Interview North Carolina Postgame Press Conference

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Head Coach Paul Johnson

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DE Antonio Simmons & CB Lance Austin

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OL Parker Braun & RB KirVonte Benson

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QB TaQuon Marshall & S A.J. Gray

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I despise Carolina, but like Fedora. He is no nonsense and does not make excuses. He is a good coach and it would absurd if they started calling for his head. But we are talking about Carolina here so I wouldn't be surprised if they did
 
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I wouldn't be suprised to see a SEC school go after Fedora.....UT, LSU, Ole Miss, UF A&M could all upgrade with him
 

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While I feel bad for North Carolina, I think they are overplaying their hand on injuries. Imagine if we lost for the year people like Steve Dolphus, Cheyenne Hunt, Antonio Messick, Mike Minihan, etc. That would SUCK right? But see what's going on here? The vast majority of the players that are listed as out for the season are Freshman new on campus or older folks that don't play. Here is the detail of those players:
Austin Proehl, Wide Receiver
Tyler Powell, Defensive End
Carl Tucker, Tight End
Andre Smith, Linebacker

From what I can tell looking up stats, these are the guys they have lost who garnered significant playing time. Here are the rest:

Rontavious "Toe" Groves, Wide Receiver - Freshman
Antwuan Branch, Running Back - Freshman
Jesse Cuccia, Safety - former lacross player, has never played
Luke Elder, Offensive Guard - Freshman
DJ Ford, Safety - Freshman
Thomas Jackson, Wide Receiver - walk on
Jacob Schmidt, Running Back - walk on, has never played
William Sweet, Offensive Tackle - has never played
Noah Turner, Tight End - Freshman

I certainly feel bad for them and I don't wish injuries on anybody. But I think they are overplaying their hand. Furthermore, these injuries are across a variety of positions. If they are playing anybody outside of the 2-Deep, its for other reasons.
 
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UNC may have injuries, but like you say, they weren't the main problem. Injuries didn't cause the QB to constantly throw the ball too late. Injuries didn't cause their OL to fail to open running lanes. Those were their top two problems in my opinion.
 
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