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Brandon Tate starts game off with a bang

Posted Oct 2, 2005

, UNC's freshman kick returner from Burlington, ran back the opening kickoff for a 96-yard touchdown in the Tar Heels' 31-17 victory over Utah on Saturday. ", he's awesome, man. The guy is so fast. He kind of has and speed. The guy actually had an angle on him, and I saw that. But I knew it was going back to the house as soon as he broke it out to the sideline," UNC senior linebacker said. (Durham Herald-Sun)

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