Five questions to ponder before kickoff

Posted Sep 17, 2011
Will North Carolina ever win another ACC opener? Believe it or not, it’s been a full decade since the Tar Heels started the league season out with a win. It was so long ago that Carl Torbush was still their coach. Current coach Everett Withers isn’t putting much stock in history, but you know his team will be thinking about it when they take the field against Virginia today. (Wilmington Star News)

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