By Robert Ferringo
BREAKING NEWS:
Several news outlets are reporting that North Carolina will be without 15 players due to suspension or other measures when they face LSU this Saturday. Marvin Austen, Robert Quinn, Michael McAdoo, Kendric Burney, Charles Brown and Greg Little were all suspended. Shaun Draughn, Ryan Houston, Brian Gupton, Norris Searcy, Jon Smith, Linwan Euwell, Quan Sturdivant, Bruce Carter and Deunta Williams are being held out. These are key players and all of this severely hinders North Carolina’s chances to get a win in this game with LSU. The line has adjusted to this news and the new odds on this game are LSU -7.5 with a total of 43.5.
North Carolina really, in my opinion, has no chance to win this game against LSU. I don’t know about the number. I don’t think LSU is THAT good, but I know that those are a ton of key people on the Tar Heels team that are out. And that includes a stunning NINE STARTERS from their defense. So yeah, they are beat.
Their offense had a ton of problems scoring points last year, and without their best receiver and two best running backs I’m going to say that they will be a mess on that side of the ball all night. Plus you have to factor in just the shock/distraction factor in the locker room
All-in-all, this is just kind of vintage Butch Davis, and it’s a shame that a team that was set up nicely for a Top 10 run and was a dark horse national title contender is now going to be hung out to dry and is going to see their season shot before it gets a chance to begin.
And the biggest beneficiary of all of this: Miami.
Posted at 12:22 pm
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