A look inside the Wolfpack's big victory.

N.C. State coach Tom O'Brien never changed his stone-faced demeanor Saturday as he twisted the dagger his team had plunged in North Carolina's back.

Owen Spencer grabbed the ball with both hands and squeezed it tightly, even after he got 8 yards deep in the end zone.

When Marc Trestman was named Montreal Alouettes head football coach in 2007, fans didn't start piling on the team's bandwagon.

Russell Wilson traveled plenty of miles to get the attention of college coaches when he was a high school quarterback in Richmond, Va.

Few football rivalries have been as evenly matched recently as the yearly Triangle tilt between North Carolina and N.C. State, which meet at noon Saturday in Chapel Hill.

Bill Cowher, Super Bowl-winning coach and N.C. State University alumnus, will deliver N.C. State's commencement address on Dec. 17, at the RBC Center in Raleigh.

N.C. State starting defensive end Shea McKeen is out for the season after breaking ankle Saturday against Wake Forest.

N.C. State's football players had barely finished off Wake Forest on Saturday when coach Tom O'Brien reminded them that their biggest rival was up next.

Despite facing the team that led the nation in takeaways Saturday, Russell Wilson extended his streak without an interception to 175 passes, four short of Jamie Barnette's school record, in a 21-17 defeat of Wake Forest at Carter-Finley Stadium.

N.C. State fans filed out of Carter- Finley Stadium smiling in wet ponchos, glad they had stuck around through intermittent rains to see the end of Saturday's 21-17 victory over Wake Forest.

N.C. State football coach Tom O'Brien talks about his young players, Wake Forest and special teams.

Tudor:N.C. State quarterback Russell Wilson, a redshirt freshman, has not yet been selected the ACC's rookie of the week.

College notes:Former NFL player Lin Dawson was hired Wednesday as athletic director for Grambling State.

Willie Burden is 57 years old and has slowed his pace to a walk now and easy strolls around the Georgia Southern campus and scenic golf courses.

J.P. Giglio and Caulton Tudor look at UNC and Wake's chances to make Tampa and talking about N.C. State's game against the Deacons.

College football:The annual N.C. State at North Carolina rivalry game on Nov. 22 will kick off at noon and will be broadcast regionally by Raycom, the ACC announced Monday.

Linebacker Nate Irving, who made 10 tackles Saturday against Duke after missing three of the previous four games with an ankle injury, didn't shed any light Monday on whether he will consider leaving N.C. State after this season for the NFL draft.

INSIDE THE GAME

Nate Irving made it look so easy.