That's a setback, no doubt about it. Carolina now finishes the first third of the season at 2-2 (with Clemson on the horizon), and the 34-31 loss to Appalachian State partially wipes out part of the shine from wins over South Carolina and Miami.
The Tar Heels essentially handing the Mountaineers 14 points in the first half helped decide the game. ASU ran back a Sam Howell fumble for a touchdown, and also capitalized on a Howell interception on a screen pass that eventually turned into a touchdown. "We gave them two turnovers that turned into points and we're not forcing turnovers," Mack Brown told Jones Angell on the Tar Heel Sports Network.
