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Get the best of Tar Heel Blog on the new SB Nation app
It’s a big day for Tar Heel Blog. Today, the SB Nation app is live, and it’s the best way to follow the Tar Heels. You can download it by searching SB Nation for iOS or Android. A year ago we made some big changes to our community, including offering fewer ads and the addition […]
Slept on it: Day-after impressions from the UNC-TCU game
The first game in a football season always inspires overreactions. Wins inflate unreasonable expectations, especially when the opponent is a traditionally solid P4 program getting some votes for top 25. Add the emotional reactions immediately following any game result. Winning always feels great, and this one feels amazing, a cool drink of water for a […]
UNC field hockey drops first two games
The season got off to a rough start for the #2-ranked UNC field hockey team this weekend. The Tar Heels dropped both of their games at the ACC-Big Ten Challenge in Winston-Salem, losing 2-1 in overtime to #14 Michigan on Friday before #11 Iowa handed them a 3-2 defeat on Sunday. It’s the first 0-2 […]
The UNC Sports Week Ahead: August 31-September 6
This week/weekend is usually seen as the traditional start of the college sports season. Sure, there are events that happen before now but really, when football gets going it’s when everyone really buckles in and pays attention. The good news for UNC fans is that even though football is recovering from their Irish Hangover this […]
UNC vs. TCU: Winners, Losers, and Honorable Mentions
When the bar is set so low that the entrance to hell is staring down at it, it doesn’t take a lot to step over it. That said, to not acknowledge that the 2026 season has started out night and day different than 2025 is really sticking your head in the sand. It wasn’t pretty, […]
Does UNC’s win over TCU change your outlook for the 2026 season?
First impressions matter. Most expected UNC football 2026 to shuffle in the 2026 door 10 minutes late, a touch disheveled, a bit breathless. “Sorry, traffic was wild for some reason.” A coordinator has been out since fall camp began. The general manager, on leave while being investigated, was the target of some calculated leaks the […]
Xavier Lewis’s dominant performance led the UNC defense in their win over TCU
UNC’s win over TCU on Saturday afternoon could hardly be considered a masterpiece. The weather was messy, and both offenses ground to a halt after the first quarter. Both teams also made a fair number of mistakes; TCU, in particular, was exceedingly mistake prone. The Horned Frogs racked up 11 penalties for a whopping 89 […]
Three takeaways from UNC’s win over TCU
It’s hard to know exactly what to make of UNC’s 15-10 win over TCU. The Tar Heels unquestionably looked better across the board than they did for most (if not all) of last season, but the Horned Frogs played about as poorly as you’ll see a team play at this level. Between snapping it over […]
What was the biggest surprise from the UNC-TCU game?
UNC entered its season opener against TCU in Dublin with numerous questions on both sides of the ball. Would the offensive line hold up? How would the defense look without its defensive coordinator? What would Petrino’s offense look like? What would Billy Edwards Jr. look like? The list goes on and on. As I said […]
UNC takes advantage of TCU mistakes in season-opening win
The Bill Belichick era has been filled with surprises so far, but very rarely have the surprises been positive. Today we finally got one when the Tar Heels took down TCU 15-10 to start the season 1-0. Things started off eerily similar to last season’s game against the Horned Frogs — the Heels effortlessly marched […]
UNC vs. TCU Live Discussion
The day is finally here: the 2026 Carolina football season officially starts in a matter of minutes when they face off against TCU in Ireland. Saying the day is finally here triggers a wide range of emotions across the fanbase, I’m sure, but regardless of what feeling that is, we will finally see what Bill […]
How to watch UNC Football face TCU in their Week 0 matchup
All of the preseason talking is basically done, and it’s time for the product on the field to actually meet expectations. While the 2026 college football season started on Thursday night, for all intents and purposes today Carolina—along with their opponent from last year—will truly open the college football season in what has become the […]
UNC takes on TCU in Dublin: Who you got?
After weeks and months of waiting, previews, training camp, and more waiting, college football season is here. In just a few hours in Dublin, Ireland, the North Carolina Tar Heels will be part of the kickoff of the 2026 FBS season when they take on TCU. With the college football media in general previewing the […]
As Easy As Falling
I wasn’t scared of heights, at least I didn’t think I was, until I reached the top of the ladder. It was the end of summer in North Carolina’s piedmont, still hotter than fish grease, but the days were noticeably growing shorter, and the remaining days of relative freedom were becoming more and more precious […]
Best- and worst-case scenarios for the 2026 Tar Heel football team
There are two sides to every coin. A yin to every yang. A glass half full or half empty (or in the case of a realist, just a glass of water). In sports, there is always a best and a worst case. Depending on the strength of a given team (and its coaching), the difference […]
Tar Heel Blog staff predictions for the 2026 Carolina football season
We are close to 24 hours away from the North Carolina Tar Heels taking the field in Dublin, Ireland against TCU. The Tar Heel Blog staff has been bracing for whatever could potentially happen during the 2026 season, which is a challenge because I don’t think anybody really knows what we’re preparing for. Even pessimism […]
UNC Football Opponent Preview: The TCU Horned Frogs
We’ve made it. The college football season is underway, and the day this article goes up will be the last day of the year before Carolina football has played a game. My own (and that of several of my colleagues) pessimism aside, it’s the last time where all of us don’t know anything and can […]
Is the NCAA craziness impacting your love for UNC’s teams?
In 2024, UNC fielded a football team with 105 players on the roster. In between seasons, Bill Belichick brought in 70 new players, which meant 70 had to depart. After last season, 60 players were sent packing to make room for 60 new players. We even have guys like Taron Dickens who commit, come to […]
ACC unanimously adopts new anti-pro athlete resolution
As expected, the Atlantic Coast Conference’s Board of Directors held a vote to decide the fate of professional athletes that have aspired to return to the college ranks. The board unanimously adopted a resolution to enforce eligibility requirements that effectively prevent many professional athletes from returning to college athletics. The verbiage in the ACC’s decision […]
Pessimism runs high as Bill Belichick enters Year 2 as UNC’s head coach
Welcome to the Tar Heel Blog Roundtable! We asked our Tar Heel Blog staff to provide their expectations for the 2026 season, including what it will take for Bill Belichick’s seat to be hot enough to get canned. If you have questions of your own you’d like to discuss, just add them in the comments, […]
Three keys to UNC’s Week 0 matchup against TCU
Writing these posts at the beginning of the season is always fun. Even when college football rosters were more consistent, there was a huge amount of unknown before the new season kicked off. Think about it, your last regular season game is at the end of November and you don’t play again until the beginning […]
Cameron Fens deemed ineligible in Tennessee court ruling
Yesterday it was announced that South Dakota transfer Cameron Fens has been deemed ineligible to play for the North Carolina Tar Heels as of August 26th. Mentioning the date is important, because the fluidity of what has been transpiring over the last month or so with fifth year eligibility has quite frankly been a mess. […]
UNC Football 2026 Preview: Recap and Outlook
Previous previews: Quarterbacks, Running Backs, Wide Receivers, Tight Ends, Offensive Line, Defensive Line, Linebackers, Secondary, Special Teams, Coaching So, with the first game of the season looming this coming weekend, let’s take a brief recap of the offense and defense. Offense Quarterback: Replaced an older quarterback coming off a season-ending injury with…another older quarterback coming off a season-ending injury. Meanwhile, the highly […]
ACC Power Rankings: Preseason
Over this weekend and the next, the 2026 college football season will get going with an avalanche of games. Our own North Carolina Tar Heels will be part of the very beginning of that, as they’ll face TCU in Ireland this Saturday. Over the past couple weeks, we’ve been going through this year’s UNC team […]
The offensive line will be the X-factor for UNC football against TCU
I assumed when I sat down to write this article, I’d be writing about how important the QB position would be against TCU. After all, UNC’s QB options were underwhelming at best last season, with neither Max Johnson nor Gio Lopez able to really get anything going on offense. UNC brought in several transfers as […]
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