Notre Dame has the fourth-best scoring defense in Power Five, but UNC's Sam Howell is confident the Tar Heels can put up enough points to win
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00:00Yeah, I mean, we definitely have a lot of confidence
00:02that we can score as many points as it takes to win.
00:05You know, we're going to have a really good plan.
00:07And there's some really talented players on our offense.
00:09And I like the way we've been playing football
00:10the past couple of weeks.
00:11So, you know, and also I have a lot of confidence
00:14in our defense.
00:15You know, Coach Bateman does a really good job
00:16with those guys.
00:17So we feel confident we're going to we can score
00:19as many points as it takes to win the football game.
00:21Um, I would say the differences is probably
00:29I don't know, they're both two different guys.
00:34You know, Shafi is probably a little more goofy
00:36than De'Ami is.
00:38He's probably a little more on the funny side
00:41than De'Ami is.
00:42De'Ami is kind of more serious.
00:43So I'd probably say that's probably the main difference.
00:45But those guys are two really good players.
00:47They both come from a good family.
00:48You know, and they both compete with each other
00:50every single day out here.
00:51They both want to be the best of the two.
00:53So I think that's what makes those guys
00:55both really great players.
00:57You know, and Shafi is going to be really good
00:58for us moving forward.
01:00Yeah, I mean, it's kind of just something like,
01:02I mean, every single time either one of them
01:04is on the field, they're trying to take the top
01:06of the defense and make a play.
01:08So really just every time they get the ball in their hands,
01:10you see they're trying to score with the ball
01:11and just things like that.
01:12You just notice in the game that every single time
01:15they're on that field, they play that play
01:16against their last.
01:17And every single time they're on that field,
01:19they're trying to make a statement.
01:20So that's really just kind of how you see it.
01:22Um, yeah, I mean, I took a lot away.
01:25Just seeing the way that just the way
01:28the defenses are called in the NFL
01:29and just how much they disguise things.
01:31You know, it's a completely different game
01:33when you get to the NFL.
01:34So really just trying to expand on my knowledge
01:37of defense.
01:38That's something I just want to put in time
01:40in the offseason to do.
01:41Just my own development.
01:42So, yeah, just seeing just how they call games
01:44and deep inside the ball and how every single thing
01:46they do in the NFL is disguised.
01:48And they do a really good job of that.
01:50So, yeah, I mean, I'm not really thinking
01:52a whole lot about the NFL right now.
01:53Just kind of more focused on our task at hand right now.
01:56But, yeah, it's definitely something
01:57I'll return to in this offseason.
01:58I'm excited for it.
02:01Um, yeah, I mean, we definitely understand
02:04just the way this game holds with an opponent
02:07like Notre Dame.
02:08But from a preparation standpoint,
02:10it's really the same thing.
02:11You know, we have a plan that we do
02:13every single week.
02:14I personally have my own plan,
02:16how I attack every single day of the week
02:18in the game week.
02:19So, you know, I just kind of go by that
02:20and just try to prepare as much as I can.
02:22But, yeah, I mean, definitely the emotions
02:24are probably a little bit higher
02:25just that we're playing a team like Notre Dame.
02:27Just the program that they are.
02:29And, you know, they deserve all the respect
02:31that they've been given.
02:32So it's definitely a great challenge for our team.
02:34And I'm excited to see how we hold up against them.