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The Wolfpack finally broke back into the win column in Carter-Finley this afternoon in an epic shootout for last place in the ACC Atlantic division when they helf off the Maryland Terrapins, 38-31. For the Wolfpack, it was another game decided by whether the Wolfpack offense could outscore the opponent, as State's depleted and hapless defense once ...

Tom O'Brien told his North Carolina State players two months ago after they beat Pittsburgh that they weren't a good football team.

Ralph Friedgen saw a rainbow at practice last week. The Maryland coach desperately hoped it was a positive sign for a struggling team that he said had been rained on all too often this season, both in a literal and metaphorical sense.

Give credit to NC State and Maryland for being gracious competitors. The Wolfpack's Homecoming Day football game was an enjoyable a contest as the weather was pleasant in Raleigh Saturday afternoon.

Maryland's defeat-littered season suffered even more setbacks Saturday. The Terrapins lost both their quarterback and a 38-31 decision at N.C. State, in the process squashing the team's slim bowl hopes.

Maryland quarterback Chris Turnera s first pass was intercepted in the flat by defensive end Willie Young.

Sidney Lowe knows that the coming season will be an important one for his N.C. State basketball program.

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Named the 18th head coach in NC State history in the spring of 2006 ... in his first three years at the helm of the Wolfpack program, Lowe has fashioned a 51-46 mark ... a year ago, NC State lost seven games by eight points or fewer en route to a 16-14 mark ... in his first season in Raleigh, Lowe's Wolfpack won six of its last nine games, advanced ...

At this point, a win Saturday will do a world of good for the North Carolina State football team.

Florida State sophomore TB Jermaine Thomas has been pushed hard by the coaches to run with more authority and run through adversity.

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the press box at Doak Campbell Stadium. As I look out over the laptop screen in front of me, I see the home folks slowly filling up the place.

It's starting to become crystal clear. If the Florida State Seminoles are going to win football games this season, they're going to have to do it like this.

TALLAHASSEE -- There was that one play when an already hurting Christian Ponder was rocked by North Carolina State cornerback C.J. Wilson.

It's the kind of play that wins football games. And it came from a kid who desperately needed to make one.

TALLAHASSEE - Mickey Andrews was dissecting yet another game of big plays allowed by his defense, but also a key ones it made, when he excused himself from his postgame press conference.

N.C. State at Florida State WHEN: Noon LINE: FSU by 10 Series record: FSU leads 20-9 TV: ABC7 When FSU has the ball: It should move it quite a bit.

Bert Reed's 3-yard touchdown run with 1:36 left lifted Florida State to a 45-42 win over North Carolina State on Saturday.

When told of how good Florida State quarterback Christian Ponder looked in the second half of the Seminoles' victory at North Carolina last week, North Carolina State coach Tom O'Brien cracked a smile.

It's now the third season since Chuck Amato was ousted as N.C. State's football coach, and his name barely has been mentioned as the Wolfpack prepares to face Florida State.