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Tar Heels prepare for pivotal opener in Charlotte
CHAPEL HILL — The message to UNC is clear: Do better. As the Tar Heels prepare to open the 2023 season, Mack Brown’s fifth in his second stint as Tar Heels coach, the near misses […]
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Mack Brown assembles dream staff to work with Drake Maye
Drake Maye has already turned down untold riches from the transfer portal to stay at UNC. Now he’s hinting he may also press pause on cashing NFL paychecks. A Heisman candidate last year and one […]
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Transfer portal, NFL Draft scramble bowl teams’ rosters
Two years ago, the North Carolina Tar Heels went to the Orange Bowl. At least most of them did. Four key players for UNC — including both running backs, a star receiver and a starting […]
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Maye, Downs help Heels top UVA, move to 8-1
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Mack Brown’s second tenure at UNC, now in its fourth season, is starting to look more like what he came back hoping to build, which is what he built the first time. […]
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Who’s got the ball, y’all? What goes into a successful play fake
The first thing Vince Lombardi told the Green Bay Packers when he became head coach was a deceptively simple lesson. “Gentlemen,” he famously said. “This is a football.” Six decades later, defenses still frequently get […]
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Tar Heels take high expectations to Blacksburg
Expectations have never been higher for North Carolina football. The Tar Heels are coming off their first Orange Bowl appearance and open the season at No. 10 in the country and the preseason pick to […]
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Five questions to ponder before kickoff
It’s been so long since Appalachian State traveled to Chapel Hill to play North Carolina in football that even new/old Tar Heel coach Mack Brown wasn’t born the last time it happened in 1940. That […]
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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 […]
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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 […]