But he seems to feel differently about the tactics of the Deacon offensive line.
Without specifically mentioning Wake Forest, Bunting angrily denounced the practice of chop blocking at his weekly press conference Tuesday.
His comments came three days after the Demon Deacons were penalized three times for chop blocks in their 31-0 win against UNC.
"What the rule is, is if you're engaged with a defensive lineman, no other lineman can come from the side and chop the back of the legs of the defensive lineman," Bunting said. "In other words, you can't have a high-low situation. Now why do you think they'd have that rule? Because it's fucking dangerous, that's why.
"Now, we had three called in the game, and there probably could have been some more called. I know one thing: I won't allow it to be coached on this football team."
Bunting declined to comment on Wake Forest, but Tar Heel defensive tackle Chase Page was more blunt.
"Coach Bunting said at our meeting that he doesn't really agree with what they're coached to do," Page said. "They're basically high-lowing you every play. The guard will post you and then the tackle will take your legs out."
Page had to leave the game after one such chop block, which he said was perpetrated by a Deacon left tackle, though he wasn't sure if it was a first-stringer or a second-stringer.
"That was my first experience, high school, college or anything, with that, so it was kind of tough to deal with, and it scared me, because they were hitting me in the leg," Page said. "I thought it was my ankle, then I thought it was my knee.
