NC State football has struggled for the past five years, coincidentally, the same number of years since Philip Rivers graduated. They have made only two bowl games since that time and have had a combined record of 26-34.

After starting the season off 2-6 last year, it appeared NC State would have another season of bad football, but a new star and potential savior of the program arrived—Russell Wilson.

The NC State football program is now, amazingly, in their sixth season without Philip Rivers in the fold. NC State was 34-17 with Rivers at the helm of the offense, winning three of four bowl games, while leading the Wolfpack to their highest ranking ever, finishing 11th.

When Rivers said goodbye to Raleigh as h...

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