The No. 18 North Carolina Tar Heels beat the Syracuse Orange, 31-6 in Chapel Hill on Saturday. And yet, that score makes it sound like a much more lopsided game than it actually was.
After allowing a touchdown on the first drive, Syracuse’s defense buckled down and actually made Heels QB Sam Howell scramble a bit with constant pressure. Mikel Jones and Andre Cisco (of course) both picked off passes. The Orange even recovered a punt return deep in UNC territory. And yet, the offense just couldn’t make things happen inside the red zone.