Ed Hardin: North Carolina makes A&T’s first trip to Chapel Hill one to forget

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina -- A bridge too far, N.C. A&T’s trip to Carolina was a short journey with a bad ending.

Bigger and deeper and with last week’s loss still ringing in its ears, UNC exposed the Aggies early and throughout in a 53-14 shelling at soggy Kenan Stadium.

A&T made a harrowing ride from Greensboro to play Carolina for the first time in its history. The Aggies brought the band and a couple thousand fans, most of them driving blindly across Alamance County overpasses in a deluge that stopped traffic and turned a one-hour drive into a nightmare.

And then the game began.

The Heels were seething from their loss to South Carolina last week, a game that ended with fans and media and even players questioning the coaching staff’s refusal to run the ball. UNC came into the A&T game with a road-grader mentality.

The Aggies were in the way, and they were bowled over.

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