Extra Points: Beauty of the Beast
Posted Sep 14, 2009
The Tar Heels were 48 hours from kickoff at midday on Thursday, but John Shoop could see the evolution of Saturday's game six hundred miles away in East Hartford as sharply as if he were clicking PLAY on his computer mouse and watching the game in real time. Carolina's third-year offensive coordinator raved about the Connecticut defense, sixth in the country a year ago. "They're as good as any we'll play this year," he said.
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