The Day After: Smothering Performance

North Carolina has struggled the finish the job the past two weeks. On Friday night in Syracuse, the Tar Heels completed the task at hand, dominating Fran Brown’s team, 27-10, with their first complete and complementary performance of the season. Inside Carolina’s Jason Staples and Buck Sanders join Tommy Ashley to discuss the win and how Bill Belichick and the Heels finally put it all together on Halloween night in the JMA Dome.

Show Rundown (time stamps are for YouTube version):
0:00 – Stream begins
0:20 – Show begins
0:47 – Buck’s opening thoughts
2:44 – Jason’s opening
3:39 – Run game and Lopez legs
8:21 – Level of defense
10:30 – Smothering the Cuse offense
15:22 – Allen, Thompson and Melkart
19:44 – Defense coming together
24:10 – Interior line play
26:55 – Blaske moves inside
32:48 – June and Shipp
35:50 – Red zone lacking early
42:23 – Final O thoughts
44:22 – Confidence rising
51:04 – Friday night football?
52:55 – Bowl chances

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Inside Carolina produces an unprecedented lineup of regular programming dedicated to Tar Heel sports, available in both audio and video (live!) formats all within a single channel, featuring the top experts. Here’s the lineup, which is complemented by special roundtables, featured interviews, reaction episodes, and more throughout the year:

* The Day After (football) with Buck Sanders, Jason Staples, Tommy Ashley
* Schoett & Vipp (football) with Jeff Schoettmer and Taylor Vippolis
* The Game Plan (football) with Greg Barnes, Jason Staples, Tommy Ashley
* Noon Dish (football recruiting) with Don Callahan, Tommy Ashley
* Coast to Coast (basketball & recruiting) with Sherrell McMillan, Sean Moran, Joey Powell
* The Basketball Show (basketball) with Justin Jackson, Rob Harrington, Tommy Ashley
* Up in the Rafters (basketball) with Joel Berry & Taylor Vippolis
* The Postgame (basketball) with Rob Harrington/Dewey Burke, Tommy Ashley
* Next Level (all sports) with Greg Barnes, Tommy Ashley

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