Mitch Trubisky has made QB change smooth sailing at North Carolina

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- When he was a kid, Mitch Trubisky spent so much time hanging around the football field that Mentor (Ohio) High coach Steve Trivisonno eventually gave him a job as a ball boy. Ostensibly, Trubisky's primary function was attending to the footballs, but his position also afforded him a chance to play catch with the players, rub elbows with the coaches and ride the team bus for games.

Trubisky was 12, and he had a seat on the bus with the biggest stars in town.

"That was one of the best experiences of my life," Trubisky said. "I just loved being around the game."

It should be little surprise then that, after three years with a seat on the bus and a spot on the sideline but…