Tar Heels defensive scheming

Posted Sep 10, 2005

A favorite way of giving up fewer points in football: knock down the other team's quarterback more often. UNC, which has had one of the nation's worst defenses in recent years, plans to turn up the pressure. The Tar Heels have added wrinkles to their zone-pressure defense, a concept that their opponent today happens to know all about. (Raleigh News & Observer)

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