A Homecoming of Sorts

Posted Dec 24, 2011
Defensive tackle Sylvester Williams is perhaps one of the few Tar Heel players that has a specific motivation to play the Tigers beyond the obvious that it's the last game on the schedule, and a bowl. Naturally any bowl game brings out the fire in a true competitor, but for Williams, a native of the Show-Me State's capital of Jefferson City, there's a little more incentive to try and go out and beat Mizzou. (Tar Heel Illustrated)

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