Sexton's rise typifies unpredictable season

Posted Oct 4, 2008
Cam Sexton stopped on a dime. Tempted to break into a frenzied celebration at Dolphins Stadium last weekend, Sexton instead celebrated the greatest moment of his college football career with one modest hop. Then his facemask hit his chest, the game-winning 14-yard touchdown pass he had thrown to Brooks Foster so improbable that the scoreboard lights — North Carolina 28, Miami 24 — seemed surreal. (Fayetteville Observer)

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