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UNC hopes for upset redux
Offense needs big game to beat ’Canes
BY BRANDON PARKER
SENIOR WRITER
: A few days before last year’s
matchup between North Carolina
and Miami, then Tar Heel safety
Gerald Sensabaugh gave sports
fans even more reason to laugh at
the seemingly lopsided affair.
“It’s probably the most simple
offense we’ve seen,” Sensabaugh
said, in reference to the Hurricane
attack. “I have a lot of respect for
them, but they can be beaten.”
On the subsequent Saturday,
the defensive back’s bulletin board
statement turned from a joke to a
bold prophecy, as UNC defeated
Miami, 31-28, in an epic battle.
Almost a year later, the Tar
Heels enter their contest against
the No. 6 Hurricanes with similar
odds against them.
But with UNC possessing a
stagnant offense that averages 18.2
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points per game and has found the
end zone just 12 times this season,
and a kicker who has missed eight
field goals, one might wonder what
the Hurricanes think about their
opponent’s attack.
“They are probably saying we
haven’t done much of anything this
season,” said Tar Heel quarterback
Matt Baker. “We’re going to have to
play our very best game of the year
if we’re going to beat them.”
What a difference a year can
make.
Last season, North Carolina
posted an impressive 545 yards
and four touchdowns to take down
Miami.
This season, the Tar Heels’ high
est offensive output was 352 yards
in a 31-17 win against Utah.
Last season, former quarter
back Darian Durant never threw
for fewer than 140 yards in a full
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This season. Baker accumulated
just 98 yards through the air in last
week’s 7-5 win against Virginia.
Fortunately for the Tar Heels,
the defense has improved enough
to overcome the lowly offense, as
was shown against UVa.
But against an explosive Miami
squad averaging 385 yards a game
and posting almost 30 points per
contest, a single-digit offensive
output is not an option Saturday.
And Baker said he believes the
key to increasing his unit’s efficien
cy is limiting penalties.
“We definitely need to score in
the 30s if we want to even stay in
the game,” he said. “Our offense
needs more consistency and not
to be in first-and-long situations
as much.
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point it’s harder in those situations
because ... then they can come at
you and drop everyone back in cov
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The subsequent transparency
of the Tar Heels’ offensive scheme
shuts down the effectiveness of
their running game and deep
receiving corps.
“I can’t and don’t control the
points that go up on the board
because I don’t call the plays and
I don’t throw the ball,” said junior
wide receiver Jesse Holley. “All I
can do is run my routes and make
plays when I get the chance.”
With the exceptional play of the
UNC defense, Holley and the offense
certainly have gotten their share of
chances. But if another upset is in
order, both units must turn those
opportunities into results.
“The whole team is one unit,
so if the offense is playing well, it
definitely helps out,” Holley said.
“The offense can’t be the weak link
because as the unit goes, we go.”
Contact the Sports Editor
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2005
Sophomores upset
about distribution
BY NATHAN HEWITT
STAFF WRITER
Saturday morning, hundreds of
students will line up in the cold for
a chance to receive tickets in the
season’s first men’s basketball dis
tribution.
But a conflict with sophomore
registration might keep some stu
dents from getting tickets.
Registration begins at 10 a.m.
Saturday, giving sophomores little
time to wait in long ticket distribu
tion lines, which begin at 7 a.m.
“We would prefer (the distribu
tion) not to be at the same time as
anyone’s registration,” said Carolina
Athletic Association President
Justin Johnson.
But he said the CAA wants to
stay consistent with having distri
butions at 7 a.m. Saturdays.
“We have made things as effi
cient as possible and want to finish
by 10 (a.m.),” Johnson said.
Clint Gwaltney, assistant athletic
director for the Smith Center and
ticket operations, said the ticket
office was unaware of the conflict.
“We missed the fact that it was
also sophomore registration and
we regret that,” he said.
Sophomores now are faced with
the choice of registering early for the
best class availability or being at the
front of the line to wait for tickets.
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I’m likely to put off registration to
ensure that I get those tickets,” said
sophomore Nick Long.
In order to get tickets, students
must get a bracelet for the distribu
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out from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today.
The bracelet number results will
be announced at noon Friday in the
Pit.
University Registrar Alice Poehls
said she had not anticipated the two
events would coincide. But she said
the situation should distribute stu
dents equally, so it might be easier
for sophomores to register.
“If all those students were at
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able to get into the system anyway,”
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the distribution at a later date due
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officials said.
Two years ago distribution
and sophomore registration also
occurred on the same morning.
Some students said they feel this
problem should have been cor
rected in the past.
“It seems like a public univer
sity with this reputation would be
prepared for such big events,” said
sophomore Ashley Barbour.
Contact the University Editor
at udesk@unc.edu.
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