by Lee Pace
CHAPEL HILL—It was early in the third quarter of Saturday’s game against Virginia that Tar Heel defensive coordinator Gene Chizik had separate conversations with senior linebackers Jeff Schoettmer and Shakeel Rashad. Chizik and the defensive staff had outlined several plays that Virginia had squirted on the Tar Heels during a 13-13 halftime deadlock and felt good that the Tar Heels had successfully assimilated that halftime grease board crash course.
“It looks up here as if you guys are seeing things well,” Chizik said via his headset from the coaching booth in the south side press box.