#STATEment: 3-0 Wolfpack cruises past Bulls, 49-17

Dave Doeren won his first road game as head coach of NC State and the Wolfpack snapped a 6 game road losing streak with a convincing performance in Tampa vs South Florida. It was one of of those games where most everything actually goes right and you hear the phrase, “its the first time since [input an old date here]” multiple times.

The Wolfpack ended with 589 total yards vs only 160 for USF, who earned 75 yards on a single play in the first quarter.

Everybody got involved…in large part because the Wolfpack offensive line looked like men playing against boys.

Box Score (ESPN)

In the post game interview we learned that Jacoby Brissett had 50 family members at the game…meaning that only a dozen non-Brissett family members attended the game.

It’s fun to see the guys so happy:

In addition to picking up a win in Florida, it looks like the Wolfpack picked up something else as well….

…stay tuned for more..

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  • #56240
    StateFans
    Keymaster

    Dave Doeren won his first road game as head coach of NC State and the Wolfpack snapped a 6 game road losing streak with a convincing performance in Ta
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    #56247
    choppack1
    Participant

    Most impressive performance I have seen in a while…biggest win of dd era. Just fantastic…. Even if USF is gawd awful.

    #56249
    blpack
    Participant

    Very nice team win. Excited to see State pile up the yards and points.

    #56250
    Zaphod
    Participant

    From the last possession of the first half against Old Dominion, until the middle of the 3rd quarter today, State scored touchdowns on 12 of 14 possessions. That is an incredibly efficient offense. Great game for the Pack.

    #56259
    Classof89
    Participant

    What this game confirmed for me is that the ODU and GSU offenses are among the top third of the teams we will face this year. Defense made USF look horrific.

    #56260
    choppack1
    Participant

    What should be noted is that we were awful in red zone last year…..when it has mattered this year…again, wow.

    #56268
    bill.onthebeach
    Participant

    Well.. I’m glad I GOTT radio…

    … the wife ‘decided’ this afternoon was a good time to go out and buy a new ‘used’ car …

    Pop! Pop! Pop!

    #NCSU-North Carolina's #1 FOOTBALL school!
    #56269
    TheCOWDOG
    Moderator

    Doeren is over his head.

    #56271
    bill.onthebeach
    Participant

    ^Well.. I’m glad I GOTT radio…

    … the wife ‘decided’ this afternoon was a good time to go out and buy a new ‘used’ car …

    Pop!

    #NCSU-North Carolina's #1 FOOTBALL school!
    #56285
    PackerInRussia
    Participant

    Cowdog, you’re such a troll πŸ˜‰

    #56287
    tjfoose1
    Participant

    What I liked most about the game… DD being ticked off at half.

    #56288
    Texpack
    Participant

    Cow Dog beat me to my first comment.

    After watching UF last night, I’m pretty sure that we ended up with the better of their two QB’s.

    Does anyone know why Creecy got so much more time yesterday than he did against ODU? All three backs were effective, just curious if there was some injury last week.

    As Dave Huxtable’s most vocal critic on this board, I have to give him credit for the best defensive performance I’ve seen from a State team since Mario graduated. I just hope that wasn’t Fools’ Gold yesterday. It’s hard to imagine USF being that bad, but I guess we will see.

    It was really different to sit down and watch a State team dominate somebody for the full 60 minutes.

    After last night’s beat down in bean town, the second four games of the year look really tough. If we win one of those I’ll be surprised.

    #56289
    lawful
    Participant

    Mario didn’t graduate.

    #56290
    1.21 Jigawatts
    Keymaster

    I know a lot aren’t going to like this but I think we learned less from this game than we did from GSU/ODU. (I’ll admit I didn’t see more than the first quarter due to the weather/satellite) I’m going back to the you can only take away negative when you play bad competition and USF may be one of the worst FBS teams there is this year. Remember they were beyond awful last year, they struggled to beat Western Carolina giving up tons of yards and points, they lost to Maryland at home after MD had 6 TO’s. My point is the close game against MD is the anamoly for an awful team, not an indicator of a potential decent team.

    I wish I could have seen most of the game to see what mistakes State made that were carrying over from the other games this year. The few things I saw was mainly Burris stumbling to give up the first TD, Cherry not lining up on the line that negated a 40 yard run by Brissett before the end of the half, Cherry dropping the punt catch twice which led to a FG on the second one. MVS should be nicknamed Stonehands, he’s repeatedly dropped numerous easy passes that have hit his hands all year. (If I got some names wrong sorry).

    The only positives you can really take away from this, in my opinion, are the intangibles: confidence (though it may be false confidence if the staff and players feel too good about what they did).

    I’m happy for an easy win and having a quality QB again but I think USF showed it’s still as bad as they were last year and State showed just how bad you can be when you don’t have a QB, instead of thinking State showing they are better than we thought.

    Consequently the game against Presbyterian will be more of the same.

    #56291
    BJD95
    Keymaster

    The Presby game will indeed be worthless. But I think this one had some meaning. Road game, in front a weird, almost post-apocalyptic atmosphere (maybe 250 people in attendance at an NFL stadium), and we just flat out pantsed them. Anytime you can do that to a legit 1-A foe (even a bad one), I’m impressed. Because we aren’t Duke, coming off a Coastal title. We are NC State, coming off 0-8 in conference. I did not expect to see anything close to that, and thusly am impressed.

    Perhaps a 6 or 7 win season isn’t a pipe dream after all. Wake is putrid. That means we only have to scrounge up 1 or 2 more Ws somewhere.

    #56292
    StateFans
    Keymaster

    I think this is a super conversation and can’t really argue with either side of the coin I am seeing.

    When I take away what State did yesterday along with the performance of other teams, my conclusion is simply that our ‘chance to win’ bucket of games is just a little larger than I thought before. I think Louisville, UNC and Georgia Tech are more winnable than I previously thought. I think Syracuse & Boston College are probably heavily dependent on home field. And, we better friggin beat Wake.

    #56294
    Wulfpack
    Participant

    Perhaps a 6 or 7 win season isn’t a pipe dream after all. Wake is putrid. That means we only have to scrounge up 1 or 2 more Ws somewhere.

    Indeed.

    Lville is not as good as I thought. UVA is better than I thought. BC is better than I thought. Wake is putrid. The games against BC, Cuse and GT will be toss-ups. Could be a good season. Nice job thus far starting 4-0 (yes, we will beat the Blue Hose).

    #56295
    JohnGalt78
    Participant

    Yikes…BC beats #9 USC! So much for a slight break in the schedule before Lo’ville.

    #56296
    BJD95
    Keymaster

    Everybody in the ACC except FSU (consistently good) and Wake (consistently awful) seems very unpredictable from week to week. That’s my take, anyhoo.

    #56298
    Wufpacker
    Participant

    Enjoyed the easy win.
    Expectations fundamentally unchanged.
    The season’s WTF (win or loss) has yet to come so don’t get cocky.

    #56299
    BJD95
    Keymaster

    I finally put my finger on what this team reminds me of – the first RW/Papa John’s Bowl team. They won 6 or 7, then lost a close post-season game.

    That’s not to say Brissett is another RW – just the team overall reminds me very much of that one. Not that different from the horrid team of the previous season, except at QB. And with leadership from the QB, the rest of the roster pretty much maxed out its somewhat limited ability.

    Only possible WTF losses would be Presby or Wake at this point. I think even last year’s wolven crew would beat this sorry Wake squad at home.

    #56300
    TheCOWDOG
    Moderator

    USF is a very sad team, but it wouldn’t surprise me if they wind up playing better football on the road.

    It was cool to see a road win like yesterday’s,but there is much to do,yet.

    Looking past The Blue Hose,ya gotta think of this team as 2yr old colts training for the 3yr old campaign. We won’t really know what to expect when they go to the gate, but they’ll be fun to watch run.

    #56301
    redcanine
    Participant

    D-line worked out some issues. Brissett was great!

    What happened on the play where Burris got toasted? Did he slip or stumble, or did he just flat get beat?

    It really was a lot of fun watching our guys getting in the end zone so often.

    #56302
    MISTA WOLF
    Participant

    Burris got burnt on that deep throw. Hell, you take that one play away and I believe USF barely passes the century mark. Regardless, a victory at ease that we have rarely been treated to over our recent past. It was nice not to drop 40 F bombs yesterday and just sit back and sink into the couch with my 40 oz. of freedom.

    #56303
    inhoc…
    Participant

    Anyone know if there’s a way to watch a replay online? Didn’t get to see the game yesterday.

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