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.

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.

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 was repeated in