Pat White is the only college quarterback to start and win four bowl games, and he accounted for all but 68 of his team’s 455 yards of total offense. He completed 26 of 32 passes for 332 yards, two of them pinpoint spirals of 41 and 20 yards on the game-winning drive following Draughn’s fumble. Carolina retooled its defensive game plan for White and the Mountaineers’ spread offense, moving outside linebacker Quan Sturdivant to the middle and using safety Da’Norris Searcy as a hybrid outside linebacker/nickel back.

White shredded Carolina on West Virginia’s first three possessions for 21 points, but after that the Heels got a feel for the Mountaineers’ speed, made some adjustments and settled into what they had practiced for three weeks. By the third quarter, Searcy was wreaking some havoc by shadowing White across the field and nailing him on two sacks for losses of 11 yards.

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