Tar Heel born, bred, and working on that third thing
The Tar Heels had a hard-fought two-point loss to the BYU Cougars in Utah on Friday night. It’s tough to know too much about a team from just one exhibition game, but let’s take a look at the perceived strengths and weaknesses of this roster so far. Strengths: Height As Hubert indicated in the offseason, […]
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UNC has hardly faced a murderer’s row of a schedule so far, but they have faced some opponents at an inopportune time. TCU was clearly revved up to start their year against Bill Belichick and the Tar Heels, and came out storming. Clemson needed to make a statement to keep any hope of a decent […]
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Upsets and Blowouts. That’s the best way to describe the ACC this past weekend. Of the seven ACC games, six were either upsets or blowouts by at least two touchdowns. The seventh was an almost upset that fell just inches short (more on that below). Regardless, the upsets did a little ranking shaking, while the […]
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In a lot of ways the loss to Virginia can be summarized thusly: next verse, same as the first. Yet again the Tar Heels squandered points by fumbling close to the end zone, yet again the offense stagnated after a decent start, and yet again the Tar Heels lost to a Power 4 team. The […]
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Compared to the chaos of the past few weeks, this Saturday was a relatively quiet one in college football. There were still some great games: Oklahoma-Ole Miss and Vanderbilt-Missouri both lived up to their billing as top-15 matchups, Memphis stunned then-#18 South Florida with a fourth-quarter rally, then-#22 Texas stunned Mississippi State with a fourth-quarter […]
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Let’s skip all the already-tired lines about how this was another close loss that came down to the UNC offense not being able to quite make it to the end zone and get to the evaluation. Spoilers: a lot of these will look better than they have for most of the year, but probably the […]
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Much of the blame (that’s not already attributed to the coaches) for UNC’s poor start to the season has been laid to rest at feet of the offense. And rightfully so; UNC’s offense ranked 132nd out of 136 FBS Division 1 schools in yards per game coming into the matchup against Virginia. They only fare […]
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For the second week in a row, the Tar Heels had a chance to win the game late and were right at the edge of the goal line with it in their hands. Also for the second week in a row, they failed to get across the line, causing their opponent to win. For the […]
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Today’s UNC game could have easily been a blowout with Virginia coming in ranked as the 16th best team in the nation and Carolina riding a three-game losing streak. The game was anything but a blowout, but it also never felt like either of the teams really wanted to win the game. Each side left […]
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The North Carolina Tar Heels are just moments away from facing off against Virginia in what is bound to be a game that could either be really interesting or really awful. The Cavaliers have looked really good so far this season, and UNC has looked, well, the exact opposite. Anybody that didn’t watch the game […]
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It’s been a bit of an odd stretch for Carolina fans with the Tar Heels having byes in two of the past four weeks (not to mention a Friday night game that kicked off at 10:30 PM ET), but today marks a return to a more normal schedule as UNC hosts the South’s Oldest Rivalry. […]
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The rise of televised exhibition games has made it easy to overreact to a contest that doesn’t actually count for anything. For example: based on UNC’s exhibition win over Memphis last season, Jalen Washington was going to be a dominant post player, Seth Trimble the team’s leading scorer, and Elliot Cadeau one of the top […]
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For the first time in the 2025-26 season, the Tar Heels will play a game against another team, and they’ll do so in a way that’ll be available for us to see. Ever since the NCAA got rid of the so-called “secret scrimmages,” schools have taken advantage of having exhibition games against other big schools […]
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As we continue with our preview of the 2025-26 North Carolina Tar Heels’ basketball roster, we’ve come to the final group of players: the seniors/graduate students. While there are plenty of experienced players on this year’s team, there aren’t a ton that are seniors. There are just two official seniors on this year’s roster, and […]
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UNC faces Virginia at home in an ACC tilt Saturday, with kick-off set for noon. Let’s look inside the numbers for these two programs this year and see if we find a plausible path to victory for our Tar Heels. 2025 Season So Far: Edge Virginia The Cal loss moved UNC up from 101st to […]
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The 2025 North Carolina football team has not been the most fun watch to this point in the season, but guess what: there’s another game to watch this Saturday. This weekend, the Tar Heels will take on Virginia in the latest edition of the “South’s Oldest Rivalry.” Whereaas UNC has really struggled this season, the […]
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Belichick addressed the media Tuesday in his weekly pre-game conference. This week Belichick discussed the aftermath of the California game and the challenges presented by Virginia. Belichick also addressed a couple of lingering program questions. The most notable new information: Armand Hawkins has returned to active status. UNC Compliance has cleared the cornerbacks coach, and […]
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The North Carolina Tar Heels football season is now half over and a lot has changed in the three games since the last time we did this (mainly a bunch of losing). That recap came right before the UCF game when the team looked to be moving upward at 2-1 and a convincing win over […]
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We continue our journey through the UNC men’s basketball roster with a look at this year’s junior class. The class designation is a little arbitrary this year, because of the six players listed as juniors on UNC’s roster, one is a former walk-on and the other five are transfers. I don’t think it’s incorrect to […]
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This week saw three more players leave the football program: The 4 prior departures: Pryce Yates, a transfer from UConn prior to the season, was expected to be a starter on the defensive line. Yates has a concussion history, and it appears another one has hampered him this season. He’s played one game for the […]
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With Ian Jackson transferring to St. John’s and Drake Powell getting drafted by the Brooklyn Nets, the sophomore class is a little uncharted and a lot unfamiliar. There are two new arrivals, two returnees from last year and one player who sat last year out. It’s not the most exciting group, but you never know […]
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While they did play a bit better, UNC football’s struggles continued last weekend. A trip out west to play Cal ended in a loss after Nathan Leacock had a potential go-ahead touchdown punched out of his hands and out of the back of the endzone for a touchback and a turnover. Now, Bill Belichick’s squad […]
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This season marks the beginning of a new chapter for UNC women’s basketball. That core recruiting class from five years ago that included Kennedy Todd-Williams for three years, Deja Kelly for four, and Alyssa Ustby for five has left college after playing a huge role in stabilizing and rebuilding the program under head coach Courtney […]
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Bill Belichick’s Tar Heels were a ball punch away from potentially winning against Cal this past weekend, which is either good or bad depending on how you look at it. For most fans, it felt like a game that shouldn’t have even been close because the Golden Bears were practically begging UNC to win the […]
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Believe it or not, the 2025-26 Carolina basketball season is just around the corner. It feels like it has been quite a while since we were sweating out the Heels making it to the NCAA Tournament, which is likely because of all of the football distractions that took place since then. While the football distractions […]
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