CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Ryan Switzer called it a "mulligan play," like a do-over in golf. Actually, North Carolina ran the run-pass option three straight times before finally cashing in for a touchdown that officially erased a 13-point fourth quarter deficit and capped one of the most spectacular drives in recent Tar Heels history.
Before the drive started, with UNC trailing by 6 and 3:35 left on the clock, Larry Fedora pulled his biggest receiver, Bug Howard aside.
"We're coming to you," Fedora told him, "so you better make a play."
Howard did, but so did virtually the entire offense at one point or another on a 17-play, 63-yard drive that led to UNC's 37-36 victory.