CHAPEL HILL
Landon Turner maintains there was no statement made, no hidden message behind wearing a hooded sweatshirt commemorating North Carolina’s 2012 Coastal Division not-quite-exactly championship on Monday.
“It was raining,” the North Carolina offensive lineman said. “Pure coincidence. It was clean.”
Turner’s choice of sweatshirt may have been accidental, but it was appropriate. He may soon have one to wear commemorating an actual division championship, one recognized outside of the 27514 zip code – unlike 2012, when North Carolina was serving a one-year postseason ban but would have won a three-way tiebreaker with Miami (also banned) and Georgia Tech and decided to claim a division title anyway.