Utye laihj (Ear Heel THE LOWDOWN ON SATURDAY'S GAME North Carolina at Duke JffJ (5-5,4-3) Wallace Wade Stadium, noon (2-8,1-6) HEAD TO HEAP I IMr'c finch „c Duke as been dreadful against the run, giv _ " u f n vs - ing up more than 200 yards per game. Chad Duke S Scott has been a horse since he became a SnHwHn Front Seven starter three weeks ago with two 100-yard games and four touchdowns. Edge: UNC UNC's Parian Durant has found his rhythm in Dace n. , the last few weeks. His receivers let him Hass VS. Duke S down with several drops against Wake Secondary Forest, but they've been solid all year and should rebound against Duke. Edge: UNC nnlra'e find. Although the numbers didn't look great at 11 c-< n the end of the day, the Tar Heels did a pretty VS. UNC S good job holding Wake's Chris Barclay in Front Seven Check. The Blue Devils' ground game aver- ages just 98.2 yards per game. Edge: UNC rti ike'e and The far Heels have allowed just 100 and UUKe S Hass i O9 yards passing in the last two weeks VS. UNC S after struggling earlier this year. Duke QB Secondary Mike Schneider is just 10th in the ACC with UNC received two more big plays from its Special special teams with conversions on a fake Teams f' e,ci 9°al and a fake punt against Wake. HHhT Duke K Matt Brooks is just 6-12 on field goals of 30 yards and longer. Edge: UNC The Bottom Line North Carolina 38, Duke 20 COMPILED BY DANIEL BLANK THE Daily Crossword By James E. 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The Tar Heel Sports Network will provide radio cover age; its flagship station is WCHL- AM, 1360. 20 0 4 Records: North Carolina is 5-5, 4-3 in the ACC. Duke is 2-8,1-6 in the ACC. Series: North Carolina leads 50- -36-4. Personnel Update: North Carolina RB Jacque Lewis (broken foot) and OT Chris Woods (sprained ankle) are out. Duke no injuries reported. The key matchup: North Carolina RB Chad Scott against the Duke front seven. The Blue Devils are 10th in the ACC against the run only UNC is worse. But the Tar Heels hold a clear advantage with their running backs. Scott ran for 70 yards on 16 car ries against Wake Forest last week while splitting time with Lewis and Ronnie McGill. 19 Symbols 24 Traffic jam 26 Not bamboozled by 28 Swift's brutes 30 Rolls of dough 31 Cogito_sum 32 Gripe 33 Go well together 34 Tooth trouble 35 Sturdy cart 36 German article 38 Show-biz notable 41 Yukon River tributary 44 Fit in 46 Gargantuan 49 Disgusting 51 Azure and royal 52 Calendar periods 54 Jerry or Jerry Lee 55 Actress Verdugo 56 Unwashed 57 Shoot the breeze 58 Hawaiian port 59 Bit of gossip 61 Serious about 64 Negative votes 65 Swed. transporters t ? 3 p p—Hs p p p 112 13 iiiiiliiidtiii 17 18 19 20 Hp U 22 ’ 23 p 4 Udfl 33 34 35 '36 _ “{■■TiT - “ 39 Bp 43 Mpl paTßßsa R 4 ™ 57 58 59 61 ”” jß|Hj62 63 “ 64 65 66 HP IBpa _ SB Sports In the two preceding games, Scott topped the 100-yard mark against both Miami and Virginia Tech in the first half. If the Blue Devils want any shot at slowing down the UNC offense, they’ll have to figure out a way to slow down Scott because QB Darian Durant has been in a groove the last few weeks. On the other side, the UNC defense did give up 138 yards to Wake’s Chris Barclay. But that was on 30 carries, and a bulk of those were on two fourth-quarter drives when the Tar Heels were playing on tired legs. Plus, Barclay is one of the top backs in the ACC, and all Duke has to offer is Cedric Dargan, who is averaging just 3.6 yards per carry. If the Tar Heels play the way they did against Barclay, then they should be able to at least slow down the Duke run game. Final analysis/prediction: Senior center Jason Brown threw down the gauntlet Tuesday, saying that losing to Duke is like, “you’re in elementary school, and you get beat up by a girl.” Well, last year, UNC not only got pounded, it had its lunch money—in this case, the Victoiy Bell stolen. In that game, the Blue Devils raced out to a 23-0 lead, and the Tar Heels couldn’t completely recover. But this year, the Tar Heels have a clear edge in talent maybe the first time they have been able to claim that since the season-opener against William & Mary. The Tar Heels also have more incentive, besides revenge, than the Blue Devils for winning this game. With a victory, UNC would fin ish 6-5 and all but guarantee itself a bowl bid for the first time since 2001. But Duke would love nothing more than to spoil its archrival’s postseason aspirations. The Blue Devils already have ONLINE Visit dthonline. com right after the game for a complete recap. (C)2004 Tribune Media Services. Inc. 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