October 25, 2009
BOONE -- Armanti Edwards threw three touchdowns to lead Appalachian State in a 52-16 rout of Georgia Southern on Saturday. Edwards was 26-for-34 with 320 yards and rushed for 39 yards for the Mountaineers (5-2, 4-0 Southern Conference). The score was tied...
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WASHINGTON -- Wallace Miles has been a big part of the N.C. A&T offense all season. In the first seven games of the season, the wide receiver from Atlanta leads the Aggies in catches with 23 and touchdown receptions with three. On a rainy day in the n...
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DURHAM -- Thaddeus Lewis has been carrying Duke lately. This time, it was the defense's turn to bail out the Blue Devils. Lewis threw for 371 yards and two touchdowns and Duke forced two late turnovers to wrap up a 17-13 victory over Maryland on Saturday.
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ELON -- Elon coach Pete Lembo could sense team needed a big play to get back in an effective rhythm. When the Phoenix found it, the source was no surprise. After falling behind 3-0 and stumbling through their first two drives, senior wide receiver Terrell...
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CLEMSON 40, NO. 8 MIAMI 37 (OT): Kyle Parker threw a 26-yard touchdown pass to Jacoby Ford in overtime, giving Clemson a 40-37 win over Miami on Saturday night in Miami. Matt Bosher kicked a 22-yard field goal on Miami's overtime possession, but on third......
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GREENSBORO -- Tunde Ogun ran for 124 yards and a touchdown as Christopher Newport spoiled Greensboro College's homecoming with a 14-7 victory at Jamieson Stadium. Antonio Epps' 4-yard touchdown run late in the third quarter was the winning score for the C...
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October 23, 2009
CHAPEL HILL — The powerhouse offense started slowly, but it slipped past the powerhouse defense. Meanwhile, the struggling defense bent plenty but didn't break against the struggling-even-worse offense. Such was the story of Florida State's 30-27 vi...
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WINSTON-SALEM (MCT) — Kyrie Irving, a 6-foot-2 guard from St. Patrick High School in Elizabeth, N.J., committed Thursday to Duke.Kentucky and Texas A&M were in his final decision, and he also considered Georgia Tech and Seton Hall."It was t...
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CHAPEL HILL — The old man won't go down without a fight. With vultures flying overhead and Tar Heel voices screaming all around him, Bobby Bowden pulled off still another win over North Carolina on a strange Thursday night in strangely lighted Kenan...
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October 22, 2009
CHAPEL HILL (AP) — Entering the season, this seemed like the perfect setup for North Carolina and Florida State's football teams: a nationally televised game, the first Thursday night home date in Tar Heels' history and a matchup of contenders...
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CHARLOTTE (AP) — The ACC wants to find a city that will embrace and support its struggling football championship game.Charlotte thinks it's the spot, and the heavy hitters from the city's business community lined up Wednesday to woo commissioner Joh...
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October 21, 2009
CHAPEL HILL — The North Carolina Tar Heels spent the past weekend catching their breath, thanks to a break in their college football season, but now they turn their attention to the final six games on the schedule. The Tar Heels face a stretch of si...
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GREENVILLE (MCT) — Skip Holtz admits he enjoys watching college football on the odd Tuesday night. Now the East Carolina coach will get a much closer look at it. The Pirates, coming off a dominant 49-13 win over Rice on Saturday, begin a wacky...
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N.C. State cornerback Rashard Smith will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury. Smith, a freshman backup and kick returner, was injured in the second quarter of last week's 52-20 loss to Boston College. Coach Tom O'Brien also said defensive end J...
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October 20, 2009
CHAPEL HILL — Will Graves considers himself a leader, a role model for the youngsters on the North Carolina men's basketball team. Chances are, the 21-year-old junior from Greensboro wouldn't have said that seven months ago. Suspended for the final...
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RALEIGH (AP) — Two injured N.C. State players will miss the rest of the season.Coach Tom O'Brien said today that cornerback Rashard Smith and defensive end Jeff Rieskamp won't play again this season because of injuries.Smith is a freshman who suffer...
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October 19, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) — After a steady climb, Alabama has reached the top of the AP poll.The Crimson Tide jumped Florida and landed at No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 on Sunday.The unbeaten Gators had been in the top spot since the preseason, but the C...
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October 18, 2009
CLEMSON, S.C. -- Riley Skinner rose from the soggy turf without his helmet, a dazed look on his face that conveyed equal parts pain and disbelief. The Wake Forest quarterback was the recipient of a sack by Clemson linebacker Kavell Conner that had jarred...
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SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- Armanti Edwards threw for 415 yards and two touchdowns to help Appalachian State rally for a 44-34 victory over Wofford on Saturday. Edwards was 27 of 34 and threw scoring passes of 27 and 57 yards to Brian Quick, and the Mountaineers...
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WESTERN CAROLINA 14, THE CITADEL 10: Dion Wilson ran for two touchdowns in the second half and Western Carolina beat The Citadel in Cullowhee. Wilson scored on a 1-yard run in the third quarter as the Catamounts (1-5, 1-3 Southern Conference) pulled to wi...
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NO. 19 GEORGIA TECH 28, NO. 4 VIRGINIA TECH 23: Josh Nesbitt rushed for 122 yards and three touchdowns -- the last of them tiptoeing down the sideline to finish off the fourth-ranked Hokies with 3 minutes left -- as No. 19 Georgia Tech ran to a 28-23 win...
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GREENSBORO -- Freshman Seth Adams came off the bench to throw four touchdown passes Saturday as Greensboro rallied from a 17-0 deficit to win 27-24 at Ferrum on Saturday. Adams was 18-for-30 passing for 300 yards, four TDs and no interceptions. The win wa...
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BOSTON — Tom O'Brien seems well aware he has his detractors among the N.C. State faithful, those who aren't willing to be patient with the job he's doing in Raleigh. "I can't be concerned with that, I gotta be concerned with coaching the footba...
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GREENVILLE -- Dwayne Harris returned a kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown and added two touchdown catches to help East Carolina beat winless Rice 49-13 on Saturday. Harris matched his career-high with 128 yards receiving for the Pirates (4-3, 3-1 Conference...
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Clemson backup safety Kantrell Brown had be take off the field on a stretcher Saturday after a second-quarter kickoff return. Brown, a sophomore, was face down and motionless for several minutes before raising his arms and legs while being carted off the...
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