Five questions to ponder before kickoff
ACC Insider Brett Friedlander takes a look ahead at today’s games and five key things to watch around the league.… … Read More »
View ArticleFIFTH QUARTER: Seminoles still unbeaten … but just barely
ACC Insider Brett Friedlander takes a look back at the good, the bad and the offbeat from the week that was in ACC football… Read More »
View ArticleFive questions to ponder before kickoff
ACC Insider Brett Friedlander takes a look ahead at today’s games and five key things to watch around the league.…… Read More »
View ArticleUNC’s Morris suspended after DWI arrest
North Carolina running back Romar Morris has been suspended for the Tar Heels’ home game against Pittsburgh on Nov. 15 after his arrest for DWI early Sunday morning.… Read More »
View ArticleFIFTH QUARTER: Familiar plots and an end to Coastal chaos
ACC Insider Brett Friedlander takes a look back at the good, the bad and the offbeat from the week that was in ACC football… Read More »
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Dominant Tar Heels take back Victory Bell
DURHAM – After losing its last two meetings with arch-rival Duke, the North Carolina football team treated this year’s battle for the Victory Bell as though it was “Throwback Thursday.” Returning to...
View ArticleBetter late than ever, Tar Heels save their best for last again
Fired up by the surprise use of their favorite chrome helmets, the Tar Heels rolled up a season-high 591 total yards – including 315 on the ground – while rolling up their largest margin of victory...
View ArticleUNC, State, Duke place players on Hornung Award watch list
North Carolina, N.C. State and Duke are all represented among the seven ACC players and one East Carolina Pirate on the preseason watch list for the Paul Hornung Award, symbolic of the most versatile...
View ArticleWho’s Who in the ACC on preseason football watch lists
Clemson had the most nominees with eight, followed by North Carolina, Duke, Florida State and Virginia Tech with seven each. N.C. State was close behind with six while Syracuse and Virginia had the...
View ArticleDefense bears watching, but consistent offense key to UNC’s chance in opener
Like anything new, though, it’s going to take time for the changes to take full effect. That’s why, despite the understandable obsession with defense, it’s the UNC offense that could end up having the...
View ArticleFive questions to ponder before kickoff
ACC Insider Brett Friedlander takes a look ahead at today's games and five key things to watch around the league… Read More »
View ArticleUNC’s positive strides, especially on defense, overshadowed by missed...
The positive strides UNC made in all three phases of the game were overshadowed by a 17-13 loss to the Gamecocks in a season-opener at Bank of America Stadium that the Tar Heels not only could have...
View ArticleFedora offers explanation for not having Hood on field for decisive goal line...
After five days of watching tape and thinking about the situation, UNC coach Larry Fedora gave his explanation for why leading rusher Elijah Hood was on the sideline, not the field for UNC's decisive...
View ArticleHoops can wait … there’s meaningful football still to be played at UNC, Duke
As unnatural as it might seem, the road to the league’s Coastal Division championship might just as well be renamed U.S. 15-501, since it runs directly through two neighboring campuses best known for...
View ArticleDoeren takes ‘ownership’ for Wolfpack’s disastrous start
What started out as a festive Senior Day celebration quickly devolved into a disappointing uphill battle to make the final score respectable, courtesy of a first quarter blitz that lifted the Tar Heels...
View ArticleUNC finishes the way it started … with a loss in Charlotte
Bookending a season that featured a school-record 11-game winning streak and a Coastal Division championship, the Tar Heels lost for the second time at the home of the NFL’s Carolina Panthers, both to...
View ArticleBaylor reminds Tar Heels how far they still have to go to become elite
For all the strides the Tar Heels made by airing their grievances and fixing their broken chemistry 12 months ago, a development that played a major role in their record-tying 11 wins this season,...
View ArticleOffense, defense both have their moments in UNC spring game
Saturday at Kenan Stadium was one of those rare occasions in which both offense and defense came away from a spring intrasquad football game with something to be happy about… Read More »
View ArticleFour-star RB Williams transferring from UNC
Williams was expected to be a backup to upperclassmen Elijah Hood and T.J. Logan this fall before stepping into a more prominent role the following year… Read More »
View ArticleFormer UNC QB Williams doesn’t do successor any favors with lofty prediction
There’s something to be said for a little confidence, especially when you’re not in a position of having to back it up. So it’s admirable that now-former North Carolina quarterback Marquise...
View Article