Going
into this game, nothing would have surprised me, from a UNC blowout, to a close
game, to a big win by the Hokies. Turns out we saw elements of all three
Saturday, as penalties and turnovers once again led a Butch Davis-coached team
to lose to a Frank Beamer-coached team.
First of all, don't dismiss the magnitude of this win. This game was supposed
to be UNC's coming out party, a shifting in the power balance of the ACC's
Coastal Division. The Tar Heels were coming off a big Thursday night win over
Rutgers that had galvanized the program, the Hokies were looking shaky, and it
was UNC's time to shine.