North Carolina State Wolfpack NCAA Football News

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.

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.

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.

Russell Wilson threw three touchdowns and ran for another, and North Carolina State snapped a four-game losing streak by holding off Maryland 38-31 on Saturday in a matchup of the ACC Atlantic Division's worst teams.

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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.

Since 2001, three of four Florida State losses to the North Carolina State Wolfpack have been mirror reflections of one another.

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.

If Florida State is to sustain any of the momentum it gained in last week's win at North Carolina, the Seminoles know that they'll have to do a good job containing North Carolina State QB Russell Wilson .

It has been a tough year for college football in North Carolina, no doubt about it.

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Steve Spurrier came up with a new word Tuesday when asked about South Carolina's recent struggles against Vanderbilt - and no, it was not of the four-letter variety.

At least he was honest. Before leaving his former haunt at Boston College's Alumni Stadium, N.C. State coach Tom O'Brien admitted that his team has "regressed" in the last two weeks.