UNC 17, Notre Dame 31: Position Grades

Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports Gotta say, this is a harder game than most to hand out grades for. Not because anything’s unclear, but precisely the opposite: UNC was, as many predicted, pretty thoroughly owned at the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball for most of the game, which makes the rest of the game pretty much irrelevant to those of us who only have the broadcast view of the game. That said, I’ve got a job to do, so here’s my best attempt at grading UNC’s positions as they attempted to take down this year’s biggest college football giant:

Quarterback: C+

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