Butch Davis is hopeful that a simple solution can be found this week that will solve North Carolina's growing offensive problems during a break from ACC play. UNC will scale down the details of its offensive game-planning before playing Georgia Southern. UNC is coming off consecutive losses in which it has scored a combined 10 points and rushed for a combined 56 yards. Davis will consider using Ryan Houston, the team's biggest and strongest tailback, more this week in place of struggling Shaun Draughn, who has rushed for 51 yards on 21 carries in the last two games, including a 24-7 loss at Georgia Tech. Draughn's longest run in those games was 9 yards. Davis said that Draughn will likely receive the most carries against Georgia Southern, and that the percentage of the split between Draughn and Houston would be about 60-40. Not only that, but there has been rumors about Freshman Bryn Renner's (who's considered North Carolina's quarterback of the future) possibility playing. Renner is considered one of the best quarterback prospects nationally in his class. Five games into the 2009 season, Renner, a 6-3, 195-pound freshman from West Springfield, Va., hasn't taken a snap. The plan had been to redshirt Renner. This would be the time since he will be playing lower Division I opponent this week, followed by a bye and 12 total days between games, is a window for Renner to get acclimated for a second half turnaround.
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