CHAPEL HILL
The consolation prize, for North Carolina, is a trip to west Texas, to an unfamiliar city and an unfamiliar bowl game, albeit one that is embraced by the people of El Paso. This wasn't exactly what the Tar Heels had in mind back in August.
And yet, UNC coach Larry Fedora said on Sunday, “I don't think the Sun Bowl is a letdown.”
He was speaking on a teleconference the Sun Bowl had organized. The sound quality wasn't great, and neither was the organization. Reporters haphazardly directed questions to Fedora and Stanford coach David Shaw, who talked over and over again about El Paso's hospitality.