TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – The last time Florida State’s Christian Ponder and North Carolina’s T.J. Yates were together was at the Atlantic Coast Conference’s annual kickoff festivities in July, when Ponder was the runaway preseason pick for ACC player of the year honors.
When the fifth-year quarterbacks hook up again Saturday, it’s Yates who has put together a season that may be worthy of all-conference honors.
“It’s a couple of guys who have been around a long while and hopefully there will be some good quarterback play on both sides,” the 6-4, 220-pound Yates said.
Yates has calmly guided the Tar Heels (5-3, 2-2 ACC) to a winning record in the face of a horde of off-field distractions. Ponder is striving to salvage a disappointing year with a strong stretch drive that gets the 24th-ranked Seminoles into the ACC title game next month.
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