UNC Football: Carolina defeats Virginia 37 to 13

Head coach Larry Fedora vs VirginiaIn my recap from the game against Georgia Tech I said the one thing that UNC Football could not do is dwell on that game and turn one loss into a second one. It seems that the Tar Heels followed that advice as North Carolina (7-4 ~ 4-3 in the ACC) defeated Virginia (4-7 ~ 2-5 in the ACC) by the score of 37 to 13, in what is considered the oldest rivalry in the South. And while the offense was what got Carolina the win, it was a goal line stand by the defense to turn a tight game into a somewhat easy victory. “Don’t let Georgia Tech best us twice,” defensive lineman Sylvester Williams said he told his defensive teammates, referring to last week’s 68-50 home loss to the Yellow Jackets on homecoming. “We never lost pride because at the end of the day, when you’re a good football team, you’ve got to build off the losses. Sixty-eight points? That was embarrassing, but we built off of it.” I guess for a team like North Carolina, who can not go to the pos...