Virginia Tech is focusing on what it can do, not what it can't. The No. 16 Hokies can't win a third consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference championship.

When C.J. Spiller stands beside Howard's Rock for his solo, Senior Day run down Clemson's famed hill today, he won't think about the friends he's made, the highlight reels he's filled or the nearly four miles he's run since picking the Tigers four seasons ago.

The NCAA has granted NC State senior tailback Toney Baker a sixth year of eligibility, Wolfpack head coach Tom O'Brien announced following Thursday's football practice.

The 16th-ranked Virginia Tech Hokies host the NC State Wolfpack in an ACC matchup this weekend at Lane Stadium/Worsham Field in Blacksburg.

Jubilation reigned at N.C. State over the weekend after the end of a four-game losing streak, but it had limitations.

Clemson running back C.J. Spiller carries the ball as North Carolina State linebacker Dwayne Maddox and cornerback C.J. Wilson try to hang on during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, Nov.

N.C. State's losing streak is over, but the pressure to win is still building. The Wolfpack has three regular-season games left, starting with today's home game against Clemson, and needs to win all three to have a winning record and be eligible for a bowl game.

There once was a time when Frank Beamer and Ralph Friedgen coached together and were best of friends.

Give credit to NC State and Maryland for being gracious competitors. The Wolfpack's Homecoming Day football game was an enjoyable a contest as the weather was pleasant in Raleigh Saturday afternoon.

Tom O'Brien told his North Carolina State players two months ago after they beat Pittsburgh that they weren't a good football team.

Ralph Friedgen saw a rainbow at practice last week. The Maryland coach desperately hoped it was a positive sign for a struggling team that he said had been rained on all too often this season, both in a literal and metaphorical sense.

Maryland's defeat-littered season suffered even more setbacks Saturday. The Terrapins lost both their quarterback and a 38-31 decision at N.C. State, in the process squashing the team's slim bowl hopes.

Russell Wilson threw three touchdowns and ran for another, and North Carolina State snapped a four-game losing streak by holding off Maryland 38-31 on Saturday in a matchup of the ACC Atlantic Division's worst teams.

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Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the press box at Doak Campbell Stadium. As I look out over the laptop screen in front of me, I see the home folks slowly filling up the place.

Since 2001, three of four Florida State losses to the North Carolina State Wolfpack have been mirror reflections of one another.

It's starting to become crystal clear. If the Florida State Seminoles are going to win football games this season, they're going to have to do it like this.

TALLAHASSEE -- There was that one play when an already hurting Christian Ponder was rocked by North Carolina State cornerback C.J. Wilson.

It's the kind of play that wins football games. And it came from a kid who desperately needed to make one.

TALLAHASSEE - Mickey Andrews was dissecting yet another game of big plays allowed by his defense, but also a key ones it made, when he excused himself from his postgame press conference.