by Sharon Thorsland Well, it was quite a game last week for North Carolina. The Tar Heels (8-2) let arch rival Duke hang around and barely pulled off a double overtime victory in Chapel Hill. The competition gets even tougher this weekend with a trip to Death Valley to take a resurgent Clemson team. The […]
by Sharon Thorsland North Carolina and Duke face off on Saturday in a game that has conference implications. No, we’re not talking about basketball. Instead we’ve got a football game that matters, at least for the 24th-ranked Tar Heels. At 7-2 on the season, they’re trying to stay alive for a berth in the ACC […]
by Sharon Thorsland After another awful loss, North Carolina fans have broken out the “wait ’til basketball” chant. The Tar Heels put up a terrible performance at Georgia Tech, which has been their personal house of horrors for the past 24 years. That dropped them to 6-2 on the season, a record which usually would […]
by Sharon Thorsland It’s time for another edition of the South’s oldest rivalry, featuring Virginia and undefeated North Carolina in their 128th match up. The 10th ranked Tar Heels are 6-0 for the first time since 1997, while the Cavaliers are suffering through a miserable season at 1-5 on the year, their first win coming […]
by Sharon Thorsland It’s an in-state showdown for North Carolina this week, as the Tar Heels host App State on Saturday. Kick-off is set for 5:15 at Kenan Stadium. The Heels are coming off a big season-opening win over South Carolina last week, while the Mountaineers walloped Gardner Webb 45-24. These teams have only played […]
By Sharon Thorsland After the shooting tragedy in Chapel Hill earlier this week, it’s tough to switch gears and focus on football. That’s what the Tar Heels are trying to do though, as #21North Carolina takes on border rival South Carolina in the Duke’s Mayo Kick-off Classic at Bank of America stadium. Kick-off is […]
by Sharon Thorsland North Carolina heads west to take on 15th ranked Oregon in the Holiday Bowl Wednesday night, and the Tar Heels will be without several key players on both sides of the football. Star receiver Josh Downs is headed to the NFL and is sitting this one out, and several others are transferring, […]
by Sharon Thorsland It’s rivalry week for North Carolina, with the 9-2 Tar Heels welcoming NC State to Kenan Stadium for a Black Friday showdown. The Heels are coming off a horrendous loss to Georgia Tech that took them completely out of the playoff equation. But they’re still in the ACC title game, headed to […]
by Sharon Thorsland It’s been an interesting start to the season for North Carolina. They won their opener in fairly easy fashion, but then went down to the wire in a shoot-out with App State last week, barely escaping Boone with a wild 63-61 win. Obviously the offense was outstanding, but the defense – not […]
by Sharon Thorsland Well, North Carolina had its first big test of the season last week and failed miserably, getting hammered by Notre Dame at home. As usual, it was a great lack of defense that plagued the Tar Heels (3-1), who gave up 576 yards of total offense and 45 points in […]
