It is time for Carolina football to get back to what and where it is. So, the Notre Dame game is over, which was our almost annual chance to prove the Tar Heels can compete on a national level. As with a history dating back to the 1972 Ohio State game (and the unveiling of […]

Pete Nance is already the most talked-about Tar Heel. He hasn’t played a real game for Carolina, and he is learning a new program after spending four years in a diametrically opposite place. UNC plays in the finesse-filled ACC, resides in a small southern town and has enormous expectations after last season’s NCAA finish. Northwestern, […]

Remember those rainy days at Kenan Stadium? Here comes another. I recall three games that literally dampened the spirits at the old lady in the pines, and all of them ended up with much different outcomes than we expected. If you have any more, comment below! I will start with the best on the absolute […]

Does anyone mind the longer timeouts in college sports? Never has an industry been more dominated by TV than college football and basketball. All pro sports, for example, are trying to do something about the length of games. Baseball has a pitch clock and time limit between innings. The NFL is bullish about making the […]

The ACC Coastal Division could be some team’s savior. After this coming weekend, all ACC football teams will have played division games, and right now it looks like the Coastal is where to be. The Atlantic is a bear with three teams – Clemson, Florida State and Syracuse – at 2-0 in division play and […]

“Welcome to Chapel Hill” should be the refrain of the day. If you have ever been to a football game at Notre Dame, you are made comfortable long before kickoff. Miles away from the stadium, in parking lots and hotels and on buses, they know you are there and the “Welcome To Notre Dame” greetings […]

The day Carolina introduced Joe Montana to the world. Notre Dame makes a ninth visit to Kenan Stadium Saturday in a series that overall dates back to 1949 and stands 21-1 in the official record book. On the field, the Tar Heels have beaten the Fighting Irish twice, both in Chapel Hill. The thrilling 29-24 […]

Who will win the irresistible force paradox this weekend? From physics to Batman movies, the question is brought up often between an immovable object versus an irresistible force. So let’s apply it to Notre Dame-UNC Saturday, a battle between massive brands that are both unranked in college football. The Fighting Irish come to Kenan Stadium […]

I was reminded why Pittsburgh is such a great football city. I made my first trip back to the Steel City in more than 20 years and was so impressed with the scene surrounding an NFL game at what used to be Heinz Field, where the ACC’s Pitt Panthers also play. Full disclosure, I went […]

Notre Dame’s tale of two halves should scare Carolina. Early in Notre Dame’s eventual victory over Cal, Tar Heel fans might have been encouraged by the mistakes made by the Fighting Irish, who had lost their first two games and were facing an 0-3 start for one of the few times in their storied football […]