UNC digs in after big loss to Virginia Tech

Posted Sep 11, 2006

If there was anything that encouraged coach John Bunting after an otherwise disastrous afternoon on Saturday, it’s that his Tar Heels seemed eager to absorb the sting of their 35-10 loss to Virginia Tech and use it as motivation. Dispirited but hardly despondent, several UNC players promised Bunting in the locker room afterward that they would hold things together as the frustration around the program mounts. (Fayetteville Observer)

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