Former UNC player reflects on the chance to coach Peterson, Guice

Randy Jordan knows something about scary, season-ending injuries.

When he was entering his junior year at North Carolina, Jordan remembers a spring practice that finished with the Oklahoma drill, a 1-on-1 matchup between a ball carrier and tackler in a confined space. As Jordan recalls, a freshman running back, Natrone Means, had just schooled linebacker Tommy Thigpen, one of the Tar Heels’ premier players.

“Natrone runs him over, and everyone is like, ‘Oh, man,’ so now it’s my turn,” Jordan says. “And I was like ‘Man, Natrone get back up here,’ I didn’t want to go up there. So Tommy jumps back up there and goes, ‘I’m going to go at him again,’ so unfortunately I’m next, so [Thigpen] took it out on me.”

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By Jake Kring-Schreifels

Women’s Golf In Fifth After Opening Round Of Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate

NEW ORLEANS, La. – Led by Monika Hartl’s career-low 69 (-3) on Sunday at English Turn Country Club, the NC State women’s golf team sits in a two-way tie for fifth place out of 18 teams at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate in New Orleans, La. Against a tough field that features nine nationally-ranked teams, the Wolfpack shot a combined 295 (+7). …read more

Source:: Gopack

Redskins, Ravens discussed Joe Flacco before trade to Denver: Report

The Washington Redskins discussed a potential trade for quarterback Joe Flacco, but trade talks quickly fell apart, according to ESPN.

ESPN’s John Keim reported the Redskins’ salary cap situation was the reason the discussions ended. The Ravens proceeded to agree to trade Flacco to Denver Broncos instead.

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Source:: Washington Times