Extra Points: New Era To Carolina-State

Posted Nov 12, 2007

A new era of the Carolina-State football rivalry ensued Saturday in Raleigh, and more than 57,000 fans gnawed their cuticles, exhausted their lungs, cried, prayed, laughed and drew on their creative reservoirs to find new epithets for the enemy. In the end, it came down to one play, quarterback T.J. Yates throwing to the Tar Heels' best receiver, Hakeem Nicks, on a fade route into the left corner of the end zone. (Tar Heel Blue)

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