4:20 p.m. SATURDAY NOV. 22 -- North Carolina turned the ball over a season-high six times in a 41-10 loss to in-state rival N.C. State on Saturday. Wolfpack quarterback Russell Wilson took advantage of good field position and a UNC secondary that was often out of position to throw for a career-high 279 yards and two touchdowns.
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The end-of-season clash for all the gridiron bragging rights in North Carolina has finally arrived. No other football game between teams in the Tar Heel state matters more than today's North Carolina-N.C. State grudge match. It's the one sport where UNC's other primary rival Duke hasn't made an impact in a long time.
Brandon Tate tries to keep on the positive side of things. The torn right ACL and MCL he rarely lets it bother him. But every now and then he lets his guard down and the injury's effect is clear. It showed Thursday when Tate was getting a massage in Kenan Football Center's players' lounge.
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When freshman kicker Casey Barth first stepped on the field in Kenan Stadium this year" it was no surprise to Tar Heel fans — they were used to having a kicker with ""Barth"" on the back of his jersey.
Everything about Ryan Houston is meant to intimidate. His size at 6 feet 2 inches 245 pounds is imposing. His powerful bulldozing running style is threatening. And yes even his 26 tattoos are meant to bully.
While North Carolina quarterback Cameron Sexton was succeeding it was easy to forget that he was third on the UNC depth chart earlier this year. With superstar T.J. Yates injured Tar Heel fans embraced Sexton as the underdog of the year.
No. 23 Miami 16 Virginia Tech 14 - Javarris James ran for a touchdown; Matt Bosher kicked three field goals; and Miami's defense held VT in the final minutes to move into first place in the ACC Coastal.
COLLEGE PARK" Md. — Cameron Sexton will have a lot to remember from his time stepping in as the starting quarterback for the 2008 North Carolina football team. But Saturday's stinker against Maryland is one he'd much rather forget. ""It was easily the worst football game I've played this year"" Sexton said. This'll go down as one of my worst.""
At 3:37 p.m. Saturday North Carolina kicker Jay Wooten booted the Tar Heels' opening kickoff in College Park Md. At 4 p.m. back in Chapel Hill the basketball team opened its season against the Penn Quakers in front of a not-quite-full Smith Center. But it wasn't UNC's fault.
It was all theirs for the taking. First place in the ACC Coastal Division driver's seat to the conference's championship game in Tampa Fla. — it was at the fingertips of the then-No. 16 North Carolina Tar Heels.
The North Carolina football team has been watching film of its next conference opponent for the past five days.
One week after slugging it out against Georgia Tech and the triple option it's about to get dramatically more interesting for the North Carolina secondary. Meet Darrius Heyward-Bey. At 6 feet 3 inches and 206 pounds the junior Maryland receiver stands as the biggest challenge for a UNC road victory Saturday.
It's a good thing Maryland didn't start its scouting report for North Carolina a few weeks early. The team that will take the field against the Terrapins this weekend is pretty far from the team that lined up in the season's early games — especially on offense. T.J. Yates out on quarterback Cameron Sexton in.
Butch Davis woke up Saturday morning more nervous than normal. Even with the extra week to prepare for Georgia Tech's triple option" North Carolina's football coach wondered if the team was ready for such an unconventional attack. ""This is the first time our football team has played an offense like Georgia Tech"" Davis said.
For nearly three full quarters Saturday an old-fashioned one-possession game sat at a stalemate with one big break on either side threatening to tip the balance of power in the ACC Coastal division. No. 19 North Carolina got that break late in the third quarter when Georgia Tech punt returner Roddy Jones muffed the catch turning the ball over to UNC.
A typical defensive strategy for a football team is to swarm to the ball bringing as many players as possible to gang-tackle a rusher and keep him from getting into the open field. North Carolina will not be doing much of that today. Instead the Tar Heels will approach today's game with a novel idea: just tackle everyone wearing a Georgia Tech jersey.
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