It had the same origins as the fight between the Wolverines and Buckeyes, too. Shortly after the final whistle blew in NC State's 35–30 win over North Carolina, a Wolfpack player tried to plant a red-and-black flag at midfield.

“I wanted to do that real bad. It meant a lot.” NC State football left proudly waving, planting the flag after beating No. 18 Tar Heels Vann, a fifth-year defensive end from Cary, a Raleigh suburb, said UNC did not recruit him when he was in high ...

North Carolina State and North Carolina must have taken a cue — clueless? — from Michigan-Ohio State. An all-out melee broke out after the Wolfpack’s 35-30 win over the Tar Heels on Saturday. The flag-planting that started an ugly scene in Columbus ...

UNC and N.C. State football players got in a fight at midfield after the Wolfpack attempted to plant a flag at Kenan Stadium after its win.

Here’s the scene after NC State’s 35-30 win over UNC. The Wolfpack attempted to plant the flag in the middle of the field and a fight breaks out. pic.twitter.com/PbcYo7heUt — Cory Smith (@RCorySmith) December 1,

The North Carolina Tar Heels’ and NC State Wolfpack’s rivalry reached a boiling point in Saturday’s rivalry football game. Emotions spilled over into a chaotic postgame altercation following the Wolfpack’s narrow 35-30 victory at Kenan Stadium.