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O’Brien’s complaints are ill-timed with Thursday game ahead

N.C. State coach Tom O’Brien missed the mark this week with his complaints about Thursday night’s game with Cincinnati in Raleigh. O’Brien, speaking to the Wolfpack…

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UNC clears Draughn to play against Georgia Tech

The University of North Carolina keeps saying every case is an individual one, and at least one more case has been resolved. On Monday, the school…

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N.C. State one of the ACC’s few bright spots

N.C. State is suddenly one of the few positive stories in an ACC football season that has been derailed after only two weeks.Virginia Tech, the preseason…

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Vermiglio, Sweezy, Kuhn return for Pack

Clifton Barnes’ analysis of the N.C. State win at Central Florida is below, and some quick observations in addition to that. Wolfpack coach Tom O’Brien effectively…

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Running early, defense throughout saves NC State and some ACC pride

On a day that saw Virginia Tech being upset by James Madison, Georgia Tech losing to unheralded Kansas, Florida State being humiliated by Oklahoma and Miami…

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Loss at Wake shows Duke still struggling to produce in the clutch

Duke lost its last four games of 2009, and at the time, coach David Cutcliffe thought the biggest hurdle his program had to make was learning…

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Baddour: Davis is ‘the fit’ for North Carolina

North Carolina athletics director Dick Baddour offered a strong endorsement of coach Butch Davis Friday afternoon, telling the Capital Sports Report, “He’s the fit for the…

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Zero tackles for Irving proves frustrating for Pack LB

The most surprising statistic from N.C. State’s game with Western Carolina Saturday was the zero posted in the tackles column by Pack linebacker Nate Irving. Irving,…

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