In the final (and hopefully shortest) installment of these positional grades, we’ll take a look at two parts of the team: one that spends much less time on the field than the offense and defense, and one that’s never on the field. Namely, that’s UNC’s special teams and coaching. I gave both of units a bit of a hard time in my breakdown of the App game, and I’m happy to say that they both made a huge improvement for the Minnesota game. Let’s talk about it:
Special Teams: B
Some eyebrows were raised before the game when UNC beat reporters conveyed that starting kicker Ryan Coe wasn’t warming up with the rest of the specialists, and it seemed he may have been benched after shanking the potential game-winning field goal against the Mountaineers.