
{"id":14116,"date":"2010-11-24T09:58:14","date_gmt":"2010-11-24T14:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=14116"},"modified":"2010-11-24T09:58:16","modified_gmt":"2010-11-24T14:58:16","slug":"%e2%80%98imperative-that-we-finish-with-a-win%e2%80%99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2010\/11\/24\/%e2%80%98imperative-that-we-finish-with-a-win%e2%80%99\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcImperative that we finish with a win\u00e2\u20ac\u2122"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/2010\/11\/24\/%e2%80%98imperative-that-we-finish-with-a-win%e2%80%99\/landreth-mug-6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14117\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/landreth-mug4.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"landreth-mug\" width=\"100\" height=\"134\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-14117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/landreth-mug4.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/landreth-mug4-84x113.jpg 84w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/landreth-mug4-59x80.jpg 59w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a><strong>By Eddy Landreth<\/strong><em><br \/>\nStaff Writer<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The worst thing that could happen to the North Carolina football program at this point is to have the NCAA levy sanctions against the school, given the price the program has already paid.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps second on the list of unwanted misery to the horror show of 2010 would be losing to Duke in the regular-season finale.<\/p>\n<p>The Tar Heels lost to N.C. State last Saturday in a gut-wrenching experience for the team as a whole and particularly for the seniors who must now leave UNC without a win against the Wolfpack.<\/p>\n<p>If the Tar Heels can win Saturday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 3:30 p.m. game at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham it would solidify a winning record (7-5) in a season in which that appeared to be improbable when all the suspensions began back in August.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s imperative that we finish with a win,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d UNC offensive lineman Mike Ingersoll said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Duke always plays us tough. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re going to their place. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s huge that we get a win and right this ship, going into the bowl game.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153For all the positive things we have done this season, the only true justice of the season is to end this season with a win,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Ingersoll. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We will get prepared and come out ready to play.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Coach Butch Davis said that it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a blessing to be playing Duke, not because he underestimates the Blue Devils but because having another rival of this nature will help redirect the Tar Heels from focusing on the loss to N.C. State.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I think it probably helps your football team bounce back,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Davis said.<\/p>\n<p>Carolina quarterback T.J. Yates threw for more than 400 yards against the Wolfpack and kept giving the Tar Heels opportunities to win the game. But he had to do it in between getting sacked seven times by the Wolfpack.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Duke is very similar schematically to the team we just played,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Davis said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We have to do a significantly improved job this week on pass protection and identifying where the pressure is coming from, and make sure we keep T.J. Yates a lot cleaner than we did last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We were credited with four running backs missing blocks, missing protections,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Davis said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a little bit of everybody.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>A start to protecting Yates would be to run the ball well. UNC ran for minus-7 yards against the Wolfpack. Granted, losses from sacks count against rushing, but not even factoring in the sacks, the Tar Heels gained a mere 54 yards rushing.<\/p>\n<p>If Carolina could somehow gain 180 or more yards rushing against the Blue Devils, who are last in the league in rush defense, then Yates will almost certainly be even more effective.<\/p>\n<p>There is no use in even bothering to fake a running play if the Tar Heels are no more efficient against Duke than they were against the Wolfpack. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a waste of what little time Yates has to throw.<\/p>\n<p>Carolina has run out of time for inefficiency or waste.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The worst thing that could happen to the North Carolina football program at this point is to have the NCAA levy sanctions against the school, given the price the program has already paid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":14117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[431],"class_list":["post-14116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14116"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14232,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14116\/revisions\/14232"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}