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Irish, Heisman have a special bond
Tudor: What do Joe Montana, Joe Theismann and Brady Quinn have in common, other than the fact that all three were outstanding quarterbacks at Notre Dame?
UNC fans saw legend unfold
Tudor: Before Joe Montana broke a lot of North Carolina hearts Oct. 11, 1975, very few Carolina folks had ever heard of the Notre Dame quarterback.
No Justice in UNC's loss to Irish in 1949
Tudor: So pronounced is Notre Dame's footprint on college football that some opponents mark program milestones by chances to play the Irish.
Eagles' 'fence wire' tangles up Pack
Tudor:In the old days at East Carolina, when Jeff Jagodzinski was an assistant and Steve Logan the head coach, they sometimes used the phrase "fence wire and duct tape" to describe the sort of offensive attack Boston College used Saturday to put away
It may be new to you ...
Tudor:The spread-option offense in college football is all the rage now, but its popularity probably won't last as long as many fans may think.
What next? Duke is 1-0 in the ACC
Tudor:What's next, a Libertarian in the White House?
Duke, Virginia may rediscover their ill will
Tudor:When the subject is Duke football, the last words that normally come to mind are "ill will."
Tar Heels still need a strong running game
Tudor:Losing quarterback T.J. Yates to an ankle injury does not equate to the end of North Carolina's hopes to bleed a bowl bid out of this football season.
Pack rights the ship, Pirates' hopes sink
Tudor: A dream ended Saturday in Carter-Finley Stadium.
Deacons' rise good for state
Tudor:The most intriguing day of this regional college football season could end with a hot debate about the pecking order of in-state teams.
Pack gets credit for ECU rivalry
Tudor:It's just one person's opinion, but the best football rivalry in this state will resume in Carter-Finley Stadium at noon Saturday when East Carolina and N.C. State get after each other for the 26th time.
Eyes on Heels, Hokies
Tudor:If the Virginia Tech-at-North Carolina football game on Saturday boils down to strength vs. strength, it will be the Hokies' secondary against the Tar Heels' wide receivers.
Cutcliffe has Duke thinking positively
Tudor: In years past, Duke's football team would not have defeated Navy on Saturday in Wallace Wade Stadium.
Time for ACC to step up
Tudor:If a touchdown dash of 50 yards begins with a single step, then maybe North Carolina got the ACC off its heels with that impressive win on Thursday at Rutgers.
Butch Davis, America is watching
Tudor:OK, Butch Davis, show us something. You've got the spotlight all to yourself. The second-year North Carolina football coach and his team visit Rutgers tonight.
Pirates may be headed for special season
Tudor:The door to big-time opportunity opened Saturday for East Carolina's football program and its thousands of screaming fans.
Coaches must stay or pay
Tudor:Dave Hart was the athletic director at East Carolina during the late 1980s and early 1990s when he conceived a fairly novel idea that indirectly wound up putting $4 million in West Virginia's bank account.
ACC offenses pack little punch
Tudor:If the ACC has ever had a more disappointing opening football weekend than what we just witnessed, I cannot remember it. I've seen a lot of wobbly takeoffs, too.
Winning ugly tops losing ugly
Tudor: With the sincere apologies to Andy Griffith, what it was was ugly.
A big mistake in 1971
Tudor:There are two popular theories for why charter member South Carolina left the ACC after the 1970-71 school year.
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