UNC looking to slow Brown, No. 24 UConn

Posted Oct 4, 2008
This was the year North Carolina was supposed to knock off some nationally ranked teams with a schedule that included perennial poll mainstays Virginia Tech, Miami and Notre Dame. So who would've thought the up-and-coming Tar Heels' first Top 25 test instead would come from Connecticut? "I didn't really know much about UConn," safety Deunta Williams said. "I know now." (NCAAFootball.com)

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