NC State using Super Bowl, experience to reverse trend of blown leads

There are several reasons NC State is confident 2017 could be its breakthrough season in the ACC. Among them: Tom Brady.

Yes, the five-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback is serving as an inspiration to the Wolfpack, his latest postseason feat spurring NC State to course correct from an up-and-down 2016.

Wolfpack coach Dave Doeren was watching Super Bowl Sunday when the Patriots were on the cusp of being blown out. With 18 minutes left, Atlanta led 28-3. New England still faced a 19-point deficit in the fourth quarter. Of course, Brady would throw for 246 fourth-quarter yards on the Patriots' way to an historic 34-28 overtime victory, a triumph Doeren said translates to NC State’s upcoming…