Dave Doeren's 14th season at NC State needed just one game to become another referendum on his future. Virginia turned Saturday's opener into a 34-8 rout, while the reaction around the Wolfpack became increasingly unforgiving.
NC State trailed 17-0 at halftime after CJ Bailey threw an interception and lost a fumble, then watched Virginia squeeze more than 12 minutes off the clock on a 23-play fourth-quarter touchdown drive. By then, the frustration had moved well beyond one ugly possession.
One user didn't mince words in anX post: "The Wolfpack better go ahead and just fire head coach Dave Doeren. Start the search now and try again next year."
Todd Bryant chimed in as well. After joking through months of missing college football, he endedhis post with, "Dave Doeren is a joke , I hate watching him on the sidelines for PackFootball."
CBS Sports college football ******* yst Brad Crawford noted that NC State entered with "the easiest schedule in Dave Doeren's 13 seasons," only to get "blown off the field in the opener." In another post, Crawford summed up the Doeren experience more simply: "Watching NC State under Dave Doeren just makes you bang your head against the wall."

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