CLEMSON, S.C. — It was the avoidability of it all that seemed to rankle Devin Leary the most, not merely a missed opportunity but one N.C. State never really fully grasped. It wasn’t just that the Wolfpack couldn’t seem to get out of its own way at times. It was that the flaws N.C. State couldn’t overcome could be seen so far in the distance. Months even.
There was anger in the Wolfpack quarterback’s words, and it seemed to emanate from the closed doors of the locker room behind him as well.
“A little bit heartbroken, a little bit pissed off,” Leary said. “We walked off that field knowing we didn’t play to the best of our ability. We had very high aspirations. We had very high expectations coming into this game and we thought we prepared well, but we didn’t execute well.”
