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Tar Heels’ dominance makes Switzer’s unfair catch irrelevant

CHAPEL HILL

On a night North Carolina answered its biggest question in the affirmative – can the Tar Heels take care of business against lesser opposition? – there was no answer for one of the strangest plays in recent memory.

Long after everyone has forgotten North Carolina beat Wake Forest 50-14, they’ll still be talking about the fair-catch signal that wasn’t, the weirdness that was Saturday night.

The strangest play of the evening wasn’t the North Carolina touchdown catch that bounced high in the air off a Wake Forest helmet. It was the Ryan Switzer punt return blown dead while Switzer was in mid-stride down the sideline.