Mack Brown is busy preparing for Duke's pass rush on Saturday. He knows that fans remember rivalry games. "Those hold a little bit more weight than some of the others.”
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00:00 They're well coached, they move them around a lot, and they have a lot of movement with their defensive front.
00:06 But those two guys are really special pass rushers.
00:09 I mean, they are hard to block and their numbers show that.
00:13 Their numbers are so much better than ours at that position.
00:18 So they're very good players.
00:20 With us, the state, Wake, and Duke, we have a lot of players from the state of North Carolina
00:28 and they have to live here when they get through, or get to live here, let's say, when they get through.
00:34 And rivalries are about your fans and your boosters and families.
00:39 And a lot of these families are split when you start looking at these three or four schools.
00:43 You do, David's right, you see them at church, you see them in the grocery store, you see them at work.
00:50 And it's bragging rights for your fans and your family.
00:54 And these don't go away.
00:59 You lose some games and people might remember it like Art remembering Virginia from 27 years ago or something.
01:06 Some people, they never go away.
01:08 But usually, when people ask players from one of these schools, they'll say, "What was your record against Duke?"
01:14 "What was your record against NC State when you played?"
01:17 "What was your record against Wake?"
01:19 And those hold a little bit more weight than some of the others.
01:22 It is. These guys have done everything right.
01:25 I was surprised last year because they'd struggled so much the previous two years that they worked so hard.
01:31 I thought we've--and that's a credit to Coach Fedora and his staff.
01:35 But they've acted right, they've stayed out of trouble, and they work really hard at practice.
01:41 When I say they didn't work as hard, I mean quite as hard.
01:44 Maybe they had a little soft day every now and then.
01:47 But I'm really, really proud of these young guys.
01:49 And like I said, with their attitude, a lot of young players coming back next year.
01:55 And we're adding a tremendous recruiting class.
01:57 The future's very bright, so I'm excited about it.