Tar Heels relish shot at relevance Posted Sep 20, 2008 T.J. Yates is trying not to focus too much on the significance of North Carolina's home game with Virginia Tech. He knows it's the Tar Heels' first ACC game and that the Hokies are the defending league champions. But he's not dwelling on the fact that Saturday is widely viewed as a measuring-stick game for a team that is trying to prove its recent years of struggle are in the past. (Washington Times)