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I am Tommy Ashley.

That is Jason Staples with me.

Jason, big news breaking tonight.

Bo Atkinson, those kind of defensive end, edge rusher, flat out stood late in the year last year and expected to be this year.

There's the transfer portal.

It opens officially at midnight on Tuesday, early Wednesday morning.

Jason, this is a tremendous blow for North Carolina's defense.

Enormous.

Enormous.

And to put it in perspective, i was on the phone with the great don

callahan earlier today this afternoon before this news broke uh and we were talking about the

roster and what you know he he knows his talent he's getting ready to put to go full on in the

transfer portal and we were kind of comparing notes of what we thought based on you know what was his talent. He's getting ready to put to go full on in the in the transfer

portal and we were kind of comparing notes of what we thought based on, you know,

what was on the roster. And we agreed that the, the Carolina defense really had

from what we could see in the spring, one, maybe two true difference makers on that defense.

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