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Five questions to ponder before kickoff
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 […]
Chazz Surratt
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Heels reclaim Victory Bell in Brown’s landmark win
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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Surratt’s goal-line interception lifts UNC past Duke 20-17
CHAPEL HILL — Chazz Surratt didn’t have to be reminded what happened the last time he played against Duke at Kenan Stadium. He was well aware of what happened that day in 2017. And even […]
College Football
Wake-UNC rivalry renewed, minus the ACC
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 […]
Sports
New improved Tar Heels look to build on opening week win
CHAPEL HILL — Mack Brown isn’t just a football coach. He’s also a salesman. And a darn good one, at that. Since returning to North Carolina last December, the 68-year-old Hall of Famer has been […]
Sports
Old coach breathes new life into UNC
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 […]
Sports
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, […]
Sports
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 […]
Sports
Spring football underway
If there’s a central theme to college football spring practice in North Carolina this year, it’s “New.” That’s new as in the four first-year coaches that will spend the next few weeks getting to know […]
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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 […]