{"id":390704,"date":"2016-10-06T13:18:38","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T17:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=390704"},"modified":"2026-07-26T00:32:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T04:32:01","slug":"tudor-packs-2003-bowl-win-over-irish-bred-false-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=390704","title":{"rendered":"Tudor: Pack&#8217;s 2003 bowl win over Irish bred false hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a class=\"colorbox\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wralsportsfan.com\/pack-s-2003-bowl-win-over-irish-bred-false-hope\/16089438\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcache.wralsportsfan.com\/asset\/colleges\/ncsu\/2016\/04\/08\/15630086\/15630087-1460173959-160x120.jpg\" alt=\"Medlin: Return to Raleigh sparks timeless memories for Rivers\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>After Philip Rivers led NC State to a 28-6 upset Gator Bowl win over Notre Dame on New Year&#8217;s Day, 2003, I left Florida convinced the Wolfpack would be a top-10 team the following season and perhaps several seasons to come. I wasn&#8217;t alone. Sports reporters across the South and thousands of Pack fans sensed something important at hand. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wralsportsfan.com\/pack-s-2003-bowl-win-over-irish-bred-false-hope\/16089438\/\" class=\"colorbox\" id=\"rssmi_more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> &#8230;read more<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Source:: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wralsportsfan.com\/pack-s-2003-bowl-win-over-irish-bred-false-hope\/16089438\/\" class=\"colorbox\" title=\"Tudor: Pack&#039;s 2003 bowl win over Irish bred false hope\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WRAL<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After Philip Rivers led NC State to a 28-6 upset Gator Bowl win over Notre Dame on New Year&#8217;s Day, 2003, I left Florida convinced the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79,81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-390704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured-stories","category-n-c-state-wolfpack","wpcat-79-id","wpcat-81-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=390704"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1915814,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390704\/revisions\/1915814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=390704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=390704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=390704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}