College Football
North Carolina brings its two game winning steak to Atlanta on Saturday for a Coastal division match-up with Georgia Tech. The 21st ranked Tar Heels are 2-1 on the season, while the Yellow Jackets are 1-2 after a close loss to then #6 Clemson last week. As always, you can hear the game on WBT, […]
It’s an early season version of the South’s Oldest Rivalry, as #21 North Carolina hosts Virginia on Saturday. Kick-off is set for 7:30 on WBT. It’s the ACC opener for the Cavaliers, who are 2-0 on the season after steamrolling Illinois 42-14 last week. The Tar Heels bounced back from their season-opening loss to Virginia […]
Well, the much-anticipated season opener for North Carolina didn’t go so well. The then-10th ranked Tar Heels went to Virginia Tech and looked anything but good in a 17-10 loss to the Hokies, turning the ball over three times and managing just 208 passing yards. Ouch. After sliding down the polls to number 24, the […]
It’s a good year to be a North Carolina football fan. The Tar Heels open the season ranked 10th in the country, they boast the ACC preseason player of the year in quarterback Sam Howell, and they’re a favorite to win the Coastal Division and even compete for a national title – how often does […]
A seventh overall for Nick Saban including a 2003 Championship at LSU before a brief coaching stint in the NFL. Alabama (13-0) claimed a sixth national champion in the last 12 years under Saban. It's also the third for the Crimson Tide in the Playoff era, the most by any school.
Lawrence finishes the 2020 season as a runner-up in the Heisman Trophy voting to Alabama's Devonta Smith and made it official as the presumptive top overall pick in the 2021 NFL draft.
No. 1 Alabama (11-0) will face No. 4 Notre Dame (11-1) in the Rose Bowl that was moved from Pasadena, Calif. to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on New Year's Day (5 p.m. ET/ TV: ESPN). It's the first of the two semifinal games followed by No. 2 Clemson (10-1) vs. No. 3 Ohio State (6-0) in New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl (8 p.m. ET/ TV: ESPN). The Tigers are the top team from the Carolinas and will make the Playoff for a sixth-straight season.
The Fighting Irish (10-1) took Clemson to the wire in South Bend on Nov. 7 with a 47-40 double overtime win, casting doubt if Dabo Swinney's team would make it back for another championship run. As fate would have it, the five-time defending ACC champions took home a sixth consecutive title over the conference newcomers with a 34-10 win on Saturday night.Â
A stunned crowd of 12,092 at Hard Rock Stadium watched the Hurricanes surrender a school record 778 yards of total offense to the Tar Heels, mostly on the ground with a 10.1 yards per carry average.  Neither team came into the game competing for an ACC championship, but a possible Orange Bowl berth was very much alive for winner.Â
North Carolina is looking to end the regular season on a high note. The 20th-ranked Tar Heels (7-3) head to Miami to take on the 9th-ranked Hurricanes (8-1). Kick-off is set for 3:30 Saturday at Hard Rock Stadium (TV: ABC, Radio: WBT)
