For a while there, Saturday’s football game between North Carolina and Duke was shaping up to be an extremely meaningful affair. Not as meaningful as when the neighboring rivals play in basketball, mind you. But […]
For more than 40 minutes, Duke seemed to have no answer for the Pitt Panthers. Again. Then, just when everyone seemed ready to turn out the lights in Wallace Wade Stadium with Duke trailing 26-3 […]
Rarely has a loss represented such a major victory for a college football program as did North Carolina’s 21-20 setback to defending national champion Clemson on Saturday. “I think everything came out of Saturday good,” […]
CHAPEL HILL — The ball sat on the 3-yard line, forcing top-ranked Clemson into the most unexpected of positions. Get a stop, or lose the lead late against heavy underdog North Carolina — and maybe […]
CHAPEL HILL — All week long, Eliah Drinkwitz went out of his way to downplay the significance of Appalachian State’s matchup against North Carolina. Saturday, after leading his team to a 34-31 victory at Kenan […]
Football coaches are prone to exaggeration, especially when discussing the merits of an upcoming opponent. But in the case of North Carolina’s Mack Brown this week, his comments about Appalachian State might just be right […]
Most schools these days organize their academic calendars into three semesters. But when it comes to the 12-game college football regular season, it’s more convenient to evaluate progress using the old quarter system. Believe it […]
WINSTON-SALEM — Given the personalities of the teams involved, it was almost inevitable that the game would end with a furious comeback and a result that wasn’t determined until the final play. And that’s just […]
ACC members North Carolina and Wake Forest are separated by about 75 miles as the crow flies. But as far as football is concerned, they might as well be light-years apart because of the conference’s […]
CHAPEL HILL — At the start of his first game-week press conference, UNC coach Mack Brown announced that only 500 tickets remained for Carolina’s home opener against Miami. What a difference nine months makes. The […]
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