Tennessee Football: North Carolina Beats Tennessee Volunteers 30-27

Tennessee Football: North Carolina Beats Tennessee Volunteers 30-27


Tennessee Football: North Carolina Beats Tennessee Volunteers 30-27

The Music City Bowl featured the Tennessee Volunteers (Vols) and the University of North Carolina (UNC) Tar Heels. The game was played in Nashville, TN. It was essentially a home game for the Vols as about 80% of the fans were Vol’s fans. UNC was lead by quarterback TJ Yates and the Vols were lead by freshman Tyler Bray.

Tennessee Volunteers Vs North Carolina

The game got interesting as it entered the 4th quarter. After a touchdown throw by Bray to Justin Hunter to put the Vols on top 20-17, the PAT was blocked thus making it a 3-point game.

It was later tied by the Tar Heels with no time remaining. What set up the game-tying field goal for the Tar Heels were two crucial unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on the young Vols team.

This goes to show that the team is undisciplined and is just a dirty team overall. There were a total of 4 dirty plays in the last 40 seconds and overtime periods that the Vols committed, however only 3 of them were officially called on the field.

Freshman Tyler Bray threw an interception on the Vol’s 2nd overtime possession to seal the victory for the Tar Heels. Bray looked like he was crying on the sidelines when the Tar Heels lined up for the game-winning field goal.

Numerous times, Bray should have been called for an unsportsmanlike conduct. After each of his touchdown throws, his celebration was one that drew attention, which is essentially a 15-yard penalty. However, the refs did not call anything. This goes to show the refs were bias and completely inept.

At the end, the best team won, the Tar Heels beat the Vols with the final score of 30-27. This was just another case showing that the SEC conference is highly overrated this year It also showed that the Tennessee Vols has a long way to go in order to make it to another BCS bowl game in the future.