RALEIGH, N.C. — CJ Bailey has never taken a game ball home. He walked into his postgame press conference Saturday with one tucked under his arm and has no plans of giving it back.
“A lot of people ain’t believe in us,” Bailey said. “This ball right here is to show that we that team.”
He more than earned it. Bailey completed 24-of-40 passes for a career-high 373 yards and two touchdowns as NC State held off Louisville 31-28 in the rain at Carter-Finley Stadium. The Pack is 3-2, 1-1 in the ACC and above .500 for the first time this season, and it got there primarily on the back of Bailey himself…