Tar Heels Football

North Carolina has declared six football players ineligible for Saturday’s season-opening against LSU for breaking school and/or NCAA rules; is withholding at least six others while the investigation…

For LSU, a prime-time showcase against UNC provides a chance to start reclaiming its status as a big hitter in a college football world now dominated by two of its chief rivals. That’s nothing…

UNC officials have decided to “err on the side of caution,” according to an e-mail sent by UNC system president Erskine Bowles, when deciding which football players would not play Saturday night…

To begin what was supposed to be a potentially BCS-worthy season with a nationally televised ABC game against a marquee opponent, the Tar Heels are guaranteed to be missing eight of the 23 players on…

It has basically gone unnoticed - understandably so - but North Carolina’s T.J. Yates has spent a lot of time flattering the team’s offensive line. “It’s the best we’ve had here during my career,…

In the wake of the news that 12 Carolina football players will not play in tomorrow’s game against LSU, Carolina football play-by-play caller Woody Durham says UNC will have to make quick changes to…

The Tar Heels, ranked No. 18 in the country, are thinking big in 2010. Even with the uncertainty surrounding two investigations, the Heels are determined to take another step forward as a program….

When UNC football coach Butch Davis looks across the green carpet Saturday night to an LSU football team not besieged by serious sports agent and athletic tutor investigations like the ones going on…

The six ineligible student-athletes include: defensive tackle Marvin Austin, cornerback Charles Brown, cornerback Kendric Burney, wide receiver Greg Little, defensive end Michael McAdoo and defensive…

A member of the UNC board of governors said today that he was disappointed and embarrassed by the news that at least 12 North Carolina football players will be withheld from Saturday’s season-opener…

The University of North Carolina has declared six student-athletes on the football team ineligible for Saturday’s season-opening game for violating school and/or NCAA rules. The University is also…

North Carolina lost before it even stepped on the plane this morning.

A total of 15 players have either been declared ineligible or remain in limbo for Saturday’s season opener against…

Getting ready to catch a plane for the first trip of the season! But first, your links …

• Today’s UNC news was the worst-case scenario those within the program feared.
• Wake Forest…

Here are a few notes from around the league you might not have already known:

• Clemson has averaged nine wins a year since 1972 when the Tigers have had at least four returning starters in…

Heather Dinich looks at the impact the ineligible players will have on UNC against LSU.