For the second week in a row, the Tar Heels followed up an embarrassing prime time performance with an impressive win over an in-state rival. Saturday’s 56-24 win over the Duke Blue Devils wasn’t even as close as the final score as the Tar Heels took their collective foot off the throttle in the fourth quarter. The defense was mostly full of depth players by that point and allowed Duke to get some meaningless points on the board.
The win was satisfying in so many ways, and was arguably the best performance by the Tar Heels of the season.