Extra Points: A Smoldering Rivalry Rekindled

Posted Nov 9, 2009
All in all, it was quite a lot of fun if you enjoy college football--especially if you pull for the Tar Heels and revel in outstanding defense and the suspense of watching an offense scrape and claw to find something that's working and sticking with it, a la Ryan Houston in a performance that Mike Voight himself would have been proud of. (Tar Heel Blue)

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