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Watch: UNC players Hampton, Walker and Gray press conference

Carolina players Omarion Hampton, Tez Walker and Cedric Gray discuss the Tar Heels’ big victory over Campbell.

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Good, Bad and Ugly Report: Campbell

A championship-winning coach once told me, “It’s hard to get a team up for every game on the schedule.” It’s likely even harder when you’re facing an FCS team while trying to wash the bitter taste of two disappointing defeats out of your mouth.

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Watch: Mack Brown press conference after easy win over Campbell

UNC coach Mack Brown talks about how the Tar Heels regained their confidence in their blowout victory over Campbell.

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After slow start, Heels roll past Campbell

CHAPEL HILL — There were vexing mistakes and head-scratching first-half defensive lapses before Carolina finally lowered the boom on Campbell to produce the expected blowout. UNC scored 52 consecutive points and rode Omarion Hampton’s running and Tez Walker’s big catches to a 59–7 victory on a sun-splashed Saturday afternoon at Kenan Stadium.

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Holcomb suffers gruesome knee injury in Steelers win

Cole Holcomb’s season likely came to a painful end Thursday night. Late in the first quarter of Pittsburgh’s 20–16 victory over the Tennessee Titans, the Steelers’ starting left inside linebacker suffered a serious and gruesome left knee injury.

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Watch: Video of UNC press conference with players Echols, Hampton, coach Warren

Carolina linebacker Power Echols, running back Omarion Hampton and co-defensive coordinator Charlton Warren answer media questions Wednesday morning. With the Campbell game Military Appreciation Day, Warren talks about his time in the military and what it means to him.

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UNC to face Duke, State, UVa each year in football, play first California league game in 2025

Under the ACC’s new football scheduling model with 17 schools beginning next season, UNC will meet every conference school twice every seven years, with its first West Coast league matchup in 2025 against California.

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Tez Walker OK after frightening hit, sleepless night in hospital, Frontier flight home

It looked like Tez Walker’s weekend might be a triumphant one when he caught a 36-yard pass with 2:54 left in the game at Georgia Tech. But a blind-side hit from Georgia Tech safety Ahmari Harvey changed all that and how the rest of Walker’s weekend went.

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Watch: UNC players Maye, Gray at press conference after GT loss

ATLANTA — Watch the video of the UNC players Drake Maye and Cedric Gray talking about the Tar Heels’ loss at Georgia Tech.

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Good, Bad and Ugly Report: Georgia Tech

Atlanta. Weekend before Halloween. Full moon. What could go wrong?

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Atlanta horrors continue as ghastly defense dooms Heels

ATLANTA — Given that Bobby Dodd Stadium has been a house of horrors over the years for Carolina, a visit three days before Halloween turned out to be as scary as expected.

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Brown takes blame for UNC’s embarrassing loss to Virginia

Mack Brown pointed the finger at himself after one of the most embarrassing losses in his coaching tenure at North Carolina.

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Tar Heels in NFL: Career day for Downs with long TD reception, big fantasy points; another tough day for Howell; Williams has best game of season

Josh Downs got off to a fast start Sunday on his way to a career-best day in his Indianapolis Colts’ tough 39–38 home loss to the Cleveland Browns.

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UNC plummets in football poll, continuing recent history of brief top 10 stays

Virginia’s upset of North Carolina at Kenan Stadium on Saturday night assured that the Tar Heels’ stay in the top 10 would be brief.

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Watch: Brown’s postgame press conference after the loss to Virginia

Watch Coach Mack Brown’s postgame press conference after the Tar Heels’ loss Virginia.

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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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