NC State Football
All Signs Pointing to NC State Playing in the Mayo Bowl in Charlotte
We will not officially know what Bowl Game NC State will play in until Sunday, but all signs are pointing to the Wolfpack playing in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl in Charlotte on December 30th.
NC State has never played in the Mayo Bowl, which started in 2002. The coach of the winning team gets dunked with 4.5 gallons of Duke’s Mayonnaise.
The Wolfpack have played played a Bowl Game in Charlotte 3 times, which was the Belk Bowl (2x – 2015 & 2011) and the Meineke Car Care Bowl (2005). They have gone 2-1 in Bowl Games in Charlotte, defeating South Florida and Louisville, and losing to Mississippi State.
While opinion is high that NC State will play in the Mayo Bowl, there is debate on who they will play, with the primary candidates being Iowa, Maryland or Minnesota.
A Bowl Game in Charlotte should lead to a packed Bank of America Stadium, filled with Wolfpack fans dressed in Red.
That’ll save me some money and time, although it would have been nice for the team to hit the Orlando area.
Iowa or Minnesota PLEASE. Md hasn’t been gone long enough from my memory, and I’d guess their fans are a miserable bunch.