Cavaliers shut down Heels

Posted Oct 20, 2006

North Carolina began the football season with a goal of securing a winning season for the first time since 2001. With that hope evaporated after a 23-0 blowout at Virginia on Thursday night, the hapless Tar Heels are left with this: "Right now, the goal going forward is to win a football game,'' said UNC coach John Bunting, whose team has lost 13 straight games at Virginia, dating to 1981. (Raleigh News & Observer)

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