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Web Run: Wilson keeps ill father in his heart
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Jerry Cornwell
PackPride.com

Aug 26, 2008

Russell Wilson wouldn't leave his father's side. It was 2000, and they were on their way to a club baseball tournament when Russell's father, Harrison Wilson III, began suffering serious complications from diabetes.

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Date Opponent Location TV Time/Recap
08/28/08 Charleston Southern @ Miami Miami Gardens, Fla. ESPN360
(XM 191) 7:30 p.m. ET
Jacksonville State @ Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga. ESPN360
(XM 190) 7:30 p.m. ET
Gametracker
NC State @ South Carolina Columbia, S.C. ESPN
(XM 193) 8:00 p.m. ET
Gametracker
Wake Forest @ Baylor Waco, Texas FSN
(XM 192) 8:00 p.m. ET
Gametracker

(As Of July 28)
ATLANTIC DIVISION
School Conference Pct. Overall Pct.
Boston College 0-0 .000 0-0 .000
Clemson 0-0 .000 0-0 .000
Florida State 0-0 .000 0-0 .000
Maryland 0-0 .000 0-0 .000
NC State 0-0 .000 0-0 .000
Wake Forest 0-0 .000 0-0 .000
COASTAL DIVISION
School Conference Pct. Overall Pct.
Duke 0-0 .000 0-0 .000
Georgia Tech 0-0 .000 0-0 .000
Miami 0-0 .000 0-0 .000
North Carolina 0-0 .000 0-0 .000
Virginia 0-0 .000 0-0 .000
Virginia Tech 0-0 .000 0-0 .000

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"They [USC] have great talent. They have potentially four or five first-round draft picks on defense. Tom O'Brien will get [N.C. State] back and straight. But with their quarterbacks, offensive line, running backs, it seems to be the overall caliber is down. You can get surprised, but looking at it as an analyst, evaluating the two football teams, it's not close." - Holtz predicting South Carolina will win Thursday

NCSU's Wilson keeps ill father in his heart
Ken Tysiac * News & Observer
Russell Wilson wouldn't leave his father's side. It was 2000, and they were on their way to a club baseball tournament when Russell's father, Harrison Wilson III, began suffering serious complications from diabetes. Harrison was losing consciousness while driving. Russell, who had just finished sixth grade, took the wheel and got his father emergency treatment. Read More

Lou Holtz has fond memories
Ken Tysiac * News & Observer
Lou Holtz lapses quickly into nostalgia when he talks about N.C. State and South Carolina. He reminisces about how N.C. State guard Bill Yoest transformed himself from a locker room ingrate during Holtz's first spring into an All-American in 1973. Read More

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