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Close calls have been a fixture for NC State

It’s probably no surprise that Dave Doeren has been forced to answer plenty of questions this week about his team’s mentality following what was perhaps the most gut-wrenching loss in NC State’s recent history against Clemson.

“There’s just anger and disappointment,” Doeren said, “but we’re ready to play. If we could’ve played [the next day], they would have played. They weren’t happy at all, not taking a moral victory out of it.”

It’s Year 4 under Doeren, and NC State is done with moral victories. The search for the real ones -- particularly victories of the signature variety -- has been the No.