FILE - North Carolina linebacker Cedric Gray (33) and defensive back Don Chapman (2) combine to bring down Appalachian State running back Nate Noel (5) during the second half of an NCAA college football game, Sept. 9, 2023, in Chapel Hill, N.C. North Carolina state legislators advanced a bill Tuesday, June 4, 2024, that would require the state’s two largest public universities — the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and N.C. State University — to play each other annually in football and basketball and play three other top public system schools regularly. (AP Photo/Reinhold Matay, File)
FILE - East Carolina's Jaylen Johnson (1) tries to avoid the tackle of North Carolina State's Aydan White (3) during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Greenville, N.C., Sept. 3, 2022. North Carolina state legislators advanced a bill Tuesday, June 4, 2024, that would require the state’s two largest public universities — the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and N.C. State University — to play each other annually in football and basketball and play three other top public system schools regularly. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker, File)