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What it was, was football Week 1
A total of 33 college and universities in North Carolina field a football team. Throughout the season, we’ll take a look at the best and the worst of the week that was and preview the […]
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Hot seat report for NC coaches
After a brief taste of college football this past weekend, we get a full schedule of games this weekend. That includes all seven FBS teams in North Carolina, who kicked off their respective seasons starting […]
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Predicting the college FB season
Last year, East Carolina and Wake Forest went from eight-win seasons in 2022 to losing campaigns. The Deacs went 4-8, while the Pirates were 2-10. Meanwhile, Florida State went unbeaten in the ACC to take […]
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Can App crash CFB Playoff party?
BOONE — The College Football Playoff expands to 12 teams this year. Perhaps no team is better poised to take advantage of that than the Appalachian State Mountaineers. While ACC champion Florida State gained headlines […]
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2024 All-NC Preseason Team
The 2024 college football season is just around the corner and excitement is building for the great teams right here in North Carolina. To get ready, the North State Journal put together our 2024 Preseason […]
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Landing spots for local NFL prospects in draft’s later rounds
For most of the NFL prospects coming out of North Carolina’s college programs, the chance to play at the next level just had to wait a day or two. Outside of UNC’s Drake Maye and […]
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Sports betting’s economic impact
On Monday, sports betting became legal in North Carolina with NC House Bill 347 going into effect. It comes just in time for the start of the men’s ACC basketball tournament and the NCAA tournaments. […]
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5 teams eliminated from tourneys
HIGH POINT — Michael Christmas scored 18 points, Walyn Napper approached triple-double territory and fifth-seeded Longwood defeated No. 2 UNC Asheville 85-59 on Sunday to win the Big South Conference Tournament. The victory sends the […]
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UNC-A tops G-W in Big South semis
HIGH POINT — Drew Pember scored 30 points, six in overtime, as UNC Asheville beat Gardner-Webb 83-72 on Saturday night in a Big South Conference Tournament semifinal. Pember wound up with a triple-double for the […]
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College Basketball Roundup: Ryan’s 18 help snap No. 10 UNC’s drought at Virginia
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — With its two star players doing little in a challenging first half, No. 10 UNC needed someone to emerge as an alternative against Virginia. Enter Cormac Ryan. He scored 18 points — […]