Carolina’s ACC schedule is suddenly a lot more challenging. Hubert Davis will think he’s back in the NBA with five games in 10 days of the revamped slate to accommodate COVID postponements. Whatever happened to teams that can’t play games forfeiting them? The ACC office must be like a circus with associate commissioners spending all […]

The tale of a good and bad weekend. If you are a Tar Heel fan, Saturday was your kind of day. Basketball gave you that rare chance for a doubleheader, a big win over Virginia and one of those rare, surprise losses by Duke. It begs the age-old question of which gives you more glee? […]

ACC Basketball ain’t dead yet. Saturday might have been the turning point of the season for several teams and the Atlantic Coast Conference, which has been panned as the weakest in years and maybe in ACC history. The day before, Joe Lunardi came out with his latest projections for the 2022 NCAA tournament. A bit […]

Armando Bacot will have to play a different role against Virginia. The Tar Heels have a major home game Saturday against the Cavaliers, who are a half-game ahead of them in the ACC standings at 3-1 and 9-5 overall compared to Carolina’s 10-4 record. Coach Tony Bennett is one of the most disciplined mentors in […]

The Tar Heels did not deserve to win – but they almost did anyway. Playing with a thin roster, Carolina’s poor defense and inability to match Notre Dame’s early 3-point shooting dug what looked like an insurmountable hole. After falling behind by 13 points in the second half, Hubert Davis called timeout and returned with […]

What will all the transfers mean for Carolina football? The Tar Heels have lost more than ten players by transfer or early entries into the NFL draft. It would be an alarming number if, as Mack Brown likes to say, the transfer portal wasn’t so “crazy.” While hundreds and hundreds of players from all levels […]

Carolina has the schedule in its favor and needs to take advantage. Yes, the Tar Heels are off to a 2-0 start in the ACC, both wins on the road and have the chance for a third straight at Notre Dame Wednesday night. Considering how UNC whipped BC and the Eagles beat the Fighting Irish, […]

Noah Ruggles’ story is better than just being a football hero. The kicker who won the Rose Bowl for Ohio State on a short field goal used to play for the Tar Heels. The journey of Noah Ruggles is one for the books, the story books. He always wanted to go to Ohio State since […]

The Tar Heels have even more at stake than we thought. After wondering whether someone, or some thing, would turn today’s scheduled game into the “Hold the Mayo Bowl,” the battle of the Carolinas will apparently go on as planned at 11:30 a.m. in Bank of America Stadium. And the border battle in the border […]

I finally found something about NC State that made me feel sorry. You know I’ve never been a Wolfpack fan, not once since I stepped on the UNC campus decades ago. To quote a famous Tar Heel sports scribe, the rivalry was total “Culture versus Agriculture.” And since I had a pen and a bully […]