NC State sports: We Didn’t Want To Be Here, But Here We Are. I wish we didn’t have to do this seemingly every year, and by this I mean endure another Wolfpack-related crisis of confidence, because they re-enforce some of the worst emotional tendencies many of us have learned over the years, but hey here we are again.
Much of what’s gone wrong can be forgiven and forgotten with a winning streak from here on, though as the loss to Wake Forest simmers still, it’s hard to find the right perspective. Football is extra tough that way—when you’ve got a team that is good-but-not-great, then there are going to be near-misses, and the once-a-week slow burn of the sport makes the what-ifs both more prolonged and pronounced.