Do me a favor. Go ahead and write off Saturday's win over McNeese State. Stop worrying about it. Stop fretting over it. Stop blasting the running game, the offensive line, the defensive line, Greg Little and Hakeem Nicks.

Last night was just plain weird. It was bizarre. There was a near two-hour delay of the game, just three minutes in to the second quarter. There was lightning striking the PA booth. There was an evacuation of the stadium. There was falling concrete. There was a game ball parachuted in to the wrong stadium.

Yes, both teams had to deal with the delay, and McNeese State handled it well. They went into the visitors' locker room, said, "Hell, we're down two touchdowns. What do we have to lose?" and played with some fire to storm to the lead. Meanwhile, the Tar Heels went back to the locker room, listened to their iPods and treated the delay like it was pre-game. And came out flat.

So just write this one off. Before a Thursday night game at Rutgers, the Heels have 12 days to fix some issues. And they'd better.