If there were any thoughts of a quarterback controversy in Chapel Hill, Larry Fedora tried to squash them at his press conference earlier this week.

“Let me go ahead and address the quarterback issue, so we don’t have to answer 78 questions about the quarterbacks,” Fedora said to open his press conference on Monday. “Marquise Williams is our starter.”

Fedora was attempting to get ahead of the tidal wave of curiosity over who would be under center for Carolina when the team takes the field against Georgia Tech on Saturday.

The question comes after Mitch Trubisky relieved Marquise Williams in the second half of UNC’s 41-14 victory over Delaware last Saturday. Trubisky was named Atlantic Coast Conference Back of the Week for his 17-for-20, 312 yard, three-touchdown performance.

Fedora says he stayed with Trubisky in the second half because he was the hot hand.

“I was looking for a spark offensively,” he says. “I didn’t think we were executing very well and looking for a spark and put him in there at that time. And I thought he added a little bit to the offense.

“And as he got rolling, he got hot and things were moving. So I didn’t feel like going back the other way.”

Now The Tar Heels have their collective eyes set in the backfield of Georgia Tech as they prepare for the triple-option attack of Paul Johnson’s Yellow Jackets.

Fedora says Carolina is looking at Notre Dame as a model to build on after the Fighting Irish knocked off Georgia Tech earlier this year.

“They had blockers on every guy and the guys defeated blocks and went and made plays,” he says. “They’re going to get hats on you. That’s just the way the offense is set up.

“You’re going to have to defeat blocks. You’re going to have to defeat cut blocks. You’re going to have to do all of those things. You’re going to have to outplay them.”

Fedora adds this is a similar scenario leading up to the matchup between Carolina and Georgia Tech last season, after the Yellow Jackets lost in Durham on Saturday.

“I expect us to match anybody’s intensity out there no matter what the situation,” he says. “I believe that they had lost to Duke the week before we played them last year, if I remember right. Then they came out of our game, had gotten beat two games, and then they came back and won the Coastal Division Championship.”

Carolina knocked off Georgia Tech in Chapel Hill last season 48-43. But the Tar Heels haven’t won in Atlanta in nearly 20 years.

Game time for Saturday is set for 3:30. Coverage on 97.9 FM/1360 AM WCHL will begin at 1:30.

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