Extra Points: Grand Theft
Posted Oct 12, 2009
The message has been emblazoned on the Tar Heel defenders' psyches since the day they were given their defensive playbooks. The cover features a collage of images of defenders handling the football--Quan Sturdivant on an interception, Marvin Austin on a fumble return, for example. The image was further given top-of-mind awareness when it was blown up, mounted and hung on a wall in the defensive meeting room.
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