Jackets preparing for Tar Heels
Posted Sep 22, 2009
Don’t fault North Carolina for feeling confident about taking on Georgia Tech’s spread-option offense. Sure, the No. 22 Tar Heels’ defense hasn’t let opponents move the football much through three games. Yet behind the size and fly-to-the-ball instincts carries another asset into Saturday’s game against the Yellow Jackets: the experience of having shut down an offense that typically frustrates defensive coordinators.
(Rome News-Tribune)
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