5 Keys To Beating Syracuse

Posted Oct 20, 2018
UNC has just two scholarship quarterbacks available but the staff can’t call a game as if it’s concerned about losing Nathan Elliott or Jace Ruder, whoever happens to be taking snaps. The vanilla approach was a disaster at Cal when UNC didn’t register a first down until its eighth possession. Syracuse is better than Cal, so playing it safe would play into the Orange’s hands. (Tar Heel Illustrated)

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