Trubisky leads No. 22 North Carolina past Virginia 35-14

Back on the road as a three-score underdog, NC State is hoping there isn't a repeat of Saturday against a second straight top-10 team.

There are only two games affecting the Coastal this coming week. In 2015, the Tar Heels traveled here and were victorious 2-0. "But we're ready to put up points". Once considered the team's weak link, it could easily be argued that the defense has been the more impressive unit in back-to-back games.

Charlottesville became a second-chance destination for Benkert last May after he made the hard decision to leave East Carolina after spring practice. The Hurricanes did the same at home against North Carolina, which has once again left the Coastal wide open. His biggest mistake last week was returned 59 yards for a touchdown by Pitt's Jordan Whitehead, a key momentum-swinging play in the Panthers' 45-31 win. Syracuse made the NCAA finals last season. Quarterback Kurt Benkert had a 74-yard touchdown pass to Olamide Zaccheaus in a wild first half that saw the teams combine for three touchdowns in a 1:03 span. Blazing, who also had a crucial game victor against Wake Forest last week, deflected in a shot by junior Alyssa Chillano to put Duke in front. "We want to take how we did in the Duke game and continue learning from that and continue to elevate our performance". Still, it's a rivalry game more than 100 years old and stranger things have happened in the series. Both teams have one conference loss, but the Hokies own the tiebreaker by virtue of their victory in Chapel Hill earlier this month.

Virginia fans might remember that Carolina also recovered an onside kick late in its 2014 win in Charlottesville.

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What's left: Duke, at North Carolina, at Virginia Tech, Virginia. Trubisky has thrown for 17 touchdowns with just two interceptions, and if the Cavaliers can't get any pressure, he and Ryan Switzer might have a field day. "There's not a game I go into thinking, 'Hey, it's OK to turn the ball over here'". VT narrowly remains above North Carolina in this week's rankings due to its head-to-head win over the Tar Heels. Duke rounded out its regular season ACC slate with a 5-1 mark while improving to 14-2 overall. Against a more talented and deeper team like the Tar Heels, the Cavaliers can ill afford turnovers. "You see a lot of times when teams get way too conservative and they end up losing games anyway". "That's going to be the big thing". After throwing his first interceptions of the season in the loss to the Hokies, quarterback Mitch Trubisky threw for 299 yards and two touchdowns, while Bug Howard had 10 catches for 156 yards against the Hurricanes. Even JMU rushed for 209 yards against Carolina. What Virginia does well offensively the Heels defend well and where Carolina is struggling the Hoos may not be able to take advantage of their weakness. Season to date: 2-4.

Defensively, the Cavaliers had some success at times stopping the run, holding Central Michigan to 93 yards rushing and Duke to 106, but gave up 209 yards to Pittsburgh their last outing and 301 to OR early in the season.

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Oct 22, 2016; Charlottesville, VA, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels running back Elijah Hood (34) celebrates with Tar Heels offensive tackle Bentley Spain (75) after scoring a touchdown against the Virginia Cavaliers in the first quarter at Scott Stadium.


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