Drama from coaches' spat exceeded game

Posted Nov 6, 2011
A year after North Carolina and N.C. State combined in Chapel Hill to produce one of the most thrilling editions of the rivalry in recent memory, with Russell Wilson and T.J. Yates dueling like Ali and Frazier in Manila, the teams conspired Saturday to make sure the coaches' war of words was as compelling as anything that happened on the field. (Raleigh News & Observer)

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