DUBLIN — After a preseason with plenty of negative talk outside of the program, North Carolina may be the early talk of college football after an impressive opener. This looked like a totally different team than last season.
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UNC women’s soccer match in Dublin first team trip abroad in 15 years, presents plenty of challenges
DUBLIN — The North Carolina women’s soccer team headed across the Atlantic this week, and the trip carried plenty of challenges and history along with it. The Tar Heels are in Dublin to face Shelbourne FC in an international friendly on Friday at 2 p.m. ET, a day before the UNC football team takes on TCU in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic. The games will be played in stadiums less than four miles apart, with the soccer match at Tolka Park and the football game at Aviva Stadium.
Pace’s departure among changes to Tar Heel Sports Network football broadcasts
DUBLIN — The football broadcasts on the Tar Heel Sports Network will sound a little different this season without a longtime voice and a returning voice in a new role.
UNC punter McCann-Gibbs’ homecoming comes as he still learns the sport
DUBLIN — Plenty of new experiences are kicking in for most Carolina players visiting Ireland for the first time, but it’s familiar territory for a freshman punter. What isn’t so familiar is American football.
Belichick says drivers on ‘wrong side,’ rain among Dublin adjustments
DUBLIN — Before North Carolina gets to the game plan, there were other important lessons for the Tar Heels to learn once they arrived in Ireland on Thursday. When crossing the street, looking right when you’d normally look left. While the football will be the same, even if the game is played in the rain, people drive on the left side of the road.
TCU’s offense undergoes offensive overhaul: What you should know about the Frogs
The TCU team that UNC will meet in Ireland on Saturday will be very different than the one that scored 48 consecutive points to beat the Tar Heels 48–14 a year ago in Coach Bill Belichick’s college coaching debut. The quarterback who tormented UNC last September, Josh Hoover, has since transferred to reigning national champion Indiana after four seasons in Fort Worth, Texas.
UNC men’s soccer drops close match at Memphis for first loss
Memphis notched three first-half goals and held on for a 3–2 victory at the Mike Rose Soccer Complex in Memphis to hand North Carolina its first men’s soccer loss of the season on Monday.
Belichick focused on TCU, not potential win totals
CHAPEL HILL — There’s plenty of scrutiny on the Carolina football program after Coach Bill Belichick’s first Tar Heels team went 4–8. Fans are hoping for at least a bowl berth and evidence that his second team in Chapel Hill is significantly more competitive. Most betting sites have set Carolina’s season win total at 4½, and just hitting the over isn’t likely to satisfy the fan base.
Tar Heels in NFL: Stars sit while others fight for roster spots; Tez Walker solidifies spot as starter
Week 2 of the NFL preseason brought mixed results for former UNC players scattered across the league. Performances ranged from breakout showings to nagging injuries ahead of rosters getting cut to 53 by Sunday. The results carried extra weight for players fighting for depth roles, from Ty Chandler’s workhorse showing on special teams in New Orleans to Alijah Huzzie’s active night for Houston.
UNC dominates offensively, but trouble finishing costly in narrow loss to No. 5 Michigan State
CHAPEL HILL — No. 7 North Carolina’s first major challenge of the season against No. 5 Michigan State presented a mixed bag, with impressive stretches and frustrating moments. UNC dominated every offensive category except goals, producing a lot of scrappy play and getting to most of the loose balls on a hot day of attrition.
Ranking UNC’s non-conference men’s basketball opponents from toughest to easiest
Michael Malone’s first season in Chapel Hill will offer no shortage of measuring sticks before ACC play begins. From a neutral-site date with a likely top-five team to a home game against a Southern Conference bottom-dweller, the non-conference schedule includes opponents with a wide range of strength.
Malone’s first UNC roster, players’ numbers finally official
Michael Malone’s first UNC roster is finally official. His Tar Heels roster includes 11 newcomers and five returnees, led by Jarin Stevenson. Also back are Jaydon Young, Isaiah Denis (who goes from No. 5 to No. 2) and walk-ons Evan Smith and John Holbrook (who will wear No. 99).
Belichick confirms Edwards will start, but reveals little else about the QB situation
CHAPEL HILL — Bill Belichick is never one to reveal information he’d prefer the opponent not to know about. He acknowledged during a Friday press conference at the Kenan Football Center that Wisconsin transfer Billy Edwards Jr. will start in the Aug. 29 opener in Dublin, Ireland, against TCU. Belichick didn’t tip his hand about how much Texas A&M transfer Miles O’Neill will play in Dublin.
Belichick open to adding players cut from NFL rosters, likely losing Verhoff
CHAPEL HILL — Could North Carolina add players cut from NFL rosters? Coach Bill Belichick said he is looking into a Louisiana federal judge’s decision Wednesday granting a temporary restraining order that would allow some of them to enter the transfer portal. With classes already underway, it would be a challenge.
Two goals in two minutes lead unbeaten UNC women to win at Arkansas
For the third time in three matches, No. 7 North Carolina jumped out to an early lead and, just like the earlier two surges, the opponent never recovered.