Michael Carter saw the look in Javonte Williams' eyes as kick-off approached Saturday afternoon in Miami. This was big-time stuff—the vaunted Miami Hurricanes donning their black "Miami Nights" uniforms, the Tar Heels challenging a top-10 team to remain in contention for an Orange Bowl berth, the high-octane Carolina offense still feeling the sting of its second-half implosion two weeks earlier against Notre Dame, the ESPN "A team" of Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit calling the game for a national audience.
"We 'bout to do numbers today," Carter thought.
Numbers? Good gracious, did Carter, Williams and the Tar Heels churn them out Saturday afternoon:
* 62 (points scored by the Tar Heels, most ever against an AP poll ranked opponent);
* 36 (margin of victory, largest in school history against a ranked opponent);
* 554 (yards rushing, one shy of a program record, and Carter and Williams combined the highest two-player total in Football Bowl Subdivision history);
* 778 (total yards, a program record and the most Miami had ever allowed);
* 308 (Carter's rushing total, second best in school history behind Derrick Fenner's 328 vs.