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5 things Texas A&M fans should know about NC State, including 2 key Wolfpack players who opted out of the Gator Bowl

COLLEGE STATION - No. 19 Texas A&M will have a little longer of a journey to Jacksonville than its TaxSlayer Gator Bowl opponent, NC State.

Here are five things Aggie fans should know about the Wolfpack:

1. Aggies-Wolfpack have never played before

NC State is one of 10 Power 5 programs A&M has never played before, but the two will meet soon. Interestingly enough, A&M played another team from North Carolina for the first time ever last year in a bowl game - Wake Forest. However, that game didn’t bode so well for the Aggies, who fell to the Deacon Demons, 55-52.