Crying Wolf

Every week, it's the same blog.

But usually, the topic is politics or how great Roy is or how bad the Nats are or a arcane posting on Greek sports. Today, it's yet another big game for the football Heels as they travel to Atlanta to take on a ranked ACC foe in Georgia Tech.

Last year the Heels surprised the Jackets, 28-7, in a win that launched a successful 8-5 campaign. Today's game is more important as a win against Tech could lead to an ACC championship, at least a chance to play for the championship.

The Heels played a good second half last week to pull away from a good-but-not-that-good East Carolina team. The real good news from that game was the play of the offensive line. T. J. Yates had a great game against the Pirates, thanks in large part to the protection he received; unlike against UConn the Heels did not allow a sack.

It will take that kind of line play to ensure a win in Atlanta. Tech's pass defense appears to be weak, so pass protection and the play of Yates and his young receivers will be the key to this game.

Finally, the Heels will have to control Georgia Tech's wishbone-oriented running game. The good news is their leading rusher, Dwyer, has been slowed by injuries this week.

Go HEELS!

A FEW RANDOM NOTES

• Good news and bad news concerning Carolina soccer. The women defeated Duke last night thanks to a dramatic late goal. The men lost a road game to defending national champs Maryland, 0-1, in much the same way losing on a header with 3 minutes left, on a ball Carolina failed to clear.
• Greece won the bronze medal at the European Championships last week. Spain dominated the final four to win their second European championship in the last three competitions. Ellas did well to medal, and played with a relatively new squad. One tantalizing player was the Utah Jazz' Kosta Koufos, who did not play much last week due to the flu. His improvement could make Greece a tough out at next year's World Basketball Championship.
• I caught 'Gouge Away,' a British documentary on the Pixies the other night, via the Documentary Channel, and have been listening to 'Surfer Rosa' over and over ever since.