UNC Football vs. Virginia Tech: X-Factor

Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty ImagesLast season, the Virginia Tech finished the season as the top rushing team in the ACC, while the North Carolina Tar Heels were second in that category.

When UNC hosted Virginia Tech on October 10, 2020, these hard-running teams had a combined 634 yards on the ground.

Carolina’s 399 rushing yards against VT were the second-highest single game total for 2020, and demonstrated how effective the “R” in RPO could be for UNC.

This season, all five offensive linemen return, but the running backs will be a completely new group.

Head coach Mack Brown addressed this issue during his press conference on Monday:

Can we replace the 4000 yards of offense that we lost? And…