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Extra Points: One Play Short

by Lee Pace

The screen shot taken from ESPN showing the yellow line and no Tar Heels having crossed it on a crucial onside kick had spread like a jolt of electricity through the smart phone universe of the Carolina football team within five minutes of the end of their crushing loss to Clemson Saturday night in the ACC Championship Game.

With the Tar Heels in the middle of a furious fourth-quarter rally and having cut the Tigers’ lead to 45-37 with just over one minute to play, Tar Heel coach Larry Fedora called for an onside kick.