N.C. State went 4-2 in the second half of the 2007 season.
After a 1-5 start, coach Tom O'Brien used the final six games as a "new season," a rallying cry to motivate his team.
The wipe-the-slate-clean approach worked, to a certain extent, for O'Brien in 2007 but he won't be going back to it this season.
Even though the situations are similar: State's 2-4 and, like last year, is coming off a bye before the start of the second half of the season.
"We're 3 minutes away from being a 3-3 football team," O'Brien said.
Last season, O'Brien was able to use the bye week to bench some players on defense and inject new life into the lineup, given the number of injuries and available scholarship players (46), O'Brien said there is no opportunity for a shakeup.
He'll skip the second-half slogans, too.
"Our rallying cry is to get better each and every week," he said.
Comments
If NCSU can stop the run and
Thu, 10/16/2008 - 12:07 — gvillegatrIf NCSU can stop the run and force FSU to throw the football, thye will have a shot at being in this game. If thye can muster some offense ... say at least 20 pts, I think they can win.
GO WOLFPACK
Thu, 10/16/2008 - 07:33 — Brittany (not verified)I think they can pull it out tonight. They need to think of the 2nd half of the season as a new start for them. Last couple of games have been very close endings. I thought they had the last game against BC. They played a great game. If they go in there with a attitude about winning because last game in my eyes was a win. They came back like they needed to just BC had to score with 22 seconds to go. GO WOLFPACK you got this!!!