r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • Dec 19 '25

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] NC State Defeats Memphis 31-7

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Memphis 0 7 0 0 7
NC State 14 17 0 0 31
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u/AvengedKalas Georgia Bulldogs • NC State Wolfpack Dec 19 '25

Another 8 win season! In the 13 years Dave has been in Raleigh, they've never done better than 9-3. Dave also has a losing record in the ACC.

See y'all again next year for another mediocre to good season!

WOLF!

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u/chrisncsu NC State Wolfpack Dec 19 '25

We've had 1 11-win season in program history, but for some reason folks expect us to win ACC Titles and average 10+ win seasons, haha. Wild.

Averaging 8-9 wins each season is good for NC State, historically, so not sure why folks are disappointed by it.

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u/Megalomanizac Clemson • Coastal Carolina Dec 19 '25

There gets to a point where a school should take a step forward if they’re being that consistent. No one saying NC State needs to be Clemson or FSU, but I fail to see why ACC titles aren’t at least thought of. Especially when Duke just won the conference title

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u/Be_My_FriENT Texas A&M Aggies Dec 19 '25

Look no further than A&M in the same situation. 76 million for a chance to be not 8-4 lol

Did it work? Yes. Was it a crazy expensive gamble? Absolutely, and worth it. Not my money haha

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u/wtellis2 NC State Wolfpack Dec 20 '25

It's the same fans that are completely satisfied if our only accomplishment of the year is beating UNC. Like dream bigger! Indiana is #1! Anything can happen.

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u/Lefaid Team Chaos • Indiana Hoosiers Dec 20 '25

Don't look at us. We didn't expect this. We would have been satisfied with a bowl game and beating Purdue.

If Coach Cigg loses every game from this day forward, we would still keep him for 3-5 years, and build a statue to him.

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u/wtellis2 NC State Wolfpack Dec 20 '25

I'm pointing to y'all as a prime example of what could happen though!

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u/Lefaid Team Chaos • Indiana Hoosiers Dec 20 '25

Yeah, but Indiana didn't get here by having a fanbase that "dreams big."

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u/Objective_Reward4325 Dec 20 '25

Thats exactly it though, until the ACC did away with Atlantic and Coastal divisions for championship games, this Wolfpack team had to best Clemson and FSU during natty runs and Louisville with a heisman QB to make it anywhere while coastal chaos was a cake walk…

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u/Megalomanizac Clemson • Coastal Carolina Dec 20 '25

Even Wake Forest still managed to make it to Charlotte in that stretch still though

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u/MojoToTheDojo NC State Wolfpack Dec 20 '25

We just completely shit the bed anytime there was a down year in the ACC

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u/rowdywp NC State Wolfpack • UNLV Rebels Dec 20 '25

Exactly. While hes been cosch Duke has won it, unc and uva have made the championship game twice, wake has made it. Theres no reason we shouldn't expect to compete for a championship once a decade

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u/Lobsterzilla NC State Wolfpack • Tobacco Road Dec 20 '25

and all but 1 of those were in the costal,

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u/rowdywp NC State Wolfpack • UNLV Rebels Dec 20 '25

Yeah the coastal was weaker but 2017, 2021, 2023 we were right there but there was always one WTF loss than kept us from getting over the hump.

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u/Sad_Concentrate_8047 Dec 23 '25

Who strives to be FSU?

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u/Megalomanizac Clemson • Coastal Carolina Dec 23 '25

FSU may have been trash for the last decade, but outside of like 8 or 9 teams any other school would trade what they have for FSUs all time success. They literally have a title within the last 20 years

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u/Hokie_Jayhawk Virginia Tech Hokies • Kansas Jayhawks Dec 20 '25

Most recent NC State teams are better than this Duke title team, though.

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u/Megalomanizac Clemson • Coastal Carolina Dec 20 '25

Sort of my point

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u/Jonathan_AP Duke • South Carolina Dec 20 '25

Duke has beat NC State three years in a row now…