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October 12, 2007

Waiting game: State's Baker remains positive

RALEIGH -- Even now, as he watches the replay, Toney Baker just doesn't see what was so bad about it. Late in N.C. State's season-opening loss to Central Florida, Baker took a short pass and headed upfield. He broke a few tackles, then tried to spin away... Read More

Graves will chase loose balls at UNC

CHAPEL HILL -- If this is the toughest question Roy Williams has to answer this season, then North Carolina basketball fans should go ahead and make travel reservations for the Final Four in San Antonio. Still, it had to be asked Thursday during the team...... Read More

October 11, 2007

Wake Forest Scouting Report

WAKE FOREST (3-2 overall, 2-1 ACC) Who: No. 21 Florida State (4-1, 1-1). When: 7:30 p.m. today Where: BB&T Field, Winston-Salem. Tickets: $40 online at wakeforestsports.cstv.com or call (888) 758-3322 TV: ESPN. Radio: WBRF-98.1, WZTK-101.1 Watch for...... Read More

October 10, 2007

Hand Moore the ball, and he goes into Orbit

WINSTON-SALEM -- Two players in college football's top division have 200 or more yards rushing and 300 or more yards receiving this season. One of them is Wake Forest's Kenny Moore; the other is an Air Force Academy Falcon. And, no, this is not some rando... Read More

October 9, 2007

UNC gets set for USC's 'D'

CHAPEL HILL -- After three straight weeks of playing teams with fast, aggressive, top-30 defenses (South Florida, Virginia Tech and Miami), you'd think North Carolina would pretty much know what's coming when South Carolina visits Kenan Stadium on Saturda... Read More

October 8, 2007

Wake Forest closing in on notable fourth victory

WINSTON-SALEM -- With its next win in 2007, Wake Forest will post at least four victories in seven straight seasons, a streak that sounds thoroughly trivial and worthy of sarcastic applause. But the Demon Deacons (3-2) never have done it since they began... Read More

October 7, 2007

UNC shows some maturity

CHAPEL HILL -- It wasn't just a big game to win. It was a big way to win a game. North Carolina looked dominant in the first half, looked vulnerable in the third quarter and then looked like a team that has learned how to win in the final minutes of its 3... Read More

Wake holds off Duke rally

DURHAM -- Receiver Kenneth Moore rushed for two touchdowns and Wake Forest withstood Thaddeus Lewis' four-touchdown performance and beat Duke 41-36 on Saturday. Moore caught 11 passes for 100 yards and rushed four times for 84 yards, with scoring runs cov... Read More

ACC football roundup: Virginia Tech uses special teams to beat Clemson

NO. 15 VIRGINIA TECH 41, NO. 22 CLEMSON 23: Who needs an offense with a return game like Virginia Tech's? The 15th-ranked Hokies had a record-tying 100-yard kickoff return touchdown by Victor Harris and an 82-yard punt return score from Eddie Royal in top... Read More

October 6, 2007

Turn on computer to see Wake-Duke

GREENSBORO -- Today's Wake Forest-Duke football game will not be seen on ESPN or syndicated by Raycom-Lincoln Financial or any other outfit commonly known to the sports fan. Its carrier is ACC Select, a live video Internet service that sounds far removed... Read More

Davis downplays his link to Miami

CHAPEL HILL -- Ask Butch Davis whether there's any added significance to leading North Carolina against Miami, and you'll probably be disappointed with the response. "To be honest with you, not particularly," said Davis, a former Miami coach. Still, it's... Read More

October 2, 2007

Reunions continue in ACC

Another Saturday, another slightly awkward reunion. Three weeks ago, it was Tom O'Brien's return to Boston College, a trip that -- all things being equal -- the N.C. State football coach would much rather have avoided. This week, the Wolfpack reconnects w... Read More

September 30, 2007

State gives in to Louisville

RALEIGH -- The stricken look on Andre Brown's face said it all. The words he then spoke merely confirmed it. "Turnovers killed us," the junior running back said. On Saturday, N.C. State's five turnovers killed the Wolfpack's chance of pulling of... Read More

Tar Heels threaten late, but can't get past Hokies

BLACKSBURG, Va. -- There's something to be said for taking 17th-ranked Virginia Tech to the final minute at sold-out, screeching Lane Stadium. "We came into ... probably the toughest place to play in the country and competed against a really good team," s... Read More

Special teams deliver for Georgia Tech

GEORGIA TECH 13, NO. 13 CLEMSON 3: Mark Buchholz missed one kick after another, a couple sliding left of the upright, the other two going wide right. Not that he was the only offender on the Clemson special teams, which weren't very special at all. While... Read More

Hurricanes hold off another Duke upset bid

MIAMI -- Kyle Wright returned from an injury to throw a game-sealing touchdown pass to DajLeon Farr with 2:15 left, and Miami escaped an upset bid by Duke for the second straight year by beating the Blue Devils 24-14 on Saturday. Wright was 19-of-23 for 2... Read More

September 25, 2007

Beck still standing as starting QB for Wolfpack

There weren't many positives for N.C. State in its 42-20 loss to Clemson on Saturday, but at least the Wolfpack still knows who its quarterback is. Harrison Beck left the game late in the first quarter with a sprained right knee, but he could have re-ente... Read More

September 23, 2007

State of N.C. State football: 'Not very good'

RALEIGH -- They stood around under their tents or milled about in the gravel parking lots, listening to the radio and throwing a football. A lot of N.C. State's fans decided not to come back into Carter-Finley Stadium after halftime of the Wolfpack's gam... Read More

Interceptions, weak offense doom Tar Heels

TAMPA, Fla. -- North Carolina coach Butch Davis didn't flinch when T.J. Yates threw yet another interception. Instead, he shared a story with his redshirt freshman quarterback. Davis recalled a game when Troy Aikman was a young Dallas Cowboys quarterback... Read More

Deacons' comeback ends in OT victory

WINSTON-SALEM -- They created a new network for this one: ESPNUnlikely. Alphonso Smith's 100-yard interception return changed momentum for Wake Forest against Maryland, but it didn't deliver Saturday's 31-24 overtime victory by itself. In order to pull of... Read More

ACC football roundup: Virginia nips Georgia Tech

VIRGINIA 28, GEORGIA TECH 23: Jameel Sewell had just finished a forgettable series, completing two passes to receivers who got hammered for 1-yard gains and throwing another that bounced high off a receiver's hands and almost got intercepted. Time was run... Read More

Late FG completes Navy's comeback over Duke

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Backup kicker Joey Bullen made a 44-yard field goal on the last play of the game to lift Navy past Duke 46-43 on Saturday. Bullen's kick finished off a fourth-quarter comeback by the Midshipmen (2-2), who trailed 43-32. With Jarod Bryant... Read More

September 21, 2007

Skinner back in lineup for Wake

WINSTON-SALEM -- Principal Skinner is back in charge. Wake Forest quarterback Riley Skinner, who says he doesn't watch "The Simpsons" and is therefore unaware of the character who bears his surname, said Thursday he has been cleared to start Sat... Read More

September 19, 2007

Devils act like they know how to win

DURHAM -- Duke football coach Ted Roof sat down at his weekly news conference and got right to the point. "All right, let's talk about Navy," he said Tuesday. The comment drew chuckles from the gathered media, because naturally all the talk abou... Read More

Wake Forest makes another move in backfield

WINSTON-SALEM -- If you're about to face the Terrapins, you might as well play a shell game. Such is the state of flux in Wake Forest's offensive backfield entering Saturday's home football game against Maryland. With an abundance of tailbacks and a lack... Read More