The final two minutes of Saturday's Homecoming game against Georgia Tech were ticking away, the last shovel of dirt turned on Carolina's pine box with a Yellow Jacket field goal that officially put the game out of the Tar Heels' reach in a 38-28 loss. On the defensive side of the Carolina team area, it looked like one part M*A*S*H unit and one part funeral wake.
On the far left side of the metal bench was Tyler Powell, whose thick taping jobs on both ankles, right-knee brace and left-shoulder harness had stood him well through three hours of battle, but in the end he played so hard and so long his body eventually gave out.