[jcmanson]

With Spring practice in the books, I figured why not go ahead and get this ball rolling...


University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina


UNC Football Official Site

Tar Heel Illustrated - Rivals board

Public Institution
Founded in 1789
Enrollment: 29,390
Athletic Affiliation: ACC
Nickname: Tar Heels
Mascot: Rameses
Famous Football Alumni: Lawrence Taylor, Chris Hanburger, Julius Peppers, Hakeem Nicks, Jeff Saturday



Kenan Memorial Stadium
Opened in 1927 - Seats 63,000



Larry Fedora
3rd Season as UNC Head Coach
15-10 at UNC, 49-29 career


2013 Final Results

Aug 29 - @ South Carolina ............................................... L, 27-10
Sep 07 - Middle Tennessee ............................................... W, 40-20
Sep 21 - @ Georgia Tech* ................................................ L, 28-20
Sep 28 - East Carolina ..................................................... L, 55-31
Oct 05 - @ Virginia Tech* ................................................ L, 27-17
Oct 17 - Miami* ............................................................. L, 27-23
Oct 26 - Boston College* ................................................. W, 34-10
Nov 02 - @ NC State* ..................................................... W, 27-19
Nov 09 - Virginia* ........................................................... W, 45-14
Nov 16 - @ Pittsburgh* .................................................... W, 34-27
Nov 23 - Old Dominion ..................................................... W, 80-20
Nov 30 - Duke* .............................................................. L, 27-25
Dec 28 - Belk Bowl vs Cincinnati ........................................ W, 39-17


2014 Schedule

Aug 30 - Liberty
Sep 06 - San Diego State
Sep 20 - @ East Carolina
Sep 27 - @ Clemson*
Oct 04 - Virginia Tech*
Oct 11 - @ Notre Dame
Oct 18 - Georgia Tech*
Oct 25 - @ Virginia*
Nov 01 - @ Miami*
Nov 15 - Pittsburgh*
Nov 20 - @ Duke*
Nov 29 - NC State*

[Chris Lang]

Will the Heels be facing Ball State in the MAC Championship game?

(Just messing with you, dude.)

[jcmanson]

Whoops...thanks for catching that.

[JakeP50]

We're probably going to get destroyed in this game but I am REALLY excited for this. Only a two hour drive from LU so now the only thing is getting tickets. If by some miracle we do win this this it would probably be the new App St-Michigan and I will have no voice for at least a week.

[BJWilliams]

if we did pull off the upset I dont think it will reach the magnitude of App-State Michigan. the Wolverines were I believe top 5 headed into that game and became the first team in history to go from top 5 to unranked the next week. The Wolverines would go on to finish 8-4 and win their bowl game that year. It will be a big win but not going to have the kind of reverberations that App State's win had that year

[Purple Haize]

So long as the game is not shortened or they use a running clock we will be successful

[jcmanson]

UNC is ranked #17 in ESPN's way too early preseason top 25

[JakeP50]

What did they do in spring ball to get that high? I know they beat Cincy in the Belk Bowl but other than that who did they beat? They lost to every other good team on their schedule. Their best regular season win last year was @ Pitt. 17 is way to high just based off of last year.

[jcmanson]

I think a lot of their preseason ranking has to do with them winning 6 of their past 7 games and returning most of their starters.

[Chris Lang]

Carolina brings starters back but has some major question marks, especially on the D-line and at QB and RB. Marquise Williams ended the year as the starter but freshman Mitch Kubisky is pushing him hard. Kubisky is probably the better quarterback, though Williams is clearly the best scrambler in the conference. UNC will be the trendy pick to win the Coastal in a lot of publications (including the one I freelance for), but that has as much to do with the weakness of the division as anything. Not sure if they're Top 25 material or not. That might be premature.

[TH Spangler]

UNC has been getting a lot of negative press lately. The NCAA cleared them, but I wonder if it's really over?

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/20 ... chancellor

[TarheelPatriot]

Carolina brings starters back but has some major question marks, especially on the D-line and at QB and RB. Marquise Williams ended the year as the starter but freshman Mitch Kubisky is pushing him hard. Kubisky is probably the better quarterback, though Williams is clearly the best scrambler in the conference. UNC will be the trendy pick to win the Coastal in a lot of publications (including the one I freelance for), but that has as much to do with the weakness of the division as anything. Not sure if they're Top 25 material or not. That might be premature.

It is Mitch Trubisky. And Carolina is probably as loaded as any team in the ACC at running back. Outside of that, you got most of the rest of that correct.

[Chris Lang]

Dang, must have had Mitch Kupchak on the brain and made some weird hybrid mix of him and Trubinsky. My apologies.

[jcmanson]

Preview from Athlon who ranks the Tar Heels #31 http://athlonsports.com/college-footbal ... -tar-heels

[ballcoach15]

The NCAA should have hammered UNC, including a 5 year bowl ban.


The key to LU pulling an upset in Chapel Hill will be the Flames' defense. In all previous games against the "Big Boys", LU has played well, probably better than anyone expected. I hope we can beat the Tar Heels.

[TarheelPatriot]

The NCAA should have hammered UNC, including a 5 year bowl ban.


The key to LU pulling an upset in Chapel Hill will be the Flames' defense. In all previous games against the "Big Boys", LU has played well, probably better than anyone expected. I hope we can beat the Tar Heels.

I'm going to guess you're a State fan or a dook fan. Either way, you have no idea what you're talking about. I love both schools.... but I watched a lot of athletes take some pie classes at LU when I was there. I certainly know more about the Carolina "scandal" than you do, and at the end of the day, Carolina did what every school (yes, LU) has done since the beginning of time. They steered athletes into easy classes. What a shocker!! I'm stunned.

Please. No more comments about things you know nothing about.

[Sly Fox]

I don't pretend to know anything beyond what has been reported publicly, but to dismiss the allegations/admissions of the UNC Academic scandal under those terms requires just the type of color-tinted glasses that you accuse your rivals of using to observe the facts.

[ballcoach15]

Four words: Marvin Austin/John Blake

[olldflame]

Just the things UNC has ADMITTED to go way beyond simply "steering athletes into easy classes". As far as LU is concerned, I'm sure we have had some players over the years who stayed eligible doing as little as possible. We also will have at least 7 players I know of on our football team this Fall who will be graduate students.

[BJWilliams]

Its one thing to steer players to easy classes, its another to steer them to classes that potentially did not exist

[Purple Haize]

We had plenty of 'Falwell Specials' back in the day

[jcmanson]

The Tar Heels have a QB battle going on this summer http://chapelboro.com/sports/unc-sports ... tle-rages/

[BJWilliams]

We had plenty of 'Falwell Specials' back in the day

As I said PH, and this will be my last comment on the matter, it is one thing to steer players to easy classes/majors to insure their eligibility. It is a whole different matter to make up classes (that when you review the academic catalog) do not exist AT ALL. At least with the easy classes, (like the sport classes in the Kinesiology department) other students can take them and reap the benefits toward their elective hours (or their Kinesiology degree if youre pursuing that degree and entering into the education field). If the university was essentially making up classes that, with even a decent investigation, did not actually take place, the firestorm against the school would be monumental.

[Purple Haize]

We had plenty of 'Falwell Specials' back in the day

As I said PH, and this will be my last comment on the matter, it is one thing to steer players to easy classes/majors to insure their eligibility. It is a whole different matter to make up classes (that when you review the academic catalog) do not exist AT ALL. At least with the easy classes, (like the sport classes in the Kinesiology department) other students can take them and reap the benefits toward their elective hours (or their Kinesiology degree if youre pursuing that degree and entering into the education field). If the university was essentially making up classes that, with even a decent investigation, did not actually take place, the firestorm against the school would be monumental.

And as I said

We had plenty of 'Falwell Specials' back in the day

[BJWilliams]

So youre saying that the university (with Sr's knowledge or direct order) invented classes that in reality did not exist just so athletes could BS their way to a BS degree or something in order to be eligible for whatever sport they were participating in?