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Five questions to ponder before kickoff
The college football season got off to a winning start in the Old North State last week with six of the seven FBS teams picking up opening week victories. And the only team that didn’t […]
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Young Wolfpack proved ready in opener
RALEIGH — It’s still too early to make any meaningful judgments about the young NC State football team this season. But you can already say this much for coach Dave Doeren’s Wolfpups after one game: […]
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NC State WR Riley out for season with torn ACL
RALEIGH — North Carolina State receiver C.J. Riley will miss the rest of the season after tearing a knee ligament on a special teams play. Coach Dave Doeren said Monday that Riley tore his left […]
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New season, same result for State, ECU
RALEIGH — The names, the faces and many of the coaches on both sides have changed, but the result was a familiar one for the football rematch between NC State and East Carolina on Saturday. […]
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UNC battling history, as well as Gamecocks, in season opener
When North Carolina and South Carolina play one another in Charlotte on Saturday, it will mark the sixth time in the last 12 years that the Gamecocks have opened a college football season by playing […]
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Doeren, Wolfpack don’t see 2019 as a rebuilding year
RALEIGH — The problem with having one of the most experienced teams in college football one year is that you’re destined to end up with one of the nation’s least experienced teams the next. That’s […]
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Quarterbacks not one size fits all around the state
No position in any sport has more of an impact on the success of its team than the quarterback has in football. That’s what made preparations for this week’s season-opening college games so interesting for […]
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Appalachian State ready to compete with the big boys
Clemson, Alabama, Ohio State, Oklahoma. Since the start of the 2015 season, those four teams — perennial college football playoff contenders — are the only teams in FBS with a better winning percentage than Appalachian […]
College Football
After Luck’s surprise retirement Colts turn to former NCSU QB Brissett
INDIANAPOLIS — General manager Chris Ballard spent most of the offseason talking about the two starting-caliber quarterbacks on the Indianapolis Colts’ roster. It’s time to find out if he got it right. Ballard remained resolute […]
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State of recruiting, 2020: How Mack Brown has changed the game
So much can change in a year. Last summer, Larry Fedora and UNC were struggling on the recruiting trail. NC State was on an impressive hot streak, seemingly landing every in-state prospect that coach Dave […]