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Turner’s Take: Adversity
And so, the exhilaration of a 62-point win is followed by the disappointment of a heartbreaking one-point loss. Carolina is no longer undefeated in the Larry Fedora era, and the message hit home that there is still work to do. With a trip to Louisville next weekend, the road only gets tougher. (GoHeels.com)
UNC-Wake Forest Press Conference Quotes
UNC football coach Larry Fedora on the loss to Wake Forest: ?”(It was a) hard-fought game. Got to give a lot of credit to Jim Grobe and his football team for the way they played tonight. It was a typical game for them in terms of playing hard, playing with minimal mistakes and capitalizing on the mistakes of the visiting team. Too many mistakes on our part.” (Tar Heel Illustrated)
Deacons win it at the end
North Carolina stood just minutes away from starting its season 2-0, but the Tar Heels backed off a successful running game and then self-destructed on defense. Wake Forest (2-0) seized the chance and drove from its own 7-yard line to score the winning touchdown with two minutes and nine seconds remaining in the game. (Tar Heel Illustrated)
Three Things: Wake Forest 28, UNC 27
The absence of Giovani Bernard played an important role for the Carolina offense. Larry Fedora told Jones Angell after the game that Bernard “went out and ran around before the game started and didn’t feel right, so we decided not to put him out there.” A.J. Blue and Romar Morris played well in Bernard’s absence, but the sophomore tailback is a singular weapon. (Tar Heel Monthly)
Ryan Switzer runs for 233 yards, 3 TDs
There’s been chatter for the last two weeks as to when George Washington tailback and North Carolina recruit Ryan Switzer would return to the field. On Friday, he did, and he didn’t disappoint. Switzer ripped off touchdown runs of 60 and 56 yards on just his second and third carries of the night en route to 233 yards on 10 carries with three touchdowns as GW routed St. Albans 68-23 at Crawford Field. (Charleston Gazette)
UNC Football: Observations of Heels Loss to Wake Forest
The North Carolina Tar Heels were brought down to Earth by Wake Forest after blowing out Elon in their opener 62-0, the Heels fell to Wake 28-27. The first loss of the Larry Fedora era was a humbling one for UNC. KIH
UNC Basketball: Tar Heels Worst Case Scenario in 2012
Welcome to part II of our series where we take a look at the best, and worst case scenarios for the 2012 North Carolina Tar Heels. The North Carolina Tar Heels will have a drastically different looking…KIH
UNC Basketball: Tar Heels Best Case Scenario in 2012
The North Carolina Tar Heels will have a drastically different looking team in 2012 than they did in 2011..KIH
Two-team race for Andrew Wiggins?
So who is recruiting Andrew Wiggins? You’d expect that the best high school player in years would be generating tremendous interest from all over the college basketball landscape, but according to his AAU coach, outside of John Calipari and Leonard Hamilton, the other coaches “aren’t even trying.” It is assumed that Kentucky and FSU have such a large lead, that other programs haven’t been willing to expend resources on a player they have no chance for – even if that player is a program changer. (Tomahawk Nation)