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"“The expectations are there,” Doeren said. “Whether they’re real or not, that’s for us to prove. But that’s what you want. You want people to expect things of your players.”
State has the players, 14 starters from last year and two maturing recruiting classes that suggest Doeren has settled into his area, recruiting against Carolina and East Carolina at the same time.
State has the quarterback, senior Jacoby Brissett. State has the running backs, Shadrach Thornton, Matt Dayes and freshman Reggie Gallaspy from Southern Guilford. State has three interior linemen back and eight defensive starters back.
What’s not to like? This is a good football team stuck in a brutal division but blessed with what is likely the easiest non-conference schedule in the country.
We won’t know anything about this team for a long time. College football season starts in about three weeks, and State has a game that week, too. But the Pack’s real season doesn’t start for another month after that.
The incongruous expectations are somehow fitting for a program situated between a rock and soft place."
"“The expectations are there,” Doeren said. “Whether they’re real or not, that’s for us to prove. But that’s what you want. You want people to expect things of your players.”
State has the players, 14 starters from last year and two maturing recruiting classes that suggest Doeren has settled into his area, recruiting against Carolina and East Carolina at the same time.
State has the quarterback, senior Jacoby Brissett. State has the running backs, Shadrach Thornton, Matt Dayes and freshman Reggie Gallaspy from Southern Guilford. State has three interior linemen back and eight defensive starters back.
What’s not to like? This is a good football team stuck in a brutal division but blessed with what is likely the easiest non-conference schedule in the country.
We won’t know anything about this team for a long time. College football season starts in about three weeks, and State has a game that week, too. But the Pack’s real season doesn’t start for another month after that.
The incongruous expectations are somehow fitting for a program situated between a rock and soft place."
