No bowl, no problem: Tar Heels put aside bitter feelings at season's end

Posted Dec 6, 2012
North Carolina football coach Larry Fedora didn’t mask what would happen following the season finale against Maryland. Once the Tar Heels put the finishing touches on a 45-38 victory and an 8-4 season without the possibility for a postseason, Fedora knew his team would be tempted by hypothetical questions. “Now you sit around at this point and you start talking about ‘What if?’ ” Fedora said. (Burlington Times News)

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