Carolina is heading back to the Sun Bowl for the fifth time.
Or, as Coach Bill Dooley liked to call it, “the Fun Bowl.”
He said the Sun Bowl provided as many activities and as much entertainment for his players as any postseason event. Plus, beating a good Texas Tech team on the first trip in 1972 made it even better. That victory finished an 11-1 season, one of the best in school history.
The Tar Heels might have been playing elsewhere that year. But, a schedule change and a loss at Ohio State kept Carolina out of a New Year’s Day bowl.