Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. From there UNC gets Virginia Tech at home and then travels to Miami. The second half of the season will go much better as the Heels with go 4-2 beating BC, GT, NCSU and Duke. Scoring three touchdowns in the first quarter was all USC needed to beat up on the Cavaliers at their home field. Battling for the starting position were top returners Junior Stafon Johnson (673 yards) and sophomore Joe McKnight (540 yards); but challenging them would be redshirt sophomore C.J. [47], In addition to graduating starting senior 2007 All-Americans Sam Baker (offensive tackle), John Mackey Award-winner Fred Davis (tight end), Sedrick Ellis (nose tackle), and Keith Rivers (linebacker), as well as first team all-conference defensive end Lawrence Jackson, 2006 first team all-conference quarterback John David Booty and second team all-conference defensive back Terrell Thomas, the Trojans also lost junior All-Conference offensive guard Chilo Rachal to the 2008 NFL Draft. 5 … Height: 6-5 Avg. In the 2008 variation, the position was filled by senior Clay Matthews, a former walk-on. Carolina's defense generated 4 Rutgers turnovers (3 INTs and a fumble) and scored off of a 66-yard interception return by Bruce Carter.[8]. Yates is coming off shoulder surgery but has been declared fit as a fiddle. We present them here for purely educational purposes. [73], Before the season this game garnered interest in seeing how new Bruins' coach Rick Neuheisel would do in his battle to gain supremacy in Los Angeles.[70][73]. The passing game will crux heavily on the offensive line controlling line of scrimmage and something productive happening in the running game to prevent the opposing defense from dropping over half the defense back in coverage. [7][8] Junior Mark Sanchez entered spring practice as the acknowledged leader, having started three games the previous season due to an injury to Booty, winning two; however, Arkansas-transfer and former Razorback starter Mitch Mustain had the most college game experience, having started and won eight games for the 2006 Razorbacks team his freshman year while putting on an impressive performance on the scout team in the 2007 season during the NCAA-mandated waiting period. This season Greg Little appears ready to take the mantle at RB with some help from a slimmed down Ryan Houston and backfield returnee Anthony Elzy. The Tar Heels received 16 letters of intent on National Signing Day, February 6, 2008. [4] By the beginning of the season it was named as the most anticipated regular-season game of 2008. Trimane Goddard and Deunta Williams will be manning the safety slots while Kendric Burney and Charles Brown(if he is healthy) will start at the corners. Ticket prices rose to levels from $100 to $5,000 apiece. "[100] The Cardinal then stunned the Trojans in a major upset, 24–23, ending the Trojans' 35-game home winning streak and causing a major obstacle to the Trojans national title hopes. In a game suspended nearly two hours due to weather, they blew a 14-0 first-half lead and had to rally from a third-quarter deficit against Football Championship Subdivision McNeese State, who outplayed the Heels much of the way. [94][95][96] By game week the Trojans were considered 10-point favorites. One student athlete had already enrolled before National Signing Day and one signed several days later, making this class smaller and less-heralded than the previous year's class. [48], On the Monday after the 2007 UCLA–USC rivalry game, a 24–7 Trojans victory, embattled Bruins head coach Karl Dorrell was fired. Of course this is all pure speculation. The 2008 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.The Tar Heels played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and were led by second-year coach Butch Davis.The Tar Heels began their season on August 30 against McNeese … Former Florida State football coach Bobby Bowden was released from a hospital Thursday after being treated for COVID-19. If that does not happen or only happens sporadically then likewise the offense will function sporadically. Do you have a sports website? [80][83][84], Although scheduled for the third week of the season, the game was the primary focus of fan and media attention for both programs. Assuming those two pieces work halfway well, Yates will have time to throw and good luck to any set of corners and safeties who think they can blanket those three speedsters. [3][4] Sports Illustrated and ESPN.com soon revised their rankings to #3 and #4, respectively, after nearly all draft-eligible juniors decided to remain with the program instead of entering the NFL Draft. 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