Tar Heels at a Loss

 

Let’s start with a few stills from Coach Foster’s post-game presser:

Someone’s in a good mood.

 

A little bit of exasperation expressed right when UNC’s “but we played in a peculiar and highly localized/targeted hurricane last year” excuse is mentioned.

Yup, Bud Foster is pleased as punch with this game, and with good reason: it was a shellacking. In honor of this great defensive day, I went through the play-by-play and pulled all of Tech’s sacks and TFLs (plus a rumblin’ fumble return.) You’ll find these are largely characterized by sizeable defenders arriving en masse in the backfield.

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