RALEIGH
The seniors who will take the field Saturday for their final game against North Carolina or N.C. State have a heavy burden to carry. Over the past three years, they have been part of what may be the most memorable three-year cycle in the rivalry in a long time. How can Saturday possibly measure up?
From Gio Bernard’s punt return to the “Our State” fiasco to N.C. State’s on-field taking and off-field talking last season in Chapel Hill, it has been three pretty good years of controversy, drama and bitterness.
Which is what makes a rivalry a rivalry.