CHAPEL HILL — There may be a few North Carolina players who would rather have played in an out-of-state postseason game, rather than the Meineke Bowl on Dec. 27.
But not running back Ryan Houston.
The sophomore from Butler said Monday he's already received requests from friends and family in the Charlotte area for 100 tickets, and he loves the idea of playing close to home.
"I always wanted to play at -- it's Bank of America Stadium now, but when I was growing up, it was Ericsson Stadium -- I always wanted to play in there,'' he said. "When I was a senior, and I was in the Shrine Bowl, we wet to the Giants and Panther game, and me [and a couple other players] ... went, and got presented at halftime as being the players representing North Carolina and South Carolina. It was kind of fun being on the field, and it will be even better playing on it."
Robbi Pickeral has covered ACC sports for The News & Observer since 2003. She can be reached at 
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I'm going.....
Tue, 12/09/2008 - 14:44 — UNC1998should be a good game.
bowl game
Tue, 12/09/2008 - 01:43 — george32a game in charlotte will be nice to watch on tv. a game in warm weather would have been worth going to. 9-3 or 10-2 next year should do it.