'Nole Your Enemy: The Huge North Carolina Tar Heel Defense

Posted Aug 28, 2009
The 'Heels are absolutely loaded on the defensive line, which has been a trademark of Butch Davis teams from his days at Miami (both times), to his stint with the Dallas Cowboys, etc. His defensive line coach is the highly regarded Jon Blake. They return every starter and backup, and are very very talented. This will be one of the toughest challenges the Florida State line will face this year. (Tomahawk Nation)

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