A convoy of busses taking the Carolina football team from Chapel Hill to its hotel in Roanoke on Friday, Oct. 18, was nearing the state line on Hwy. 220 just north of Greensboro shortly after 2 p.m. The players were sleeping, watching movies, playing video games or listening to music as they made their way north for the next day's game at Virginia Tech. Meanwhile, currents of energy flickered among Mack Brown and his coaching staff as they all held their phones close at hand.
Desmond Evans, a five-star defensive end and the most highly recruited player in the state of North Carolina, was holding a ceremony at Lee County High in Sanford to announce his college choice.