1. Credit to the Notre Dame defense for a spectacular performance. The Irish were staggered early but played magnificently over the second half and most of the second quarter. They held one of the best offenses in Carolina history to zero touchdowns over the final 47:59. The Tar Heels, who have been regularly breaking the 500-yard mark in total offense, managed just 298 yards in the game, with just 78 of those yards coming in the second half.
2. Absolutely impossible to walk away from Kenan Stadium on Saturday evening not wondering what that game might have been like with a packed Kenan Stadium, the type of sold-out crowd that the Tar Heels enjoyed at every home game last season.