What better way is there to come off a bye week than to go on the road and play against a Top 10 squad on a Thursday night in a game that will be nationally-televised? And that is exactly what North Carolina (6-4, 2-4 in the ACC) will be doing as they head to Blacksburgh to take on #10 Virginia Tech (9-1, 5-1 in the ACC), with kick off being at 8:00 pm EST on ESPN. For the Tar Heels, who beat the Hokies two years ago at Lane Stadium, this has been called a redemption game or playing the spoilers. For Va Tech, who with a win would head to its fourth league championship game in five years and will have its eighth 10 win season, this game is just as important. Both teams need this game, unfortunately for way different reasons, even more unfortunate for Carolina it that they will be facing a squad that is 23-2 in November when it comes to ACC match ups since joining the conference.
For the home team this is about making sure they get the wins needed to once again compete for the AC...
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