Unnecessary drama, baby, you know you love it, and NC State football loves to give it to you. The Wolfpack let Syracuse hang around all night Thursday and then had to stave off a fourth-quarter rally by the Orange. And State did, just barely.
Syracuse scored with three minutes left to narrow the score to 16-10 in NC State’s favor, then got a three-and-out and got the ball back with a chance to win. Fortunately, the Orange were out of timeouts by this point, and most fittingly for the unendurable terribleness that was this contest, the proceedings ended on a 10-second runoff.