NC State teased what looked like a new chapter for Dave Doeren in its season opening win over Wake Forest. It knocked off a team that had tortured the Pack for three straight years, and it did so by racking up 45 points and delivering clutch plays late in the fourth quarter. You don’t want to draw too many conclusions from one game, but it was hard to not feel like something was different that night.
Again, you don’t want to draw too many conclusions from one game, but Saturday’s debacle at Virginia Tech was the exact opposite of the previous week’s victory.