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NC State game is always intense, competitive

The Clemson-NC State Game has always been a pretty good rivalry. Since the days of Danny Ford facing Dick Sheridan back in the mid-1980s to Woodrow Dantzler vs. Phillip Rivers in the early 2000s to today’s games between Dabo Swinney and Dave Doeren, the Textile Bowl, as it was formerly known, has always been competitive. And that is not always based off results.

Though Clemson has won 13 of the last 14 in the series, including the last six, the game has been incredibly intense.

“It is an incredibly competitive game for both teams. Both teams want to win,” Swinney said Tuesday during his weekly press conference as No.