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Category: Football

Mack Brown says that UNC is “about to be really good”

By R.L. Bynum Mack Brown sees the mistakes and the flaws that led to frustrating road losses to Florida State … More

ACC, Atlantic Coast Conference, Carolina, College football, Duke, football, NCAA, Tar Heels, UNC

Tar Heels in NFL: Bernard scores 2 TDs, Ebron pulls down TD pass for rolling Steelers and Trubisky gets off the bench

By R.L. Bynum Gio Bernard had another productive day in helping the Cincinnati Bengals upset the Tennessee Titans 31-20 on … More

Bears, Bengals, Carolina, NFL, North Carolina, Panthers, Steelers, Tar Heels, UNC

UNC falls out of AP Top 25, but still has shot at ACC title game

By R.L. Bynum Just two weeks ago, North Carolina was ranked No. 5 in the country and had visions of … More

ACC, Atlantic Coast Conference, Carolina, College football, football, Mack Brown, NCAA, North Carolina, Tar Heels

Mistakes costly as UNC’s rally falls short because of defensive failures

By R.L. Bynum How do you let a game slip away? Take an already struggling defense and put them in … More

ACC, Carolina, Cavaliers, NCAA, North Carolina, Tar Heels, UNC, Virginia

Tar Heels in NFL: Bernard gets more work; Ebron, Holcomb have good games

On the same weekend that North Carolina blew out N.C. State, the author of one of the biggest plays in … More

Carolina, NFL, North Carolina, Tar Heels, UNC

Tar Heels fall to No. 15, extend longest top 15 streak in 12 years

By R.L. Bynum Even with a decisive victory over a ranked team, there didn’t figure to be much movement in … More

ACC, AP Top 25, Carolina, College football, NCAA, North Carolina, Tar Heels, UNC

UNC puts it all together in blowout of N.C. State

By R.L. Bynum It’s almost impossible for an opponent to beat No. 14 North Carolina when Sam Howell, Javonte Williams, … More

ACC, Carolina, College football, N.C. State, NC, NCAA, North Carolina, Tar Heels, UNC, Wolfpack

Tar Heels slide to No. 14 in AP poll, the second-largest poll drop in program history

Many questioned if North Carolina deserved the No. 5 ranking in The Associated Press Top 25 poll, even Coach Mack … More

AP poll, AP Top 25, Carolina, College football, North Carolina, Tar Heels, UNC

Carolina can’t recover from first-half struggles, runs out of time at Florida State

By R.L. Bynum There were hints that North Carolina’s young and thin defense had flaws during the first two games … More

ACC, Carolina, College football, Florida State, North Carolina, Tar Heels, UNC

Tar Heels’ ‘publicity is ahead of where they are on the field,’ Brown says

By R.L. Bynum Since the offseason hype started about North Carolina football, Mack Brown has been the rare coach who … More

ACC, AP Top 25, College football, football, Mack Brown, North Carolina, Tar Heels, UNC

Streaking Tar Heels leap to No. 5 in AP poll

By R.L. Bynum@RL_Bynum Some wondered when North Carolina entered the top 10 in the Associated Press poll last week if … More

'Carolina, ACC, College football, football, North Carolina, Tar Heels, Top 25, UNC

Tar Heels in NFL: Trubisky benched in Bears win; big plays for Ebron, Boston

By R.L. Bynum@RL_Bynum Mitch Trubisky’s good start that helped the Chicago Bears get off to a 2–0 start took an … More

ACC, Atlantic Coast Conference, NFL, North Carolina, Tar Heels, UNC

Idle Tar Heels fall one spot in the AP poll to No. 12, thanks to big wins by Miami and UCF, return of Big Ten teams

By R.L. Bynum@RL_Bynum North Carolina’s season has been on a two-week holding pattern and it appears to have cost the … More

ACC, AP Top 25, Atlantic Coast Conference, Carolina, College football, football, North Carolina, Tar Heels, UNC

Tar Heels in the NFL: Trubisky leads Bears to 2-0 start, is top performer so far this season

By R.L. Bynum@RL_Bynum As a Chicago Cubs fan, I follow a lot of Chicago Bears fans on Twitter for their … More

ACC, Carolina, football, NFL, North Carolina, Tar Heels, UNC

UNC up to No. 11 in AP poll, its highest ranking since rising to No. 8 in 2015

By R.L. Bynum@rl_bynum Even though North Carolina’s game with Charlotte got canceled, the 1-0 Tar Heels still moved up in … More

ACC, AP poll, College football, football, North Carolina, Tar Heels, UNC

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R.L. Bynum spent 27 years in the newspaper industry in sports and news. He has covered UNC athletics since 2015 — including several ACC and NCAA tournaments, the 2017 and 2022 Final Fours, the 2024 Men’s College World Series, the Orange Bowl and other bowls — for Tar Heel Tribune and various other websites, including Raleigh & Company, Triangle Sports Network, 919 Blog and Carolina Blue. Read his insights about running (he’s run 53 marathons) on the Running Commentary blog. Follow him on X (formerly Twitter) @RL_Bynum, on Bluesky at @rl-bynum.bsky.social and on Threads @r.l.bynum (follow Tar Heel Tribune on X @Tar_HeelTribune). Email him at rlb262m@gmail.com.

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