MIAMI — Leading up to North Carolina’s first appearance in the Orange Bowl, the focus was on the star players who wouldn’t be there. Coming out of the 41-27 loss to Texas A&M in the […]
The ACC went 0-for-bowl season, an inglorious achievement one television analyst referred to as a “Blutarsky,” a tribute to the 0.0 grade-point average posted by John Belushi’s character in the movie “Animal House.” North Carolina, […]
North Carolina’s first football game in three weeks came down to a decisive conversion attempt on which two points were scored. Only not by the offense. The Tar Heels’ Trey Morrison didn’t just prevent the […]
When Charlotte travels to Chapel Hill on Saturday to face UNC, 49ers coach Will Healy will be facing a mentor and friend in Mack Brown. Despite all the “student is now the master” clichés, however, […]
North Carolina held a dress rehearsal for the regular season with a scrimmage on Saturday. While that is standard procedure for college teams to make sure players are ready for a game-day environment, never has […]
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 […]
College football action in the Old North State gets off an an early start again this weekend with the highly anticipated nonconference matchup between conference rivals North Carolina and Wake Forest. It’s a strange dynamic […]
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 […]
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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