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UNC Football 2026 Position Preview: Running Backs
As we continue with our position previews for the 2026 college football season, we turn our attention to the running backs. Of all the position groups, the running backs does return their top two leading rushers, who accounted for 58.4% of the teams total yards, from the 2025 team that finished fourteenth in rushing yards […]
Could Bill Belichick just walk away this season?
When Bill Belichick took the UNC job, he did so with a set of preconditions and clear motivations. He wanted a low buyout in case the NFL came calling, as he stands 25 wins short of the most wins in NFL history. UNC accepted. He wanted his two sons on the staff. UNC accepted. He […]
The Senate PCSA negotiations take an ominous turn for UNC
Late last Friday night, the presidents of universities in both the SEC and B1G, on separate conference calls, reversed course and gave their blessing to the Protect College Sports Act (PCSA) legislation. Why the change of heart? The offices of Senators Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell caved on several key points, turning the bill into […]
NCAA President Charlie Baker continues to showcase his inability to govern
A lot of us grew up being taught that if you do not have something nice to say, don’t say anything. The problem, though, is that we were taught this by parents, aunts, uncles, and grandparents that didn’t have to witness the reign of NCAA President Charlie Baker. After taking the job back in 2023, […]
Who starts the most games at QB for Carolina this season?
We turned the page from July to August over the weekend, which means we can finally start looking forward to football in earnest. For UNC supporters, that comes a little sooner than the rest of college football fans; the Heels will play in the first college football game of the 2026 season when they kick […]
UNC Football 2026 Position Preview: Quarterback
The calendar has turned to August, which means we have finally run out of months on the calendar in which football will not be played. Say what you want, and I will say plenty, about how uninspiring the state of Carolina football specifically is, but as a fan of the sport, there’s still nothing quite […]
Which fifth year transfer should UNC basketball add to their roster?
With Judge Charlotte Sweeney’s ruling that 2022 athletes who have exhausted their four years of eligibility are now eligible for a fifth season, there are a lot of athletes who are now looking for their next college destination. To be fair, the decision is one the NCAA should’ve made to begin with, it never made […]
Can we talk about the Mack Brown 2.0 era correctly?
Look, in this world where you have to say something in order to be noticed, there are going to be some absurd things said. I completely understand the pressure to say anything when one dominating story overwhelms you to the point that what comes out may not among be the best sentences uttered. Happens to […]
What UNC fall sport are you most excited about?
We are officially into the month of August. Before the end of the month, school will be back in session in Chapel Hill, and several of the North Carolina Tar Heels sports teams will have begun their new seasons, specifically several fall sports. Going into the fall, football is usually the sport that gets the […]
UNC women’s basketball non-conference schedule released
The UNC women’s basketball team released their non-conference schedule this week. The Heels will play 14 opponents outside the ACC, with nine of those matchups coming at home. Once again, Courtney Banghart’s team isn’t shying away from playing elite programs; four of those games come against teams that made the Sweet Sixteen in the 2026 […]
Previewing UNC’s fall sports teams
It’s August, which means a new college sports season is almost here. With the exception of cross country, whose first race is in September, all of UNC’s fall teams begin competition this month, and we’ve put together a rundown of opening game dates and preseason storylines to get you ready. Women’s Soccer Season opener: Aug. […]
The end of the Bill Belichick era was always going to be messy
It’s almost as if the people who decided to push for Bill Belichick don’t actually watch football. I’ve mentioned before that I’m in a bit of a unique place in that before moving back to North Carolina, I lived in Boston for over a decade. My first year in the Hub was the year right […]
UNC football generated a lot of press conferences yesterday
Fall camp got under way Thursday, and that meant a press address by Bill Belichick prior to practice. After practice, UNC offered some media availability with offensive coordinator Bobby Petrino, as well as RB Ben Hall, DT Leroy Jackson, and special teams coach Billy Miller. Additionally, the Board of Trustees held a regularly scheduled meeting […]
What does UNC’s future look like post-Bill Belichick?
It goes without saying that Carolina football is in a bit of a predicament right now. Michael Lombardi is on administrative leave due to an HR investigation, and the tone surrounding that investigation has left many people suggesting that it’s not a matter of if he’ll be fired, it’s when. This has a number of […]
Stormy skies and baby blue
The dog days of summer are upon us. Meteorologically, that usually means long, endless days of hot muggy weather. The saying dates back to ancient Greece, when the star Sirius (known as the dog star) rose to a prominent position in the sky. Occasionally, these long, hazy stretches of heat are interrupted by storms. While […]
Bill Belichick runs UNC football more as a family business than a professional one
UNC this week starts fall camp. UNC this week deploys a staff of 14 on-field coaches: 11 specializing in varying positions, two unit coordinators to harmonize the efforts of those position coaches, with a head coach to oversee all of it. They will be working with players identified and recruited in large part by a […]
Are you taking over or under on UNC football finishing 15th in the ACC?
On Tuesday, we got the results of the annual media poll that is conducted at ACC Kickoff. Miami was, unsurprisingly, picked to win the league, while our own North Carolina Tar Heels were picked near the bottom, finishing 15th in the 17-team conference. That can’t exactly come as a surprise considering the way the team […]
UNC Football picked to finish 15th in ACC in media poll
Media day events like ACC Kickoff mean that the football season is just on the horizon. While prognostication on the next season happens basically as soon as the confetti falls at the previous national championship game, this is around the time of year in which we really start to see it ramp up. Well, there’s […]
Things I’m actually excited to see this UNC Football season
I’m not looking forward to this UNC football season. I didn’t like the Bill Belichick hire from the beginning, and despite being proven right on nearly every one of my worse visions for how this could go wrong, I was still somehow disappointed by just how hard he made this team to root for. This […]
Should Michael Lombardi in fact collect his UNC paycheck wearing a ski mask?
Monday morning, UNC announced — at the university level — that football General Manager Michael Lombardi was being placed on immediate paid administrative leave. Later details revealed that UNC was in process with an investigation based on a Human Resources complaint by a former staffer. A Claude Pro search reveals that over the last five […]
Carriage Return
Humans tend to hold on to the past. The good and the bad; we bundle it all up neatly and carry it with us into the untamed future, leaning on our memories to inform and guide us through uncharted waters as we navigate the churn of times that grow less and less precedented as we […]
UNC is currently the favorite for 2027 top recruit CJ Rosser
Michael Malone has made it very clear that he thinks he can recruit with the best in the industry despite this being his first rodeo in the college ranks. One of the biggest questions about him since he took the head coach job for UNC was whether or not he would be able to do […]
UNC football general manager Michael Lombardi placed on paid administrative leave
The University of North Carolina announced this morning that the football program’s general manager, Michael Lombardi, has been placed on paid administrative leave effective immediately. Here is the full announcement: “The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has placed Michael Lombardi, general manager for the Carolina football program, on paid administrative leave, effective immediately. […]
P.J. Hairston gets into the coaching ranks
P.J. Hairston has had a bit of an odd ride in the basketball world. After a breakout sophomore season with North Carolina in 2012-13, he seemed on the verge of becoming a star for the Tar Heels when he got caught up in possible NCAA violations. A very eventful summer eventually led to him being […]
What UNC moments would you like to see a documentary about?
While they’ve always been around and a thing people enjoy watching, the rise of streaming in recent years has seemingly also led to a rise in documentaries. They often can be a source of cheaper content for the streaming services to create, and whether it be true crime, entertainment, or even sports, people have shown […]
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