UNC Football at Wake Forest: Three Things Learned

Jeremy Brevard-USA TODAY Sports Welp. That sucked. UNC finally dug a hole too deep to climb out of and suffered their first loss of the season. A lackluster first three quarters on offense saw the Heels enter the 4th-quarter trailing 21-3. The only reason it was that close is a credit to the defense keeping the Deacs scoreless for almost three full quarters in the middle of the game. After scoring a touchdown with 12:04 left in the second quarter, Wake Forest didn’t score again until a FG with 1:09 remaining.

Folks, if they stay relatively healthy, the Heels’ defense is good enough to keep UNC competitive for the remainder of the season. They even held Wake to 24 points, which was what I…