North Carolina Misses Golden Opportunity Against Virginia Tech

Numerous missed opportunities haunted the University of North Carolina who came up just short against No. 9 Virginia Tech in an ACC battle, 24-21. UNC now moves to 6-5 and a horrendous 2-5 in the ACC. Virginia Tech continues to roll at 10-1 and 6-1 in the ACC. It didn’t start bad for UNC they took a quick lead due to a fumble but it was then 30 minutes of critical mistakes that they only wish they could have back. At the end of the third quarter the score was 24 to 7 in favor of the Hokies and many thought it was only going to get worse before the final whistle blew. It didn’t, as the Tar Heels came back, and you have to believe that if interim head coach Everett Withers’ squad had ten plays go in a different way Carolina would be traveling back to Chapel Hill with a win. Of the many mistakes in this game the one that hurt the most was the fumble by Ryan Houston on Va Tech’s 5-yard line that if not lost would have put North Carolina up by either 10 or 14, instead the home squad got ...