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Tag: UNC football
Chapel Hill cuts varsity football: an 8itorial
Chapel Hill High School cutting varsity football this week was a big story on the heels of comments made by UNC head coach Larry Fedora about an alleged “attack on football”. The connection between the two stories is obvious, but that doesn’t mean that WRAL’s Marilyn Payne didn’t do an excellent job in executing this… Read more »
Heels Spanked But Not Blanked in Atlanta
Who Won: Georgia Tech beat UNC 33-7 Why: UNC was leading after 3 quarters in all their previous games this season and lost3 time out of 4. So it was no surprise the Heels couldn’t overcome the 24-0 deficit headed into the 4th against Georgia Tech. GIF: UNC’s season? It’s done. It’s only about developing guys for next… Read more »
College Football Week 5: NC School Betting Picks
We have made it to week 5 of the college football season. For our NC schools, we have a few divisional conference matchups as well as two undefeated home underdogs! Duke +6.5 vs Miami (Over/Under 56) – Duke 1-4 ATS in last 5 games vs Miami – Last 5 years, Duke is 6-2 ATS as… Read more »
College Football Week 4: NC School Betting Picks
We head to week 4 of the college football season. This week includes a couple ACC division games, rivalry game and more! Week 4: Duke -1.5 @ UNC (Over/Under 59.5) – Duke has not faired well in a very small sample size of being favored vs UNC – Duke is 3-0 ATS in all games… Read more »
O,DU Think UNC Finally Got A Win?
Who Won? UNC defeated Old Dominion 53-23 to earn their first win of the season. Why? The Tar Heels had 6 rushing TDs–2 each from RBs Jordon Brown, Michael Carter and QB Chaz Surratt. (also, because they were playing ODU) GIF: It’s fun scoring a lot of points and winning, eh? via GIPHY What are people talking about? What… Read more »
Heels Help Heisman Bid for Louisville’s Lamar Jackson
Who won? Louisville ran away from UNC in the 4th quarter, winning 47-35 Why? Lamar Jackson threw for nearly 400 yards, ran for over 100 yards, while UNC is still trying to figure out who should be their quarterback GIF via GIPHY What people are talking about? UNC fans are probably discussing the basketball schedule release. What should… Read more »
UNC Loses To Cal (Still Better Than Losing To Coach Cal)
Who Won? California beat UNC 35-30 in Chapel Hill Why? Because UNC took a time out with one second to go to score another TD. Otherwise they would have lost 35-24. GIF: What are people talking about? That it might be a long season for UNC. Though Chazz Surratt had a few promising moments, the… Read more »