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Wolfpack impressive in opening night shutout of USF
RALEIGH — It didn’t take long for there to be an indication that Thursday was going to be a good night for the NC State football team. It happened on the first possession of the […]
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‘Mature’ Wolfpack open season with high expectations
NC State football coach Dave Doeren likened the opening game of a new season to “chasing ghosts” because of all the unknowns they present. It’s a concept Doeren and his counterpart at South Florida, Jeff […]
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NSJ Comeback of the Year 2019: UNC’s Brown, Surratt flip script with unlikely revivals
It turns out rational decision-making is vastly overrated. Just over a year ago, the North Carolina Tar Heels’ athletics department lost its dang mind. Having dismissed Larry Fedora, UNC seemingly had a line on a […]
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Quarterbacks not one size fits all around the state
No position in any sport has more of an impact on the success of its team than the quarterback has in football. That’s what made preparations for this week’s season-opening college games so interesting for […]
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Expectations, new faces mark start of camps
Preseason football camps opened at most colleges around the state on Friday. But according to new/old North Carolina coach Mack Brown, who’s been around long enough to know about such things, the real preparations for […]
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Chazz Surratt’s crooked path to linebacker
CHAPEL HILL — Tap tap tap. Chazz Surratt clearly doesn’t want to be talking about this again. As the media crowds around him at UNC preseason camp, he stares straight ahead, rocking back and forth, […]
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Tar Heels, Brown ready to get to work
CHARLOTTE — Before Mack Brown could start thinking about winning football games in his return to North Carolina, the new/old Tar Heels coach first had to win over his players. The process began the moment […]
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New coaches at UNC, ECU use spring to examine rosters
The thing about spring football games is that regardless of the scoring system that’s used, nobody ever loses and everybody walks away saying that they accomplished everything they set out to do. The goals, of […]
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UNC’s frustrating season ends with fittingly frustrating OT loss to State
CHAPEL HILL — A frustrating season of mistakes, missteps and close losses came to an end in the only it could possibly could have ended for the North Carolina football team on Saturday. With a […]
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Slow down a second: Just how fast is UNC’s tempo offense?
CHAPEL HILL — Every Saturday, when Larry Fedora’s offense takes the field, announcers rave about how fast things move. “Don’t blink,” one broadcast team said earlier this year, as quarterback Nathan Elliott got everyone lined […]