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Wolfpack rolled by Notre Dame, 45-24
The Wolfpack had to battle the Fighting Irish, and the elements, Saturday afternoon at Carter-Finley Stadium.
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The Wolfpack had to battle the Fighting Irish, and the elements, Saturday afternoon at Carter-Finley Stadium.
>> ONLY WR. >> WELL, IT WASN'T QUITE HURRICANE MATTHEW, LIKE THE LAST I DIDN'T SEE STATE AND NOTRE DAME MET AT CARTER-FINLEY STADIUM BACK IN 2016 BUT RAIN AND LIGHTNING, HOWEVER, DO OVER THE AREA, CAUSING A NEARLY 2 HOUR DELAY AFTER JUST THE 1ST QUARTER OF PLAY IN ONCE THINGS GOT GOING AGAIN, IT WAS THE IRISH YOU WOULD WASH OUT THE PACK. 45 24. HEY, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. WELCOME TO SPORTS ON CASEY IS COMING TO YOU LIVE FROM CARTER. FINLEY STADIUM IS JUST THE 4TH EVER MEETING BETWEEN THESE 2. THE FIRST SINCE 2017 NOTRE DAME COMING IN WITH 2 WINS UNDER THE BELT AND RATES NUMBER 10 IN THE NATION. LET'S GET YOU FIELD SIDE FOR THE HIGHLIGHTS. >> FIRST TIME SINCE 2005, THE PACK OPENED AT HOME WITH A RANKED OPPONENTS. KNOW THIS GROUP HASN'T SEEN MUCH OF NOTRE DAME, BUT THEY'VE SEEN PLENTY OF THIS GUY. FORMER WAKE FOREST QUARTERBACK SAM HARTMAN AND THE PACK DEFENSE MADE HIM UNCOMFORTABLE EARLY DOWN BY KERRY'S OWN DAVIN. VANN. HE HAD 2 SACKS EARLY IN THIS CONTEST AND THAT'S BEEN GOING FOR EITHER SIDE HERE. THE 1ST QUARTER COMBINED 83 YARDS IN A SCORELESS GAME AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEATHER TOO LATE. PAT. REAL, THOUGH, 10, NOTHING LATE. THE 2ND QUARTER. BRADLEY ROSNER HOLES IN HIS FIRST TD RECEPTION OF THE PACT. 10, 7 IRISH FINAL MINUTES OF THE 3RD STATE DOWN. 24 10 BRENNAN, ARMSTRONG PUNCHES IN FROM A YARD OUT. I WAS JUST A ONE-SCORE GAME HEADING INTO THE 4TH QUARTER BUT MISTAKES KILLED THE PACK. A PAIR OF INTERCEPTIONS LEAD TO A PAIR OF NOTRE DAME TOUCHDOWNS. THE IRISH PLAYED 45 24 THE FINAL. >> WELL, LET'S BRING IN WRAL'S CHRIS LEE, CHRIS HEAD COACH DAVE DOEREN CALLED THIS AN AWKWARD GAME. THERE WAS SOME BAD TECHNIQUE WAS DROPS INTERCEPTIONS AND THEN OH, YEAH, THAT DISRUPTION OF THE GAME WITH THAT 90 MINUTE WEATHER DELAY. YEAH. THE LOOK AT THE VIRUS DOESN'T SEEM TO TRAVEL TO RALEIGH, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO WHETHER YOU MENTIONED EARLIER 2016, HURRICANE MATTHEW CAME HERE LAST TIME. THE IRISH WERE HERE. CARTER FINLEY STADIUM TODAY. A STORM CAME THROUGH THE AREA WITH CAUSING A WEATHER DELAY FOR OVER AN HOUR AND A HALF NOW THAT ALSO CAUSED SOME STORM ON SOCIAL MEDIA. PEOPLE MISS PRESIDENT, THE MISINFORMATION SAYING THAT THE VIDEO BOARD A BRAND NEW VIDEO BOARD WAS HIT BY LIGHTNING. IT WAS NOT WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED. IS THE BOARD SHORTED A LITTLE AFTER LIGHTNING STRUCK A FEW MILES AWAY. >> ALL OF THAT PART OF A LONG UNSCHEDULED DELAY, CREATING SOME UNUSUAL CONDITIONS. >> IT'S HARD BECAUSE IT'S NOT LIKE THIS SAID, HEY, WE'LL SEE IN 90 MINUTES. YOU IS EVERY 30 MINUTES WE GOT A NEW UPDATE IS A PRETTY FLUID FOR THE TEAM. IT REALLY WASN'T LIKE A HALFTIME OR, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE WOULD HAVE SAID YOU'RE AT 60 MINUTES, YOU CAN PLAN OUT PRETTY ACCORDINGLY. >> AND PAYTON WILSON SAID AFTER THE GAME THAT THE IRISH HAD