It’s no secret that the NC State football team has struggled in the middle portion of the schedule on a yearly basis under Dave Doeren. I’m not telling you anything new here. And far be it from me to rain on the preseason parade of hype, but if NC State is going to exceed expectations in 2019, it will need to break from the unfortunate yearly tradition of not breaking .500 in the middle stretch of the season.
During Doeren’s tenure, Wolfpack teams have come out of the gate hot to the tune of a 21-4 combined record across the months of August (2-0) and September (19-4).