Little Tar Heel Football fan Mia outside of Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill, NC.
2010 ACC Football Team-By-Team Schedule Breakdown -
This might be the most talented North Carolina team in several years, but it’s going to be pushed hard over the first part of the season starting out against LSU in Atlanta and jumping into the ACC…
Five Questions for Spring: Defense -
How much of this spring will be spent finding out about the guys behind the starters, particularly in the secondary and at linebacker? “That’s the No. 1 goal for the defense this spring. Most of the…
Five Questions for Spring Football: Offense -
With Spring Practice beginning Monday, Inside Carolina’s Greg Barnes, Don Callahan, and Buck Sanders look at the most pressing issues for the 2010 team. Today, the focus is on the offensive side of…
ACC position superlatives: North Carolina -
Strongest position: Defensive backs; Key returnees: Deunta Williams, Da’Norris Searcy, Kendrick Burney and Charles Brown; Key departures: Melvin Williams; The skinny: This might be the deepest…
Tar Heels need to crank up offense -
North Carolina’s football team has more answers than questions. That’s a situation the program has not faced since Mack Brown’s final season in 1997. Still, coach Butch Davis, is more worried about…
Spring Game Letter From Butch Davis -
Dear Tar Heel Fan, On April 10th, Carolina Football will host the Blue-White Spring Football Game at Kenan Stadium - a game that will be televised nationally on ESPN at 3 p.m. for every college…
Spring Game Letter From Butch Davis -
The ACC Conference’s football title games on December 4, 2010 and December 3, 2011 will be held at Bank of America Stadium, home of the NFL’s Carolina Panthers and the Meineke Car Care Bowl.
“Charlotte is delighted to have been chosen to host the 2010 and 2011 ACC Football Championship Games,” said Tim Newman, CEO of the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority.
“With many amenities coming on line by 2010 including the NASCAR Hall of Fame and several new hotels and entertainment venues within walking distance of Bank of America Stadium, ACC football fans will have a great time in Charlotte for those games.
The University of North Carolina Tar Heels may wear silver helmets in the Sept. 4th football game against the LSU Tigers in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.
A tough football tradition in Chapel Hill -
It must rankle those in Carolina blue to acknowledge that frequently struggling programs such as SMU, Baylor, Arizona, Northwestern, Syracuse, San Diego State, Wyoming and Wake Forest have more recently won conference championships than North Carolina.
Not since going 11-1 under Dick Crum in 1980 have the Tar Heels celebrated - or even shared - an ACC crown.
They’ve often come close. Crum guided the Tar Heels to a 10-2 finish in 1981, but Clemson won the national championship that year. UNC posted at least 10 wins in ‘93, ‘96 and ‘97 under Mack Brown, but the Heels couldn’t get past Florida State - which joined the ACC in ‘92.
Still, North Carolina’s drought isn’t nearly as severe as some others. Indiana and Minnesota haven’t raised a Big Ten trophy since sharing the title with Purdue in 1967. Ole Miss has been waiting since 1963 for another SEC championship. Mississippi State hasn’t won since 1941. Vanderbilt never has won it. Iowa State’s last conference championship came in 1912, when it shared the Missouri Valley title with Nebraska.
Still, 30 years is a long time to wait. But as we see in this week’s mailbag, the fans in Chapel Hill may not have to wait much longer.
UNC Football may wear silver helmets for LSU game -
The North Carolina men’s basketball team isn’t the only squad on campus that can sport silver. After the basketball team wore silver Nike jerseys to commemorate Michael Jordan’s 25th anniversary with the brand, a picture of a silver UNC football helmet has surfaced on the Internet. Speculation is that the team will wear the helmet during the 2010 season, and possibly for the Chick-Fil-A Kickoff Gameagainst LSU on Sept. 4 in the Georgia Dome. Silver comes as an alternative to UNC’s standard Carolina blue and white scheme, much like the navy blue the Tar Heels donned in their Thursday night game against Florida State.
Ranking the ACC's non-conference football schedules -
5. North Carolina: LSU (9-4), at Rutgers (9-4), East Carolina (9-5), William & Mary 11-3: The Tar Heels kick off the season in the national spotlight, but don’t dismiss a road trip to Rutgers, and…