Always be prepared. Never slip. This is the advice North Carolina sophomore linebacker Jonathan Smith gets from his dad during almost every phone call between father and son.
And it’s that advice that brings Smith to the empty team meeting room after hours.
Here, he and junior linebacker Cole Holcomb comb through film of the Tar Heels’ upcoming opponent. This week they’re studying for Saturday’s game against Duke.
“Pretty much every day before practice,” Smith said. “In between classes, after practice, we’ll go in there, and then right before we go home we’ll go in for some more film sessions.