Amid various reports about the future of Bill Belichick as North Carolina’s football coach, the university released statements from him and Athletics Director Bubba Cunningham on Wednesday evening suggesting that he isn’t going anywhere.
Category: Football
Phillips sees new scheduling model as boost for ACC’s high-major matchups
CHARLOTTE — Jim Phillips says that the ACC is reshaping its competitive balance and its basketball schedule to better position the league for national prominence.
Williams has career-best rushing day; big Maye win; Carter scores; Hampton hurt
On Sunday afternoon, it felt like 2020 when Javonte Williams and Michael Carter were scoring touchdowns for Carolina. Sunday night, Drake Maye showed he’s poised to be a star in the NFL.
With another embarrassing loss, this looks like the worst UNC team in decade
CHAPEL HILL — On a day when Ludacris gave a pre-game concert at Polk Place, what transpired at Kenan Stadium was beyond ludicrous. The only competition from North Carolina was whether the Tar Heels’ offense or defense was worse in an embarrassing 38–3 loss to Clemson in their ACC opener Saturday.
Lopez questionable for Clemson game; Yates probable
Quarterback Gio Lopez is listed as questionable for the Clemson game in the ACC availability report released on Thursday night.
Carter expected to start for Cardinals after two running backs go on IR
Michael Carter could go from practice squad one week, to getting one carry the next week, to starting this week. That wild turn of events was set into motion because the Arizona Cardinals first placed running back James Conner on injured reserve on Sept. 23 with a foot injury, and then placed Trey Benson on injured reserve on Monday with a knee injury.
Plug and play: Blaske’s versatility powers UNC’s offensive line stability
When North Carolina offensive lineman Austin Blaske looks at the Tar Heels’ front five, he doesn’t just see positions. He sees combinations. A 6-foot-5, 310-pound graduate transfer from Georgia, Blaske gives UNC something it badly needs after a September filled with shuffling and injuries: someone who can line up anywhere.
Belichick preaches consistency as UNC prepares for Clemson
Consistency was the word Bill Belichick kept coming back to as North Carolina comes off the open date and heads into Saturday’s ACC opener against Clemson.
Lopez’s status unclear going into Clemson game
Gio Lopez could play on Saturday against Clemson, Coach Bill Belichick said at his weekly press conference on Tuesday.
While UNC’s QB play has been shaky, QBs who left program doing well
Given Carolina’s issues on offense, particularly at quarterback, it won’t be comforting to Tar Heels fans to see how the quarterbacks whom the program deemed not good enough are doing.
Tar Heels in NFL: Rodgers outduels Maye; Hampton has big day, scores first NFL TD
In a battle between a veteran quarterback and a rising star, 41-year-old Aaron Rodgers got the best of Drake Maye on Sunday, even though the second-year quarterback had better overall numbers on a day that Omarion Hampton scored his first NFL touchdown and collected 129 total yards.
Johnson, Hardy say Heels must stick together after tough loss
ORLANDO, Fla. — After the lackluster 34–7 loss at UCF, the message from North Carolina quarterback Max Johnson and linebacker Will Hardy was clear: stick together. As they spoke side-by-side in the postgame press conference, they talked about the need to support one another as the Tar Heels head into a much-needed open date.
Good, Bad and Ugly Report: UCF
After the season-opening debacle against TCU, North Carolina lumbered through its game with Charlotte before flexing a little versus FCS Richmond, so Saturday’s game at Central Florida was a good test to see how much the Tar Heels had improved over the past three weeks. Test failed.
UNC has no answers, creates more questions after frustrating loss at UCF
ORLANDO, Fla. — North Carolina badly needed a tipping point to spark an offense that has sputtered and a defense that has struggled to stop decent teams. nstead, the Tar Heels got more of the same, and it was almost all discouraging.
Why is UCF’s stadium called the Bounce House?
ORLANDO, Fla. — When you hear that Carolina’s game at UCF will be played at the Bounce House, it sounds like a play place for kids. But there’s a story behind the name of the University of Central Florida’s first on-campus stadium, which was built in 2007.
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