NC State’s win over North Carolina on Friday night was unlikely in a lot of ways, namely in the ways that even made the last two minutes possible. The Wolfpack had been so bad in so many key indicator areas that its fourth-quarter deficit was without question well-earned. And yet, somehow State managed to finagle its way around all of it and steal with game.
NC State did need a little help from its opponent, which is always the case for results like these.
(Yds/Rush calculated with sacks and sack yardage removed.)
You’d have had a hard time convincing me before the game that Carolina would run for nearly 300 yards, but to be fair I hadn’t really paid attention to how good the Tar Heels have been on the ground the last couple months.