A season with plenty of Tez Walker highlight-reel catches that began with the wide reciver ineligible for four games will be his only one at Carolina. That was confirmed late Thursday night when the Senior Bowl announced that he had accepted an invitation to the game.
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Tar Heels in NFL: Trubisky accurate passer in first game in month; another rough game for Howell
On a rough day for Sam Howell in another Washington loss, Mitchell Trubisky finally got on the field for the first time in over a month and was an accurate passer, but had his share of frustrations in Pittsburgh’s loss.
UNC to face West Virginia in Duke’s Mayo Bowl
Carolina’s football season will end right where it started, at Charlotte’s Bank of America Stadium. The Tar Heels (8–4) will play in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 27, (ESPN) against West Virginia (8–4), after opening the season with a 31–17 victory over South Carolina in Charlotte.
Updated bowl projections for UNC vary, but most have Heels playing in Charlotte
North Carolina’s bowl destination isn’t nearly as clear as before the conference championship games. Days after seven of 11 media projections ticketed the Tar Heels for the Gator Bowl, the most common prediction (three of 11) has them playing Charlotte on Dec. 27 in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl.
Most project UNC for the Gator, but tantalizing QB matchup part of one prediction
If the majority of the bowl projections are correct, North Carolina will play in the Gator Bowl for the first time since the last season of Coach Mack Brown’s first stint at UNC. Another projection features a tantalizing quarterback matchup.
It’s a cold, cruel night as Tar Heels tumble hard to N.C. State
RALEIGH — There was lots of blame to go around for North Carolina’s latest November shortcoming. Coach Mack Brown wanted to accept all of it.
Good, Bad and Ugly Report: N.C. State
You kind of had a feeling that was coming. UNC really hasn’t been the same team since they started the season 6–0, rose to No. 10 in the polls, and then lost to a bad Virginia squad at home.
How and when to watch UNC teams on busy Thanksgiving week
It’s a busy Thanksgiving week for Carolina athletics, and many fans will probably plan their holiday schedule around watching the Tar Heels play. Here’s a guide to when and where to watch.
Good, Bad and Ugly Report: Clemson
For over 40 years, weird things have happened when Clemson and North Carolina play football. The first half on Saturday in Death Valley took the weirdness and bad karma up a notch.
After UNC fumbles away chance to lead big early, Clemson owns night of frustration for Heels
CLEMSON, S.C. — After North Carolina fumbled away a potential 21-point early lead, the frustrations kept piling up for the Tar Heels despite solid early defense. Against a Clemson team playing far better than its record, the Tar Heels couldn’t afford mistakes, and Omarion Hampton — who had an otherwise productive day — fumbled twice in the first half to keep UNC from taking control.