Heels the perfect ending for Wolfpack

Posted Nov 28, 2009
Rising up from a knee that sealed N.C. State’s improbable win against North Carolina, Russell Wilson happily reared back and fired a perfect spiral into the student section at Carter-Finley Stadium. It was only after he let his first ill-advised pass of the day go that he realized what he had done. With the game ball soaring into the stands, what was he going to give ailing offensive coordinator Dana Bible as a souvenir of the Wolfpack’s 28-27 upset victory? (Wilmington Star News)

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