Quarterbacks off to stellar starts in ACC this season

Posted Oct 5, 2016
North Carolina is on pace so far for the nation's best completion percentage since 2008, with Mitch Trubisky leading the country by completing 76 percent of his throws. And it might be easy to overlook how sharp he's been, given how the Tar Heels have won in each of the last two weeks in dramatic finishes. "He's been fantastic," Virginia Tech coach Justin Fuente said. (Associated Press)

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