This Rivalry Needs a Name: The Second Longest Continuous FBS Rivalry - NC State (2-0) vs Wake Forest (2-0) (7:30PM ET, ESPN)

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This Rivalry Needs a Name: The Second Longest Continuous FBS Rivalry - NC State (2-0) vs Wake Forest (2-0) (7:30PM ET, ESPN)​

"Tobacco Load"?

 

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It’s the 2nd longest continuous CFB rivalry played at the FBS level at 115-straight meetings (and 118 overall)...and boy are do these teams surprisingly get under each other's skin.

It’s a rivalry series that started in a 4-4 tie game, and once saw a game end in a full, five-minute long brawl with players brandishing nose guards, head gear, fists, and any sort of weapon found at hand…followed by the ENTIRE CROWD DESCENDING ONTO THE FIELD TO JOIN IN (and amidst all the madness, someone stole a pistol from a Wake Forest (the city, not the school) Police Officer!)

Wake Forest won last year's meeting, having also won 5 out of the last 8 matchups.

Triangle Consolation Bowl*

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NCST is considered the red headed stepchild of the Triangle after UNC & Duke.
Wake Forest University is incorrectly believed to be in the Triangle.