Who knew these were the salad days?
As far as football in the Triangle, this is as good as Duke, North Carolina and N.C. State have collectively been in a long time, even if it doesn't feel that way.
Last season, all three schools went to a bowl game for only the second time ever. They have combined to post a combined 20 or more wins three years in a row, only the second time that's happened.
And while the regular season now extends to 12 games and schedules are watered down with lower-level opponents, preventing any real comparison to campaigns of yore, this football season has the potential to be record-setting in its own way for the Triangle tripartite.