The game between NC State and Syracuse on Saturday afternoon was unusually contentious, for reasons that are not entirely clear. One of those reasons might be Wolfpack assistant coach George McDonald, who was a member of Syracuse's staff last year.
That can't be the entirety of it, though, which is the confusing part. Where did this really begin? Why was this such an angry football game? Was the Cuse-State result last year in the Carrier Dome stuck in the craw of every single Orange player, or were the mostly just frustrated about how the 2015 season has gone for them?