This week North Carolina travels to Miami, a team that UNC coach Everett Withers says is tough and talented. Miami, who is shorthanded because of the program being under fire, hung with Virginia Tech last week before falling. So, here’s the big question for Carolina this week.

QUESTION: What do you need to do with that offense to get it cranked back up to where it was playing before that Louisville game?

COACH EVERETT WITHERS: Well, I give a lot of
credit to Louisville. We had a block here, block
there. All it takes is one guy not fitting the block
real well for a play to not go nearly as far. There
were two plays that our running back did, that Gio
missed a hole. One of them would have been a
20, 25, maybe even longer plus gain that he just
flat missed the hole.

So there are circumstances in every game
when you’re playing good defenses. You just want
to be able to stay consistent, run the ball, and be
efficient in the passing game. We ran the ball
better. We had over 200 yards in the second half.
Gio broke a hundred yards in the second half.

I think people think you’ve got to be
gashing people in the run game for the run game
to be successful. I don’t believe that. I think the
run game is something you do when you want to
control the clock. Run the ball, keep the ball away
from your opponent and eat up yards and try to
score in the red zone. I think we’re doing that.
We didn’t do that efficiently last week, so
we’ve got to make sure we’re better, and I think
that’s what we’re working on this week.