North Carolina
Louisville uses defense to stay unbeaten, top N.C. State 13-10 with late field goal
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Louisville didn’t have to be perfect but the Cardinals turned out to be good enough Friday night.
Brock Travelstead drilled a 53-yard field goal with 5:32 remaining and Louisville remained undefeated by holding North Carolina State scoreless in the second half for a 13-10 victory.
“Our guys played hard and made enough plays,” first-year coach Jeff Brohm said. “We made some plays in the second half.”
The Cardinals (5-0, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), who overcame a 10-point deficit, continued their strong start as Jack Plummer threw for 286 yards on 21-for-35 passing with a touchdown and two interceptions.
N.C. State (3-2, 1-1) was limited to 201 yards of total offense. Brennan Armstrong was 13 for 25 for 112 yards and two interceptions while gaining a game-high 61 rushing yards.
It looked like the Wolfpack would have a chance with less than three minutes remaining, but N.C. State was flagged for running into Travelstead, who’s also the punter, and Louisville kept the ball. Still, NC State got the ball at its own 34 with 1:44 left before Quincy Riley intercepted Armstrong on the next play.
“Defense overall (had) a very good plan and we executed it very well,’” Brohm said.
Travelstead missed on a 52-yard attempt in the first half. He was unfazed with another long-range chance.
“I wanted to be there for my team,” Travelstead said. “That ‘I’m the guy to do it.’ Just having that extreme confidence in myself and knowing that I’m going to make it is the biggest thing for me. If you go out there with any doubt, it’s not going to go in.”
Louisville’s defense was relentless, giving the Wolfpack few openings.
“This one hurts,” N.C. State coach Dave Doeren said. “I can’t really give answers until I watch the film but it’s pretty obvious what we need to get better at.”
Brohm didn’t want to stress the unbeaten record too much in late September.
“We know the schedule ahead is going to continue to get more difficult,” he said. “But we have to learn from each game.”
Louisville didn’t score until Plummer’s 39-yard pass to Chris Bell with 6:38 left in the third quarter. The Cardinals pulled even on Travelstead’s 33-yard field goal later in the quarter following NC State’s second turnover of the half.
“Defense, we could have done some things better to help win that game as well,” said Wolfpack linebacker Payton Wilson, who made 10 tackles and recovered a fumble.
The Wolfpack led 10-0 at halftime despite compiling only 86 yards of total offense — with 65 of those on one drive.
N.C. State moved 65 yards in 13 plays for Delbert Mimms III’s 4-yard touchdown run. The Wolfpack converted on fourth down twice on the drive, including a run from punt formation by linebacker Payton Wilson.
Brayden Narveson ended the first half with a 48-yard field goal. That came after Shyheim Battle’s interception of Plummer and return to the Louisville 32.
There were six punts in the first quarter. Then Travelstead missed on a field-goal attempt early in the second quarter.
THE TAKEAWAY
Louisville: The Cardinals didn’t crank out much offense as they had done in previous games, but winning their second ACC road game of the season is worth savoring.
N.C. State: The Wolfpack still hasn’t gotten untracked offensively and a solid defensive outing couldn’t save them. All of Louisville’s scoring drives covered less than 50 yards.
FOOT NOTES
N.C. State had won seven consecutive ACC home openers since losing to Louisville in 2015. … Louisville defensive back Cam’Ron Kelly intercepted Armstrong in the end zone in the third quarter. Kelly, a former player for Wolfpack rival North Carolina, forced a fumble later in the quarter.
COWHER HONORED
N.C. State alum Bill Cowher, the only former Wolfpack player in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, was inducted into the program’s Ring of Honor on Friday night. He said the university was an ideal fit for his blue-collar western Pennsylvania roots.
“Talk about going back down memory lane and I can’t think of a negative (memory),” Cowher said. “When I left here, I was more confident than when I came.”
Cowher was a standout NC State linebacker from 1975-78 under coaches Lou Holtz and Bo Rein before an NFL playing career. He later was a Super Bowl-winning head coach during a 15-year stint with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
UP NEXT
Louisville: Home next Saturday against No. 11 Notre Dame.
N.C. State: Marshall visits next Saturday.
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North Carolina
400-pound monster alligator named Pepe ‘detained’ for ‘being a dinosaur without proper papers’ in NC
The scales of justice came for Pepe.
Cops detained – and rescued – a monster 10-foot alligator they nicknamed Pepe the Gator sunbathing on a busy road in North Carolina and “charged” him on suspicion of being a “dinosaur.”
“Witnesses say he was just chilling and snapping, clearly ignoring the ‘no loitering or lounging on roadways’ sign,” the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office wrote in a playful press release last week. “Pepe has been cited for Suspicion of Being a Dinosaur Without Proper Papers, Public Loitering with Intent to Sunbathe, and Obstructing Traffic.”
The responding deputies and officers from the NC Wildlife Resources Commission who got the call on May 25 managed to safely remove Pepe, but not before posing for pictures where they straddle him like rodeo riders.
“He was 10 feet long, 400 pounds. He was an absolute monster,” Trevor Dunnell, spokesman for the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office told the Post Thursday.
“They did a fantastic job of wrangling him.”
To indicate the scale of the gator, Dunnell pointed out how, in the picture, even with three grown men on top of him, Pepe’s still not covered.
“The picture really doesn’t do it justice, I mean 10 feet … 10 feet is a basketball goal, that is a massive creature,” he said.
Although 10 feet seems big, it’s nothing compared to the largest gator on record – 14 feet and 3 and a half inches.
Deputies and wildlife officials used a towel to cover Pepe’s eyes — eye contact is what triggers the animal’s notorious death roll, Dunnell explained — and electrical tape to seal his mouth shut.
“It was definitely some MacGyver stuff they had to use,” he said. “He may not have a good time during the removal, but he was playfully enough about it later to understand that, ‘Hey, man, you gotta do what you gotta do.’”
Dunnell said the office received blowback from people online wishing the cops had just left Pepe alone. but Dunnell was quick to point out that leaving the reptile on the side of the road could have posed a hazard not only to residents but also to the gator.
“You never know what can happen when kids are running around,” he said. “And the gator could wind up in the middle of the road. It could hurt drivers but it could hurt him, too.”
Dunnell said he hopes to see body camera footage of Pepe’s apprehension. The two deputies and the wildlife official in the picture are happy to be riding him, Dunnell said, adding that if authorities encounter another Pepe, they’ll know who to call.
“But some deputies were absolutely not fine,” he said. “When they got back, they were saying, ‘You’re not going to catch me on that thing. I’m not going to go anywhere near it!’”
Pepe was far from home, and Dunnell suspects that it was a hot day and he was looking for a good spot to bask.
“How far he wandered is anybody’s guess,” he said. “It must’ve been several miles at least.”
After further investigation, Dunnell said, they declined to charge Pepe. Instead, they drove him to a boat ramp at nearby Camp Geiger, a satellite facility of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune.
“I think we’ve touched base with the gator and let him know we dropped the charges,” he joked.
“Pepe’s back to his normal routine, he’s hanging out near the beach and lounging in his natural habitat, hunting for his food and looking for a girlfriend.”
Tech giant Amazon has announced a $10bn investment in the US state of North Carolina to expand its data centre infrastructure.
The project aims to support advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing technologies.
The investment, according to the company, will create at least 500 “high-skilled” jobs.
It will also support thousands of additional jobs within the Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centre supply chain.
According to Amazon’s press release, the rising demand for generative AI is increasing the need for advanced cloud infrastructure and compute power.
This expansion will strengthen AWS data centres in the state.
Commenting on the move, Amazon chief global affairs and legal officer David Zapolsky said: “Amazon’s $10bn investment in North Carolina underscores our commitment to driving innovation and advancing the future of cloud computing and AI technologies.”
“We look forward to partnering with state and local leaders, local suppliers, and educational institutions to nurture the next generation of talent.”
In a separate development, Amazon is reportedly developing software for humanoid robots.
These robots could potentially replace delivery workers, Reuters reported citing a report published by The Information, citing a person familiar with the matter.
The company is building a “humanoid park,” an indoor obstacle course, at one of its San Francisco offices to test these robots. Amazon is focusing on developing the AI software for these robots while using hardware from other firms for testing.
Amazon did not immediately respond to requests for comment outside regular business hours.
Recently, Amazon started testing a new feature that uses generative AI (genAI) to create short-form audio summaries on select product detail pages.
The feature provides concise overviews of products by analysing product details, customer reviews, and other relevant online information.
The initial test feature targets products that often require careful consideration before buying, offering clear insights through in-depth discussion to help Amazon customers shop more efficiently, the company said in a post.
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