There is a time for coy word-play and clever mind games.
This is not the time for N.C. State.
There are games when you throw away last year’s meeting and ignore the ramifications of this year’s meeting.
This is not the game for N.C. State.
Saturday’s game (3:30 p.m., ABC) between the 20th-ranked Wolfpack (6-2, 4-0 ACC) and No. 4 Clemson (7-1, 5-1) at Carter-Finley Stadium is about positioning in the Atlantic Division; the winner will have the inside track to a spot in Charlotte in the ACC championship game on Dec. 2.
And one more thing, that’s just as important to the Wolfpack players.