SWEET!!!!! WOLFPACK BEATS CAROLINA 31-27!

Eugene, Sutton Lead Pack to 31-27 Win Over Heels

My Wolfpack has managed to salvage what was looking like an AWFUL season by winning their past 4 games including the Heels today.



I would personally like to take some credit for today's win. How did I help? I didn't watch or listen to the game. Well, I watched for just a few minutes and this is what happened:

The third quarter belonged to the Tar Heels. They scored the second half’s first points on a 50-yard touchdown pass from fullback Bobby Rome to wide receiver Brandon Tate. They also had several opportunities to tie the score after two short punts by NC State’s Bradley Pierson that gave the Tar Heels the ball in Wolfpack territory.

But the Wolfpack defense held Carolina’s offense to a single field goal in those two possessions, a 27-yarder by Barth on the first play of the fourth quarter, closing the margin to 24-20.

The Tar Heels took their only lead in the game, 27-24, with 9:40 remaining in the game when redshirt freshman Kendrick Burney picked off a tipped pass and returned it 76 yards for a touchdown. It’s the first time since 1994 that the Tar Heels have returned two interceptions for a touchdown in the same game.

I quickly realized that if the Pack was going to have any chance at all I had to get away from the TV. The rest, as they say, is history.

Eugene, a workhorse for the Wolfpack offense in the absence of injured tailbacks Toney Baker and Andre Brown, scored three rushing touchdowns, including what proved to be the game-winner with 1:41 remaining in the game, to lead the Wolfpack to its first win over the Tar Heels since 2003. Eugene finished the game with a career-high 159 yards on 32 carries and had five catches for 33 yards.

With 20 seconds to play, the Tar Heels had first-and-goal at the NC State 7-yard line, knocking on the door for a game-winning touchdown. But UNC quarterback T.J. Yates threw three consecutive incomplete passes. On fourth down, Yates threw a fade pass to Hakeem Nicks in the end zone that was intercepted out of bounds by cornerback Jimmie Sutton III to end the Tar Heel threat.

I know, I know, Tarheel fans, just wait 'till basketball season. Meanwhile I will gloat! (Perhaps I'll be gloating then too!)