
{"id":27678,"date":"2012-09-06T10:26:15","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T14:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=27678"},"modified":"2012-09-06T10:26:16","modified_gmt":"2012-09-06T14:26:16","slug":"heels-task-elevates-this-week-at-wake-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2012\/09\/06\/heels-task-elevates-this-week-at-wake-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"Heels\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 task elevates this week at Wake Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Eddy Landreth<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Staff writer<\/em><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20318\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20318\" style=\"width: 100px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/2011\/08\/18\/support-the-players-by-filling-kenan-stadium\/landreth-mug-30\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20318\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/landreth-mug1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"landreth-mug\" width=\"100\" height=\"134\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/landreth-mug1.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/landreth-mug1-84x113.jpg 84w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/landreth-mug1-74x100.jpg 74w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20318\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eddy Landreth<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nCarolina opened a new era in football with a superb effort in both the execution of its schemes and the passion with which it played the game.<\/p>\n<p>The Tar Heels rolled across Elon, 62-0, but now UNC must go on the road and begin the conference season in Winston-Salem against Wake Forest (1-0).<\/p>\n<p>Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153All conference games are difficult,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d first-year UNC coach Larry Fedora said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153They have the most meaning. That is everybody\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s goal in every league, to win their league. There is a familiarity amongst the players because they have played before.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153There is more weight involved, and they will be a better opponent.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Carolina will be tested at a far greater level on Saturday. UNC will learn how well it can perform against an ACC opponent.<\/p>\n<p>From the Tar Heels\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 perspective, one of the players on whom the focus will settle is redshirt sophomore running back Giovani Bernard.<\/p>\n<p>Bernard scored three touchdowns in three different ways \u00e2\u20ac\u201c including a 70-yard score in his debut as a punt returner \u00e2\u20ac\u201c by early in the second quarter against Elon.<\/p>\n<p>He ran for 93 yards on nine carries from scrimmage, caught a TD pass and returned the punt. In all, he gained 100 yards in punt returns, which included a fair catch on his first attempt.<\/p>\n<p>But he sat out part of the second quarter and the entire second half with some type of injury or soreness. Fedora will not discuss injuries or allow his players to do so. Bernard simply said he was OK and ready to go.<\/p>\n<p>One thing he accomplished was returning punts for the first time in his career.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27707\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27707\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/2012\/09\/06\/heels-task-elevates-this-week-at-wake-forest\/eddy090612a\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27707\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Eddy090612a.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Eddy090612a\" width=\"600\" height=\"407\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Eddy090612a.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Eddy090612a-113x76.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Eddy090612a-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Eddy090612a-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Eddy090612a-360x244.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27707\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Running back Giovani Bernard maneuvers around an Elon defender in the Heel&#039;s 62-0 victory on Saturday. Bernard scored three touchdowns against Elon. PHOTO BY JEFFREY CAMARATI<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It was a little different for me,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Bernard said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The first time, as soon as the guy kicked the ball, I fair caught it. I just wanted to get a catch under my belt.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Right before the third punt, coach said, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcYou can take this back if you want,\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 joking around. I said, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcYou know what? Watch this.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Then he did it.<\/p>\n<p>Even his teammates were amazed by what Bernard accomplished. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s unbelievable,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d quarterback Bryn Renner said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re roommates now. I woke up [on Sunday] after the game and thought, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcI don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know how he did it.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so humble, he doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to talk about it that much, but I told him, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcYou know what you did in a quarter of play?\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 I wanted to make him talk about it because what he did was unbelievable.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Bernard said that the Tar Heels want to show what they did against Elon is genuine.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We want to continue,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Bernard said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We want to show we are a top-notch team, not just against an Elon-type of team. We want to show everyone we can play with the top dogs.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>The offense ran a bland game plan, Fedora said after the Elon victory. That will begin to change this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We want to add different things every week,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Renner said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to stay the same. We want to get better. As far as execution, we did have a basic game plan.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll put a lot more stuff in for Wake Forest this week, and that is going to continue as the season progresses. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re going to add different nuances. But we want to execute, and that takes a good week of practice for that to happen.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>The defense will try to come as close as possible to the same result, which was the school\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s first shutout since 1999. But Wake Forest will make the Tar Heels\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 job far more difficult.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have very many mental busts,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d defensive tackle Sylvester Williams said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153But coach said that if one guy makes a play, he wants to see 10 more hats on the ball. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153So we want to play with a little more energy toward the end of the game. As long as we run to the ball, it will be better.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carolina opened a new era in football with a superb effort in both the execution of its schemes and the passion with which it played the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":20318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[431],"class_list":["post-27678","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\/27678","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=27678"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27711,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27678\/revisions\/27711"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}