The North Carolina Tar Heels beat the Old Dominion Monarchs by a final score of 80-20.That's right, 80-20.MORE: || | North Carolina, a team that gave
James Worthy Jersey up 55 points to East Carolina, scored 11 touchdowns on Saturday. The 80 points scored was the most by any FBS-level team all season. The beatdown was so bad that the North Carolina and Old Dominion coaches agreed to shorten the clock in the fourth quarter from 15 minutes to ten minutes.The Tar Heels finished with a school record 721 yards of total offense. Eight
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Jersey of their touchdowns came on plays of 27 yards or longer. Five of the touchdowns came on plays of 56 yards or longer. Quarterback Marquise Williams pa sed for 409 yards and five touchdowns.Now, granted Old Dominion is in
Nick Young Jersey its first season as a FBS-level program, but the Monarchs are 8-5 and quarterback Taylor Heinicke has thrown for 3,892 yards and 42 touchdowns this season.But this is not the first time a team has shellacked an inferior opponent and it won't be the last. The only other instance of a shortened fourth quarter due to a competitive disadvantage came in September, when Miami (Fla.) led Savannah State 77-7. The two teams agreed to use a running clock for the final quarter.What's interesting is that No. 2 Florida State, a team that has won five games by at least 48 points, has not implemented a shortened fourth quarter
Byron Scott Jersey at all this season. Heading into the fourth quarter of the five games Florida State won by 48 points or more, they led 48-7, 54-6, 42-0, 52-0, and 59-0. One of those games came against Bethune-Cookman, an FCS-level program.We would
Dennis Rodman Jersey expect this result from Florida State, probably Baylor and Oregon.But North Carolina?They probably didn't expect it either.
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