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UNC Football: Flipping the Narrative against ETSU
After another North Carolina win, it’s time for another round of flipping the narrative. Even in a perceived blowout win there are things that can stand out and maybe it’s not as clear as the score might indicate. So, without further ado, let’s dive in. Billy Edwards is the steady hand this offense needs If […]
Will Clemson QB Tait Reynolds continue Tigers’ success against UNC?
On a place that is supposed to be UNC focused, it’s impossible to ignore the elephant—or in the case the tiger—in the room. That tiger will clearly be the biggest x-factor in the Death Valley matchup this weekend. After struggling the first couple of weeks on offense, Clemson has decided to move on to a […]
ACC Power Rankings: Post Week 2
With Week 2 in the books, we’ve now gotten a chance to see every ACC team play twice. While there’s still plenty of season left and plenty of chances for teams to change their seasons for better or worse, we now have more data points to judge teams on. With another weekend in the books, […]
The UNC Sports Week Ahead: September 14th-20th
After the insanity of the this past week, things now start to steady themselves into a regular rhythm, as the sports schedule calms down just a hair. Still it’s got plenty of noteworthy games including a massive early season showdown for the women’s soccer team and another huge showcase game for the volleyball team. There’s […]
AP Top 25 Poll: After Week 2
Week 2 of the new college football season featured probably the biggest matchup of the young season so far with the Ohio State-Texas clash that did live up to expectations by the end. On the other hand, there wasn’t any truly “WTF” moments quite like the Michigan-Western Michigan ending from Week 1. From a UNC […]
UNC vs ETSU: Winners, Losers, & Honorable Mentions
Saturday’s game was scheduled to be an easy game for the Tar Heels—and it was. There wasn’t any point in the contest that people felt concerned that East Tennessee was going to mount much of a challenge, and honestly that was a great feeling coming off the huge win against TCU two weeks ago. It […]
Will UNC’s defense struggle this weekend against Clemson?
Slept on it tries to get some distance from the insta-reactions that dominate social media. Sifting through the season results so far, we take a look at what’s working, what might be a problem down the road, and what we learned about some of the teams on our schedule. That’s impressive: defense has real teeth […]
UNC to face freshman QB against Clemson with Christopher Vizzina week-to-week
Clemson starting quarterback Christopher Vizzina (elbow) is week-to-week and is not expected to be available to start the game against North Carolina on Saturday. Freshman quarterback Tait Reynolds will start in his place. Vizzina has started both games for Clemson so far this season but struggled mightily against LSU in Week 1 before being replaced […]
Jaylen Harvey’s 2 sacks and general pass-rush havoc crushed the ETSU offense
While there probably wasn’t much doubt that UNC was going to win this game against an FCS opponent, it still wasn’t great news for UNC fans that Melkart Abou-Jaoude would be missing this game with a hand injury that he sustained against TCU. Xavier Lewis may have been a revelation on the defensive interior in […]
Three Things Learned from UNC-ETSU
Carolina loves to play in the rain, apparently. In two rain-soaked games so far, the Tar Heels are now 2-0, with the defense allowing 13 points across eight quarters of play. The game against TCU in Dublin, a sloppy affair in which the team that made the fewest mistakes left with the crystal trophy, demonstrated […]
How much of a chance would you give the Tar Heels against Clemson next Saturday?
Narratives can be resilient. Facing Clemson in Death Valley is supposed to be a loss. Bill Belichick is washed up, a coach who is 23-30 in his last 53 games on the sideline. UNC, at last look, was a 9.5 point underdog to the Tigers. And yet…. No one gave Oklahoma State a chance against […]
UNC takes down ETSU 35-3 to improve to 2-0
The North Carolina Tar Heels completed their home opener by doing exactly what they needed to do: they easily beat an inferior opponent to improve their record to 2-0. Credit to ETSU for bring a lot of energy to the game, but ultimately they were outmatched from start to finish. The first quarter opened up […]
UNC vs. ETSU Live Discussion
There has been a lot that has happened since UNC won their first game of the season against TCU, and very little of it has been positive. It’s really unfortunate considering it was the biggest Power Four win that the Heels have earned in the Bill Belichick era, which if you’ve been paying attention since […]
How to watch UNC’s home opener against ETSU
After opening the season before (just about) everyone else with a game in Dublin, Ireland, a week off that was clouded by the latest circus coming in thanks to this coaching administration, and a decent amount of hand ringing — for the first time in 2026, UNC will play football in Kenan Stadium. We can […]
UNC vs. ESTU: Who you got?
It’s now been two weeks since the North Carolina Tar Heels football team went overseas to Dublin, Ireland and knocked off TCU to open the 2026 season. In the time since then, a lot has happened off the field, but the team themselves weren’t in action, getting a bye week following the long road trip. […]
UNC Football: Coming Home
Roughly a month and half ago, fellow Tar Heel Blog writer Matt Ferenchick wrote a post asking what football game you’re most excited for this season. While I assume most people are intrigued by either the rivalry games or the games against top tier competition, I’ve always had the East Tennessee State game circled on […]
UNC Football Opponent Preview: ETSU Buccaneers
As the North Carolina Tar Heels prepare for their home opener, let’s take a closer look at their opponent this weekend, the East Tennessee State University Buccaneers. The Opponent All-time Record 399–463–27, 4-2 in bowl games Best Former player Donnie Abraham. There aren’t a ton of former Buccaneers that have made the jump to the […]
Three Keys to UNC’s Week 2 matchup against ETSU
There is nothing like a season that starts and then immediately takes a break, right? Well, that is how this North Carolina season started and if you forgot that the Tar Heels still played football after not playing in Week 1, no one can blame you. However, the home opener is this weekend against the […]
Three takeaways from UNC’s 2026-27 ACC schedule release
Yesterday UNC announced their official ACC schedule for the 2026-27 men’s basketball season. Now that the dates and opponents are set, Michael Malone and his staff have an idea of what their team will be up against this fall when conference play begins. Let’s discuss three takeaways from the schedule release so that we can […]
Evaluating Drake Maye’s season-opening performance
The NFL season started with a Super Bowl rematch, and unfortunately for Tar Heels and Patriots fans, it was another rough outing for Drake Maye. The third-year quarterback completed 23-of-33 passes for 178 yards with one touchdown and three interceptions as his team lost 13-10. In case you went to bed early (or were watching […]
Vance Honeycutt is off to a red-hot start after his promotion to Double-A baseball
Vance Honeycutt might be in the running for the best career of any position player to ever play baseball for North Carolina, but he hasn’t had an easy time of it since being drafted in the first round by the Baltimore Orioles in 2024. Through a season and a half in High-A ball, it looked […]
AP Top 25: Post-Week 1
With the completion of Week 1 on Monday night, we are fully into the 2026 college football season. Already this season, we have seen plenty of interesting storylines arise. What does the future hold for Dabo Swinney after Clemson got dogwalked by LSU? What the hell exactly happened in that Michigan-Western Michigan game? Might UNC […]
ACC Power Rankings: Post-Week 1
Now, we can say the college football season is truly underway. While UNC and others got the party started in Week 0, this past weekend saw the rest of the country join in the action and truly get 2026 underway. While there weren’t any truly marquee games as you sometimes find in Week 1, there […]
Coaching will be the X-factor in the UNC vs ETSU football game.
In general, the X-factor of a game is usually a person or unit whose performance will have a large impact on UNC’s chances of winning. Theoretically, there shouldn’t be an X-factor against East Tennessee State; even if one (or several) pieces of the team are not playing well, UNC should still win comfortably. As of […]
The Stanley Cup visits UNC
Back when the Carolina Hurricanes won the Stanley Cup, I pointed out the several connections that the Hurricanes had to UNC, and how there wasn’t a shortage of representation in the organization. This is despite the close ties the team seemingly has to the team they share the building with, including the head coach marrying […]
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