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Extra Points: Exhale

By Lee Pace

Vonnie Holliday stood with the same 6-foot-5 bearing as when he wore No. 90 more than two decades ago and terrorized opposing offenses with a singular menu of muscle and spurt and will. He wore a light blue T-shirt with an interlocking NC on the front; there was not the slightest trace of mid-drift bulge. The former Tar Heel defensive tackle and NFL stalwart of more than a dozen years was watching his first Carolina vs. Georgia Tech collision in the city he calls home since his playing days in Chapel Hill from 1994-97.