University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Rundown: October 20
October 20, 2014 | General
Football
Lee Pace focuses on the contributions of the offensive line to Saturday's win over Georgia Tech in this week's Extra Points...Marquise Williams is trying not to take any credit, but he deserves it...All the news and notes on the win over Tech...Kenan Stadium is currently leading this poll on favorite stadium in the ACC and still needs your votes...More on the Caleb Pressley phenomenon...All the video highlights:
Basketball
Kendall Marshall took a strange path to the Bucks, but is excited about his opportunity...Reggie Bullock is prepared for a bigger role this year with the Clippers...Marvin Williams had 12 points and nine rebounds yesterday for Charlotte, and P.J. Hairston also scored 12...Harrison Barnes had 13 for Golden State...Wayne Ellington had nine for the Lakers, and James Michael McAdoo added eight.
Olympic sports
Men's soccer got a shutout win at NC State...Field hockey also got a shutout win, with theirs coming at Duke, and women's soccer also shut out the Blue Devils on the road...Field hockey then turned around and shut out Liberty on Sunday...Volleyball won 3-0 at NC State and 3-0 at Duke. Here's the video highlights of the sweep at Cameron:
Swimming fell to powerful Georgia squads...Rowing took ninth in the Club 4+ event at the world's largest two-day competition.
Today's games
Men's tennis is at the ITA Carolinas Regional in Cary.
Tar Heels in the NFL
Da'Norris Searcy had seven tackles and half a sack for the Bills...Julius Peppers had five tackles and 1.5 sacks in a Packers win...Kareem Martin had two tackles, as did Sylvester Williams...Slow day for Gio, who had 17 yards rushing.
Long read
Which fake football coach would you really want calling the plays? This list does not have Eric Taylor of Friday Night Lights at No. 1 and is therefore dubious, but is still some fun on a Monday morning.
