NC State has had seven opportunities for game tying or game winning drives over the last two seasons. Seven times they moved the ball inside the opponent’s 30 yard line with less than two minutes to play. They scored zero times.
The Pack put a good team on the field in 2016. The 2017 product was one of the best teams since the turn of the millennium. A 16-10 record over those two years does little to justify the ceiling either of those teams had, and being 0 for 7 on game winning drives defines that gap. Thus, one of the big question marks surrounding this year’s team will be its ability to win tight games.