Fizzle at finish leaves Wolfpack stunned in Chapel Hill

Posted Oct 27, 2012
On some level, Earl Wolff knew why things spun out of control for N.C. State on Saturday afternoon. Leaning against a whiteboard in one corner of a meeting room under Kenan Stadium's Blue Zone, the Wolfpack linebacker rattled off the contributing factors to the nightmarish fourth quarter of a 43-25 loss to rival North Carolina. "It's unbelievable. I still can't believe it," Wolff said. (Fayetteville Observer)

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