Verica Responds In Crunch Time

Marc Verica threw for 217 yards in the win over UNC.

Marc Verica simply wasn’t at his best for three quarters of Saturday’s game against North Carolina. A fact he readily admitted afterward with reporters. But was he at his best when he got one final chance? Boy was he ever.

Verica rebounded from a sporadic showing through three quarters to orchestrate a come-from-behind, streak-extending, you’ll-be-telling-people-about-if-for-years drive in regulation and capped it off with a final pinpoint throw in overtime to help lift UVa to its third straight win, a 16-13 victory over UNC.

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