AUG 9, 2015 at 6:16p ET
AUG 9, 2015 at 6:16p ET
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) North Carolina State coach Dave Doeren wants a team that runs the ball with toughness, both to wear down defenses and maintain the workman-style identity of his program.
The formula provided one of the best rushing seasons in the program's recent history last year, as well as the starting point for this year's offense to continue the Wolfpack's upward climb.
Doeren called it a ''run it to win, throw it to score'' mentality.''
''It starts with the attitude, we tell them that's the first thing,'' he said Sunday during the team's preseason media day.