7-1 AAC) – Bitcoin St. Petersberg Bowl, 8pm; TV: Espn Alrighty gang, Dave Doeren’s N.C. State Wolfpack made great strides in Year 2 and can put a cherry on top of the season with a bowl victory tonight. For pregame, here are some links for […]
4-Star Ath Mike Hughes chooses…
4-Star Athlete Mike Hughes of New Bern blindsided many NC State fans and coaches and selected UNC-CHeats this morning at a ceremony at New Bern High School. Hughes says he will be enrolling early and the highly recruited athlete had offers from UNC, Auburn, Clemson, Florida, Ole Miss, Ohio St, South Carolina, Tenn. Va, Tech […]
Recruiting Exclusive: Mike Hughes Sunday Update [Update]
NC State fans have been highly anticipating 4-Star Athlete recruit Mike Hughes’ college decision and tomorrow at 11am the wait will finally be over. Hughes will choose from NC State, Florida and UNC at a ceremony from New Bern High School and StateFansNation.com has the latest. A source close to the situation in Eastern, NC […]
ESPN’s Q & A with Dave Doeren
Some good stuff from Coach D in this ESPN interview. A year after going winless in conference play, NC State wrapped up the regular season with a 7-5 record and a berth in the BITCOIN St. Petersburg Bowl against UCF. We talked with Wolfpack head coach Dave Doeren last week about the improvement of his […]
Doeren Postgame Comments
Dave Doeren will have a cooler seat and some breathing room in 2015, after beating dominating and demoralizing Carolina and finishing his second regular season 7-5. There were frustrating stretches this season — most notably, the seven-quarter stretch after we led Florida State 24-7 where we were outscored by Florida State and Clemson 91-17, followed […]
Sophomore Jinx? (Coaching Edition)
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that we are under 48 hours (under 36 actually…took me longer to get around to posting this than I thought) until Wolfpack Football kicks off the ’14 campaign and attempts to rid itself of the collective taste left from ’13. With all of the recent rehashing […]