Football
For the NC State football team Saturday can’t get here fast enough.
Coming off its first loss of the year, 30-20 to No. 5 Clemson – an opponent that had won 36 straight home games – the only way for the Pack to eliminate the bad taste of losing would be a win.
Luckily for No. 14 NC State (4-1, 0-1), bouncing back from a defeat has been its specialty recently.
In the last two seasons under Dave Doeren, the Wolfpack is 3-1 in games played after losing to a ranked team.
NC State looks to right the ship against Florida State (4-1, 2-1) under the lights in Carter-Finley Stadium. In the past, games like the one against Clemson would linger, but this veteran team has shown they have a very short memory.
“This is just an opportunity to respond,” Doeren said. “I think in life you find out who you are when you’re knocked down. It’s easy to be who everybody wants you to be when things are good, but the best way to get over that feeling is to go back to work, put your head down and focus on what led to success earlier. We know what the formula is for that here.”
History and momentum are on NC State’s side. Not only has it shown the tendency to bounce back, but the Wolfpack has won two in a row against the Seminoles and four of the last five. Looking for some extra motivation? No NC State team has ever beaten FSU three times in a row.
Not that this team needs any motivation week-to-week this early in the season. It’s just October and the ACC Atlantic Division is still anybody’s to win.
Last year’s Atlantic representative in the ACC title game – Wake Forest – made it to Charlotte with one loss. There is no reason the Wolfpack can’t pull…
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