Tar Heels' defense walks the walk

Posted Sep 20, 2009
"Talk is cheap, man. Talk is cheap." Marvin Austin was sitting on the top floor of the Kenan Football Center on Saturday afternoon when he uttered those words, which quickly became the runaway favorite for most ironic slogan in North Carolina football history. Why? Because for the next 12 minutes all Austin did was talk. You needed reaction after the Tar Heels' 31-17 defeat of supposed rival East Carolina? (Fayetteville Observer)

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