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June 29, 2022

Chazz Surratt

College Football

Tar Heels try to live up to the hype against reeling Syracuse

September 9, 2020 Shawn Krest

A year ago, Mack Brown was trying to resurrect interest in his program. He’d much rather have his current challenge. “We’ve had a lot of hype since the bowl game,” Brown said. “A lot of […]

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No. 1 Clemson picked to win 6th straight ACC championship; UNC third

September 4, 2020 Cory Lavalette

GREENSBORO — Top-ranked Clemson is the preseason favorite to win the Atlantic Coast Conference championship for a sixth straight season. The league released voting results Friday from media members for predicted order of finish and […]

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Wake’s Sage Surratt opts out of football season

August 19, 2020 The Associated Press

Wake Forest all-conference wide receiver Sage Surratt has opted out of the coming season to prepare for the NFL Draft amid the coronavirus pandemic. Surratt announced his decision Wednesday on social media, citing “the many […]

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North Carolina teams seeing changes on defense in 2020

August 19, 2020 Shawn Krest

The seven college football teams in North Carolina have plenty of offensive firepower. The situation on the other side of the ball, however, is in a bit more flux. The teams that were the best […]

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Spring practice gives college teams early look at 2020 fall rosters

February 26, 2020 Cory Lavalette

College basketball is rapidly heading toward Selection Sunday and baseball season is just now getting into the swing of things. But for football coaches and fans across the state, the next month is the most […]

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NSJ Comeback of the Year 2019: UNC’s Brown, Surratt flip script with unlikely revivals

December 25, 2019 Shawn Krest

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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NC players top football all-conference teams

December 11, 2019 Shawn Krest

Fifteen players from North Carolina made all-conference teams for their college this season. In the ACC, a total of six players made the first team. Sage Surratt was the only local ACC player chosen on […]

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Five questions to ponder before kickoff

November 30, 2019 Brett Friedlander

It’s rivalry week. Sort of. Because while North Carolina and NC State will be meeting at Carter-Finley on a regular-season ending Saturday that also includes such classic rivalries as Alabama-Auburn, Ohio State-Michigan and Georgia-Georgia Tech, […]

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Five questions to ponder before kickoff

November 2, 2019 Brett Friedlander

Coaches will swear they only “take ‘em one at a time” and never look beyond the next game on the schedule. But we’ve reached the point in the college football season in which even they […]

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Heels reclaim Victory Bell in Brown’s landmark win

October 30, 2019 Brett Friedlander

CHAPEL HILL — Charlie Heck isn’t the fastest player on the North Carolina football team. Far from it. At 6-foot-8 and 315 pounds, Heck is used to seeing the backs of his teammates’ jerseys during […]

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