North Carolina knocks off No. 16 Miami, 20-13

“We have North Carolina coming up and a few more Coastal opponents pretty quick”. Kaaya, who passed for 214 yards and a couple of touchdowns last week, got outplayed by FSU freshman Deondre Francois under game-changing pressure, too. It was the 17th time in the last 18 matchups between the Tobacco Road rivals that the game was either decided by one goal or ended in a tie. Joe Yearby’s touchdown brought it to 20-10.

The ACC as a whole has four teams ranked, including two in the top 10.

The Tar Heels had cause for at least a little concern about midway through the fourth quarter.

Tennessee (5-2, 2-2 SEC) eases into a much-needed bye next week while Alabama (7-0, 4-0 SEC) returns to Tuscaloosa for a showdown with unbeaten and sixth-ranked Texas A&M.

It was kind of a big deal going into last weekend’s game that North Carolina quarterback Mitch Trubisky hadn’t thrown an interception all season. The Tar Heels were No. 17 before Virginia Tech whupped them in Week 6. Last Friday they fell to Virginia 2-1, trailing for the final 12:12.

UNC wound up winning, beating Miami 20-13.

“I want to believe in my heart of hearts that if it wasn’t raining, that might be a different situation”, Carney said.

Still, the 6-foot native of Apopka, Florida and a former McDonald’s All-American, has been reliable in big moments – especially when it comes to providing toughness and a competitive edge to UNC’s perimeter play. “We made it tough for them to break us down centrally, so the only way they were going to get by us was wide”.

“Just sticking to our game plan”. “We lost two in a row, but there’s still things we can do as a team”. “There’s no choice. We have to make those happen”. “It’s do they have the little intangibles to be able to stand there and take that toughness”, Fisher said. The Tar Heels’ offense failed to score on any of its six second-half drives, which allowed Miami to hang around and hang around. Defensively, Miami football is yielding 158.2 yards in passing and 125.8 yards in rushing against the opposing teams.

He split two defenders and launched a shot from just outside the penalty area that skimmed off the bottom of the crossbar and past Duke goalkeeper Robert Moewes, who made all six of his saves in the second half.

“That kind of sparked us”, said Richt, who evaluated Kaaya’s performance as “pretty good, not ideal”.

“We were right there”. Stick around. We’ve got all of the pre-game analysis before the pivotal ACC matchup.

“It was now or never”, Carney said. “I can assure you that has been talked about”. “It starts with me”. “And that run by Hood there at the end was just unbelievable”.

The North Carolina Tar Heels are back in the Associated Press Top 25 polls following a week-long absence.

We hope the team doesn’t make her sad any other times this season.

UNC middle linebacker Andre Smith got kicked out of the game for leading with his helmet while hitting Braxton Berrios on third-and-19.

“It’s amusing how sometimes turnovers come in droves and sometimes it’s a desert”, UNC defensive coordinator Gene Chizik said. “We practice getting interceptions. It’s the same old song”.

But they squandered a golden opportunity in the 54th minute. Moser swung the ball in from the left side and Moseley headed it to the back post for his fourth goal of the year and the 1-0 lead. If we convert, we’ll get more belief in ourselves.

But not even they could inspire the 2016 Hurricanes.