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“But a better question has emerged, now that State and Carolina will (somehow) enter their regular season finale with identical 8-3 records. What if UNC’s supposed talent — all those players who entered college with four or five stars next to their names on the recruiting websites; all those guys whose signings elicited a lot of hype and hope — had N.C. State’s coaching staff?”

“Because this much has become clear (if it wasn’t already) while the Wolfpack and Tar Heels traveled vastly different roads only to wind up in the same place: N.C. State more often than not finds a way to get the most out of what it has, so much so that the sum always seems greater than the individual parts would suggest.

“And Carolina? Well, the signing day hype and recruiting success has to count for something, right?”

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UNC, NC State football are both 8-3, but rarely have identical records been so different



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