The ball was still in Mitch Trubisky’s hands, but Mack Hollins knew.
Before Trubisky fired the 75-yard pass to Ryan Switzer on a flea-flicker in North Carolina’s 56-28 win over James Madison on Saturday, Hollins threw up his arms and flashed the touchdown sign.
He was right.
“He’s got to stop doing that,” Trubisky said with a smile.
The team had planned on running the flea-flicker on the previous scoring drive. The Dukes’ safeties were moving up to stop the run, so UNC (2-1) had a window to expose James Madison (2-1) with the deep ball.