Carolina football players spent last week counting down the hours until they could step out on the game field again. They came out of the first game against Georgia with more questions than answers. All week long those questions were repeated over and over again. “Why didn’t you run the ball more?” “Why didn’t you throw the ball better?” “Has the defense really improved?” The only place to find those answers was on the field again, under the lights.
On Saturday evening, the Tar Heels played in front of a raucous Illini crowd in a packed Memorial Stadium.