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September 23, 2001 | General
Saturday, September 22, 2001
FB: A Keeper In Any State
Raleigh News & Observer/By Barry Svrluga
CHAPEL HILL -- The one that got away tends to
perceived as the biggest, the fastest, the quickest, the
most spectacular. His reputation grows, in part, because
he isn't seen up close. Around here, Nick Maddox is the
one who got away, the one North Carolina football fans
hoped they would see striding onto the Kenan Stadium
field today, wearing light blue, when the Tar Heels play
No. 6 Florida State (12:12 p.m., WTVD) in their home
opener...
FB: What Is UNC's Fear Factor?
Durham Herald-Sun/By Neil Amato
CHAPEL HILL -- It was midsummer on the South Carolina coast, and John Bunting
was asked for the millionth time why he decided to add Oklahoma to the schedule
shortly after he was named UNC's head coach....
FB:Heels Hope For More Fun At Home
Greensboro News & Record/By Rob Daniels
CHAPEL HILL -- Amid the promises of rekindled traditions, there are rumors of Pink Floyd on
the playlist and lax alcohol enforcement in the streets...
Friday, September 21, 2001
FB: Heels Hope To Be A Bit More Special
Raleigh News & Observer/By Barry Svrluga
CHAPEL HILL -- North Carolina football coach John
Bunting came to Chapel Hill preaching not only tough
defense and a run-down-your-throat offense but good
special-teams play...
FB: Kenan Officials Taking Extra Precautions
Durham Herald-Sun/By Eric Ferreri
CHAPEL HILL -- While tight-lipped about specifics, UNC officials said this week they
expect to have added security measures in place when the Tar Heels host their first
home football game this weekend...
FB: FSU's Maddox the One That Got Away From Heels
Greensboro News & Record/By Rob Daniels
They asked it the past two years with a curiosity in the voice: "What happened to Nick Maddox?"
Now the question is posed with the same words but an entirely different inflection, one that
connotes respect and rueful regret...
Thursday, September 20, 2001
FB: Kenan Among 'No Fly Zone' Stadiums
Durham Herald-Sun/Staff Report
limps and small planes flying over college football stadiums pulling banner
advertisements will be rare sights this weekend...
FB: Noles Banged Up
Durham Herald-Sun/By Neil Amato
The Florida State depth chart traditionally has been a list of ever-changing names.
The Seminoles, perhaps more than any team in the country, have so much talent
that they can play 50 or 60 players in the first half of a game...
FB: Bunting Steps Up In Defense of Curry
Greensboro News & Record/By Rob Daniels
His starting job under increasing scrutiny and challenge, North Carolina quarterback Ronald
Curry went from offense to defense this week. Not literally, mind you. Just in rhetoric that
brought a supportive response Wednesday from his coach...
Wednesday, September 19, 2001
FB: Closing In On No. 1
Raleigh News & Observer/By Barry Svrluga
In the locker room at Kenan Stadium, where the North
Carolina football team dresses and trades jokes, the
stalls are arranged by jersey number, first to last. Ronald
Curry -- senior, quarterback, designated leader -- sits in
locker No. 1. Ten stalls away, around one wall in a
different nook, sits Curry's backup, Darian Durant. But
that designation, that separation between backup and
starter, is growing smaller all the time...
FB: Tar Heels' Offense Sputtering
Durham Herald-Sun/By Neil Amato
CHAPEL HILL -- Gary Tranquill is in his 40th season as a football coach, but he
cannot draw on any of that experience to explain why the offense he coordinates at
UNC isn't moving the ball...
FB: Curry: Blame Me
Durham Herald-Sun/By Neil Amato
Ronald Curry was in this same situation three seasons ago. The only difference now
is that he's the senior quarterback now forced to split time with a freshman...
FB: Future Now For UNC Freshmen
Greensboro News & Record/By Rob Daniels
CHAPEL HILL -- North Carolina football coach John Bunting said Tuesday he's going to strip
four freshmen of their innocence, rob them of their youth. And for what?...
FB: Curry's Job In Jeopardy Against FSU
Charlotte Observer/By Gregg Doyel
CHAPEL HILL -- North Carolina coach John Bunting did some thinking, and came to
this conclusion: Saturday against No. 6 Florida State, Curry will play more than he has
all season...
Tuesday, September 18, 2001
FB: Letdown By Heels Wideouts
Raleigh News & Observer/By Barry Svrluga
efore the football season, it seemed that if North
Carolina could feel secure about itself anywhere on the
field, it was at wide receiver...
FB: A Bad Year To Shag Passes In The ACC
Raleigh News & Observer/By Caulton Tudor
The unhealthiest position in ACC football this season is
wide receiver. It's not even close. With the season still
young, about a dozen ACC wideouts have suffered
moderate to serious injuries...
FB: Heels Quarterbacks To Split Time On The Field
Greensboro News & Record/By Rob Daniels
In the season's first three football games, the North Carolina Tar Heels have made changes at
quarterback by feel and situation. Now, it's a matter of policy...
Monday, September 17, 2001
Schools Scrutinize Travel Plans
Raleigh News & Observer/By Barry Svrluga
Carrie Lingo was on the phone, and she hadn't yet
made up her mind. The opportunity -- to play with the
U.S. National Field Hockey team in a Women's World
Cup qualifying tournament outside Paris -- was one she
had looked forward to all year. She was willing to leave
the North Carolina field hockey team, ranked No. 1 in the
nation, in midseason to travel and play for her country...
