UNC struck first Saturday afternoon in Atlanta when Drake Maye hit Kamari Morales for a 55-yard touchdown to kick off scoring in their 35-28 win over Georgia State. Since we all narrowly survived the angina they caused in last week’s narrow escape in Boone, the big play was certainly a welcome sight. Throughout most of the first half it looked like UNC might finally give their fans an easy, stress-free afternoon. That, dear reader, was not what happened.
Georgia State got a touchdown late in the first half to make it 21-10 UNC, which doesn’t sound all that bad, but it was actually foreshadowing a third quarter of struggle ahead for the Carolina defense.