NC State’s resiliency will keep them on track in remaining games

Photo by Lance King/Getty ImagesRegardless of who’s throwing the ball for NC State, one thing is consistent: Dave Doeren teams keep fighting. A few weeks ago, it seemed like the team might not win another game and now they’re bowl eligible with nine regular season wins still on the table. Let’s talk about a few of the reasons why.

Resurgent Secondary

I recently talked about how the secondary was struggling early this season. Since then they have become, dare I say, resurgent? In the last three games against Duke, Clemson and Miami, they have allowed 107 yards, 263 yards, and 173 yards, respectively.

Duke is the outlier, obviously. They played their backup quarterback, and he was only asked to…