Ratliff-Williams stars as North Carolina trips up Pitt 34-31

PITTSBURGH -- Anthony Ratliff -Williams slipped his silver headphones off his ears and, asked innocently how he was feeling, replied "I'm tired." Hard to blame him. The North Carolina wide receiver returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown, threw for another on a trick play and hauled in the eventual go-ahead score midway through the fourth quarter as the Tar Heels ended a six-game losing streak with a 34-31 victory over Pittsburgh on Thursday. "It's been too long," North Carolina quarterback Nathan Elliott said. "We haven't had that feeling in a long time. You walk in the locker room, you think we're 12-0." Not exactly. Though it doesn't seem to matter where the Tar Heels (2-8, 1-6 Atlantic Coast Conference) are at when they face the Panthers. North Carolina is 5-0 against Pitt since the Panthers joined the ACC in 2013.