Can’t run the ball. And it’s hard to maintain any drive if you can’t at least be a threat to run.

10/10/2026 2:22:51 PM

I’m getting too old for this shit

10/10/2026 2:27:07 PM

This defense is atrocious.

Cant get pressure. Every wr wide open. It’s crazy

10/10/2026 2:30:01 PM

Coach fired yet?

10/10/2026 2:30:37 PM

Fuck Wake

10/10/2026 2:34:34 PM

We didn’t punt until late 2nd Q. They didn’t have a sustained drive till late 2nd Q and even that ended in FG. And since half it’s been a total 180.

Wake has ballers. We do not.

10/10/2026 2:36:19 PM

Our offense stretched the field early in the game and we had success with it. Now everything is very short. Nothing downfield. I don’t get the complete change in our style of play. Maybe Wake’s defense made significant adjustments to take stuff away. Idk. But it’s crazy how the offense can go from so smooth and efficient to just a complete dumpster fire in like 3 possessions.

10/10/2026 2:40:42 PM

Just turned the game on. Did the crowd ever show up?

Not that they have an excuse to stick around for this garbage.

10/10/2026 2:41:57 PM

I like that the announcers were commenting on the however many consecutive sell out streak as they panned to a half empty stadium lol

10/10/2026 2:50:00 PM

Started 16/16 for 173

Since then 4/12 for 19 yards

Good god

10/10/2026 2:52:09 PM

Hernandez 13 targets
Foley 10 targets
Next highest is 2 targets for Wake

They feed their playmakers. We don’t. Granted, I don’t think we have playmakers as good as Hernandez or Foley on our offense. But we do nothing to scheme favorably for our ballers. Scheme something up for Victor Snow. Scheme something up for Kenan Jackson. We spread the ball around too much. Identify your ballers and force feed them. We don’t have the quality depth to spread it around like we try to.

10/10/2026 3:00:46 PM

^^
OK, so they might be playing a little streaky. . .

NTTAWWT!

10/10/2026 3:01:02 PM

Down 24. Dumping if off to the RB and TE. What are we doing

10/10/2026 3:07:32 PM

I would’ve preferred to pay Hollywood a few million and gotten some QB from the MAC to feed Hollywood like 30 times a game.

Not even hating on Bailey. He’s a solid qb. But not good enough to win by himself when he’s surrounded by minimal skill talent

10/10/2026 3:10:28 PM

By the way, we won lost that football game.

10/10/2026 3:15:09 PM

We have no identity. And really haven’t had one since I guess the Payton Wilson/Drake Thomas defense days?

10/10/2026 3:30:58 PM

Quote :

"Wake 38 Pack 21"

Pretty close, unfortunately

10/10/2026 3:31:27 PM

We do have an identity. Don't make half time adjustments and completely collapse in the second half.

10/10/2026 3:40:14 PM

I want somebody smarter than me to tell me why the offense looked totally different half to half in this game. I don’t think it’s as simple as “other team makes an adjustment and we don’t”. The other team has all week to prepare for what we do. OL definitely got worn down by the end of the game. But the quick hit passes in the first half just disappeared in the second half. Everything took forever to develop and ended in a dump off to Gause.

Also, this feels like a game (with bad and injured OL) that maybe you could’ve tried some Will Wilson run packages on early downs just to mix things up. Obviously all that goes out the window once it’s a blowout.

10/10/2026 4:38:06 PM

I wasn't able to watch the second half of the game, but imagine my surprise to see that we went from a great first half performance (relatively speaking) to getting absolutely bitch slapped.

So surprised! /sarc

10/12/2026 10:56:35 AM

The dumb thing about the “wake made adjustments” thing is doesn’t that imply Doeren had a great game plan and Wake didn’t? And then Wake adjusted and we didn’t. I mean…I guess that could be true but i just don’t believe it’s that simple.

10/12/2026 11:32:19 AM

Quote :

"I want somebody smarter than me to tell me why the offense looked totally different half to half in this game. I don’t think it’s as simple as “other team makes an adjustment and we don’t”. The other team has all week to prepare for what we do. OL definitely got worn down by the end of the game. But the quick hit passes in the first half just disappeared in the second half. Everything took forever to develop and ended in a dump off to Gause."

Look to TRT in these cases.

https://www.trinityroadtimes.com/p/game-analysis-nc-state-acquiesces

Quote :

"TEX stunts"

IMO, Bailey's poor decision making and slow snap-to-pass time plays a big factor. Wake was getting to Bailey a lot more in the second half, but it's not like we saw a ton of all out blitzes.

10/12/2026 11:37:47 AM

I guess my question is more of a coaching philosophy question than an X and O question. Was Wake actually dumb enough to not think to bring pressure in the first half? They knew we were down several OL and a starting RB.

This is where the “halftime adjustment” discourse loses me.

10/12/2026 12:31:21 PM