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DTH Sport Saturday UNC must win 2, but Car Quest By Lisa Zaranek Staff Writer North Carolina might be packing its bags for Miami in a few short weeks. Only three conditions must be met for the Tar Heels to be considered for the Car Quest Auto Parts Bowl at Joe Robbie Stadium on Dec. 30. Georgia Tech must lose to Georgia. Maryland must lose to Florida State. And the Tar Heels must win their last two games against Duke and N.C. State. Assuming those three things material ize, the Tar Heels will likely receive an invitation to the Car Quest Bowl in Mi ami, despite the fact that they will have the same record as Maryland and Geor gia Tech. Mitch Morrall, director of communi Johnson sprained his ankle last week. "HiddEN BeLow TRAdiTioN-FillEd FRANkIiN Street, A TRAdiTioN In TMe MAkiisiq Is HiddEN..." aANDJDO'S MEXICAN CAFE Specializing in Shredded Beef and /<* gg&fac Vegetarian Dishes V J •15 Lunch Open for lunch and dinner 7 days a week Pi-iday and Saturday until midnight 159 Vz E. 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And the fact that Joe Robbie is hosting next year’s game between Maryland and Florida State is another consideration for the selection committee. “Being that Maryland is going to be playing Florida State here (inJoe Robbie U's injury has Tar Heels searching for right mix By Joseph Rolison Assistant Sport Saturday Editor North Carolina tailback Leonjohnson missed most of this week's practice and is listed as very questionable entering today’s game with Duke because of an ankle injury. The apparent loss has left UNC with a muddled picture at both fullback and tailback. The Tar Heels now boast just four scholarship players in the backfield. Star tailback recruit Andre Barkley de cided to transfer earlier this year. Bowl Picture Stadium) next year, it’s definitely more interesting for us to bring North Carolina than a different team,” Morrall said. But Morrall added that the season is far from over and that North Carolina still must make it through the lengthy selection process if the qualifying condi tions are met. “We’ve built a relationship with Mary land too, so we’re definitely going to consider them hard as well,” Morrall said. If the Tar Heels are invited and accept the invitation, they will face the third ranked team in the Big East. At this point, Syracuse and Miami are tied for second. Assuming both teams are tied at the end of the season, it is more probable that the Tar Heels would face the Orangemen than the Hurricanes. LJ sustained the ankle injury in last weekend’s loss to No. 6 Florida State. “No. 1, you’d like to have (LJ) involved in practice before a ball game,” UNC coach Mack Brown said. “The second thing is if you put him in the ball game and he hasn’t been touched all week, you don’t want to hurt him worse and you don’t know whether he can cut.” “Right now, he’s abig question mark.” In the middle of the tailback shuffle are Jonathan Linton, who has spent the past See INJURY, Page 14 Dry Dock Seafood Restaurant no. 2 Dailu Specials Free Parking „ , „ , ~ - Beer&Wine- Tuesday... Trout $4.25 Trout & Popcorn Shrimp $5.75 Unbeatable Quality, Wednesday... Perch $4.25 Quantity & Prices. Period. Perch & Popcorn Shrimp $5.75 j Thursday... Popcorn Shrimp $5.95 Sunday... Flounder & Popcorn Shrimp $6.25 *'V 1. Everyday... Canadian Whitefish $6.15 -J x Canadian Whitefish & Popcorn Shrimp $6.75 Hfjf 8 oz. Ribeye Steak $5.95 :.j,. 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While two of the qualifying conditions —the Georgia Tech and Maryland losses are beyond North Carolina’s control, the Tar Heels must hold up their end of the bargain if they expect to see postseason action. At least part of their fate rests upon the upcoming backyard brawls against Duke and N.C. State. If the Tar Heels win both, they will qualify for a bowl game. If they lose, they will be home for the holidays. In their last matchup, the Tar Heels pulled out a last-second touchdown to beat Duke by one point. But that was last year when both teams had winning records by this point in the season. Gone is the 8-4 record; the Blue Devils will be lucky to post four wins this season. The Tar Heels have already reached that feat, but they have not shown much consistency. But Morrall said that North Carolina does not need to prove anything in these next two games. “At this point, we’d be looking just for the winning record just because of where we get to pick,” Morrall said. “If you’re going to go on a two-game winning streak, you’re going to be on a high, and you’re going to be winning. How you do it is really irrelevant to us.” But suppose Georgia Tech and Mary land lose, and UNC wins its final two games. There is still a slight possibility 13 that the selection committee may decide to invite Maryland instead. In that case, there is always the Poulon/ Weed Eater Independence Bowl, which will be held Dec. 29 in Shreveport, La. Glenn Krupica, executive director of the Independence Bowl, oudined the three main criteria the selection commit tee uses in determining whom to invite. Krupica said they first look for the best team available outside the conference tie-ins. They also consider how many people the school will bring from a fan standpoint. The final criteria rests in the team’s attitude about playing in the Inde pendence Bowl. One of the seeds is locked in with the No. 5 or No. 6 ranked team in the South eastern Conference. “Within our SEC arrangement, we’d love to have LSU,” Krupica admitted. “I think we’d be fine if we went with Geor gia or Auburn too. But LSU seems like a very distinct possibility.” Krupica said the selection committee is considering a variety of teams, but they do not think they will even have an op portunity to invite UNC. “We believe that, should Georgia Tech not qualify, the Car Quest Bowl will take North Carolina,” Krupica said. Krupica spoke with Swofford on Wednesday morning about North Carolina’s chances for an Independence Bowl invitation. Krupica said he was confident the Tar Heels would meet the selection committee’s criteria. “I would think that Mack Brown has a lot of following here and that they defi nitely wouldbring some people,” Krupica said. “There’s no doubt. They’d be a good representative for the bowl game.”
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